The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1918-04-06
RED CROSS IDEALS
FOR AMERICANS AND
AMERICAN SCHOOLS
Bay ST. Louis Schools Active In
Red Gross Work and Make Fine
Showing As Result.
NEW LIFE AT HEADQUARTERS.
Men Nov Knit Every Friday Evening
Regular Meeting Next Tues
Night at Court House.

The Junior Membership Depart
ment has undertaken TO enroll eve
ry school in the country as a Rec
Cross Auxiliary and a Center for Pa
triotic Service
The spirit Of the Red Cross, il
rightly interpreted, can stimulate al
the present school work and add to il
possibilities Of service; also train oul
young people to be better citizens OF
the world than we have ever been BY
teaching them the true oneness OF
the nations.
"In union there is strength"
The school children are growing up
into q world of group forces, becom-
ing more highly organized and IN
Guiding more and more the peoples
and territories of all the world.
The world Of today is to be the
children's heritage. They cannot
hold it without labor they cannot
make it into a worthIer and mere
beautiful abiding place, as we would
like them to do, without learning to
give their very best to the task.
The power TO serve, especially to
serve effectively requires patient and
careful teaching. If the children
save and earn pennies to swell the
Red Cross fund, if they rip careless
stitches, if their lessons are accurate
and not slip-shod, they have made
small but by no means insignificant
beginnings in the school of world
service. The Red Cross calls to
every child to enlist head, heart ana
hand in the struggle for happier
world.
Read the April Red Cross Maga-
zine, especially the Message from
the Maidens OF France to the Girl
hood of America" in which she states
that the "Lttle refugees are playing
with your toys, their clothing Is
sewed with your hands.
Central High School girls have
about completed two infant layettes,
and the girls say they are darling.
Over Four Thousand Surgical Dress
ings in Some Schools.
In some schools over four thousand
surgical dressings a month are being
made. In others Red Cross work
room outfits are being made, While
numerous plans, such as salvage, car
Dentry and many others are being
successfully put into operation.
Even the dogs are being trained to
collect and make friends for the Red
Cross. Rags" and Tags" two sill
ver-haired Yorkshire terriers have
come into prominence.
The following poem was written
about their work:
rags and Tags"
A little bit added to what we've got,
Nav cool a brow with fever hot;
NAV help to end this awful strife
May sooth a pain or save he.
When we are sewing or maklng
surgical dressings, let US remember
Rags and Tags poem, and know
that we are saving lives and helping
to end this awful struggle.
Work at headquarters has taken on
new life; more sewing and surgical
dressings. -.,-
Just think of any one person max
ing one dozen gauze strips IN one
afternoon. If you have never raa lie
one. come to a bandage class and
t1y. The reporter was dlsgust2d
with herself last Monday when the
other members OF the class made
eleven to her seven. She chooses to
Keen her lob as reporter. There were
six presnt and made "a strips. l sup
nose the other classes did likewise.
During the week there were 1ol nm
ished.
Colored Auxiliary
Colored Auxiliary reports WORK
done, as follows:
Paiamas, IS pairs; bed shirts, 70;
sweaters, z; wash rags, 5, making a
total of 99 articles. 80
Cutting department reports oZ
garments cut during the past week.
Mems knitting class Will from now
on meet on Friday nights.
Regular monthly open meeting
which was to have met last Tuesday
night, will meet next Tuesday nigh'
at 1880 ?. III. SURE.
Mrs. Fournler desires all Red eros,
women who expect TO march IN IhS
narade to meet her at the City Hal
on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
dressed in white. Remember, 1t is
walking parade.
The next Literary Club meeting a
the Bay High School Will DE for the
Red Cross benefit. Admission, Il
cents.
The Easter Monday dance nettet
s31.79 for the Red Cross, and thanks
are extended to the w. o, w. Circle
MRS. T. B. CLIFFORD,
Reporter