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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-16
RED CROSS MONEY
AIDS 100000 MEN
IN THE SOUTHWEST
REPORT ON WORK IN CAMPS AND
CANTONMENTS SHOWS HOW
CASH Is SPENT.
PROMPT WORK SAVES LIVES
Twenty Thousand Blankets Rushed &c
Camp Bowie When Men Suf-
fered for Lack of Bedding
Mo Red Tape Here.

Sweaters worth $780, 900 have been
given TO soldiers IN Southwestern
camps and environments by the Red
Cross since the mobilization of the
National army was begun
This information is contained in d
report made TO the Washington head
quarters OF the American Red Cross
by Stanley SConer. director OF military
relief Tor the Southwestern division OF
the organization
StoneI's report is proof positive OF
the support the Red Cross is giving
the " ar Department in fitting Amer
can soidIery for winning the war Tha;
no otter agency outside the War De-
partment itself is so potent factor To
mat end is recognized and admitted
generally. Every supporter of the Red
Cross well may feel that he or she &C
| tually is helping to save the world for
democracy and to crush the unspeaK-
| able house of HohenzoIlern:
The report made by Director Stoner
shows that $4,000 sweaters were dis
| tributed up to Feb. 1 to soldiers in
! eight large camps and cantonments.
several smaller camps and 10 the army
which constantly is on guard on the
Mexican border. But sweaters was
only one of 200 items provided Il was
| impossible for the War Department ID
foresee many requirements of the sol
diers, and in many instances. when
necessity arose for supplies Of differ
ent kinds, il was impossible to get
army acquisitions through fast enough
/ to handle the situation Field direc-
! tors in the different camps, always On
| the alert for such emergencies and
armed with authority to spend money
/ freely when necessity arose, stepped
/ in and provided whatever was needed
for the comfort and well-being Of the
men.
| From Spoons to Automobiles.
In addition to the sweaters, a, 1870
mufflers were distributed Other items
were as follows: Socks, 56,373; bIan-
kets. 1850; wristiets. q ,854; helmets,
5.1e9; Christmas packages. 116, 657;
automobiles, &; comforts, 1888 The
automobiles were touring cars neces-
ssFy for the proper transportation Of
sick soldiers from their quarters TO
hospitals. Nearly 6e0.0 items 571.-
925 to be exact. were distributed
Their diversity is illustrated by the
/ following list taken from Director
Stoner's report: Towels, pajamas,
comfort kits. playing cards, tooth
brushes, tooth paste, condensed milk.
oil heaters. drugs, bed sheets, pillow
cases, rubber gloves. soup, foot pow
der, shoes, magazines, books, slippers,
wash cloths. bath robes, hot-Water bot
! ties, window curtains, bath rugs, ice
picks, egg heaters, spoons, electric
plates, knives, spoons gowns, apples,
oranges, lemons. nuts, foot warmers.
rubber sheets. ice bags, boilers, bed
room slippers. gloves. ear muffs. domi-
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MAGIC MESSAGE SENT
BY RED CROSS WORKER
BRINGS SOLDIER CHEER

a striking example Of the mingled
pathos and service Of the American
Red Cross for soldiers in the camps is
related in letter from T. T. F1agler,
field director Of the Southern DtVi-
sion. Atlanta, Ga, to Henry S. Thomp-
son, director Of the Bureau Of Camp
Service, Washington.
An extract from FIagler's letter fol
lows:
II was alone in the office one after
noon, trying to burn anthracite coal
in a wood stove, when there was a
knock on the door and out of the rain,
sleet and snow came one Of the best
looking types OF American manhood
have seen in some time. He was Of
striking appearance and a bad cough
which he had and the paleness Of his
face showed that he was convalescent.
He brought a note from his command
ing officer stating that the bearer was
a motorcycle rider and was just get
ting over the grip and was very much
in need Of knitted articles.
81 took the man down to the ware
house, and on the way down he men
toned that several sweaters he had
seen had cards on them giving the
name of the woman who had knitted
them, and asked me IL ! couldn't get
him a sweater with such a card on 1t,
as he wanted to write a letter OF
thanks.
''On entering the warehouse 4;
CHANGED that the first sweater
picked up had stitched to it a little
black-bordered card bearing the name
and address of the woman and in g
little, thin, shaky hand the following
words:
81 am II years old, and God bless
you, boy
when the soldier saw the little
card he gathered up his helmet. wrist
let's, muff1er and sweater, and his
eyes were actually filled with tears
as he turned to me and said, Tsn'i
that splendid? That is just what
wanted p"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-16
cHILDREN'S WORK AT HOME
Well That They Should Be Given Re
sponsibiIities Suitable to Their
Age and Physical Strength

