Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08
HONOR TO Be PAID
TO CLARA BARTON
Comnemoratory Services to
Be Held Today for First
Red Cross Head.

The memory of Clara Barton
phiian;hropist and humanitarian. will
I've. honored this afternoon at s o'clock
atthe United States Chamber of Com
r,erce auditorium. with Senator Dale
OF Vermont, Col. Rice w. Means. past
commander,in-chief of the United
Spanish War Veterans. and Repre-
sentative Rathhone nj Illinois as the
principal speaker. Countless friends
of the first American Red Cross prest.
dent win be enabled 10 hear the pro
gram through hsoaticasting cf the
event by station WM.Al..
Maj, Gen. John L. Glenn, retired,
commander Of the Department of the
Potomac, e. \. r.. viii preside. Rev,
George Fis6e Dudley, chaplain of the
Military Order of the l.oyal Legion
of the United States, will give the in.
vocation and henefsction Mrs,
Mallette r. Spengler viii sing solo
and the United States Army Band will
furnish music Several former asso'
rates of Miss Barton will be present
and the public is invited. +. A..
FcrnGld is secretary c. the committee
on arrangements.
Began Life as Teacher.
The commemora ton of the birth
ana services OF Miss Barton follows
the l06th anniversary of her natal
6av on Christmas. She was born at
oxford. Mass. and began her life as
a teacher. In 1854 she was appointed
n clerk in the Patent Office and resign
ed from this post during the Civil
War. to become a volunteer nurse In
the field to aid the stricken. Following
the war she did woman work in trac.
Ing great numbers OF missing men.
While on European tour for her
health. the Franco-German War
hroke out and she assisted the Grand
Duchess of Baden in establishing
military hospitals and giving the. ben.
eft of her experience gained during
the war in her own country. She
aided the poor of Strasburg In 1871
and those of Paris in the year follow.
ing. The golden cross of Baden and
the iron cross of Germany were lie.
slowed on her for her work. She was
keenly interested i'm the Red Cross in
Europe and strongly advocated its
establishment here.
Directed Johnstown Relief.
When the American Red Cross was
organized in 1881. she became its first
president and eight years after had
charge OF relief measures for the vic
Tins of the Johnstown. Pa, flood. In
1892 she aided the Russian famine
sufferers and in 1896 personally di.
rected relief at the scenes OF the
Armenian massacres. In the Spanish.
American War she was again active
in her mission of mercy for the fight.
ing men. She had personal charge
Of the Galveston food zone in 1900.
She died before the World War broke,
expiring April II. 1912.
Since her death. her friends point
out. she has been widely honored. In
1921 the house in which Miss Barton
WAS born was purchased by the
Ladies' Missionary Society OF the
Uniyersalist Church and established
as an historical shrine. A hospital
I'm Los Angeles bears her name and
many memorial trees have been
planted for her and her memory has
been honored In other ways. The Ma.
sionai First Aid Society, which she
established after retiring from the
American Red Cross. her friends ex.
plain. still bears her name. an presi.
dent In nlemoriam.