The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-02-15
BY JAMES L. FlESER.
| Director, Civilian Relief, Lake Oivi.
sion, American Red Gross.

BY JAMES L. FlESER.
Director, Civilian Relief, Lake DIvi-
sion, American Red Gross.
Fivs million American women today
are engaged in production of Red
Cross hospital supplies. knitted articles
and surgical dressings. And these
women toll without slightest inkling
OF the identities of the men who will
be comforted by their patriotic en-.
beavers
So it 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 out, in quiet and unpatron-
izing manner, a helping hand to relar
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 a membership above 22.-
000,000) to marshal a reserve of medi-
cal, legal, educational, social and Il
nancial forces to assist in this help
ing hand business" in a manner hon.
orable to the American Red Cross
| and worthy of those helped.
First Of all, Red Cross Home Serv-
ice centers about home solidarity:
getting lonely women back to live
with their own people, watching over
the interests of an expectant mother,
Teuniting scattered families and writ
ing 10 men in the service about the
| situation in their homes.
Recently young Italian in one of
| the environments within the Lake di-
vision was worried to a point where
he was OF little use TO his government
| because he got no letters from his
| wife lie appealed to the Re- Cross.
| A Home Service committee member
investigated they never embarrass
the family by sending the whole com.
mittee) and found that he got no let
tiers because his wife could net write
| Arrar gelaents were made fer Z letter
to be WI tton foY the VIE once a
week Simple serv'ce bet with won
deriul results upon tae soldiers state
Of mind. And. perl.er- 5ost OF all. the
youns wife now IS learning to Rad
ana write
The Child Angle.
Then there is the cni'dron's side Of
't-there are men in the service who
.re fathers de te the fact that the
pablic generally does not think that
there are many fathers in the ranks
Home Service workers are explain
ing lessons 10 children who fall behind
In their ella. ses. They see that chill
S.en in need of medical care get tina:
care Thew ere seeking to give kindly
adj CO 70 the cLiid Just beginning &c
DC wayward or diso5edent
Coming 10 the economic side of the
service. Red Cross service workers
are:
Citing people to the right job ant
h~lping them stay fitted by trying tC
hrd o t Were the job pinches; seems
that in urance policies do not lapse;
encouraging people, who have more
ready money than usual tsome do
have). 10 spend il with good sense
protecting the recipient of pay allow
ance checks from the wiles of un
scTupulous installment men and sales
agents: getting the best legal ant
busine. advice in the perplexing prob
lens sure to rise in war times
And finally helping the crippled sol
der or sailor This work is still II
the future, and. while not the mos
pleasant thing in the world to antici
pate, provisions for IL must be and L
being made. This the Red Cross HON,
Service workers are planning to d.
by:
Encouraging employers to give suit
able work to cripples that they ma,
find permanent opportunity for entir
or partial self support and chance 70
advancement maintaining an informa
ton service regarding opportunitie
for such employment, or working wit
state and municipal employment In
struments provided for tbs purpose
giving personal attention 70 IN
troubles and hopes of those who 4
not find satisfactory work and t
others whose courage must not be a.
lowe 70 fail. securing vocationa
training for those untitled for the kim
OF work there is available: creating
public opinion which will encourag
self support from all crippled soldier
and sailors 10 the degree that II |
possible for them TO work.
All this Is. in brief. American Re
Cross Home Service "a IL HOW operate
ard is planned. The progra.a has bee
built up from the experiences of on
allies Without doubt, like all Re
Cross work. the program viii grow a
the war grows older One thing, how
ever, Is certain
NOTHING LESS THAN THE PRO
GRAM Alb OUTLINED ABOVE WILL
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