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RED CROSS ACTIVITIES Contributed by MISS LOUISE AVER, Secretary Olympla Chapter. The question is frequently asked, and with much show of reason, why the work of relief performed by the Red Cross is not done by the govern ment. Mr. Davison recently ex plained very fully why It is not. In the first place, he says, it was tried and found not to be practicable. The work of the Red Cross is largely emergency work and the machinery of the government docs not move swiftly enough to perform it. The Red Cross cuts red tape mercilessly and gets the thing done. The very fact that it is a voluntary association and that its members are not work ing for profit gives the people con fidence in it BO that it can proceed without the cumbersome system re quired of government action. And then there is the expense. Think what it costs to collect taxes and compare that with the Red Cross war drive, where every dollar col lected went to relieve suffering. There are expenses attached to Buch a drive, of course, but they are paid by those who are able to do so, and not out of your subscriptions; and the requirements are infinitesimal compared with the government's pon derous machinery. But most Important of all is the spirit aroused and nourished by the opportunity to give without compul sion. Humanity naturally wishes to be fair and generous, but it just as naturally doesn't want to be bilked. The war has aroused all the latent generosity in our souls and the Red Cross gives it a chance to act. And last but not least, consider what our government has on its hands to do Just now, and be thank ful that this huge burden of relief work is not added thereto. This splendid Red Cross, with its able, disinterested heads and its millions of eager assistants, is not a burden, but an opportunity, not only does it relieve suffering but it gives a safe and useful outlet to the emotions. Letters From "Over There." The letters of our boys ir Prance are' full of Interest notwithstanding the censor. One speaks of being in London and on a dark, unlighted evening standing at a railway sta tion to see the wounded come in from the battlefields. Some on crutches, some blind, many so wrapped in bandages as to be almost invisible, but every one of them smiling! Another, whose service requires him to travel extensively about the country, sends a word of cheer. He says things look better over there than we think at home; that we would be amazed at the tremendous preparations our government has made. Many praise the Red Cross and the Y. M. p. A. The latter asso ciation certainly runs us a close sec ond. While not so broad In its pur poses. within its lines of Bervice it is incomparable. When the Red Cross finds another society at work in the devastated re gions of Prance, it promptly co operates with it. Por Instance it found the Society of English and American Priends (Quakers) putting up little cottages, sending in farm machinery, providing chickens and rabbits, to give the poor penniless people a chance. The Red Cross im mediately oifered its help and now the two gioups of workers are acting together to restore these villages. The French people think us very practical because, as soon as possible, we try to make the despoiled people self-supporting. With a roof over their heads, a few household utensils, some chickens and other stock, these thrifty French families quickly re cover their hold on life. PlMoant Glade Makes Record. One of our newest auxiliaries, Pleasant Glade, organized a month ago with 14 members, deserves spe cial mention for the astonishing amount of work it is turning out. They discovered sphagnum moss in their vicinity; the men gathered it, the women picked it over and sewed it into surgical pads, and 250 of these have been completed. Besides it has made TO hospital garments and 8 refugee garments. It is planning to send birthday gifts to each of Its 12 soldier boys. Isn't that "going some?" Surgical dressings! That is where Thurston County Chapter must speed up. Your secretary recently visited a small chapter east ot the moun tains and found them far outstrip ping us in this branch. Many of the women there pledge themselves to cut a bolt of gauze a week. The rooms are kept open every day. Ex cuses for non-attendance meet with high disfavor. The following verse was published Speed l'p Dressings! in the Southern Woman's Magazine: SURGICAL DRESSINGS. Interminable folds of gauze For those whom we shall never see. Remember, when your Angers pause, That every drop of blood to stain This whiteness falls for you and me. Part of the price that keeps UB free To serve our own, that keeps us clean Prom shame that other women know. Oh saviors we have never seen, Forgive us that we are so slow! God—if that blood should cry in vain And we have let our moment go! Articles Not Needed. Notice: We are requested by na tional headquarters to make no more of the following articles: Hot water bottle covers. Handkerchiefs. Comfort pillows. Operating stockings. Table napkins. Ice bag covers. Heel rings. Knitted wash cloths. Watch Out for Insurance. Do you know of any boy in the army or navy who has not taken out Insurance? If so, either attend to It yourself or notify the Red Cross. The time for securing such insur ance has been extended to April 12. This insurance means everything to the soldier, for there is to be no pen sion system such as attached to pre vious wars. Now a soldier can take out a policy for SIO,OOO. His pre miums will be deducted from his pay. If he is permanently injured he will receive a stated sum every month so long as he lives. If he survives without disability, he can continue the policy to his own ad vantage. If he loses his life the in surance is paid to his beneficiary— parent, wife, or child, whose welfare Is of more consequence to him than anything else. What the Boys Think. A soldier writes from Prance: "I've sure got to hand it to those men with the Red Cross on their arms. They all worked like dogs in that hell out there. They seemed to have but one