Evening journal., 1918-04-29

Very quieu. low to this soldier,
now TO that now 60 this can
tonment, DOW tlat camp, now to
this family, nD io that community, |
the. realization oi what This notice
means Vas come as a great revelation
AS a ilew strength; aa new hold on
life.
lt means, briefly. that the home
service and the camp service Of The
Red Cr)ss are charged with the duty
Of safeguarding The homes OF the men
called 10 the cOi0rs - safeguarding
thcm as literally, as humanity as this
several weeks after q certain sol
di5r had enlisted it happened that his
vic ami children were threatened with
election from their home for nOn-pay-
meni OF The rent. a neighbor sug-
gestcd that the home service OF the Red
Gloss might have influence with the
landlord But ile Rcd Cross workers
did more than bridge the financial cri-
sis, they brought friendship and a new
sense OF life TO that home.
In another soldiers home thc little
hrother-eleyen years old--who had
walked on crutchcs all his life, fell and
broke them The family did not have
enough money to buy new ones, and
went 10 the home service section Of the
Red Cross. The workers there took
the child 10 an Orthopedio SURGEON.
He said he could help the boy by an
operation. The child was eager at the
prospect Of being like other children
and he is that now, running and
Jumping. And the big brother in camp
thinks Of that every time he secs the
sign OF the Red Cross.
Private b at Camp seemed TO
his officers willfully stupid. The thrill
ing things Of the new life were only
terrible 10 him. Worry about his fam
lily kept taking on new fears. II her
allotment did not come promptly what
would his wife do2 Who would take
care Of her in her approaching confine-
ment? Who would take care OF the
children? Would the grocer refuse
credit? As the others seemed TO catch
the spirit OF the camp, to respond to
tho bugle and the drums and the mill
tary ceremonies when battalions OF
new soldiers swung cleanly into tho
traditional formations TO salute the
colors-he who say new souls born In
some Of them felt himself outcast, re-
bellious, desperate.
When the notice went up in the camp
he saw his Red Cross field director. Its
assurance that the Red Cross was ready
20 help meant, in his case, that the
Young wife, who had been 50 lonely
and so frightened when her allotment
WAS DELAYED, had expert care in that
happv maternity ward in New York
always bright with kindness-which is
The greatest professional pride OF a
group of distinguished physicians who
are proud 10 offer their skill TO the
home service section Of the Red Cross
4hat ihc children were tenderdy cared
for. meanwhile, and money difficulties
settled. But. again. it meant much
more than this.
For the Red Cross home service
friends did not let that family drop
hut continually brought new pleasures
and interest into their lives so tla'
thev came 10 have the inyigoratine
sense of their part in the community
New economies took on an interest
a kind OF dignity Of patriotic obsery-
ance. there was something new IN
overvthing: an unexpected flash OF
meaning here and there in things thai
had lust been words. They began tC
realize new possibilities in living, now
Dossibilities in themselves. And quite
naturally. there came TO the man tl'
blessed miracle of response TO his owl
uniform.
No two families arc alike, and eyer9
home service story is different IRON
every other story. The undertaking
~ safeguarding the homes OF ON
soldiers and sailors is So vast as scarce
Iv m seem credible Yet it is alrcad,
so organized that every soldiers ant
SAILORS family may have access iC
home service. And camp service, Whlcl
Dnts The offer OF these resources hc
fore every man I'm camp, and by whicl
he can bring his private worries l'
his Red Cross field director, Wno lorlh
his bridge with home service, mas peei
established already in the majority o
our camps and cantonmcnls, ana Soul
viii be i'm every one. rms as5uIai iC'
is given TO every man as me leaNes Iv
France. 10 is % be In recrealloh NUS
i'm headquarters, in the nospllal Ndlu
"oyer there. r.,
o,,r defenders are the resources or tnI
American Red Cross, with It's trcmend
ont force generated by 22OOOOOO pco
nlo. fhe corporation OF great agencle
~ nublic welfare: the voluntary ser
vices OF highly skilled professional mel
and women. Expert legal business an
vice-thesc things are back OF our men
In ihe matter Of information alone u
AFFAIRS OF allotments and war RISK an
other insurance, details in connection
with business and property, nome ser
vice has been Of incalculable help u
thousands Of people.
But its supreme service ls known
what TO do when there is loneliness
in the home where nobody comes nom
at night. Home service means iricnu'
This is building the strength OF a
army that cannot be broheu-an arm
OF men with their homes protected
H. Is creating a new social sense IN th
communities at home - communluC
that are finding themselves and theI
possibilities. even as families ana lr
dlVduals do.
one afternoon, at one or our ne'
cantonments, a battalion was ordere
TO pack all equipment and be ready !
onirain i'm the night. They and the
officers had expected that they woul
have n furlOugh before leaving, Du
this could only mean one thing over
seas. They were all new soldiers. OF
how raggedy, how awkward how on
Of step they had been Just fey
Special rental rates to stncents on VI,
plies on purchase. Selling agents for Ro
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