A home that is home is the result
Of the combined efforts and good VIII
OF those who dwell together within
the house In this cooperative enter
prise none should be deprived OF the
benefit which comes from carrying re-
sponsibiIity and contributing to the
general good. Hence, every child
should be given duties to perform in
that home as well as privileges to en-
Joy. It is doubtful If child should
be paid for performing his share Of
the home duties. Each child should
care for his own room and should do
this properly at the right time. Ger
tain other household or farm tasks
should be allotted to him-not tasks
that win delay him In starting to
school, not those that viii exhaust
him at night, or those too heavy for
his immature body, but such work as
is reasonable In kind and quantity
should be given to him from his earli-
est years More boys and girls are in
danger OF having too little to do In
the modern home than too mucn-
Setting tables, washing dishes, car
ing for the sitting ROOM" feeding
chickens. sweeping perehes and walks
are all tasks within the strength OF
the little school girl. and boy who
always sees that the EoodbOx is filed,
the kindling split, the snow sheFeled
from the path and certain barn duties
are done viii be a more Trustworthy
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tricts. Including care Of five thousand
families and sufficient reconstruction
70 make houses habitable, required
over two millions
Misery On an Unparalleled Scale
These are all large items; but the
Red Cross is graphing with human
misery on an unparalleled scale-a
world CT it The item for relief Of the
blind amounts TO four hundred thou
sand dollars The dispensary service
sends supplies to more than thIrty-four
hundred hospitals The Red Cross re-
ceives and distributes more than two
hundred tons Of supplies daily at Paris
For this distribution and its other
work ii requires a big transportation
service of motors and trucks This
transportation service has cost q mil
lion and a half, and its operating ex-
penses run to q million dollars
Every dollar it spends means misery
allevfated Its work Is building abroad
for the United States the best good viii
In this world It is building the best
good will among ourselves. Whatever
else the war may produce, we shall be
proud OF our Red Cross
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noes, rubber sheets, cots, auto trucks,
lily sWatters, soup strainers, pneu-
monia jackets, chickens, dish rags,
combs, Victrola, quilts.
And wherever the Red Cross is at
work IN these camps, which means all
d them, soldiers are praising it They
call IL Uncle Sans right-hand man.
which tells the story well enough and
true.
Service Which Saves Lives.
Nothing illustrates better what the
Red Cross means to the soldiers in tie
Southwestern camps and cantonments
than an occurrence at Camp Bowie.
Fort Worth, Tex When the December
blizzard struck the camp it found the
men unprepared for it One thousand
soldiers fell i'll in "a hours. More than
1000 were i'll y hours after the biz
Zard hit. Many Of them were threat
ened with pneumonia Many had pneu-
monia- There was insufficient bedding.
The government was unable to take
care Of the situation. Charles W. Con
merry. field director for the Red Cross
at Camp Bowie, bought every blanket
he could get in Fort Worth and other
Texas cities and wired Red Cross
headquarters at St Louis for more.
Within 46 hours after the blizzard
struck, Connery turned over 10000
blankets to the commandant OF the
camp. without any cost to the govern
ment whatever. Undoubtedly this
quick work saved the lives of many
soldiers
That is the sort of work the Red
Cross is doing for $50. 900 American
soldiers in the Southwestern camps
and cantonments, likewise in every
camp and cantonment In the United
States That is how money given to
the Red Cross is spent In milftary
relief
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The Spending Of Your
Hundred Million Dollars
Busiest Budget in AL the World Is Rec
Cross War Fund-Every Dollar Spent
4Alleviates Misery.

Last summer the public subscribed
a hundred million dollars to the Red
Cross. At the latest statement over
eIghty-flve millions Of It had been ap-
propriated-
Where has it gomez you ask For
many months the world has been
spending over a hundred million dol
lars 4 day for the destruction OF life,
limb and means Of subsistence. Call
I'D what you have read about the wars
devastation The American Red Cross
enormous Job Is to do whatever 1t can
to alleviate that-not after the war,
not after governments have deliber-
ated and resolved; but right now, al
the minute, on the spot It's amazing
that Il has done 30 much with so little
money.
Last autumn the Italian army fell
back precipitately. On your war maj
that meant rubbing out one line and
drawing another half an inch further
south. Over there In Italy 1t mean
thousands Of poor families fleeing from
their homes. Major Murphy, Red
Cross Commissioner in Europe, rushed
to the scene and wired: "Indescrfbably
pathetic conditions exist, involving
separation Of mothers and children
cold, hunger, disease, death" In No
yember and December the American
Red Cross appropriated three million
dollars for relief there-a large sum
vet small In comparison with the need
CONDENSED Milk for Children.
Soldiers are only a part Of the Re
Cross work-probably the smalle
part Every instant, somewhere In tn
vast food Of destruction, a ham
reaches up In appeal. 1t Is pretty ap
to be a chIld's hand or a woman'E
When the Red Cross commission
reached Petrograd 1t asked the gov
eminent, "What is the most urgen
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-16
She Kissed the Waiter.

