Show I 1 V i ELMO SCOTT WATSON T IS peculiarly appropriate that the annual member ship roll call of the amer lean red cross should begin on armistice day november 11 for there Is no other alon in the world which better the es sentral spirit of armistice day than that which knows no race nor creed nor color 7 nothing but the need of suffering humanity so when the red cross in altes americans to join while it Is holding its eleventh annual roll call from armistice day through thanks w giving november 11 to 24 we can all do so with the knowledge that there can be no more fitting observance of this solemn anniversary than by aid ing in the work of the ked cross the greatest mother of the world a in the sense that armistice day means the end of fighting thee the e Is no armistice day tor the red cross for in peace as in war it carries on its fight against disease and hunger and devastation it peace hath its victories no less renowned than war then some of the peace time victories of the american red cross won when tornado or hurricane or flood or anre swept over some ill fated community y T are more to be remembered than aro some of its victories won on the bat there Is still another service of the red cross which Is perhaps but little known jn comparison to its kotlier services and it may yet prove to be of a future importance which cannot now be estimated that Is the alon of the junior red cross which has for its three watchwords i ice friendship and health and which will begin celebrating its tenth anniversary next year on its scroll Is written these words let youth help shape the world while the vision splendid la before its eyes if indeed youth begins to shape 1 the world while the aslon splendid Is still before its eyes then there may j come the ame when there will be no j i wars for the junior red croaa Is literally a league of good will and better understanding today it numbers more than 8 GOO school children in the united baates italy has a million who are en members and the junior movement hag taken hold strongly in other european countries japan has more than children enrolled in the league although the junior red cross movement would be important for its instruction of the children in the rudl of home hygiene arst aid and the fundamentals of american citizen ship if for no other reason it Is this international aspect of its work that gives added emphasis to the relation between the spirit of the lied cross and the spirit of armistice day out of tho faith of the millions of ahll dren in every nation of the world en rolled ID the junior red cross for the service of humanity may yet come the realization of the vision held bj the men wl ose memory Is honored on armistice day as voiced by the poet when he said their vision was a world and just won by their victory anet only task to crush one hideous toe ind in that trust they sped with eager eel and paid the price of the last areat sacrifice so history may yet write down thi fact that it was these children who kept their shining vision spotless until the world repentant and redeemed grow to the measure ot the one they dreamed |