The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-01-31

RED CROSS notes.
Lite Mary Evelyn Hargadine sew
ed and made one pair of pants all her
self for the Belgian relief work. The
little miss is just six years old and
the garment passed the, inspector with
out the slightest criticism. She has
set an excellent example of what a
willing worker can accomplish, even
though they may feel they cannot sew
or have not the. spare time. The chill
dren over there still need these gar
ments as badly as before the armis-
tice was signed. Can you not help
finish up the work which is On hand?-
Belfast, January-(By cable).-The
city corporation of Belfast has given
to the American nation free OF
charge for all time the section of the
city cemetery wherein are buried "a
American soldiers who died of influ-
enza. The action of the local council
is without parallel and has met with
hearty approval throughout the Brit
ish Isles. "American Plot" as the
spot will be known, will be specially
decorated and marked so that visitors
from the United States will have no
trouble locating it. The American
Red Cross is considering the erection
Of a suitable monument on the plot.
George D. White has recently been
appointed assistant to David H. Hol-
brook, who is in charge of the after
care of soldiers in Minnesota, Mon
tana, North and South Dakota-the
four states comprising the Northern
Red Cross Division.
AS chief vocational aide and liason
officer between the division and the
district vocational office, Mr.. White
will s%uperintend Red Cross co-opera-
ton in the re-educating of disabled
men, through headquarters in Mime
apolis. There will also be local vo-
cational aides in every chapter in
the division, and it will be Mr.. Whites
duty to confer with and advise these
aides, as we'll as to confer with the
division case supervisor, and the dis
trict vocational office.
Mr.. White to the Red Gross
with an excellent background for the
work which he is to undertake. he
is thoroughly acquainted with soldiers
as he himself has lately returned from
the service. Since his discharge from
the aviation school at Kelly Field he
has been information advisor for re-
turned soldiers at the Army and Navy
Club in Minneapolis. He knows the
industrial situation as he had beer
assistant secretary of the Industrial
Bureau of the Civic and Commerce as
ISOLATION, Minneapolis, previous to this
enlistment. He began work with the
Home Service Monday, January Is.
Red Cross Headquarters, London
A Red Cross photographer at an out
ing given to some of the American
wounded in London, was looking
around for pictures which would in
terest the folks at home, when he saw
a good-looking Yank wearing the rib
bons of several decorations on thu
breast of his blue flannel hospita
suit.
"There's a subject" said the pho
tographer to himself. "Wounded Amer
lean hero still smiles," and he set gu
to track down his man, who had jus
disappeared in a crowd of merryma
kers.
After a search the camera man wa
successful. "Have my picture tax
en-? Why, sure!" said the soldier, an
he o~bligingly posed for several pho
tographs.
"Now tell me what your decoration
are" said the Gamers man, 81 dom
recognize them"
"Oh, those" said the boy with a
odd little laugh, II just bought thos
at a candy store"
The photographer laughted as hear
tily as anyone, saying later, as he pro
duced the pictures, "Well, decoration
or no decorations, l guess a pictur
of any one of our boys is good enoug
for the folks at home"
But the next day the Photographic
showed the picture to a military ma,
Why, those are nc candy-store rit