Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-19
The Worlds Mother

Since the armistice the work of
the Red Cross has not been as prom
inent as it was when all the world
seemed bent on greed and spoilation
or on defense
But peace did not bring inaction
to the multitude Of women who made
their fingers fly and wearied their
brains and their bodies over prob
lens concerning the boys lover
there" or their families at home. AS
the soldiers came home these Red
Cross women met them, helped them
find families that had scattered
hither and thither from the press of
circumstances or the wiles Of Satan.
Some soldiers lost their discharge
papers, some their allotment certif1-
Gates, some were hayward and went
to other parts of this country and
the Red Cross searched for them
and aided heart-broken families.
There is no sort of service that the
Red Cross has not rendered men,
women and children during or since
the war.
In times of peace the home serv-
ice committees will be the oneh to
look after the welfare Of their COM
munities, and it is to be hoped that
every one will in some way help
these committees.
This country is splendidly or
ganized, the chairman Of the execu-
tive committee is a man who has
succeeded in his chosen profession
without in the least neglecting his
duty to Christianity in it's fullest
sense. Our executive secretary is a
man wholly given up to good work
and a man able to do splendid team
work. Every community in the coun-
ty has a committee of three, a chair
man and two ladies that the chair
man Cor chairWoman) selects.
Home service is intended to meet
the needs of every home, irrespec-
tive of color or creed, and help those
needing aid. I am giving you these
definite details because your county
mittees in active work, and you Will
see that you can be a blessing to
the people about, you by reorganizing.
Are there any soldiers whose
wounds have untitled them for their
former lines of labor? Then it is the
ice committee to get in touch with
that soldier and find out what voca-
ton he would choose and help him
get to such a school. Statistics are
too dry and uninteresting for me to
tell you how many thousands of boys
and men have been put where they
can perfect themselves in their call
ing.
Another work for the home serv-
ice committee is to find the lame, the
sick and the blind and help them get
well. Is there an afflicted man, or Il
woman, or a child, in your. commune
ty? Then see if the Red Cross chap
ter Of your county cannot send thar
one to the doctor or hospital that
will be a help or make cure.
Is there a family of motherless
children in your community whose
father is trying to make Lying
friends of those children and see If
you cannot help them. Are flies
swarming in the home, and is there
a lack of sanitation? See what you
can do by friendly visits, not in the
least notifying them, or letting
| them think you are fault-finding
[ could tell you of numerous things
| that have occurred in our county,
| but I only want to tell you enough
| for you to be able to look around and
see what there is right about you.
This is also to answer the dues-
| ton, What is the Red Cross doing
with its money!" Every cent you
raised, with small exception, goes
we would ask the doctors to treat
all these people free? Two years
ago a self-fespecting man, one the
neighbors think highly of. had trou-
| BILE with his eyes. sick wife handi-
| capped him and his trouble did not
| help her to get we'll Today the famt-
| ly are on their feet, and his eyes
are much better. he still goes to the
! oculist. and some of these days he
| i'll be able to do for some other
r'fferer as much as the Red Cross
| ''9 done for him.
Remember that your county chair