Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-21
Circulation c''s.,!,t% %,s,s,sry Every 128O4
TUESDAY, MAY 81, 1918.
What the Red Cross Docs.

In a general way all of us know what
the Red Cross does. in times Of peace
n veil as IN time. OF war Its work was
most sptly and pcrtinenuy described
by Rev. DIR. Randolph Of Grace NJ. /.
Church, Sunday evening, as the mercy
a mankind standardized. And while
~ arr well aware of tho scope of its
activities, il is only when some master
mind gives real, vivid picture OF the
work performed by an organization Of
Ahis character that WE get full cotnpre-
hension, a thrilling realization ot its
amsung performances.
Such a picture was given AT the great
Rcd Cross demonstration IN New York
City, Saturday night. whore President
Wilson gave such q convincing proSenta-
ton of our war aims IN his warm lndorse-
mcnt OF the Red Cross Million Dollar
Fund campaign, hv MIR Harry 7 llav'-
son, chairman of the Rcd Gross world
organization, who only recently returned
from activc supervision of Rcd Cross
work in the fields of contest N france and
Belgium lie spoke with both convc-
tion and enthusiasm, and with an earnest
ness based upon actual knowledge llo
made IT plain to his hearers, and 10 al
who may read his eloquent summarize
ton Of Red Cross activities, what Is
actually going on.
"If YOU could have seen during the
I12V-f1,,3
"the rushing by night Of Red Cross
canlons loaded with flood to meet the
thousands Of mon, women and children
being bombarded out Of their homes
without notice; il YOU could have seen
them receiving tho hot food and drnk
gwen TO them by the American people
as they arc on their way, they know not
where. and if. later. YOU could sec the
thousands and thousands Of them who
have been hclped by the American people
to SECURE lodging food and clothing, vou
uonld then understand tho look q graft
tude upon their faces gratitude to
the American people If YOU could 90
throughout those countries INTO the
buildings where thousands Of children
are being cared for. maternity homes
where mothers and their babies arc
attended. Of workshops whore thousands
OF people arc given employment 20 make
materials necessary for the destitute oi
these countries. IN the dispeusauos and
countless villages whore. with tho aud OF
tho Rockefeller Foundation, he greatest
war IS being carried on against tubcrcu-
losis if YOU could visit with the Rcd Cross
representatives tho families Of the soldiers
whose names are gwen hy the military
authorities. to whom direct relief is
extended, and could 60 with the Rcd
Cross representatives IN the front llnot
trenches to see them give articles II
comfort and serve hbt drinks 10 the
soldiers of our allies; if yon could 60 INTO 4
the Rcd Cross rest rooms and canteens 1
and see them cared for and feed over
1900, 600 men month; If vou could visit /
the many hospitals IN Europe organized .
and being r,In by the Red Cross, and /
knew that. in addition, supplies are con /
tributed to more than 5000 military
hospitals IN France and Italy. # YOU i
could 60 through the factories where /
artificial limbs arc being made for our own |
bows and those Of our allies, through the /
factory where splints are being SO scicn-
titicaily made that they have been put I
upon the wounded men before they have
been removed from No Mans Land. thus
saving many lives and limbs which other /
wise would have been lost YOU would I
then not fully cover the field OF Red Cross +
operations, for there is today practically +
70 breach into which the Red Cross does /
not rush II Is in this way that the .
American people are giving courage not +
only TO the soldiers OF our allies, but TO ,
their families, and assuring them /
that they must keep heart whatever
happens, as the American forces viii soon T
be there in number and quality to fight T
with them until the war is won
How vividly Is the situation portrayed +
in these eloquent and expressive words
They are like presentation of the actual
work on a screen by motion pictures
They impart realizing sense of the danger
that attends Red Cross work, and at
the same time its wide scope, its great
benefcence, and also the ever-pressing,
inslstent and deserving demands upon
its vast activities.
This is the work the people Of the
country are asked to sustain and indorse
by subscriptions to the Red Cross Hundred
Million olar Fund The campaign
is now under way and viii continue
the week That the fund
will be raised to the last dollar, and more
there is no doubt, but the more thorough |
the understanding Of what tie Red Cross
means, and what It is doing to relieve
human suffering during this terrible war.
the greater will be the volume Of responses.
And Delaware Will do her part.