American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-05-21

men amongst US who have forgotten
that, If they ever saw it. Some of you
are old enough am old enough-to
remember men who made fortunes out
of the civil war. and you know how
they we're regarded by their fellow
citizens. That vas a war to save one
c~ountry--this wal is to save the
world.
And your relation to the Red Cross
Is one OF the relations which will re-
lieve you Of the stigma. You cant
give anything to the government OF
the United States; 1t won't accept II.
There is a law Of congress against ac-
cepting even services without pay.
The only thing hat the government
will accept is a loan. and duties per-
formed; but It is a great deal better TO
give than to lend or to pay and your
great channel for giving it the Amer
lean Red Cross.
No Satisfaction In Loans.
Down in your hearts you ant take
very much satisfaction, in the last an
alysis, in lending money to the gov
eminent Of the United States, because
the interest which you draw will burn
your pockets; II is a commercial trans
action and some men have even dared
to cavil at the rate of interest, not
knowing the incidental commentary
made upon their attitude.
"But when you give, something OF
your heart, something OF your soul;
something of yourself goes with the
gift. particularly when IL is given In
such form that il never can come back
by way of direct benefit to yourself.
You know there is the old cynical de-
hnition Of gratitude, as the lively ex-
p~ectation of favors to come
well, there is 10 expectation oil
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 %succoredi
that homes may be restored; that sur
fering may be relieved; that the face
OF the earth may have the blight oil
destruction taken away from II, anc
that wherever force goes, there shall
go mercy and h~elpfulness.
And when you give, give absolu-
tely all hat you can spare. and dom
consider yourself liberal in the giving
II you give with self-adulation, yol
r are not giving at all, you are giving tC
your own vanity; but If you give n
| it hurts. then your heart blood goe'
into IL.
And think what we have herel w
3 call IL the American Red Cross, bu
1t is merely a branch of a great in
ternational organization, which is no
only recognized by the statutes o
= each of the civilized governments o
the world, but 1t is recognized by in
r ternational agreement and treaty a
c the recognized and accepted instru
. mentality of mercy and succor.
zone of the deepest stains that rest
upon the reputation of the Germal
army is that they have not ~respecte'
r the Red Cross.
THAT goes to the root of the mat
e. ter. They have not respected the IN
strumentality they themselves partici
: pated I'm setting up as the thing whacl
no man was to touch, because 1t wa
the expression of common humanity
8 We are members. by being member
= of the American Red Cross, OF a grea
I fraternity and comradeship which ex
tends all over the world. and thi
s cross which these ladies bore today /
an tllDltm VI 0llloNhhhANJ ~
Pleased With Busy Women.
n 1T fills my imagination. ladies an
j. gentlemen, to think of the women a
over this country who are busy to
night and busy every night and ever
e day doing the work of the Red Cross
= busy with a great eagerness to fin
IS out the most serviceable thing to d.
: busy with a forgetfulness of all tn
s old frivolities of the social relation
ships, ready to curtail the duties {
e the household in order that they ma
u contribute to this common work this
u all their hearts are engaged in. an
It in doing which their hearts becam
II acquainted with each other.
when you think of this, you rea
e lie how the people of the Unite
: States are being drawn together int
3. a great intimate family whose heal
is being used for the service of th
soldiers 10 only. but for the serviC
l. OF civilians. where they suffer an
It are lost in a maze of distresses an
r distractions