Two young women who had the table
d'hOte habit, sat alone tonight In red
ink establishment In the Fcrties. 81
was silly last night" mOaned one. 81
came in here and no one whom can
tolerate was here. felt alone and re
sentfu. I kissed Nike, the waiter
s'YvonneI YyonneP' walled her com
panion, why did you do thatT' 'Bahl''
sneered Yyonne. 81 had tansflitis. -
New York SCn.
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Red Cross Is BACKING ItaIy,

That the American Red Cross War
Council win assist in re-eQuippiRg
field hospitals in Italy, many OF which
were lost or damaged in the retreal
OF the Italian army, is the information
contained in a telegram to the head
quarters Of the Southwestern DiYi
sion, American Red Cross. at St
Louis, from Henry P Dawson, chair.
man OF the Red Cross Council
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Shopping Personally Conducted.

The American soldier in France fs
a good fighting man. But when he
faces the French shopkeeper-that
quick-tongued, sharp-eyed little WON
an who keeps the till as full as she
can while her husband fights, he Is
glad enough to have an American
woman beside him So the Red Cross
women at the Hne-of-communicati
canteens have a new job. They take
the boys out shopping.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-16
By WILL PAYNE

thing7" The government replied: I'VE
must get condensed milk for the little
children here" The commission got
the milk At one spot In France farm
work was stopped by lack Of horses
That meant more hunger. The Red
Cross got In a big tractor and set It
TO blowing for the community.
There are a million needs Cold,
wet and the deadly physical strain OF
the trenches undermine mems consti-
tutions. A frightfuI scourge Of tuber-
culosis has developed in France. The
Red Cross has built sanatoria, pro-
vided over thousand beds and nurses.
Thirty Millions for France.
have here a big sheaf of sheets
flied with figures. One item is thirteen
million and odd dollars-the amount
which, up to that time, had gone to the
local chapters Of the Red Cross in the
United States for local relief. Twenty
FIVE per cent OF the money subscribed
through the chapters eventually goes
that way.
Over thirty millions have been ap-
propriated for work in France. Here
is a million and q Quarter-in round
numbers-for military hospitals and
dispensaries; over a million and a half
for canteen service, where French and
American soldiers, relieved from the
/ trenches, can get good food. a cot, q
/ bath, and have their clothes disinfected
and so go on for their brief holiday
clean, rested, nourished- There are
over three millions for hospital supply
service; half a million for rest sta
/ lions for American troops
Aid Of refugees thousand
famiIIes-accounts for nearly three
million dollars; care and prevention OF
tuberculosis takes over two millions
care of helpless children over a mil
lion; relief work in six devastated dis
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citizen in later years than The boy for
whom all things are done and who
does for no one.-FrOm the Federal
Bureau of Education
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JUNIOR RED CROSS IS
DOING SPLENDID WORK
HELPING To WIN WAR
Hundreds of Thousands in Southwest
ern Division Are Telling for
Men in the Trenches

Hundreds Of thousands OF children
IN the Southwest are helping to win
the war for America and her allies
There are not better patriots in the
United States, In the whole world
In cities and towns the children, a
majority Of whom are members OF the
Junior Red Cross, are working in
thrift gardens. knitting sweaters.
socks, etc, for our soldiers, turning
old paper, rubber. metals and bottles
into cash and investing the returns in
thrift stamps and liberty bonds, max
ing refugee activity of the Red Cross
in which they can be Of seTTice-
In the country the children who
also generally are members Of the
Junior Red Cross, are rating pigs.
sheep, rabbits, chickens, making gar
dens, doing general farm work TO aid
IN the production OF foodstufis, can
ming and preserving, and lik. their city
cousins they are buying Thrift Stamps
and Liberty Bonds, knitting and max
ing refugee garments
Schools Close to Aid Juniors.
Many rural schools already have sus-
pended until next fail and thousands
OF children have begun Spring and
Summer campaigns which have for
their purpose the doing Of everything
possible TO win the war. In a major
fty Of the towns and cities Of the
Southwest the schools still are IN ses-
sion and the children are taking their
knitting TO school with them and work
ing on It at recess time and the noon
hour, then doing other Red Cross work
after school hours.
The pupils OF $500 schools in the
Southwestern division Of the Red
Cross have joined the Junior Red
Cross since the membership campaign
started early in February.
More than 10e,OOe children Of the
St Louis schools are On the Junior
membership rolls and 225s0 900 will have
enrolled before the end Of the cam
paiEn- This wiz make St Louis leo
Fer cent Junior Red Cross. IN other
words. every child Of school age who
is in school soon viii be q member
Counties Use Unique Plans.
Tens OF thousands more children
viii be enrolled outside St Louis in
the Southwestern division within the
next few weeks
Many counties in the division have
enrolled every school, and many
unique methods have been employed
TO raise the required membership fees
In Johnson County, Kansas. for in
stance, 5000 children were enrolled
as members OF the Junior Red Cross
In order TO raise money with which TO
pay the enrolment fees of the chill
dren. cherry pie making contest and
auction was staged Hundreds Of the
good women OF the county baked cher
y pies. The pies we're auctio7ed At
a social. and $500 Ess raised A
COMMITTEES decided that the most deli
cious pie was the product OF z-Heman
So yearssold, who is ardently interested
IN Red Gross work. Her pie wa BID
In by a man, also IS years Old. Tor
! $3.50.
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Facts About the American Red Cross
Did you know that

