Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-14
THE RED CROSS
 CALL TO ALL OF US
 TO KEEP THE FAITH


 ing of the Warren District chapter 0 the Red Cross directors the other day. and thereby hangs a tale, if he could
 only tell it as it should be told It |
 not of the business transacted at thii
 session that he would speak; not O
 the routine, the methods. the ordinary grist of work that must pass through
 the wheels and hOppers of a committee or board of directors. But rather of the spirit of the meeting The spirit of France, and not her cannon shots will win the war" said great French man the other day. And it is the spir- it of the men and women behind the Red Cross that make it the greatest organization in the world today.
 They sat there at the long table, a half dozen women and four or five men leaders in the social and business life of the district, each one with individ- ual cares and work sufficient for any individual, and the whole heart and soul Of each was in this work of gen tleness and mercy that must go hand in hand with cruel war.
 The spirit of Red Cross work is sac rifice; its motive power is unselfish- Less. No one who sits in its councils can doubt it. There is so much to do !; so many problems and obstacles and disc uragements. And every hour and every effort spent in graphing these must be taken from ones own prob. lens and work and burdens. The in teligence and concentrated power of the land are behind the Red Cross. Why From patriotism, of course; !; nnA n EHsfar ATr for a selfish man or woman here. They would be sadly out of place; a note out of tune on the nations keyboard. grat- ing and unbearable.
 Tbis meeting at the Bisbee Y. M. C.. A. the other day had no brass band or public applause to lend inspiration to the work It was simply an earnest discussion of ways and means by less than a dozen men and women as to how a great work could be advanced; a work that would not profit one of then cent or bring to them individu- al fame. But surely the sweep of the Red Cross onward will bring to each heart, deep down, a glow of happy pride for the small but necessary part each has played in the grand cause.
 This simple newspaper man wishes ne could convey to every woman in the Warren district the feeling he has in his feart for this Red Cross work. in spireG by an hour at this council cham Der. He wishes he could present to then, the real worries and vacations and obstacles that must be overcome by the faithful who are closest to the red breath of the cross on the white trnr1 nf an courEgement and your presence beside them as much as they need your phy- sicai help.
 Consider: You go to a Red Cross work room; go once. and there is noth- ing iOr you to do that day; no machine. maybe, at which you can work. And you gl away in bad and rebelliOus frame of mind. How badly they man. age it." you murmur. Il will never go there again. They are calling all the time for help, and then, when l come, at personal inconvenience, there Is nothing for me to do.'
 How childish this spirit; how unjust and unfair. Judge not rashly, saith the scriptures, yet we all judge in our haste. over and over again, and never see the light of a Great Patience.
 Don't you suppose that these earnest uns6ltlsh men and women who have the work in charge and the burdens to bear and no profit or fame to reap from their hard sowing. would have the machines there if they could; would use your work that day if they could. Both are needed so badly. But sewing machines do not grow upon bushes and cannot be mined from our mountains Orders for machines, sent long ago. are delayed in a manner to make the heart sick Material sent tor Is slow to come. These men and women have neglected nothing; have overlooked nothing. They have looked tar ahead and applied the management and experience and talent that are theirs to the best of human ability, but shC imperative and terrible need of the war has set at naught all human rec koning and effort. And so they stTUg- gied on, trying their level best to keep th.s district to the forefront in the great work and depending upon this GistI .ct to do so. and keep on doing in the face of every obstacle and disap- pOinJnient, to the end.
 The Elks lodge of Bisbee has given is lodge room for this great work. More loom there, and hence more workers are needed. More machines are coming, and more material. More women must come, if the work is to be kept Up to the demand. In Jerome. smaller camp by far than this. one hun dred and fifty women work every week for the Red Cross Shall Bisbee las behindf
 IT you come today and there is nOth- ing to do, come again tomorrow. Faint heart end weak spirit can have no part in this war. You cannot excuse your self from the shirkers part, ii you draw back after such vain and pUny effort Keep on coming March at any cost under the crimson cross that glO- rifles the white field. No real Ameri- can woman can do less with clear eye and an untrOub.cd spirit these days It was woman who stood near est the cross on Calvary. lt was a woman who came Co the tomb when all hope had fled in the darkness that set tied or that cross The Red Cross faith Is the finest, highest, most uusel- fish and glorious taith tn the world to- day next Co the Calvary cross. Shall the daughters Of Mary tail their faith ss.a all rraNr Ifrsa