The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-30

$4,000 pieces of furniture. 1900
kitchen utensils, $4,000 pieces of bed.
ding, $4,000 kilos of condensed milk
and great quantities Of other fooC
stuff. $4,000 people were thus direct.
ly reached"
"A French soldier fresh from the
war zone comes out for his leave, his
Clothes ragged, his spirits low. He
wants to 60 home, but he has no home
Tor it has been wiped from the face OF
theearth. As far as he knows his wife
and children have been destroyed with
It. The Red Cross meets this man,
battles him, shaves him, mends and
sterilizes his clothes. He may rest
for hours or days before being taken To
what was once his home. and there he
finds substitute home your money
has built for him-his family scatter
ed, now united-its members healthy,
yell fed, well clothed, clean, and as
far as possible content. He spends his
holidays and he thinks-and he goes
back to the trench.
This man is of our clay. Imagine
him, dirty, melancholy, stunned with
the shock of battle, lacking family,
friends, point of view. Is not the les
son evident? Would this man want
to go back when his leave was up
and when he did, could he fight? With
the memory of the wonderful Red
Cross-that Greatest Mother in the
World, to warm his heart with the
assurance of his family's continued
safety, he goes forth to battle, a re-
newed patricia glowing warrior.
'Thang God for America he cries as
ne goes out to fight to fight for us by
fighting for France"
The Belgians, Swiss and Italians
have received similar aid. The Swiss
ere caring for thousands of children
Ct the allies, when they really are not
able to do so without help from our
Red Cross. The refugees in northern
Italy are being served 131, 900 rations
weekly by the Red Gross. 1t also main
tains nine hospitals and dispensaries.
Thousands of homes are provided for
those who can work, and it is main
tanning $4,000 children in schools and
5000 in health centers. A short while
ago some Italian children had for
their heaviest meal only one piece of
bread, few radishes, and portion
Of orange. The Red Cross now sees
that they have enough to eat. 1t sup
ports schools, some taught by Ameri-
can women skilled in child-welfare, and
some by Italian women. 1t is doing
great work in Roumania, Serbia, Pal
estine, and has answered the cry of |
Macedonia, and gone over and helped |
them. The great work and gifts to
France are familiar to us by the thous-
ands of sympathetic letters received
BY the Red Cross-letters from French
to the orphaned children of |
Poilus
Our American soldiers, through the
Red Cross, are adopting the fatherless,
and both fatherless and
children of France. The
adopting unit may select the child and
specify its age and sex. The money
S turned over to the Red Cross for
disbursements All money contributsd
goes to the children. The Red Cross
pays all expenses of administration.
Dur boys enjoy this as well as the
many nice letters and photos received
rom their adopted children.
The Red Cross auxiliary service in
'ludes correspondence with relatives,
searching for the missing soldier.
Through parcels post it gets food and
'lothes to prisoners in the enemies
lands. 1t provides comfort equip
nents for every soldier in the army.
7 reeducates and trains, in trade, Grip
lied soldiers. She does everything but
light, yet is everywhere at the front
# danger.
She stretches forth her hand to all in
no favorite, but
avoring all--seeing all with a moth
RS sixth sense, that is blind to jeal-
'usy and meanness, helping the homes
crushed beneath the iron hand by
moving mercy in human way, re-
them, bringing warmth to
learts and hearths too long neglected,
in the care of mothers and
title children-For US a new RESPONSE
'ility now overlaps all others.
Help for France and her children.
I'd for Itay, Serbia, and Palestine, all
hes are vital, necessary, but today
hey must take second place. Amer
ca has said Here is my treasure. Take
are of my boys The responsibility
$ appalling. To care for American
oldiers and sailors is more than ever
'ur job today. We of the Red Cross
must help"
In caring for our American children.
nd her foster children Of other lands.
which nurtures and feeds from her
tore, is not the Red Cross the "Great-
st Mother in the World?"
The National Cotton Oil Company
as requested Commissioner of Agri-
ulture H. Knox Bryson to join that
oncern in urging the federal railroad
administration to continue The cIaes;-