Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-13
Red Cross Notes

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the Union station, from one of the
French soldiers who passed through
Omaha enroute for Siberia:
"Mr. V. B. Smith, Union Depot
Gentlemen and Ladies: Make ad.
vantage of this little rest we are tax.
ing in San Francisco to thank yor
for the good welcome we received
while in Omaha.
This reception will stay engraved
in our memory for a long time. ]
beg of you to thank in my name all
those brave ladies of the Red Cross
that did all they could to be agree
able to us.
AS said before it is a day never
to be forgotten. leave you now in
thanking you with all my heart and
cordially shaking your hands.
VICTOR GIACINARD,
Coupe Automobile Arrivitz, 1911
Detachment de Siberie. (Paris.) y
One hurried glance at coat lapel:
or blouses the week of December
1923 will tell lot about the ideals
of Omaha men and women.
If the 1919 membership button Of
the Red Cross is being worn, the
glance will register a flattering i'm.
preston. This button is to be giver
to every adult who pays the 81
membership dues, but the dollar i:
the least significant thing about the
transaction.
What the American Red Cross
wants this Christmas is to have the
world see that the American people
are behind the Red Cross spirit. Uni
versal membership will prove this
To record such a membership the
Red Cross Christmas Roll Call is
to be held the week before Christ
mas. No quota has been assigned
to Omaha because it is planned tc
enroll everybody.
The membership button has blue
rim with a red cross in the center o.
a white background and the figure
1919 under the red cross. Fol
homes, stores, factories and offices
there is a Red Cross service flag tc
be displayed in windows. 1t has &
double blue border representing the
second membership appeal and Z
red cross in the center of a white
background and the figure 100 pei
cent for a business house which has
enrolled every person employed
there.
No family in Omaha should be
content to display a service flag
with only one cross. There should
be added small Red Cross for each
member of the family. The aim is
to enroll families 100 per cent equal.
ly with business concerns. A Red
Cross can be added for each mem.
bership.
The White House in Washington
will have a 100 per cent Red Cross
service flag, and President Wilson
who also is president of the Rec
Cross, asks every home in the
country to follow suit. He has said
Il summon you to the comradeship,
and Omaha homes will accept the
inv tation.
Owing to illness and putting up OF
cars for the winter, the Red Cross
motor corps needs drivers and cars,
as more demands than ever before
are now being made upon it. The
frequent coming of wounded men
the Christmas roll call, canteen, hos
pital work, civilian relief, with its
emergency calls growing each day
leaves us unable to help the Visit
ing Nurses, owing to car shortage.
Won't the many women whom we
see driving cars report to Mrs. Will
liam E. Martin, captain of the Red
Cross motor corps, headquarters al
court house, or telephone Tyler 2721
and Harvey 66l and give of their
time for this most important work
which endures as long as Red Cross
which will be forever.
In the salvage department of the
Red Cross there is very wonderful
piano for sale, according to Mrs
Frank Adams, chairman.