Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-16

dill DcglHS lOQdy
anyone from giving money to the
Red Cross.
In closing, ''Shellproof" Mack
showed that with the signing of the
armistice the work of the Red Cross
still goes on and that the important
work of giving food and clothing to
the many people whose homes have
been destroyed in the great war de-
mands the cooperation of all with
the Red Cross organization.
The Red Cross Christmas
Message
The war has ended The allied armies
are victorious---every objective soueh. has
been achieved. The chains are falling
; from the oppressed in every nation The
declaration Of independence for all nations
VIII now be written at Versailles
! The war has served to bring our better
selves to the surface. Virtues have flashed
forth with, al times. dazzling effect The
! poor ard rich alike have offered themselves
| unreservediy to the winning of the war We
| have been brought face to face with sut-
ferinG and want. We have heard and re-
| sponded to the cry from across the water.
We have been led to look upon all PEOPLES
| OF whatever race or color as our brethren
We have poured out our money, we have
turned ASIDE from personal programs, we
nave learned the lesson of service we have
| given our own to die. Our better selves
have come to the surface Let us beware
o. return 70 our selfish ways. Surely if
! ever there has come time for the nation
to stop aud consider, it is now Would that
The noble spirit Of the war, the spirit of our
better selves. would rise up and call 50
loudly for recognition that we should bs
, compelled to listen and heed.
The Way to Defeat
! Philosophers and statesmen have observed
that nations after q victorious war or after
period in which a people have obtained
vast wealth are seized with madness; dis.
ease fastens itself upon them. They no
| longer respond to the note OF the heroic
/ period OF luxury sets in, obscuring the vi
! SION, ana corrnpting everything Then men
seek life of ease. They desire beauty in
painting and sculptur without truth, music
IN poetry without justice 1t was this de.
! feet IN life Of luxury that led Plato to
| DANISH poets from his Ideal CITY" and
! Savonarols to condemn art in Florence. and
| the Furitans to look upon beautiful dress
ing vicious
! We have. come 10 the worlds supreme
victory. Machiavcian and Nietzscbesn
| philosophy have been swept from tho earth.
| Might is no. longer right. The day Lowell
| saw is dawning
| Truth forever on the scaffol1.
Wrong forever on the throne -SY1e,
| that scafoId sways the future. and,
| behind the dim unknowr, Standetii
| I'd within the shadow, keeping
! "atch above his own.
; This is the hour when the thought OF
Thucydides must he enthroned I'VE must
love the beautiful without luxury, and rbil.
f, osophy without weakness"
! The hour has come to see that noye- OK.
stability of society and to keep it from 60.
| ing BACK TO the tigers jungle 1t is also
| necessary to understand that the dynamic
! rowet OF money and art is not only a say.
ing tonic, but deadly poison that power
spells disaster unless il is used for the
highest ends. 1t must civilize the race :
open the door OF opportunity to the unfo..
tunate; dig wells for the thirsty; build
homes for the shcterless give learning to
the ignorant; health to the sick; food to
Ii" hungry, and forgiveness to the sinner.
! The Red Cross Society is the symbol and
sign and spirit of Christianity II is pow.
! er touched by art, and controlled by reason.
! IL is the voice OF the man of Galllee speak
! ing to the souls of men,
Augusta Victorious
+, Our own city has nobly borne her part
+ IN the great contest for freedom She has
sent forth her soas TO serve, battle. and
T: die We mourn the untimely death Of so
many OF them, but we do not regret the su-
rreme sacrifice they have made
i The record Of Augusta IN these 8 months
OF war will constitute one Of the hri:-ltes 81
! pages Of all its history Future generations
VIII iooA back 10 ths time and find in
SEPARATION for unsei,h service, unIneas ured
giving, and matchless sacrifice
, This city has given moro than 77S men
and women TO the service OF the nation. She
has responded 70 every call for supplies and
! money. not only once, but again and again,
She has heard every appeal for help and
every time her answer las exceeded every
expectation. J beg the privilege OF read
/ ing partial list OF these demands and our
/ answer
Eirst Ked Cross roll al s36.7177.t--