Evening star., 1924-10-08
RED CROSS PLANS
ANNUAL ROLL CALL
Conyention Discusses Public
Information, Financial Fed
erations and Data.

yearly roll call when the annual
budget is raised by popular subscrip-
tion were discussed at the morning
session of the fourth annual conven-
ton. held in Memorial Continental
| Hall. a.
| The general topic of the morning
was public Information, Financial
| Fedcrations and Roll Call" with these
speakers on the program: Douglas
Griesemer. Miss Irene M. Givenwilson.
Earl F. Gates. J. Arthur Jeffers and
DR.. Thomas E. Green.
| This afternoon has been set aside
| for. rest. recreation and sightseeing.
while what promises to be one of the
| most entertaining sessions of the con-
| vention is listed for tonight at Me-
mortal Continental Hall. A concert by
the United States Navy Band, Charles
Benter conducting, will open the pro-
| gram at 1880 o'clock. The general
topic tonight will be american Red
Cross Service to Schools" with DR..
William Mather Lewis, president of
George Washington University, pre-
| siding. The principal address of the
evening will be delivered by r. p.
| Lane, chairman of the education COM
mittee of the Red Cross.
Pageant to BE Given.
| A pageant specially written and
produced for the occasion will be
presented, entitled The Gifts We
Bring" being tableau of the Amer
lean Red Cross. Incidental music
will be furnished by the Army Band
4 The pae cant was written by Louise
4 Franklin Bache.
Success of the Red Cross in bring
ing different races together in the
| common cause of humanity is the
hope of the world, Mrs. John Allan
Dougherty of this city said last
night at the meeting of the Wash
| ington Division.
Mrs. Dougherty was reviewing her
experiences at the conference of the
| League of Red Cross Societies in
Paris. followed by a tour Of the coun.
tries of central and eastern Europe.
The league" she explained, has
carried the enthusiasm manifested by
the Red Cross in time of war into the
| held OF peace. 1t is not to be con-
fused with the International, which
is devoted to works of mercy during
war. The object of the league Is tc
promote the welfare Of mankind, tc
educate health nurses, coordinate re-
lief in case of disaster and to apply
the late medical discoveries to the
problems of public health. The league
now f1ourishes in 81 nations of the
world. In my tour of Europe the
thing that impressed me most was
the fact that the standards of the
! American Red Cross are now the
standards of Europe"
| Mrs. Dougherty related many in
stances of the gratitude shown BY
the children of Europe for the Amer.
ican Red Cross.
Institution for All.
DIR. Robert McElroy, professor o,
history at Princeton University, saw
in the Red Cross the one world insti.
tuition in which there was no con-
fiict of economic or political interest
or OF, antagenistic ambitions.
The Red Cross" he declared 81.
the union of the good elements ir
mankind to overwhelm the evil ele-
1 nents.''
People have forgotten the reason.
for the Crimean war" he added
But they have not forgotten that i,
was here that Florence Nightengale
began the work that has since be-
come the task of the Red Cross"
DIR. McElroy noted that for nearly
a score of years the United State:
took part in the International Rec
Cross conferences unofficially.
And the United States he wen
on to say, will continue to take par
officially or unofficially in every
movement tending to lead to a better
international understanding. No force
on earth is breaking down the bar
riers that keep man from man ant
nation from nation, as is the Rec
Cross"
Master Robert Dew of Richmond
Va, a lad in knee breeches and {
high clear voice, brought message
from the Junior Red Cross. He des
| yIitt
some eloquence what the exchange o.
letters, pictures, books and souvenir!
between his schoolmates In Rich
mond and boys and girls in schools
over the seas had done to promote
interest in, geography and to maxi
them feel that children in foreign
countries were their friends.
The chairman of the evening, j
Arthur Jeffers, manager of the Wash
ington Division, called upon Mrs
William Kinnicutt Draper, chairman
of the New York County Chapter, th'
largest chapter in this country, t.
tell how the national organization
looked to a chapter chairman. Sh'
, showed how the success of the who'll
depends on the success of the chap
, ter. And the chapters success, il
turn, depends on the enthusiasm
and intelligence of the individua
workers. Inc great tdSh, BIG SdiO
was to find people who are willing
to serve and to set them at work.
William Fortune, civic leader of In
dianapolis, paid tribute to the worl
of Mrs. Dougherty and of Miss Mabe
Boardman in the cause of the Re-
Cross. The benediction was pro
nounced by the Rev. DR.. Robert John
son of Washington. The United State
Navy Band Orchestra and the Colum
- h
Round-TabIe Discussion.
Sessions yesterday afternoon wer
, devoted to informal round-table dis
, cussion of several problems confront
ing the Red Cross. Discussion topic
and the leaders were: Nutrition
Miss Clyde B. Schuman; war servic
Robert E. Bondy; volunteer service
Miss Mabel T. Boardman; civilian
home service, Robert E. Bondy, an,
Junior Red Cross, Arthur w. Dunn
Dinners of the various divisions wer
held at five hotels last night prior t,
the night meeting of the Washington
Division.
Statistics are before the conventio,
showing that during the year a tota
of $737,603.9 was expended in reliev
ing distress and in rehabilitating th
survivors of 1872 major disasters
, More than 10000 Red Cross nurse
, are on active duty. Instruction II
home hygiene and care Of the sicl
: was given to 52,706 students durinl
the year.
The important influence of food OF
! health was taught to 135.496 children
: and 13,201 adults during the year
Through the Boy Scouts Of Americ;
, | and other organisations nearly 900.
, 900 people have been reached durinl
3 the year with instruction in life-sav
, ing. This nationwide campaign t,
, end the annual toll of drowninEs ha
h1r h.