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Show . vJTOUWG AMERICA GIVES I PROOF OF PATRIOTISWI u Striking Instances of Loyal-tow Loyal-tow ty to Country Shown in j Red Cross Drive. t That young America is rapidly learn- 19 tng lessons of service, patriotism and fA siMi'-i'orsret fulness is evidenced in the fol-! fol-! lowing Incidents observed during the ro-cent ro-cent Red Cross drive: A little boy stood the other day beside one of the Red Cross street booths, intently in-tently watching as people gave their offerings of-ferings for the white -garbed women in cha rge. Witn a flush of embarrassment reddening red-dening his eager face, he upheld a grimy J rtst in which were two copper cents. "Would you -iike my pennies? It's all 1 1 j got." I I The money was gravely accepted, and an honor badge pinned on the coat of J i h4 proud contributor, 5 Saturday afternoon a triumphant group M of six young Americans, varying (n age Hf from S to 11 years, invaded the war Ml headquarters" at the Commercial club, K proud I v bearing in their midst a welj- worn American flag, somewhat weighted J down with a collection of small coins j I which they had gathered on the street, I it and which they wished to have properly ' 'Vqpcked in" by the cashier. I !) little girl had attained a sem- I hlance of the conventional Rech Cross headdress by pinning a towel around her t head, and pasting a little red cross on the forehead, 'j "Who sent you to gather money?" they M were asked. ; "Nobody sent us. Bill was going to I have a party, and he couldn't have It, jl so we started outto raise money for the IV Red Cross instead." "What do you do to get it?" "Oh, we just holler. 'Money for the I Red Cross!' and if men don't throw-some throw-some on the flag we call "em slackers!" Three times they brought their offerings offer-ings to headquarters, aggregating more than $27, and were Anally persuaded to return home, tired but happy young patriots. This was the third group of children similarly engaged, reported on Saturday. I Two .Utile patients lying upon their rots at the County hospital heard of the big Red Cross drive and saw the little badges upon the coats of visitors who came in. Fired with an ambition to do their part, each one offered what represented the sum total of his wealth the little boy contributing 7- cents and the little girl giving 10 cents. They are still proudly wearing their honor badges. One ambitious 12-year-old girl recently spent her spare time for two days in seclusion, busily writing and deeply thinking. When questioned about it, she said: "I am writing a war poem, and if it should turn out to be better than "America' or 'The Star-Spangled Banner," and if congress should want's to pay me a million dollars for it, I would say: 'No, indeed! It is yours; I wrote It for love of my country!' " Another youngster, 5 years of age, announced an-nounced her recover;,- from a recent illness ill-ness in these words: "I've been awful sick, 'cause I had the German measles, and 1 didn't like 'em. I asked mamma why we had German measles in this country, and couldn't I please have the rench or Italian measles instead? 'Cause ia Germans are so mean, and they do such dreadful things to our soldiers, and they are making so many new angels in heaven." A touching bit of self-denial was the V f cision of the eighth grade graduating .ass of the Wasatch school to give their ass fund to the Red Cross, and go without with-out the usual highly-prized class pins. Anyone who remembers the pride and joy of wearing the first graduation pin will aopreciate that this was a real sacrifice. sacri-fice. Young women employees of the Oregon Short Line headquarters of flees, after having volunteered their wish to organ- Ize. met at the Bransford apartments last night and formed- the Oregon Short Line Red Cross unit. Several officials of the road were present at the meeting. Among these were J. A. Reeves, general freight agent, who acted as chairman, and H. V. Piatt, vice president, who gave a patriotic talk. The members will meet next Tuesday nlghf for work. They plan two or three nights each week devoted to the work, ' under direction of the Bransford Red i 'ross unit. They have been offered quarters quar-ters at the apartments by W. M. Bransford, Brans-ford, manager. |