The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-12-09

| hamlet will have an
opportunity to buy
seals in their own neighborhood, and
80 help with the fight against tuber.
culosis.
Among the residents of the counties
who have already expressed their vii.
ilngness to help in making the sale
success, are: Mrs. Michael E. Pue, of
Belair, who will have charge in Har.
lord county; Mrs. P. A NJ Brooks, of
Chestertown; Mrs. E. Wilson Brooks,
OF Salisbury; Miss Mary Jenkins, who
Will have charge of the eastern dis.
trict 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 coun-
ty. In Worcester county the Womans
Club has formed a committee to as
sist, of which Mrs. F. j. Lloyd is
chairman.
News from other counties of the
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 its present activi
Hes-the tuberculosis nurses, the
sanitoria for persons very ill with
consumption" the Claiborne Pre-.
ventorium for delicate children who
have been exposed to this dread dis
ease aim to enlarge their scope.
The Preventorium, for instance,
could remain open for only four
months last summer, because funds
were insufficient to permit it to carry
on its invaluable work longer,
though it could be filled to the brim,
as it were, with children all the year
round, II there were money enough;
children who come to the Prevention
ium weak, pale and without vitality,
and leave it a few months later in so
rosy and plump a condition that their
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 l 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 900,o00,00O Tub erculo S
Christmas seals will be offered for
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
capita, and Maryland will strain every
nerve not only to improve her previ-
Gus record, but to be among those
commonwealth which stand highest
In this work.
She should raise large fund, a
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 che
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 autumns, and
wonder why anyone should not be
able to live in such localities, and
yet in single year 1895 of their
inhabitants died from a 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 OF
the most important events in Mary.
lands calendar for he who buys seals
makes very valuable Christmas gift