The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-13
LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 49, 1921

In FLANDERS neldS.
We shall continue our work for
the eX-service men in our Lakeland |
The entire program planned for
Lakeland is not my program. 1t is mo-
the Red Cross is trying to
put over but it is something We have
all worked out together My work
you has been done in spirit
e. helpful service We must know
our city before we can make plans for
It's welfore. Lakeland has body,
Lakeland has "a mind, Lakeland has a
spirit. DO we know how sick Lake
land is? DO we know what Diseases
# body, mind and spirit are enemies
% its citizenship? Avoidable Illness
'Gsts our country billion dollars :
GEAR How much of this are we
wasting in Lakeland.
$4,000 mothers die at childbirth
each year. Lakeland is giving its
quota. 2O0,000 babies die each year
4 great notianal calamity! Is Lake
and safeguarding her future citizen
ship?
Is 100000 American school children
ire suffering from preventable or cor
'octable defects which impair the Vi
ality, dwarf the mental and physical
'acultieS and mar the who @ life. Oar
insane aSyums, our homes for def-c
ives. cur prisons and poor farms are
he future homes OF many of these.
We know that Lakeland has children
who are from one to six years re ard
Ell in school because of remediab.e
physical defects. The per cent is
mall, Nc chance to lead normal
life. No chance to develop into self
supporting citizens. Let us have q
ouklc health nurse. It will pay in
dollars and cents.
For Il long time our business and
professional men here have felt tho
reed of seine central agency through
which they could distributc their re-
lief money for general charity pur-
POSES The thought is all right ii tho
money is properly safc&uarded and
listI buted. A relief fund withou'
wise handling is u menace to any
.ommunity. You may be thinking
In city the size OF Lakeland We
! hOud raise five or ten thousand do
ars for reef. II | could 90 out to-
day and collect five thousand dollars
hat would have to be labeled Relief
! pund | would be compelled to say
| We dc not want it, Invest your
money in your trained secretary who
knows how to build up family integ-
| rity and self-dependence all Il public
health nurse and keep Il fund on hand
which will NEE the necessary calls
/ al 1No1, Il
he organization with your moral sup
port. encourage the workers and be
ready, in spirit of neighborly help
fulness and brotherly love, to Shout
der your part OF the responsible ity for
developing good citizens.
THE Division has supported the
work in Lakeland since last October
and unless Lakeland as a city is in
terested enough to continue the work
we shall have to close. When l frs.
came tC your city it Was in answer
20 wire Lakeland office closing DC.
.ober first. Out of funds My first
investigation upon arriving was to
find out if the local Red Cross had
Jailed in its service. You may be the
! judges:
goo NSioVS iOl C[N-oCi ' IOC lllCll Isltl-
died in the year.
2S5 cases family welfare.
Poor families made glad at Thanks.
giving and Xmas.
IS persons placed in positions.
s nurses secured in emergency
cases.
2 Fairgrounds superintended one
half day each day for three months
Hospital care furnished few emer
gency cases.
Cases referred to city physician.
Over 100 garments distributed,
First aid kits furnished botl
schools.
. tubercular men furnished treat
ment.
This besides much that was not tab
ulated.
"0n the strength of local servic
rendered funds were supplied to con
tinue the work until the Roll Cal
money would supply the need. Heav
rains on day set for campaign her
discouraged the workers and the Rol
Call was almost failure. When tn
time came for Mrs. Swindell to go 70
her training the last of March ther
was no money to Fay her salary TO
that month or railroad fare. Agai
The Division Headquarters came t
the rescue and the need was met. W
could have gone out in feveris
campaign and secured the money TO
immediate needs hut, gentlemen, tn
time has passed when folks give
streets and blocks just because the
are asked. We want intelligent, sys
tematic, thoughtful giving because W
are informed of the need and appre
ciate the service.
You have in your hands our state
ment as local organization. This
i YOUR red Cross. Your ideals of SCI
I vice have been carefully consulted be
tore this statement was reduced t
print"
1t was at this point Mrs. Atkinso
/ displayed placards which will provid
a solution of at least one problem e,
/ perienced almost every day by tn
4 business men of Lakeland, contrib,
| lions to supposedly charitable cause
\ This p'acard tells the applicant fc
II relief that the Red Cross is the agenc