The Columbus dispatch., 1921-11-27
'lGNN EARLY TO
BUY XMAS SEALS
CUTTING DOWN DEATHS
FROM CONSUMPTION is A
WONDERFUL WORK
WORTH THE EFFORT
Mrs. w. S. LindamOOd, In
Charge OF Sales Here, Should
BE Encouraged In Her
Laudable Work.

Good morning.; have you bought
your supply Of Christmas seals yet?
II not, don't lose any more time, but
get the little life-sayers tomorrow
morning and begin licking for dear
life-not your dear life, perhaps, but
for the dear life Of some Door soul
with the long bony fingers Of con-
sumption tearing at his lungs and
Threatening to drag the victim into
an early grave.
Mrs. w. S. Lindamood whose kind
and sympathetic heart thr0bs for
others woes, is directing the sale of
Christmas Seals in Columbus She
deserves and should receive the hearty
and cordial support and encourage
ment Of all our people who have a
desire to take a part in this great
humane work.
The annual seal sale is not only a
means Of raising money for the sup.
port Of tuberculosis work, but Is in it,
self Of the greatest educational value
in drawing the personal attention of
thousands of individuals to the tuber-
culosis problem in Mississippi. 1t
puts the responsibility up 20 each in
dividual to take his part in the or
ganized fight against tuberculosis 1t
is rightly considered part Of the
educational work Of the State Asso.
citation.
Doctor Osler stated a great truth
when he said that THE battle against
tuberculosis Is not doctors affair;
II belongs to the entire people" A
hermit with sound lungs is not inter-
ested in the tuberculosis proposition,
but folks who mix and miugIe with
their fellows in daily intercourse need
to safeguard themselves against the
spread Of the white plague.
Never before has the Mississippi
tuberculosis Association been chal-
lenged to do more than this year. 1t
is known fact that the combined ef-
forts of the tuberculosis organiza-
tions in their educational program
are bringing results. In the past ten
years tuberculosis or consumption has
decreased thirty per cent. A wonder
full start has been made, and hard
work is needed to keep going up the
Ladder Of Health.
Many helped the Association last
year in making the seal sale success
in spite of financial stress. Some
have been helping for years TO build
up the work Of the Association to the
very high standard it now maintains.
No person, If asked to "sit up with
a sick neighbor, would be likely to re-
fuse. In the South, especially, peo-
pie are unusually kind and thoughtful
in their sick-roOm ministrations. And
so, in the sale Of the Christmas Seals,
no one is likely TO refuse 10 buy and
use the little emblems that mean
health and strength, life and hope to
many. Even the children can help
with their nickles and dimes. The
grown people will buy seals by the
dollars worth, while banks and busi.
ness houses will buy in large quaint
ties. II is a work in which all are in
terested, and we hope to see the
sales Of Christmas seals this year go
way over the top
Of the ten per cent received BY the
n ational tuberculosis Association
from the seal sale, approximate one
half is used for the manufacture of
seals and supplies, which includes ed-
lcational advertising nj after. The
Dther five per cent is used for the fol-
owing purposes: Forming a strong
central organization which acts in an
advisory capacity 70 the state asso-
,iations. For national educational
work as TO the nature, care and pre-.
,ention Of tuberculosis BY the pubii-
.ation Of a monthly bulletin. newspa-
per articles, special literature, and
Of moving picture films.
For the employment Of the best talent
n the country to conduct medical re-
search in tuberculosis to the end that
he very best methods Of treatment
md prevention may be known. To
investigate all so-called cures for tu-
'erculosis that the public may be in
ormed as 20 their merit. For the
mapping out Of comprehensive plans
o fight tuberculosis, suitable for cit
rs, counties, states and the country.
'hese are only the major activities
{ the National tuberculosis Associa-
ion. Buy Christmas Seals and lots
Z them.