The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-12-03

! hamlet will have an
opportunity to buy
Seals in their own neighborhood, and
SO help with the fight against tuber.
culosis.
Among the residents of the counties
who have already expressed their will
lngness to help in making the sale g
success, are: Mrs. Michael e. Pue, OF
Belair, who will have charge in Har.
ford county; Mrs. P. A. NJ. Brooks, OF
Chestertown; Mrs. E. Wilson Brooks
OF Salisbury; Miss Mary Jenkins, who
VIII have charge of the eastern dis,
trlct of Talbot county; Mrs. Clara
Benson Boley, who will have charge OF
the st. Michaels District of the same
county; DR.. E. A. Jones, of Dorchester
county; Thomas NJ Williamson, OF
Frederick county, and D. P. Schindel
of Hagerstown, for Washington coHn
ty. In Worcester county the Woman S
Club has formed a committee to as.
sist, of which Mrs. F. J. Lloyd is
chairman.
News from other counties of Tie
State shows that the work of organ
izing is in progress there also, and
the names of those in command will
be given out shortly.
1t is the expectation Of the Mary
land tuberculosis Association that the
funds secured by the sale of the seals
will be sufficient not only to permit
it to keep up~all of it's present activi
ties-the tuberculosis nurses, the
sanitoria for persons very i'll with
consumption" the Claiborne Pre-,
ventorium for delicate children who
have been exposed to this dread dis
ease aim to enlarge their scope.
The Preyentorium, for instance
could remain open for only four
months last summer, because funds
were insufficient to permit it to carry
on it's Invaluable work longer
though it could be filled to the briIn
as it were, with children all the year
round, if there were money enough ;
children who come to the Prevention
lum weak, pale and without vitality,
and leave it few months later in so
rosy and plump condition that then
very parents do not recognize them
when they see them.
The people of Maryland gave only
four cents apiece last year for Christ.
mas tuberculosis seals. They gave
thousands of dollars for furs, jewels
and automobiles.
The Maryland tuberculosis Asso-
citation wants ten pennies apiece
from every man, woman and child
during the sale which is now in
| progress.
Where other organizations demand
dollars and more dollars, this needy
and worthy one says, ''if each one OF
you will as you can give | will be
satisfied, for then l can go on fight.
ing tuberculosis, can go on prevent,
ing tuberculosis for another long and
profitable year."
Over 9OO,OOO,000 Tub erculo S
Christmas seals will be offered fol
sale during December and will be
sold by 100000 workers scattered
throughout the United States. Ma.
turally, there will be intense rivalry
among the various States as to which
will make the highest average per
nerve not only to improve her previ
Gus record, but to be among those
commonwealth which stand highest
in this work.
.Lo q
very enlightened physician says, par
ticularlY because she has a high per
centage of tuberculosis in proportion
to her population. This is in part
due to the large number Of negro
inhabitants among whom the disease
Is very prevalent. At any rate, 1851
people died from tuberculosis within
her confines last year Of these
1925 died in the counties We are
accustomed to think of the counties
of our State as garden-spots of the
world We think of their pure, tonic
air, of their oysters, crabs, and ter
rapins; of their delicious strawber
ries and peaches. of their warm
springs and glorious autumhs, and
wonder why anyone should not be
able to live in such localities, and
yet in a single year 1895 of theii
inhabitants died from disease which
is perfectly preventable, and the cure
for which is the very air and food
which the counties of Maryland
boast in such. abundance.
The Christmas Seal sale is one o!
the most important events in Mary
lands calendar for he who buys seals
makes very valuable Christmas gift
to his community.
These are things to remember:
That the seal sale will continue dur
ing the entire month of December
that the aim is to raise $150,009 OF
more; and the purpose to stamp oui
tuberculosis.