The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-11

women that caused concern in those : days, for they got enough food and cloth ! ing to keep them in fairly good physical | condition, but it was the boys of from l 10 to 14 years of age. boys not fully de- veloped, whose mental and physical l growth was stunted and dwarfed by pri-
 vations and suffering. The only hope 1 of France, in the next generation or two,
 he said, is the development of the mental
 and physical condition of these boys, so
 far as that can be done, and this can | be done only by seeing that they are properly fed and clothed 1 Conditions along the border, he said,
 were far worse tnsi. m the invaded dis 1 triets.
 The restoration to healthful, virile 1 men and women is essential to the | restoration of the war-stricken coun- l tries, he said, and the American peo- pie must bear their snare of the work,
 and the Red Cross is the only agency 1 through which this work can be done. | This was the conclusion of every all | lied nation after the signing of the armistice, he said, and they also came
 to the conclusion that the American
 Red Cross. having brought it's ideals I to them. these ideals must be worked up to in the future. ! Dr. Stockton Axon, executive secre- tary of the American Red Cross, fol- l lowed Dr. Farrand. discussing the | work of the Red Cross. He paid a 1 tribute to the Gulf division, saying I that it had responded in dollars and service to every call during the war
 and that he knew 1t would respond in ' time of peace. DIR. AXON SPEAKER ."rhe people of the Gulf division are | always ready to respond in money.
 members or personal service" said pr.
 Axon. "They have always gone far
 beyond that which was required of them."
 l He spoke of the home service branch,
 of it's work among school teachers, l 4000 of whom have received certifi- eates to teach first aid. He said the
 Red Cross is the best agency for the 1 organization of peace time service. l He referred to the work of the Amer = I ican Red Cross in Palestine, where Americans. Jews and Moham me da ns
 worked side by side among the sol- diers and the civilians.
 He urged everybody to join the Red Cross, saying that because the war is ended it should not be taken for | granted that the work of that great
 organization is ended. l Leigh Carroll of New Orleans, chair
 man of the Gulf division, spoke of the work of the field secretaries in his | division, saying that of the 16 field | 1 ham.
 l. He announced that Alabama's quota l in the roll call is $75.o00 in cash or pledges and S5.000 members at s1 each. l This is the task set before the Ala i bana Red Cross campaign committee l to be attained in the campaign to be made in November. There will be meeting of execu- 1 tive secretaries and home service sec- l tions at s:30 o'clock this morning in the ballroom of the Tutwiler hotel. | Misa Julia Mariner of the state health | department will be one of the speak CTS. Other talks will be made by
 Ralph Barrow, secretary of the Ala bama children's Aid society of Bir-
 mingham, and Harry L. Hopkins, di- frector of civilian relief of the Gulf ai- vision.
 MANY DELEGATES HERE 1 The following delegates registered | during the day; 1 E. T. Waites
 1 W. N. Jones. | J. M. Cooper. l Mrs. Gelma K. Dunn, chairman H. IS. s., Evergreen John Burnett. chairman chapter { work, Evergreen.
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 1 Mrs w IT. Torbert. Carrollton. l Maude Palmer. Lee county 1 Mrs. NJ NJ. Dill ex-secretary, Gads- l den.
 Ella Mae Hunter, secretary. Gads- 1 den.
 l Ira D Harris. Centre 1 Bessie Mellor Sykes, Athens. I Carrie Sykes. Athens. l Myrtle Morton. Albertville. i Frances Youngblood. Gulf division, New Orleans.
 1 Annie Adams. Hef1in. i N. L. Morgan. Luverne. I Henry C. Meader. Montgomery. l J. w. Wooda11, Scottsboro. | Mildred Minter. Scale l Morris Newfield, Birmingham. l Calvin Poole. Greenvi1ie. l Mrs George P. Ide. Jacksonville. | Mrs George Rowan. Jacksonville. | Miss Mary Constantine. Oxford l Mrs R. B. Carr. Anniston. ! Mrs. Eva P. Comfy. Anniston. I Homer w. Borst New Orleans. 1 Mrs. John London, Birmingham. l Jessica J. Dewel. Mildred Cheng. 1 Mrs I. M Cheney, Texas. i Mrs Frazier Douglass. Luverne. 1 Mrs Irby R. Pollard. Luverne. 1 Mrs. s. P. Bynum. Oneonta- l Mrs. 0. D.. Bynum Sarah Chambers, Oneonta. | Mrs A. R. McCutchen Jasper. 1 Miss Mary McMillan. Colum biana. l Miss L. Agnes Daspit. i Katherine Mean, R. N, Gulf. l Clara Stewart ex-secretary South Law renee, Moulton. l Miss Elise Ingram. Florence. | Miss Laura Little, Sheffield 1 C. H. Nabers, Carrollton. 1 Mrs. Anna E. McCarty, Demopolis. | Mrs I. 4. Collins, Haleyville. 1 Miss Grace C. Nohe, Talladega l Mrs. w. S. Sowell. 1 Mrs J. A. Scale, Sweetwater. l Miss Fmmie Rentz, Sulligent. I Lille Seay. Lamar county. verna l Lucy Lyman Powell, Gulf division. 1 Mrs. L. c. Mckay, New Orleans. F. A. Mcbride, Moufton. l John D. Rather. Jr., Tuscumbia. | Miss Ellen Calhoun, Selma. 1 Jessie L. Mortimer, Montgomery I Virgil V. Evans, Birmingham. l Mrs. Henry Smith, Selma. ]! Mrs. c. M Howard. Selma l Mrs c. C. Ellis, Marvel.
 ] Mrs Emma Wilson. Birmingham l Miss Minnie Woodall. Pell City. l Mrs. NJ. E. Meade, Ensley. l Miss Annie Petree, Russellvile.
 Miss Dicie Richards. Fayette.
 Mrs. Fl. c. Brown, Tuscaloosa.
 Mrs. J. $. Benson. Scottsboro.
 Miss Jane Johnston. Montgomery.