Arizona republican., 1918-05-20
RED CROSS ACTIVITIES

which has already been proven time and again since the awakening they have experienced and which has ex- pressed itself not only in the desire to serve but in real saerificial service.
 If all plans carry it is hoped by fall to have secured a central location, in charge of capable women who can and will give practically all of their time tO the Junior Red Cross work. In other words, it is very apparent that the Junior Red Cross has already out grown it's swaddling clothes and that the details of seeingAo the purchasing of supplies, the supervision of making supplies, the examination of finished work, and the packing and shipping will so increase in scope with the natu- ral growth of the Junior Red Cross funds (the lack of which has as seriously hampered this branch of the work as the want of definite work ing plan within the schools) that it will have become a real business to be handled only in the most business-li like manner" said Mrs. Shaw.
 Tn the meantime, those in charge of the. Junior Red Cross are practicing
 
 determined that the summer shall not be wasted by those who wish to work, and practically all do wish 10 carry on some kind of real efficient work dur ing the vacation period, and by the opening of school in the early fall ample preparation for handling the work will be completed.
 Several plausible plans for adding to the much needed general fund for the Junior Red Cross are already under way. One is a benefit concert by lead i ing and patriotic musicians of Phoe- nix, in the early fall, and this might very easily be done by the musicians l of other towns in the Central Arizona i district or the entire state. Also, as | suggestion to the auxiliaries which meet in the rural schools and neighbor- | hood centers, ice cream socials would add very materially to the enjoyment of the summer evenings and might also | add considerably 10 war fund for the Junior Red Cross, providing all ma | terials and expenses are donated.
 "The most emphatic need of the Junior Red Cross at present is for a | fund sufficient to meet the desire of those wishing to work for the Junior Red Cross, for without funds, materials cannot be purchased" she said in conclusion. All of which should be borne in mind by those who are es- pecially interested in furthering the work of the Juniors.
 The following article on the Red Cross Spirit is from the official bull letin issued in Washington:
 Get the work done; never mind l who gets the credit That is the spirit | in which the American Red Cross work in being done in France. according to the testimony of observers who recent ly have returned to this country from | over there" and it speaks volumes for the cause m which the organization is | enlisted. The same spirit. it may be said in all truth, anmates the direct ing organization over here, and it should be the spirit in connection with the work of every chapter and every auxiliary.
 Addressing the members of the Red Cross family at national headquarters, just after his return from France, George W Simmons, of St. Louis, manager of, the Southwestern Division, declared that the organization in France is the greatest aggregation of high grade men possible 10 be gotten l clared NIT. Simmons, could induce men of that class to come together and do the kind of work they are putting through. They take the job, no matter
 what it is and. most characteristic of
 all they do. they care not who does it
 All are working for one great end just one happy family"
 Undoubtedly it is just this happy family idea that accounts for much
 of the wonderful success that has at
 tended the Red Cross work in Europe since the United States entered the war Without the esprit du corps which . has impressed itself on all who have been brought in contact with the or ganization through tours of inspection ' and otherwise, the efforts to relieve the uffering in France would have beer , title better than a conglomeration oi i well-intentioned blundering instead o 5 he record of achievement that has
 ,alled forth the praise of generals anC statesmen far and wide.
 Leaders of course, there must be ir f my great undertaking. This war l | especially, has demonstrated that ever l ' the most popularized democracies mus