Evening journal., 1918-05-21

broke out heartily. Where DO We 60
From Here. Boys9 No doubt about the
ERmeness OF our hoys.
you do not appreciate in this coun-
try what Il means when you hear that
The French women arc doing the farm
ing. often within sound of the shells.
sometimes within RANGE of them.
mother will work ten hours dav
ploughing while The bsby and an older
child arc tied 10 a tree al one end OF
the field, for the sake Of safety and ex-
orcise
The army has no money appropri-
ated for experimental work The Red
Cross last spring discovered the carrier
and the cure for trench fevOr, saving
untold lives Of soldiers. INey have
made 10 possible to manufacture all the
nitrous oxide necessary for operations
In case OF she'll or other shock Ether
or chloroform cannot be used in shock
cases. and before the BED Cross came
TO the rescue such operations were per
formed without anaesthetics.
In this country where the soldiers
are embarkins daily for France without
chance 10 say goodby 20 their folks
the Red Cross women cheer them up
with coffee and sandwiches and friend
ly words. Recently a touching Incident
occurred at such time A soldier was
going aboard a transport with dog al
his heels. The boy paid no attention
n the dog, hoping II would get on Just
as stray wanderer But rules are
strict. and the dog was stopped The
boy broke down and cried Bill and 7
have never been separated he told a
sympathetic woman.
Would IL comfort you any II would
take care NJ Bill?" asked the woman
The boy beamed Then ne put his arm
around the dog and kissed n. and went
on board with the tears stitl streaming
down his face Now the canteen work
er sends card 20 the boy every
week to tell him how Bill is getting
along
The Red Cross takes care OF the
families and relatives. who are in trou-
BILE Of any sort. IN this country. 80 that
the boys need not worry There is not
line OF activity that this orFanizs-
ton is not taking up for the boys u
keeps in touch with the boy from the
time he goes into camp in this coun-
try. and every moment he Is in France
But we must all help--teamwork VIII
win the war, and this is our chance 10
/ do our snare"
Mrs Belmont was presented with
! bouquet OF American Beauty roses. at
/ the conclusion OF her address
Banquet Of Workers
The diningroom Of the Hotel dupont
was filled with guests OF honor, team
CAPTAINS and workers al the banquet
D
ring speeches reused the workers Ia do
their utmost In this campaign for the
sake of America Charles n Scott Jr,
chairman Of the pennsylvanis-Delawa
division. who was a guest, paid a high
compliment 81 Delaware He said the
committee had not worried over what
qnota 10 assign 70 Delaware. They had
merely said, put down anything, Just
Ia nominal sum; Delaware be sure 70 go
over the top with more than her share,
anyhow; she always does"
Henry p Scott, campaign chairman,
who presided, inspired the workers
preent 10 90 forth with enthusiasm In
the following vigorous speech
Again, comrades OF the Red Cross,
we are called 10 arms for special duty.
he said with loyal devotion we are
here
"In our campaign of last June 20,00o
or our people contributed At342 2700
and have paid all ot II but three-eights
of one per cent
Delaware ls proud of her children.
THE great value Of the Red Cross Il
well illustrated by our Delaware chapter
Delaware Chapter with lts u
branches and auxlllarles there we're bu
I % 4 year ago. IN the ten months. July I
: 1917 10 May 1913, shipped an averas'
Of 1000 new articles each working day
hospital supplies. 69,o53 knitted arti
, cles, $3.50, surgical dressings, 3ss.S67
I 1 900 layettes 5s articles IN each). 50,
, 600. refugee garments. 1877; 100
B. Christmas boxes 10 articles IN each
r 10000, and 1900 comfort bags 25 arti
3 cles in each $500 Total 66905a.
= These supplies are necessary 10 N