El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-29

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1 the Red Cross in other cities, fl
that IS percent Of the output Of worl
is done by the same 20 women" asked
Hrs. Edmund T. Brown, director Of
rromen's work for the entire south
western division Of the American Red
Cross. IN addressing a mass meeting
o. women and men, in the auditorium
o. the Young Women's Christian asso
ciatoin. Sunday afternoon THAT is
not Red Cross-its a Woman's AiC
society. A good beginning, 20 be sure
BUT-there is more to this thing than
the making Of garments. II is the
psychology Of the situation that con-
Germs US
THE women have not yet awakened
10 the conscience that our main job is
e. win the war They are still uncon-
scious that the time has come TO make
this the main issue We have made
some little changes, but we have not
as vet made any sacrifices whatever In
cur food or way Of living We are as
vel housed. clothed and fed as we
ever were AND We ARE THE ONLY
WOMEN on OUR SIDE OF THE CIV
TLIZED WORLD WHO ARE GOING
on N OUR THOUGHTLESS, HAPPY
co LUCKY WAY
Everybody should Save
THE Canadian and British women
have used no wool in their own or
their chiIdren's clothes for three ana
= haff years. The time is coming when
we viii have no wool, and the girl
who wears a cOlored sweater or a man
with sleeveless jacket viii be kept busy
erulaining that she or he had lt before
the war. and viii unravel II TO make II
mo garments needed. Socks keeps
= man in health. and knitted garm ents
mean no cold. pneumonia ana Juper-
culosis TO the soldier IN the trencnes-
eve do not raise sheep enough 10
raise sufficient wool for our own
Grow sheep as well as save wheat
u wheat is needed. we should get
along without wheat. People VINO
keen only one or two wheatless Gays
must be living in the dark ages
Red Cross Important.
The speaker made everyone Wllnln
me very next best thing to being IN
ne war. itself was enlisting IN hed
cross work. that we could not win
-~ffhout IL and the main thing is to
Get EVERY man. woman and child IN
rerested and lab0ring-
I've in the United states as a unit
believe We are right" she said, and
- in she war for q principle, and will
efav until we win II II taxes TN
Foomsdav and no one is left We can
81 the feeling TO the boys who are
fighting unless il exists, and II ooesn
exist now When we become q unit,
fighting as hard as we can, We can
save lives, and shorten the var. 10"
Is the time 10 show where we stand
ne silent people, those who are AFRAID
"a come ont. are not Americans; ana
she time is not far of when there
Will be no common ground DelW cen
ms and our friends who are careless
rhoughtless. vicious They VIII De os-
Heyp Make Public Opinion.
There IS something else to DO be-
SIDES make surgical dressings and
h0sDita1 earmeuts-we must all make
nubIic opinion and get these VINO are
not into the Red Cross busy az WORK
at is true, we don't see our families
nor friends as often as We should ike,
hut there VIII be no use 70 nave IeIn
lies IL we do not win the fight we
are fighting for something more pre-
-ious than life and il is an impossi-
hffirr 70 give in until the rignL sys-
TEN is assured US
Red Cross No Longer Neutral
Ms Brown declared the Red Cross
70 be no longer neutral, and the sea-
For Neutrality and humanity
thing Of the past The neutrality nau 4
10 be dropped when the Hun chose
and DESTINED 10 sink our hospital yes ]
raTr and bomb the base hospitals and I
shoot the surgeons and nurses VINO I
vent 10 his aid" she said. The Dig /
orraufzation stands for humanity I
and is now fighting the enemy me
German thinks lnaL oy -, hl-L--ls q
doctor he has killed 500 soldiers; one /
physician can put 500 men back IN I
the lines" she related how an Amer
Jean surgeon, going out TO treat one
Of their own bows ansW ered lls ap-
peal from a wounded Hun 70 help MN I
his hip was shattered The trust
ing American went 70 him ltne Doene 4
spoke good English). and treated him.
only TO be shot dead The Red cross
takes care Of the wounded prisoners
but they are no longer gong out ~
no Mans Land TO pick them OUT
she arrested. Only seven out OF ]
{ thousand die from wounds, II the man
can be reached within ten hours ms
IS WHY the Germans dropped tnsrruc-
lions over the allied lines for the hos
pital bases TO be moved back farther
They failed 70 accomplish their pur-
pose however. for the workers are
closer than ever TO the firing lines
Caring For Children.
Tears We1led 10 the eyes Of the aud
1euce as the director told OF the hurts
caused BY what the Hun has done to
helpless children A stream Of tu-
bercular children, from four 70 II
years OF age. is turned toward the
allies lines by the Germans-Where
they came from could not be found
out. but they appeared in big num-
bers. crying, NOW we shall have
meat" The Red Cross gathered them
into an old monastery in southern
France, and american money is fl
uaucing them. while the Belgian
mothers DO the actual work Eighty
percent get wen, and this cutting
down the death rate 0f tuberculosis
and infant mortality is no small part
o. the excellent achievement OF the