Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-05
IN YOUR TOWN

The Red Cross in our town. 1t
came when the loftiest sentiment OF
our people rallied under its emblem
to lessen the suffering Of the cruel
war. 1t remained because our respon-
sibilities did not cease when the Arm
istice was signed
1t is still here, because our duty to
the world so largely accomplished,
we cannot ignore the suffering of our
own people-the preVentable disease
the preventable poverty and the
preventable dullnesS and stupidity OF
life with which we are brought into
daily contact.
How can you give expression to the
best impulses of your community life!
What can be done to make yours q
healthier, happier and a more pros
porous people? Why can this be done
better, perhaps, At this time, with
the cooperation Of the American Red
Cross?
Consider yourself sitting in con-
ference at Chapter Executive Com
mittee Meeting, at which you are dis
cussing the health and the social prob
lens of your community, and what
the Red Cross can do to solve them.
After all, when you think of your
community, you do not just think of
its history and romance, its name and
boundaries, its buildings and roads,
but of its people who, with you, have
made and are making the community
what it is. The health Of your COM
munity must be judged by the re!a-
tive number Of we'll people and of sick
people at any one time, by the num-
Der who die from diseases that might
be prevented. The prosperity of your
community is not indicated merely By
the smoke from your factory CHM
neys or by Your threshing machines.
but by the habits of industry or Of
Incidence. by the resourcefulness or
the shiftlessness, by the wealth or
the poverty of your people. The intelli-
gence of your community is engaged,
in part by the kind of education you
provide for your children, by the ex-
tent of your civic and Social organiZa-
tions, by the treatment you give your
poor, your feeble-minded, epileptics
and insane. and your youthful and
adult offenders The civic pride of your
people is reflected by your private
homes and public buildings, by your
sidewalks, your streets and roads, by
your sewage and drainage systems.
your garbage DISPOSAL, your dumps,
and your privies, by your trees, flow
ers and shrubbery, by your parks and
Fairgrounds, by your flies and mos
quitoes, by the presence or absence Of
slum conditions.
No doubt, you have reason to be
gratifed with many things that your
community is doing and has done. But
what could be improved upon? What
is being left undone? How many and
who are the victims of this oversight,
and what will be the ultimate con-
sequences to your community? Whose
concern is it? To whom does the COM
munity look for Information, guild
ance and leadership? Is our Red Cross
Chapter able to undertake this work?
If SO, our Chapter is charged with
grave responsibility which it cannot
lightly cast aside-a golden oppor-
tunty to develop that which is noblest
and best in our community life.
DO YOU KNOW THAT FOR
THE VETERANS OF THE WORLD
WAR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
is PROVIDING SERVICE COSTING
100000 900 a YEAR. THIS IS MORE
THAN ALL THE MEMBERSHIP
FEES PAID TO THE RED CROSS
DURING THE THE LAST ROLL
| CALL.
Your Membership Dollar will help
to keep this work going until the
need is over.
! Annual Red Cross Roll Call, Now
ember 11-24.