St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-12-21
VOL. Is No. S

one Of them will be safely delivered.
And We promise not to be one bit
of trouble. to anybody"
/, At this Uncle Sam began to be in
terested and it all ended up beaut:-
fully. What victory! Every boy
over there was given a label to Dc
sent to somebody, who in turn was
to paste it on box, designated and
furnished by the Red Cross and start
it on it's way to France.
| In all the hospitals where l have
| been there is wild speculation as to
what can be squeezed into box that
is only 9x4x3. There is hopes and
prayers that whatever is selected Will
| be exactly what is wanted most. But
there is never an instant of fear that
! that ship won't land. The Wa. De-
partment put the whole thing into
the hands of the Red Cross, and what
the Red Cross promises it does. So
now there is nothing to do but to be
patient and each day mark of
figure on the calender on the wall.
If there is a soldier in our entire
army so unfortunate as to have no
one sending him a box, he needn't
worry, for some one is going to see
that he gets one. Already literally
millions of cOlored postcards have
been distributed, so many in fact
that each fighter has been able to
send out the precise number for
which he asked. Thus the mai!bags
| on the briny going west have been
heavier than before.
By this proposition of delivering
intact countless parcels, the contents
of each one of which have been low
ingly selected for some special indi-
vidual is but one of the enormous
tasks which the Red Cross society
has set out to accomplish. When On
Christmas morning your first waking
thought is a heartfelt greeting sent
across the sea, you'll be happy to
know that besides what you have
sent, HE, ii he happens to be in hos
pital, will have a brand new kit. In
it he will find: Christmas cards,
packages of chewing gum, pack
of playing cards, candy (molasses
taffffy in tin or candy packed in
Franco, packages of cigarettes,
small glass folding mirror, cake
toilet soap, tooth powder or paste.
l pair of socks.
There will also be choice of any
one of the following gifts: A jack
knife, pipe with cleaners, br.-
quette, leather cigarette case or q
leather case for papers and money.
Likewise either pair Of knitted
wristlets, helmet or trench cap.
On his bed there will be an0t1er
pair of Red Cross socks tied together
with holly or mistletoe and green and
red ribbons, briming over with
oranges and figs and fruit and candy.
In the evening you imagine him gag
ing happily at great Christmas tree
and joining heartily In singing. II
onyl to make use of the new booklet
of we'll known American songs also
taken from his stockings.
Besides all this Mss Mary p.
Evans, known to almost all America
as MARY Elizabeth now the head
of the 'dainties" department is go
ms to see to it that 40 brave fighter
will be without something "scrump-
tious'' to eat. She IS th9 one who
will superintend the stuffing Of In
Vulnerable young turkeys, the MAX
ing of pies Of doughnuts and Of
cakes; of custards that tre-em-ble
and buildings that simply melt away.
And between times she will have to
make certain that all the sugar and
chocolate gotten over here-n0ne
quite know how-has been turned
into the famous brand OF candy
which bears her name.