The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-26
TUBERCULOSIS CHRISTMAS
SEALS.
Sale To Begin Dccember--Thty Heip
Finance the Work In Our
State.

State.
Organization has already ocen
begun in the towns and counties of
Maryland for the sale of Tupercu-
losis Christmas Seals. Already,
prominent women in every COM
munity are making preparations to
sell as many of these as they can, by
personal solicitation. The stol es
have announced their Willingness to
help by placing them on sale; the
women's clubs all over the state are
eagerly lending their aid TO the
good cause, and even some of the
school children have announced
their intention of contributing their
mite by investing their pennies in
the brightly colored seals, and urg-
ing their companions to do The
same.
Heretofore, the little stamps have
been known to many people as Red
Cross stamps, and they have bought
and used them with the idea that IN
doing so they were helping that
great international organization.
This year when they see the stamps
they will find that instead of bear
ing the Red Cross they are adorned
with double-barred cross, the in
sigma of a work that touches every
home and is of first Importance to
every individual in the state.
The money secured from the sale
of Christmas Seals forms the only
source of income of the Maryland
tuberculosis Association, that won
derful society which seeks to protect
every man and woman and child
among it's inhabitants from the most
insidious danger with which they
are confronted in their daily life.
The funds SO obtained pay the
salaries of the tuberculosis nurses
and of the industrial workers who
cooperate with the factory and mill
to see that they are healthful for the
workers; they help to support the
sanitoria to which very sick tuber-
culosis patients are taken; help in
many ways indeed, to reduce the
appalling mortality from this most
prevalent of diseases.
During other Christmas seasons
the people in the counties of Mary
land, appreciating the work of the
states tuberculosis Association, and
seeing the necessity. for the raising
of more money for it's use, have
bought generously of seals. If the
preliminary preparations for the
work this year are any indication,
the sale of Christmas Seals will be
greater than ever before.
The Association is sending work.
ers to the counties to assist in Or
ganizing for the sale, and in any
neighborhood where assistance is
needed these persons may be de-
pended upon to render first aid or
last aid as the case may be. Their
services may be had by applying to
the headquarters of the Maryland
Association at 704 North Howard
Street, Baltimore.
1t goes without saying that sum
sufficient for the needs of the state
in this work may be secured if
everyone in it invests even a few
dimes in seals. After the first of
December one of these should deco
rate every letter, every bill, every
package which goes through the
mails.
Why?
Why because of these facts. Last
year in Maryland 1851 persons died
of tuberculosis.
The chief victims of tuberculosis
are producers, men and women be-
tween the ages of Is and As.
Each penny which is spent for a
Christmas Seal is used to finance
the fight against this awful disease,
and helps to stamp it out.
The sale of seals is held at Christ
mas because each one bought by an
individual is Christmas gift to the
community in which he lives; one of
the chearieSt and marriaSt Christ