The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-13
PEOPLE WHO ARE LEFT
OUT OF THE ROLL CALL
Population Of the United States
Asked 10 Stand Up and
30 Counted.
ny GERALD STANLEY LGI.

had q friend once named Old Bill
Rpsar. who was the curator and found.
" Of the John Quincy Adams Memorial
In Quincy. Mas lie conceived the
idea Of making the house Into n mo.
mortal and. with his genius NJ . col.
lsctor of old furniture. flled II with
things to see.
People came from everywhere. and
Q, twenty-five cents apiece they went
about 10 see the things Bill had col.
iseted ana hear Bili talk.
mn felt very superior to most col.
lsctora. "Juat collectors" Bill said.
"eolleet anything"
NH usually could sisa people up when
thsy came In the door. but when he
wasn't quite sura about people. and sus.
peetsd he didn't want 10 bother with
them very long. he used 10 ,Aks them up
To tbs attic 20 nlue them up quick, is
would show them . bushei hAhketfui ot
someihinH they couldn't quite sec. and
then he would wave HE hand with .
flourish and say In an impressive tons
a. they ssoopsd 10 look closer This 10
the Larsss, Collection Of Burn, Matches
IN the worldi"
Hundreds Of collectors didnt break .
sn,iis. NH said. and Just looked Awsd
Then nlli knew. OF course that hs
nssdnt bother 10 show them his best
thinsa
Eoms Of the people who are proposina
% 10 out Into the streets Red Cross
Christmas Roll Call Week and gather up
sVsryhedy 10 Join the He'd Cross seem
70 think that the main thing ihers IL
q tell people about the Rad Cross II
that n they pay . dollar 10 belong they
wiil belong 20 the Largest couseiion Of
People who Have Paid one Dollar In the
woTid
I felt q littis superior 10 this AZ nrsi
and began thinking how I wouldn't DO II.
Hut whsn ! began thinking wha, the
biguss, coilsetion Of People IN the World
could DO ~ juss being the hisges, and
~ all wanting the aams thing With
different one foilAr. :, became impress
u would even be impressive n forty
milton people In America all wanted the
sAms thing with the same DotlArl
All wanting the same thinG would hs .
nation pFayinH--All the Grownsup people
~ q nation with their little half con.
sclous children round ihsus--prayinEi
pe, be mere ens dollar. Ths dollar
would be q recsipt 10 every man IN
America that 1855 90 other men or
women belonged 20 him. and that no be.
ianKed 20 them In getting what he want.
"a for thrss milton soldier boys and for
THAR children At homs.
Forty million psopls--All the Rrown.up
PEOPLE In thla country pick ou, thres
mlliIon men and say 10 the three million
msn they have picked oft. you 80 and
dls for u. you 20 and be saviors Of the
world ana die on our crosses for u.s."
Then what do the forty million doY
4, would be be something n we would
an line up--the whole forty million OF
us 20 q man. with our little paiild inaipid
spesehisas deiisF bills IN our hands from
Maine 10 California Christmas Week and
Use cur two dollar bills year ~ ballots.
stand Up In lire and be counted and
eabls 10 the rten 'acrons the ,eas that
wa vote ene caFfare once In two weeks
20 stand by them, 20 stand hy tho souls
and hodlsa of the children Of tho men
who have made q standing offer 10 die
on our crosses for u.s.
who wants TO be lsf, eu, Of this line
By chrintmaa Eys'
what mar would want 20 be ssood up
IN q row of those who are lsit out while
ali Of the children of the world fiia by
ana hook At him. while the little children
Of nine hundred thousand dead men In
Fngiand fis by and lock ~ him. Or the
children OF the soldiers OF France giving
their lives to protect tho skyserapera OF
New York;
For that matter n need not take 20
many children. what man who let him.
sslf be left out would feel safe In his
own house with hia own children climbing
up into h,a lap believing IN hlm--aafo
with hir own baby pulling on his face,
jAbhlnk his small trustfpl hsts IN his
eyes--if ha let himself be left outi
81 course. Il seems'a little like q
moeksry 10 cable over 10 France Christ.
mas Eve that We give one carfAra once
In two weeks 70 the children OF the men
we picked out 70 die for us. but u would
be n start.
Nobody nssds 70 think 4 would he
big thing Just 10 belong 70 the Red Cross.
but II 10 going TO be big thing to DO
ieif out.