Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-11-17

Our HOUSEHOLD|
| CONDucTED BY LIZZIE O THOMAS
THE RED CROSS


joicing, Armistice day will make
two thanksgiving days in November.
1t is not, however, a day of feasting
and family gathering, on the con-
trary, it is a day for us to remem-
Der that We are on people, with all
the responsibilities of the world rest
ing on us just as our responsible
ties and deficiencies bear on France,
England and the other countries. It
also stresses the point that not one
of us, as nation or individual lives
unto himself alone. We cannot let
spite nor vindictiveness nor selfish
ness cause us to forget that we
are cogs in the wheels of the worlds
progress. But for this phase Of the
matter the Republican party would
have ratified the treaty even If Mr..
Wilson's mind and strength were so
largely used in that progressive and
constructive work. They stopped the
worlds progress to discredit the
Democratic party.
In Sheffield, Ala, there was
great and beautiful parade on Armi
'stice day, and DIR. Edmonds, of Bir-
mingham, made notable address to
vast crowd Of people. Sheffield
holds the middle ground in the TWO
cities, Florence, Sheffield and Tus-
combia. Her Chamber Of Commerce
building is placed in exactly the
right place to let speaker stand
on it's imposing piazza and address
the people as they surround three
sides.
I Nature smiled, the sun shone and
Boreas held his biting winds in
leash until the occasion had been
celebrated, and the people had gone
away with DIR. Edmund's splendid
words ringing in their minds. Armi-
stice day, however, should not mere
ly tell us what our soldiers did, and
it's effect on the world, but it re-
minds US of the splendid work of
the Red Cross during the war and
even yet. Go let the soldiers come
home sick and wounded, finding
their homes broken UP or poverty de-
manding them to work would have
been calamity the United States
could not stand for, and who was
better fitted than Red Cross chap
ters to hunt UP the gassed, the she'll
shocked and those with encipient
diseases. In finding men in these
conditions the Red Cross also found
families with children manned or
mentally unfit to stay at home. The
Red Cross found families fighting
contagious diseases stealthily be-
cause they did not, know what to
do with their unfortunate, so they
added the Home Service department,
each community has chairman and
vice chairman to whom any one in
distress may go and find help.
When you read of great disasters,
floods, storms, cyclones, do you not
also read 1.-THE Red Cross has sent
workers, nurses and supplies?" Did
you stop to think where does the
money come from, those people
must have food, clothing, travelling
expenses, as we'll as> supply it in the
stricken district" or do you feel a
thrill of pride and remember that
you are a member of the great or.
ganization? Do you say sour Red
Cross is helping" One dollar a year
is all you are asked to give. But
think what it would mean If all
Of us would mean CRer'u: H?? m
Oh MS WOulu 40 That.
One does not have to be a sol
der to seek aid or advice from this
Worlds Mother" as the Red Cross
has been named. Go to the one near
est you and talk over your problems
with the one in charge. I hope that
your chapter did not die when the
necessities for bandages, sweaters
and socks for the soldiers was over.
TNI,oo,,o5o fA11 ir1ai6o1ot In
witnessed in football game that
stays in my mind, and I want each
one of you to take it to yourself.
between Alabama and I've forgot
ten what states team. The end was
near and Alabama needed the ball
delivered this last time. There was
a death like stiffness for a moment
as the captain paused before deliver
ing the ball for this, final goal. Then
from the bleachers hundreds of
voices rang out, "Give it to Stevie,
give it to Stevie." 1t was given to
Stevenson, the muscular giant, and
he put it safely in the goal.
Now the question that comes to
each one of us is, are we fitting our.
selves for the test? If an occasion
should arise could we land the OBJ
ject of our community's welfare in
the goal? Even if we could not do
that, could we stand behind "Stevie"
of our community and give him the
assurance that body Of football play
ers gave this man? All of US can
not re executives, but we can make
our executive feel sure that nothing
but sudden death will make us fail
ures.
Some of you may not be. asked for
your dollar. Don't let that be an ex-
cuse, send it to your nearest Red
Cross, if you do not have a chap
ter.
There are hundreds Of men, wom-
en- and children who wonder into the
Sheffield chapter, and are helped.
whose homes may be hundreds of
miles from here. AS soon as Red
Cross headquarters was notified OF
our cyclones, this year and last
year, a check was sent to alleviate
the distress of those made destitute.
1.-THE army Of the disabled grows. In
1919 there were $500 in government
hospitals; 1920 found 1850 and 1921
there were $4,000. And so it goes.
The Red Cross is spending ten mil
lion dollars year on the eX-SerVlce
men and their families.
Do you complacently say, None OF
it goes to my loved ones, we do not
need it," Then thank God for his
mercies and put in q dollar, or mort
as a thank offering.
Money and Prayer