The Washington herald., 1918-12-12
ST EACH, Wish
OF RED CROSS
Organization Will Call Roll
of Entire Nation Before
Christmas.

The American National Red Cross
will call the roll OF the American peo-
pie during the week Of December 1873,
and during that week every true
American is expected to respond to
the call 10 join the Red Cross. No
funds will be solicited beyond one
years membership dues, 81, but all
who are not now members will be
asked to join and all who are mem
bers will be asked to pay their dues
for next year. The individual sum is
small. but If Americans do their duty
now as they have done 1t in the past
in every Red Cross drive. in every
liberty loan campaign. in every con-
certed effort to raise funds for war
workers and war. sufferers. the aggre-
gate will be large. And there will
be no spring Red Cross Drive.
Throughout the length and breadth
of this great nation the roll will be
called No man or woman will be
denied the opportunity TO join. and
oy contributing a sum so small i;
scarcely will be missed to become a
sharer in the benefits conferred on
Athose IN direst need by that organiza-
ton which, more than any other hu-
man institution, can accomplish the
most good, confer the greatest bless
lngs and make its resources reacl,
farther in relieving human suffering
The war Is over The arrn~tice e
signed. But no armistice could heal
the wounds. evacuate the hospitals Is
rehabilitate the homeless people OF
the war zone or nourish the underfed
children OF the war-stricken countries
The mailed fists of the Hunnisb clans
left ruin and havoc and misery wber-
ever they struck. II is the task O,
American benevolence to remedy these
conditions. And who ever dared Il
say that Americans were cutters?
1t is, therefore, with the utnost
confidence that the Red Cross an.
peals to Americans to complete III,
work of gentleness and charity anc
benevolence, as American courae,
and manliness and determination
completed the work of destroyinl
ruthless and brutal enemy anC
compelling it TO sue for peace.
Objections Don't Count.
To the thoughtless objection,
that 1T is too near Christmas" tC
give thought to other affairs, thai
people ARE too busy buying Christ
mas gifts" to contribute to the Rec
Cross, that IL is too soon after tn,
last liberty loan" to ask for ever
so small contribution as a dollar
those responsible for the work ot
tho Rcd nrEln-.T,-
What could be more in consonanc,
with the spirit of Christmas thar
the relief of suffering huma nifty
How could American enterprise anc
progressivenes find more hitting cx
preston of their harmony with tn,
true spirit of Christmas than b,
contributing of their moral. and il
small measure OF their material
support to an institution whose sol,
purpose and demonstrated capacit!
are the alleviation of human suf
fering? Who, when Christmas hai
come and gone, can feel that an!
present he or she has bestowed wa
in more perfect accord with tn,
! celebration of that day. which is
feastday as well as holiday.
J commemoration of Him. who CAV,
| His life that others might live?"
And with equal confidence is eX
pressed the belief that Washington
! My alive to its honorable respon
.lttY as the capital of the nation
will do its full part and more, tina
| it will set the example to all the ma
! tion in this. as it has in every human
! itarian and patriotic work of the war
Make It unanimous" will be tn
! war cry Of the nation and II is
safe prediction that Washington vii
/ make it so. The plans are perfecte,
! and from day to day will be an
nounced, but right now, even bcfor
! the campaign is begun. every patriot
! American in the nations capital I
appealed to to resolve to join the Re
! Cross and to lay aside the small sun
/ 81. which will cover an entire year
! dues.