Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14

Ice" What Has Been Taught Home
Service Workers" and organizing and
Training 10000 Home Service Commit
teemen."l
BY JAMES L. FIESER.
Director, Civilian Relief, Lake Divi-
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 inkling
OF the identities Of the men who will
be cOmforted by their patriotic ell.
deavors.
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. 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 a membership above 22,.
600, 0O0) to marshal-a reserve of medi,
cal, legal, educational, social and f.
nanclal forces to assist in this help.
highland business" in 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
tho interests Of an expectant mother,
reuniting scattered families and writ
ing to men in the service about the
situation In their homes.
Recently young Italian in one OF
the cantonments within the Lake di
vision was worried to point where
ne was Of little use to his government
because he got no letters from hi
wife. He appealed to the Red Cross
Home Service committee member
Investigated (they never embarrasi
the family by sending the whole com
mittee) and found that he got no let
tiers because his wife could not write
Arrangements were made for lette
to be written for the wife once ;
week. Simple service, but with won
lerful results upon the soldiers stat,
OF mind. And. perhaps best Of all. thu
Young wife now is learning to rea'
and write.
The Child Angle.
Then there is the children's side o
lt-there are men in the service whit
are fathers despite the fact that tn,
public generally does not think tina
there are many fathers in the ranks
Home Service workers are explain
Ing lessons to children who fall behin
In their classes. They see that chi
dren in need Of medical care get tina
care. They are seeking to give kindl
advice to the child Just beginning I
be Maynard or disobedient.
Coming to the economic side OF tn
service, Red Cross service worker
are:
Fitting people to the right job an
helping them stay fitted by trying
find out where the job pinches; seem
that insurance policies do not lapse
encouraging people, who have NOR
ready money than usual (some d
havel, to spend II with good sense
protecting the recipient Of pay ALLOW
ance checks from the wiles of vi
'crupulous installment men and sale
agents; getting the best legal an
business advice in the perplexing pro
, lens sure TO rise in war times.
And finally helping the crippled SO
dler or sailor This work is still
the future, and. while not the mo-
pleasant thing in the world to antlS
pate, provisions for II must be and
being made This the Red Cross Hon
| Service workers are planning to
! by:
Encouraging employers to give SUI
able work to cripples that they ms
| Nnd permanent opportunity for entl
or partial self support and chance {,
| advancement; maintaining an inform
| ton service regarding opportunity
| for such employment. or working wi
state and municipal employment
struments provided for this purpos
| giving personal attention to q
troubles and hopes Of those who
not find satisfactory work and
others whose courage must not be
| lowed to fail; securing vocation
training for those untitled for the XII
| Of work there Ia available; creating
/ public opinion which will encoura
self support from all crippled soldie
and sailors to the degree that II
possible for them TO work.
II All this is, In brief, American r
Cross Home Sery:Ce as II now operat
| and is planned The program has be
! built NJ from the experiences Of O
;, allies. without doubt, like all X
| Gross work, the program will grow
| the war grows older, One thing. he
| ever, 10 certain
| NOTHING LESS THAN THE Pr
| GRAM AS OUTLINED ABOVE WI
| MEASURE UP TO THE IDEALS
! AMERICA AND OF THE AMERlCI
/ RED CROSS