The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-02-08
BY JAMES L. FIESER.
Director, Civilian Relief, Lake Dlvi-
sion, American Red Cross.

Director, Civilian Relief, Lake DIvl
sion, American Red cross.
Five million American women today
are engaged in production Of Red
Cross hospital supplies, knitted articles
and surgical dressings. And these
women toll without slightest inkline
Of the identities Of the men who will
be comfOrted by their patriotic en-
deavovs.
so 1t remains for the army of 10000
Red Cross civilian relief. or Home
Service. workers to bring the person
al contact into the Red Cross work by
holding ont, In a quiet and unpatron.
izing manner, a helping hand to rela.
tives Of men In the service and, later
to the men themselves on their re.
turn from the battlefronts.
1t remains for this army of 10000
(Which is backed by more than 5000
chapters with q membership above "a
000. 000) to marshal a reserve of medi-
CAL legal. educational, social and q.
naucial forces to assist in this help
highland business" in q manner hon
orable to the American Red Cross
and worthy Of those helped.
First OF all, Red Cross Home Serv-
Ice cente<s about home solidarity:
getting lonely women back to live
with their own people, Watching over
the interests OF an expectant mother,
rsuniting scattered families and writ
ing to men in the service about the
situation In their homes.
Recently young Italian In one OF
tbs cantonments within the Lake d.
vision was worried to a point where
he was Of little use to his government
because he got no letters from his
wife. He appealed to the Red Cross
A Home Service committee member
Investigated (they never embarrass
the family by sending the whole COM
mfttee) and found thai he got no let.
tsrs because his wife could not write
Arrangements were made for Q letter
to Be written for the wife once q
week. Simple service. but with won
derfui results upon the soldiers state
Of mind. And. perhaps best Of all. the
young wife now u learning 70 read
and write
The Child Angle.
Then there Is the children's side OF
N-there are men In the service who
are fathers despite the fact that the
public generally does not think that
there are many fathers In the ranks.
Home Service workers are explain
ing lessons to children who fall behind
IN their classes. They sec that chill
dren In need Of medical care get that
care. They are seeking to give kindly
advice to the child just beginning to
be hayward or discbedient.
Coming to the economic side Of the
service. Red Cross service workers
are:
Fitting people to the right Job and
helping them stay fitted by trying to
find out where the Job pinches; seeing
that insurance policies do not lapse;
encouraging people. who have more
ready money than usual (soms do
havoc. to spend it with good sense;
protecting the recipient Of pay allow
ance checks from the wiles Of I'M
sorupulous inst&llment men and sales
agents; getting the best legal and
business advice In the perplexing prob
lens sure to rise in war times.
And hnssiy helping the crippled SOL
dief or sailor. This work 10 still IN
the future. and. while not the most
pleasant thing IN the world to antici.
pate. provisions for 1t must be and il
being made. This the Red Cross Home
Service workers are planning to do
by:
Encouraging employers to give suit
able work to crfpples that they may
End permanent opportunity for entire
or partial self support and chance for
advancement; maintaining an informa-
ton service regarding opportunities
for such employment. or working With
state and municipal employment in.
struments provided for this purpose;
giving personal attention to the
troubles and hopes of those who DO
not ind satisfactory WORK and to
others whose courage must not BE- al
lowed 20 fail: securing vocational
training for those unified for the kind
Of work there Is available: creating q
public opinion which will encourage
self support from all crippled soldiers
and sailors to the degree that it is
possible for them to work.
All this Ii. in brief. American Red
Gross Home Service as Il now operates
and q planned. The program has been
hutlt up from the experiences q our
slite1. Without doubt, Ike ell Red
Cross work, the program VIII grow a.
he wA1 grows older. One thing, how
svef, b certain
NOTHING LESS THAN THE PRO
GRAM Al OUTLINED ABOVE WILL
MEASURE UP TO THE IDEALS OF
AMERICA AND OF THE AMERICAN
R3p CROSS.