The Washington herald., 1918-05-19

cisco: me from New York; all
over" There was part OF the
heart OF America i'm the Italian
army. People that had been
knitted 10 US by associa ton, who
knew us. who had lived amongst
us. who had worked shoulder to
shoulder with US and now, friends
of America were fighting for their
native Italy.
FriendshIp Binds the World.
Friendship is the only cement
that will hold the world together.
And this intimate contact of the
great Red Cross with the peo-
Piles who are suffering the ter
rors and deprivations OF this war
is going to be one of the great
est instrumentalities of friend
ship that the world ever knew,
and the center Of the heart of
it all, il we sustain IL properly
with this land We SO dearly love.
My friends a great day Of duty
has come. and duty finds a mans
soul as no kind of work can ever
find il.
"May I say this. The duty that
faces us all now il 60 serve one
another. and no man can afford
to make n fortune cut of this
war. There are men amongst ms
who have forgotten that, IL they
ever saw "a. Some Of you are
remember men who made for
you know how they were re-
Earded by their fellow citizens.
That was n war 60 save one
country-thIs is n war to save
the world
And your relation to the Red
Cross is one OF the relations
which will relieve you Of the
stigma. You can't give anything
TO the government OF the United
States. IL won't accept IL. There
Is a law OF Congress azSi-sst ac-
cepting even services without
pay.
The only thing that the govern
ment will accept is a loan and
duties performed; but it is a great
deal better to give than TO lend
y
for giving is the American Red
Cross. Down in your hearts you
can't take very much satisfaction
in the last analysis in lending
money to the government OF the
United States. because the interest
which you draw will burn your
pockets. 1t is a commercial trans
action and some men have even
dared to cavil at the rate of in
terest. not knowing the incidental
commentary that constitutes upon
their attitude.
'Gfye Of Your Heart
But when you give something
of your heart, something of your
soul, something Of yourself goes
with the gift, particularly when it
is given in such form that 1t never
can come back by way Of direct
benefit TO yourself. You know
there is the old cynical definition
of gratitude as the lively expec-
tation Of favors TO come Well,
there is no expectation of favors
to come of this kind of giving
These things are bestowed in order
ShoN NAAC WI may pG q place
to live in. that men may be sue
cored. that homes may be restored.
that suffering may be relieved.
that the face OF the earth may
have the blight of destruction
taken away from II, and that
wherever force goes there shall
go mercy and helpfuIness.
"And when You give, give ab-
soluteIy all that you can spare,
and don't consider yourself Hb-
eral I'm the giving. IL you give
with self aduIatfon you are not
giving at all, you are giving to
your own vanity; but n you give
until IL hurts, then your heart
blood goes into It.
And think what we have here,
We call it the American Red Cross,
but 1t Is merely a branch of a
great international organization
which Is not only recognized by
the statutes Of each of the civilized
governments of the world, but Il
is recognized by international
agreement and treaty as the rec
ognfzed and accepted instrument
alike OF mercy and succor. And
one of the deepest stains that
rests upon the reputation Of the
German army Is that they have
not respected the Red Cross.
The Root of the Matter.
That goes to the root Of the
matter. They have not respected
the instrumentality they them
selves participated I'm setting up
as the thing which no man was
TO touch, because Il was the ex-
preston Of common humanity.
We are members, by being MEM
bers Of the American Red Cross,
Of a great fraternity and comrade-
ship which extends all over the
world, and this cross which these
ladies' bore today is an emblem of
Christianity itself.
ut fills my Imagination, ladies
and gentlemen, TO think of the
women all over this country who
, are busy tonight ana are busy
every night and every day doing
the work OF the Red Cross busy
with great eagerness to find out
the most serviceable thing to do,
busy with a forgetfulness Of ali
the old frivolities OF their social
relationships. ready TO curtan ,hc
duties of the household in order
that they may contribute to this
common work that all their hearts
become acquainted with each
other.
A Great Family.
''When you think OF this, you
realize how the people OF the
United. States are being drawn to-
gether into a great intimate fam