The Dermott news., 1918-05-23

to yOufSeIf. ou know there IS the
 old cynical definition of gratitude as The lively expectation of favors to
 come
 Well, there is no expectation of favors to come in this kind of giving These things are bestowed in order
 that the world may be a filter place
 to live in. that men may be succored. that homes may be restored, that suf- of the earth may have the blight of destruction taken away from 1t and that wherever force goes there shall go mercy and helpfulness
 Give All You Can Spare"
 And when you give. give absolute ly all that you can spare and don't consider yourself liberal in the gtv- ing. If you give with self-adslation you are not giving at all You are giving to your own vanity; but If you give until it hurst then your heart blood goes into it.
 'And think what We have here. NC call it the American Red Cross. bat it is merely a branch of great ia. ternational organization which k not recognized by the statutes of each nf the civilized governments Of tao world, but it is recognized by intev- national agreement and treaty as tha recognized and accepted instrumental fly of mercy and succor And one ot the deepest stains that rests upon the reputation of the German army is that theY have not respected the Rcd Cross.
 That goes to the root of the mat ter. They have not respected the i'll strurnentality they themselves particl. pted in setting up as the thing whine no man was 10 touch. because I was the expression of common hGz manity. We are members. by being members of the American Red Cross. of great fraternity and comrade- ship which extends all over the worI and this cross which these ladies bore today is an emblem of Christianity itself.
 II fills my imagination. ladies ani gentlemen to think of the women Ill over this country who are busy to- nieht and are busy every night and every day doing the work of the Rod Cross, busy with a great eagerness to lind out the most serviceablS thin. ta dc. busy with q forgetfulness ot all the old frivolities of their social ready 10 curtail the du lies of the household in order that they may contribute to this common work that all their hearts are engag ed in and in doing which their hearts became acquainted with each other
 When you think of this you real tze how the people of the Gnitei States ale being drawn together into I great intimate family. whose hea.t is being used for the service of th.t soldiers not only. but for the setyiea T civilians where they suner and all ,ost in maze of distresses and dis ractions.
 And you have then this noble pc tpre of justice and mercy as the two srrvanfs of liberty. For only where men are free do they think the thoughts #of comradcShip: only whesa they afR free do they. think tAa thoughts of sympathy, only where they are free are they mutually heln 'ui, only where they are free d1
 hey realize their dependence upoa |. in common interest and common nc- ae= sits-
 T beard a story told the other dav tasf was ridiculous, but f is wort. =eReatine because il contains tH, m ef trufh, An Indian was en fzfed in thc ramy He returned To ae reservation on a furlongh. Ha sHs asked what he thought of IL IT.
 d. Nj much good; too much sa uie5 not much shoot Then he MS IsE54. Are you Eorg back .Y,s-
 .@el, do you know what you ore aahting for Yes. me know; dEaf te make whole damn world safe tat Democratic party
 He had evidently misunderstood ume innocent scntence of my oW1 Iat after all although there is no party purpose in it, he got II right as for as the word party fo make t1a shele world democratic in the sense f community of interest and of pur- pose. and fl you ladies and gentlemen ,ould read some of the touching dis patches which come through official saannels, for even through these 5hanuels there come voices of human fy that are infinitely pathetic, if yol 'ould catch some of these voices that speak the utter longing of oppressed md helpless peoples all over the world to hear something like tho he- le hymn of the TtpGoiic, to hear the .eet of the great hosts of liberty go .ng 10 set them free. to their minds free, set their lives free. set their children free. you would know what comes into the heart of those who are trying to contribute all thu brains and power they have 10 this great enterprise of liberty. l sum