Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-05-16
The Greatest Mother in the World.

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Next week the greatest drive for the
second war fund of one hundred mil
lion dollars for the Red Cross will be
with us, and We know how nobly the
American people, and particularly the
people of Jefferson county, will meet the
call for this great work for humanity.
The work of the American Red Cross
appeals TO us all-this "great net OF
mercy drawn through an ocean OF I'M
speakable pain" touches the heart
strings of every one.
Many of us have sons, brothers, cous-
ms, friends fighting, suffering, yes, dy-
inc for us on the blood soaked fields OF
France and Flanders. How great, how
unspeakable would be the sufferings OF
these dear ones but for the kind min
istrations of the Red Cross.
Without this great organization we
could not win the war. Without 1t
thousands of French soldiers now gal
lantly fighting for us would have died
of wounds, exposure and lack of food.
Without it $4,000 French children would
have died of exposure and starvation.
Ii is the largest and most efficient
organization for the relief of suffer
ing the world has ever seen.
1t is made up almost entirely OF vol
unteer workers and is supported entirely
by membership dues and voluntary con-
tributions.
1t is doing not only a great work
among all the soldiers and civilians OF
our stricken allied countries and help
ing the United States Army and Navy,
but remember, it is even more personal
to you, it is helping your boy and may
save his life.
You see everywhere the slogan "lf
YOU can't go-GIvE. Let it sink deep
" into your hearts. The first Of the
American Army to die for us in France;
Gresham Enrightl Hay! They gave till
they died. What will you give?
Remember this is not charity-this
is duty.
This is not a time to give because
others give-this is time to give be-
cause others need.
We paid out some Red Cross money
a while backPaid il out-and forgot II.
That is how much it hurt. That money
went dollar for dollar, cent for cent,
where il did a full days work wherever
il was.
Three cents of it may have had the
honor of disinfecting with iodine the
three torn wounds of an American SOL
der on Flanders field; or it may have
had the honor of pinning flannel band
on some new born baby in a shell-torn
French town.
There's a whole path of ruin from
Belgium to Switzerland; if your Red
Cross money went there it very likely
provided pots and pans, food and clothes
beds and blankets for the destitute
people.
Three years ago they were prosper
Gus and contented, self-respectlng,
steady, saving, Woodworking small
town citizens; now they have only the
earth beneath and the sky overhead
not one thing else.
It's for you to say whether this great
work of mercy shall stop. The Red
Cross is yours-yourS to support with
the same fervor and loyalty that led
you to the bottom of your purse for
Liberty Bonds.
It's for your voice to say whether
YOUR Red Cross shall falter now or
sweep onward, greater and more help
full than ever before and it's your dol
lars that must answer, seeing all things,
doing all things, reaching out her hands
across the sea to No Mans Land to
cheer with warmer comforts thousands
who must stand and wait in stenched
and crawling holes and water-Soaked
entertainments, where cold and wet bite
even deeper than Boche steel and lead.
She's warming thousands, feeding
thousands, healing thousands from her
store-The Greatest Mother in the
World, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
Your help is needed-give till the
heart says stop.
mo. KYD BECKENBAUCH.