The courier-index., 1918-01-18
RED CROSS REPORT
(By Mrs. ]. |. Morris)


! The Cross-a small neat stain where
blood has been,
The Cross-that whispers hope to
fighting men;
The Red, Red Cross-that bears its
simple grace
In colors of the heart within a
firm embrace.
The Red Cross was founded to re-
lieve suffering and to save lives
in war. But its activities have
grown and extended with enlarged
vision in a progressing world. Its
field !. is as big as the needs of hui
mainly; it is the embodiment OF
world wide neighborliness; all that
has to do with relieving distress i'm
posed by disaster, and making indi-
vidual and community life safer, hap
pier and more efficient, is within
the scope of the Red Cross. There
are days of immense and rapid
organization. We are all being
caught up into the whirling of the
wheels of the great machine. Each
of us adds his little bit to the power
and the speed. The machine, the
organization, is not, however, the
power. The love of liberty, the
spirit of democracy, the love of
country the passion for righteous
ness, sympathy for the downtrodden,
spiritual forces stir the wheels.
Through the machine the spirit must
go from the lives and hearts of all,
into the camp and ship, trench and
hospital, until it reaches and is felt
by every soldier and sailor through
the personal touch of those who
have caught the spirit.
And today in our work rooms as
| was listening to the steady buzz
of the sewing machines while some
of the ladies were SO carefully max
ing hospital bed shirts, Others max
ing warm flannel pajamas, and still
others were busily engaged in mark
ing with the Red Cross some seventy
odd beautiful sweaters, and a num-
Der of wristlets and mufflers, that is
a part of shipment that is to go
forward this week, had to stop and
wonder Stop and ponder and how
| wished from the depths of my
own heart, that every soldier and
sailor could have seen and felt the
personal touch of those splendid
mothers, wives and sisters, who were
working so earnestly and untiringly
and who have the spirit of the love
of liberty, of democracy, love of
country, the passion for righteous
ness, and sympathy for the down.
trodden
Some splendid donations of money
to keep up the whir of machines in
our workrooms.
Can you begin to imagine my joy
when | was presented with the
splendid donation of $4,000 cash
from r. ID. Jarratt and Chas. Govan
of the Elks Club, to be used by our
local chapter in carrying on our
work for humanity. Thanks, gentle
men, thousand times thanks Words
cannot express my gratitude to you
and your splendid organization
In the list of donations published
last week it was stated Mrs R. D..
Smith of the Saturday Afternoon
Bridge Club gave 1925, when it
should have read Mrs. r. D. Jar
raft.
Mrs. w. S. Atkins $4 cash.
Mrs. w. d. Newbern one wool
sweater.
Mrs. Margaret Clark, one wool
sweater.
Mrs. George Harrington, one wool
muffler.
Mrs. v, T. Ellis, four bed sheets,
six towels.
Miss Sarah Mangold, four pillow
cases
Miss Ruth FELTON,. one dozen
pillow cases. eight feather pillows.
Mrs. w A. Moody four pillow
cases, two feather pillows.
Miscellaneous donation one bolt
of outing flannel
Owing TO the severe weather aud
sickness among some of our work
ers, we have not accomplished a
great deal this past week in our
work. However. we will be able to
make quite a shipment of base
hospital supplies and warm knitted
garments to the Division headquart-
ers the last of this week
The following work completed.
Thursday forenoon team, Capt.
Mrs. w. B. Mann, Jr., Mrs. Davis
Plummer Mrs. Carrie Louise Apple,
Mrs. Joy Hardaway. Mrs. Arthur