Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-05-24


mot that our men in arms do not
represent our character, for they do,
and it is a character which those who
see and realize, appreciate and adj
mire; but their duty is the duty of
force. The duty of the Red Cross is
the duty of mercy and succor and
friendship.
Knitting World Together.
'Have you formed picture in your
imagination OF what this war is doing
for us and for the world? In my own
mind l am convinced that not a hun
dred years of peace could have knitted
this nation together as this single year
of war has knitted it together; and,
better even than that, if possible, it is
knitting the world together.
Look at the picture. In the center
of the scene, four nations engaged
against the world, and at every point
of vantage, showing that they are seek
ing selfish ACKNOWLEDGMENT; and,
against them, % governments, rep
resenting the greater part of the
population of the world drawn
together into new sense of
community of interest, a new sense
of community Of purpose, a Jew sense
of unity Of life.
Cites italian Example.
THE secretary of war told me an
interesting incident the other day. He
said when he was in Italy member
of the Italian government was explain
ing to him the many reasons why Italy
felt near to the United States.
eff you want to try an interesting
experiment go up to any one of these
troop trains and ask in English how
many of them have been in America
and see what happens
''He tried the experiment. He went
up to troop train and he said, How
many of you boys have been in Amer
lea? and he said it seemed to him as
if half of them sprang up: Me from
San Francisco; me from New York !;
all over There was part of the heart
of America in the Italian army.
Must Serve One Another.
will ever hold the world together. And
this intimate contact Of the Red Cross
with the peoples who are suffering the
terrors and deprivations of this war
is going to be one Of the greatest in
strumentalities of friendship that the
heart of it all, if we sustain it prop
erly, will be this land that we so dear
ly love.
"My friends, great day Of duty
has come, and duty finds mans soul
as no kind of work can ever find it.
MAY say this-the duty that faces
us all now is to serve one another,
and no man can afford to make for
tune out of this war. There are men
amongst us who have forgotten that,
| if they ever saw it.
Should Give Freely.
sand your relation to the Red Cross
is one of the relations which will re-
lieve you of the stigma. You can't
give anything to the government of
the United States; it won't accept 1T.
There is a law of congress against &C.
cepting even services without pay,
The only thing that the government
will accept is loan, and duties per-
formed; but it is great deal better to
give than to lend or to pay, and your
great channel for giving is the Ameri7
can Red Cross.
Down in your hearts you can't take
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very much satisfaction, in the last
analysis, in lending money to the gov
eminent of the United States, because
| the interest which you draw will burn
your pockets; it is a commercial trans
action, and some men have even dared
to cavil at the rate of interest, not
knowing the incidental commentary
that constitute upon their attitude.
No Favors to Come.
"But when you give, something of
your heart, something of your soul,
something of yourself goes with the
gift, particularly when it is given in
such form that it never can come back
by way of direct benefit to yourself.
You know there is the old cynical def
milton Of gratitude, as the lively ex-
pectation of favorS to come
swell, there is no expectation OF
favors to come in this kind of giving.
These things are bestowed in order
/ that the world may be filter place to
live in, that men may be succored, that
homes may be restored, that suffering
may be relieved, that the face of the
earth may have the blight of destruc-
ton taken away from it, and that
wherever force goes, there shall go
mercy and helpfulneSs.
"And when you give, give absolutely
all that you can spare, and don't con-
slider yourself liberal in the giving.
"And think what we have here! We
call it the American Red Cross, but it
is merely a branch of a great inter-
national organization, which is not
only recognized by the statutes of each
of the civilized governments of the
world, but it is recognized by inter
national agreement and treaty as the
recognized and accepted instrumental
! ity of mercy and succor. And one of
the deepest stains that rests upon the