Did you know that
has established and is operating twenty dspensar-
les In the American Army Zone France for the
needy families there and improve health conditions in
that section ready for troops?
is housing and feeding thousands of children in the
War Zone keep them away from the danger of and
shell fire?
1t has divided the entire War Zone into six main dis
with Red Cross workers each point to distribute
cooking utensils agricultural implements beds, beddngs
food and clothing?
provides builders and ready toputup buildings to
house homeless in the devasted often before
the walls of the destroyed homes have cooled?
1t is bringing hundred tons of supplies
day into Paris, from which one hundred and twenty-five
reshipped to branch warehouses France?
1t is providing artificial limb factory outside of
Paris, in addition to special plants for the making Of
splints?
What will you give to keep this Hand of Mercy at its
work?
Contributed to the Red Cross by
Kissing BROTHERS
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! ~ $ Church
5AnnounCgmgut::
8% In BY G. E. HAMILTON,
- Pastor First.Bsptst Church

BY G. e. HAMILTON,
Pastor First. Baptist Church

upon the screen one evening and the
other three evenings will be devoted
to a straight forward presentation OF
the gospel message. We shall post,
pone the series of sermons which had
been announced for young people
especially. We shall take that series
up later but on account of the new lay.
mems movement we shall set it aside
for the present.
During the month of November we
shall make a great deal of the prayer
meeting because it is essential to any
forward movement that the morale OF
the force shall be at its best. We
shall give opportunity for any who
have news from those in the service
to give us the news and the rest OF
the time we shall spend in devotion,
"Iset US lay aside every weight and
the sin which doth so easily beset u.s.
and come to prayer meeting. -..
Christian Enlistment Week
Last year the laymen of the North
ern Baptist convention took it upon
themselves to raise an additional mill.
ion dollars for benevolence and raised
it. This year they are launching a
bigger thing. The object of this drive
is: The Spiritual Enlistment of Ev-
cry Man and His Enrolment in Defin.
tie Christian. Service. The enrolment
is not to stop with men but everyone
who has reached the age of account.
ability and who should be working
with any one. of the churches that be.
longs to the Northern Baptist conven,
ton are totbe given a chance to en-.
roll definitely in the Army of the
Lord Those who are Christians to
enroll for active service and those
who have never named His name to
enroll as a christian soldier and begin
the great warfare. The sWar Rolf
card will be used and teams of work
ers will visit each person.
The week Of November 18th to oath
has been set aside for this purpose.
The national and, state committees
are at work and our own committee
have been in readiness for month;
let us rally to their assistance and
make this the biggest thing we have
ever undertaken. Read Hogan and
Hogan on Enlistment Week" in last
weeks issue of the "Standard," and
watch the Record" for news of the
drive. c. E. Hamilton, Minister.
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The people who didn't raise gardens
because they thought it would be over
done are now paying high prices for
their vegetables. u'.
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cause, and also to the business men
who donated money to defray the ex.
penses of the shipment. T.
The following letter was received
in acknowledgment of the shipment:
u, s. Army Base Hospital,
Camp Dodge, Iowa,
- Oct. Is, 1918.
Mrs. John Rohwer, Denison, Iowa.
Dear Madam:
This letter will acknowledge with
thanks the receipt of the iellies and
preserves which the Red Cross chap.
ter OF Denison was kind enough to
send to this hospital.
You may be sure that these will be
greatly appreciated by the sick SOL
diers and that they will be of great
help to them during their GONZALES
cence. =.
Will you kindly thank each member
of the Red Cross society who had a
part in donating these delicacies, and
assure them that they are indeed ap-
preciated.
Yours truly,
e.S.. Karl A. Mayer,
Ist Lieut.. Med. Corps, U. S. A.
Adjutant. ..N s-. -.'s'.