idea—to do their duty—and apparently cared nothing for their own lives while doing it." That this is true is proved by the fact that the names of a certain number of men who wear the Red Crosß appear on the casualty lists. Our boys may and do love the French, but they don't love their tobacco. One writes: "Their to bacco Is all right till you smoke it, and then there's a case for the Red Cross!" Soldiers and the Red Cross. Private Peat in the March Red Cross Magazine says: "To us, the soldiers who have been 'there,' to those of us who have suffered and who know, one of the basest calumnies which the German propagandist scatters abroad is the slurs againstr the Red Cross. "On the battlefield we do not ac tively think of the organisation as the Red Crosß. To us it is but a branch of the army—the Army Medi cal Corps, the R. A. M. C. But we know full well that the Red Cross Is working through them, that the one Insignia Is the honor bar of all." He was wounded and saved bis life by using the emergency dress ing which is placed in every soldier's kit. He says: "What if the supply of emergency dressings had given out before reaching mef If all the Red Cross workers who handle sur gical dressings could realise even to half tbe extent, the importance, the vital importance of their work, there would be three women to each Job where there is only one now. Ton may save the life of your own son, husband, brother, or sweetheart, by commencing to work for the Red Cross within the next hour." With such facts before us It is a great comfort to know that the Thurston county chapter is making rapid strides in surgical dressings. Last Thursday evening, the first of the business women's nights, 28 women were working. Three thou sand dressings were made last week. The Tacoma chapter has a unique little scheme of helpfulness all Its own. A number of women go down to the hostess house in the afternoon at their own expense and darn socks for the soldiers. Their only stipu lation is that the socks shall be clean —they do the rest. It is announced that a Red Cross house soon will be constructed in each of the army and navy training camps. It is intended primarily to be a lounge and rest haven for con valescent soldiers. It will also be an administration center for the field director of the Red Cross, an emergency lodging for summoned relatives of those soldiers who are dangerously ill, and for Red Cross nurses and staffs. The American Red Cross now has 22,000,000 members, 800,000 of whom are in the Northwestern divi-j sion. Isn't that a powerful army? I It is not unfitting that Thurston county chapter should express sorrow for the death of Judge George E. Morris of the supreme court. From the beginning of the great catastrophe, Judge Mcrris' interest in our war work was intense and practical. Until the last few days of his illness, on every week-end and holiday he and Mrs. Morris enter tained from two to six soldierß from Camp Lewis. He said: "I don't want officers and 'attract ive* men. I want just plain ordinary boys who need some home life." His admiration of the cleverness with which Mrs. Morris performed her many Red Cross duties was a pleasant thing to see. And up to within a fortnight of his death, when in constant pain, he bravely refused to permit her to entirely abandon her work for suffering humanity across the seas. A good man, a just judge, a patriotic citizen! If you had happened Into head quarters one day recently you might have seen a homely yet beautiful sight—lo bath robes for Invalid sol diers, perfectly made by Miss Joseph ine Smiht and Mrs. R. E. Braun. Three of them were made by Miss Smith in 10 hours. No mere man can appreciate that feat, but you women can, especially those who are doing Red Cross sewing and know the nice ty required. These two patriotic la dies make three-fourths of all the bath robes manufactured by the chap ter. The.Junior Redd Cross is at last well under way. Prof. C. E. Beach is chairman, with supreme countrol He has appointed Mrs. Ada J. Lewis director of work and Mr. S. E. Mow ell treasurer. Miss Lillian Grube will have special charge of the high school sewing. With this admirable organization the Junior Red Cross will become what it should be —the foundation for every species of hu manitarian work in Thurston county. All Yanks In Trenches Carry Red Cross Comfort Kit. Every American woman who has helped to pack a Red Cross comfort kit for our boys "over there" will be Interested in a cablegram received at the national headquarters of the American Red Cross from Major James H. Perkins, American Red Cross commissioner to Europe. It is as follows: "Every American aoldier now en tering the trenches carries an Amer ican Red Cross comfort kit contain ing towel, shirt, writing paper, pen cil, soap, handkerchief, socks, mir ror end tobacco. The number of kits cannot be stated, but the fact that every soldier has one means that the work done by American women is a big comfort to the soldiers now on the firing line. This fact should be a solace to tbe American women who have made them as well at to the soldiers. More kits wanted with socks and tobacco." The campaign to raise a second 9100,000,000 has been announced by the American Red Cross for the week beginning May 20. To date nearly $90,000,000 has been appropriated for war relief work. NAMES "WAR SAVINGS DAT." Governor Bete Aside Next Wednes day for Special Obesrvance. Next Wednesday, March 20, has been designated by Governor Lister as "War Savings Day," and he urges that "all of our people purchase at least one war savings stamp on that day." The proclamation sets forth that this is one way in which all of the people can help the government in a substantial manner, and that all should invest to the full degree of their ability. w MAIL THIS AD. FOR CATALOG AMD SPECIAL OFFER lidlMft COMING TO OLYMPIA DOCTOR Mellenthin & Co. SPECIALISTS DO NOT USB SURGERY will be »t Mitchell Hotel SATURDAY, MARCH 23 Office Honrs, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. 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