Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-13
RED CROSS ISL|KE
A SHIP OF RESCUE.
Always Travels in Troubled
Waters and Answers Every
Cry of Distress.
REST OF WORLD IS TOO BUSY
Christmas Roll Call Gives Every Ore
a Chance to Take Part in
Rebuilding Our Broken
World.

The American Red Cross Is perhaps
like nothing so much as stanch and
loyal ship in a storm. 1t goes its way
with senses tuned to catch any cry for
help. And when that cry comes. it
drives instantly and without fear
straight to the pace of distress. in
food and fire and disaster. just as the
ship braves the perils Of tumbling
seas and hazardous rescue work. And,
again. like the ship, 1t STANDS BY
till those endangered are helped to
safety.
Meanwhile the rest Of the world.
busy with its own problems, hurries
home during these times of storm and
stress, and draws down the blinds.
At least that is the way it has been
!, in the past. But now comes the Christ
mas Roll Call. And it is a privilege.
mot pest. 1t has no preferences. 1t
plays no favorites. 1t makes no ex-
ceptions. It summons every man,
woman and child in the country. It
holds out to each one the blessed op-
portunity to ride on every Red Cross
ship Of mercy. to speed with every
Red Cross train of relief that encir-
Hcles the earth on their errands Of
mercy.
The only way for anyone to escape
the possibility Of some time having to
accept CHARITY from the Red Cross
Is to become ONE with the Red Cross.
For terrible calamity may come to us
all. The money wealth Of the Belgians
vas as nothing when they were stripped
Of clothing and food. And that feel.
Ing Of oneness with the organization
that our men on the other side have
had during the war was not merely a
great, but was the GREATEST, factor
In enabling the Red Cross to give the
ehicient aid that 1t did.
Let us remember what Mrs. Mar
garet 1.aing. canteen worker in France.
told about our boys who came out %
the hospitals without money:
Sometimes they would be able to
make up a few cents between them, y
she said. "and sometimes they did not
have anything. They would hang be-
hind those who could pay. And they
would look at the food 80 wistfnlly
that it made one fight back the tears.
The only WY we could get them to
take what they needed and craved was
BY saying: You know, boys, this was
all paid for by your own people ct
home Then immediately their atti-
tude would change and they would
say: why, yes. my mother or my sis-
ter gives to the Red Cross And then
how they would pitch in"
We are proud, We Americans. We
do not want something for nothing.
And here is our glorious opportunity
to take the rest Of our nation BY the
hand, and with all pride and dignity IL,
sure ourselves Of our own help In time
of adversely.
This Christmas Roll Call gives every
one chance to be Dollar Man.
And most Of us can be one right at
bone. For by !n!n!ng the Red Gross
now and paying the dollar We become
% actively engaged in the great work
al If we we're, giving all Of our time
to It. We are merely making our dol
lar substitute for those Of US who are
too busy to- give all Of our time to the
Red Cross. 81
Some Of the great achievements Of
the Red Cross have been told over and
over, until the facts may seem old to
you. But on this occasion they sYe
worth telling again. We should not
forget, for instance, how the vone2
Of this nation. like our nrst Cslonis
mothers. turned suddenly Into grsaf
manufacturers and made garments ana
supplies worth $4,000. 900 last year.
Nor let US forget how Sill .000. 900 wss
sent into the devastated countries dur
Ing the time while men and women,
Giving their time for nothing. went
with those dollars to see that they
were used in the way they were most
needed. And/the American Red Cross
sent medicines and anesthetics to the
& hospitals of France when they were
almost un0btainable, 10 that orr hogs