The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-11-29
TO START SELLING
THANKSGIVING DAY

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The first step in the Christmas seal
sale, which begins on Thanksgiving
day, under the direction of the Mon
,tana T6bereeI0sis&ss0ciat has
been taken. Thirty-ive thousand doE
lars worth of seals have been dis
tributed among the chairmen of each
county in the state and organization
of committees to handle the sale is
rapidly being completed.
"Christmas seals on all holiday let
tiers and packages have become very
popular with the American people as
a result of IA years use," said Mrs.
Sara E. Morse, secretary of the tuber-
culosis association. "They serve two
purposes. One is in their educational
values, for through their sale the facts
about the prevention and cure of tu-
berculosis and the necessity of organ
lied effort in combating the disease
are brought to the attention of the
public and its interest in the problem
aroused. The other is in the financial
values of the seals, for it is through
this sale alone that funds with which
to carry on the work of the tubercu-
losis association are derived, 95 per
cent of the proceeds Of the sale is
spent in the state in the employment
of public health nurses, in the differ
ent kinds of child welfare work the
association is fostering, in follow-up
work with tuberculosis patients and
81 with the ex-service men and their
) families, in educational work dealing
= with the prevention and cure Of tuber-
culosis and in helping to better health
2 conditions in general. The other 5
: per cent goes to the national ~associa-
p ton for the extension Of tuberculosis
. work in communities where no local
e organization has been formed to cope
{ with the tuberculosis problem.
i Christmas seals came into use is
Y years ago when they were sold :tc
provide. funds for the tuberculosis
O work fostered by the American Rec
Cross in conjunction with the Nationa
o tuberculosis association.
The tuberculosis work made sucl
rapid strides and the war brought 5,
many extra demands upon the Re-
Gross that the Roll Call was institdt
ed as a means of providing create
Il funds for its work and the seal sal
: taken over entirely by the tuberculosis
Is association and the proceeds used 70
the furtherance of anti-tuberculosi
work. The seals are now known a
Christmas seals instead of Red eros
u, seals.
IS The results of the work done b
Y. the tuberculosis associations throug
the funds derived from the seal sal
: have been apparent in almost ever
state in the Union. The death rat
z from tuberculosis has been cut i
s half, and through the education,
Z work a more hopeful outlook regard
s ing the disease has been establishe,
2 1T is now generally recognized ths
tuberculosis is a disease which is DR.,
ventable and curable-if taken in tim
The design of the Christmas Sc,
this year is entirely different fro
5 those of previous years. 1t was e,
ecuted by T. NJ. C1elland, a widel
known decorative artist of New Yor'
and is said by art authorities at II
! Metropolitan Art museum to be II
most artistic seal yet produced |
I the national tuberculosis ~associatio
6 The main figures in the design Al
Z those of a mother and child, symbol
s ing the interest hat the associate
2 is taking in child welfare work al
in the prevention of tuberculosis t
I morrow by building up the health
the child of today. A Christmas tr,
in the foreground, with the doubl
barred cross, the emblem of the tube
culosis association, the mineral 10.
and the words "For Health" compile
the design.