The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-15

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re sees 4 n rrsrsal Organised Tn
fighters dsFe hege that mAny 70.
pc c1 cu time w4l hvw BE- 80 oxf
naksan nsaee strusaNer b. is asfezk
and . large part u Ehs ered1f fas
final ykctrey vtn heanng - the
neuspapHFs 81 the euAzntxy. said
Mrs " r HAtre. pmmcAgOulA JACK
son county tuhercaiasiz drive CHAIR
man
And this suggests Ire story q tire
Christmas Seal an i6rai IL eusnpeIi-
ine force THAT has encfreiea ne
world. > mighty weapon In ne bal
Tie OF The ~tuberruio<s iegioua fT .
chance 70 live.
IN lsaa ainar ROsboen g postal
clerk IN Denmark. wanted 20 help
build . hoApatAi fur t~ukercuhosx
children. bat funds we're lacking
cnaorfui postage stamps nn thoas-
Ands q extra cards and letters dur-
ina the Christmas rush suErssted
that ether eolorful sficks-s ca the
back q EaaaL esen n sod Eer enls
a penny ar,ece. wuuln make tha
hospital . reality
II became q reality when HnE-
boelf Idea received royal apprevai
and the first tuberculosis CHRISTMAS
Seals were Sold IN Denmark tn 1904
In 1908 q Danish Seal came 70
jacob Hiis Of New YORK author.
newspaper man and social worker.
and he wrc1e . magazine article
uFgfne uke OF the IDEA Is = means
Of fighting tuberculosis m shta
country.
Tuberculosis Is ~prevsntmhlA and
curahie,~ RIls said yet M goes ca
year after year killing an army at
10000 Americans and desnintinR
countless homes Perhaps I feel
strongly about IT, and no wonder.
II killed Sin Of my brothers and /
know.
That article was read ~ Miss
Emily Btsseu Of Delaware. VINO vas
trying 20 raise funds for q little
tuberculosis hospital near Whining
ton. 6he designed . Seal. borrowed
money 70 pay for printing T. and
rondncted the fint American Seal
sale IN 1901.
Leigh n Hedges. Ct the Phlladel-
phia North American. made TIE
campaign q success with f~irxt-pege
stories. and his paper also sold
Seals IN It's front office. The first
buyer was . tiny newzboy VINO
showed y penny across the marble
counter with the demand. "0l1me
one Me sisters got a."
That settled t." said Hedges.
If a ragamuffin from the street
could grasp the message Of the
Christmas Seal. that messenger ~
what was needed 70 carry mass
education % the American people
The i6eA was adopted b the then
four-year-old National tuberculosis
Association. whose main objective
was education Of the millions On
three points. that tuberculosis Is
catching. Il prsventable. and can be
cured.
The first nationwide Seal Sale
In 1908 vas made 70 succeed b. the
help Of 1000 newspapers. and sue
cess Of the Seal Sale Is st1ll en-
sured annually by the help Of al
papers In the country.
The press also gives Indispensable
help to the ycar-round programs
financed BY the Seals. scientific e
search. training institutes. educa-
ton. case-finding and direct aid 20
the t~uberculous sick
Not only b. their sale do Christ
mas Seals do good Their appear
anee each year By millions exerts >
powerful force also. for every Seal
used On business and personal mail
and packages bears witness that
someone cares whether or not peo-
pie die neediessly. and every ons
CHALLENGES al who see Il 70 JON IN
the crusade.
Nlnety-fire per cent Of Seal Sale
funds remain IN the state 70 fight
tuberculosis among our oun people.