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BIssell Bissellou Bisselloil , ou oil never happened tof to toof toof ( of them in connectiorhe connectionbe connectionhe connection be he idea of a "healthy healthy "healthyChristinas healthyChristinas " , , Christmas . . " The purposearticle purposeB purpose " article is 15 rs to show thai that thattion thattion thaiIhristmas tion . . . . Ihristmas lStmas istmas day , 1821 , a baby babyas babys s bom born in m the farm home homept homept homept Stephen Barton neaiOxford near neart pt t ( Oxford , , Mass Her par- par parae pare par.we parwe - . a\e a e \ e her the name of Clar- Clar Clararlowe Clararlowe Clar.lariowe Clarlariowe - . arlowe , after the heroineuel herome heroine heromeuel heroinemud uel Richardson's Richardsons ' Eigh- Eigh Elgh- Elgh Eighcentury Elghcentury Eighcentury - - ' century romance , but bute bulshe e grew up , , being bemg a prac- prac pracded pracded prac-aided prac aided - - ded young woman sioman \ oman shed she shethat shethat that romantic romanhc name and ande e known simply as Clarae Clara & h e had been a boy , perhapsght perhapstight perhaps perhapsght ght have follo\\ follo follovi followed folloed \ ed in the theps theps theps | ps of her father , who had hadm hadm had1 in m the Revolution under underAnthony undertAnthony underi underAnthony " " andthe and'the andthe and andthe t-Anthony t Anthony i . - Anthony Wayne , , ' the army . . As it turned turnede turnedhe e was destined destmed to go toen to toen toven en though she was a wom-tit wom tit wom- wom womt - t she went to alleviate alleviatend alleviated d suffering suffermg , not to causeBarton cause causet t Barton was a sickly childengaging chIld chIldengagmg childengaging engagmg engaging in m vigorous out- out outerclse outercise out-xercise out xercise - erclse ercise ; she che changed her- her hero her-o her o - o a robust young womanwhich woman , wroch which was important unportant tor toer to tor r career . . Even while en- en enm enin cn-m cn m - m in teaching teachmg school ( in m 1854tabIished 1854 1854tabhshed 1854itablished tabhshed tabIished at BordentownAe Bordento\vn Bordento vn Bordentown \ , e first free public schoolsersey schools schoolsJersey . , ) .Jersey Jersey Jersey ersey ) she kept up her herexercise herr r exercise When she wentNew wentNew went wentNew New England home forr for r vacations she shee . . worked In Inen inen inrden en and m in the hay field fieldter fieldter fielditer ter she was a devotee ofg of ofand ofand { and other winter wmter sportsrace sports sportsmce sportsnice ( mce race in the Civil War Warr Warra . ir a aery \ery ery fiery \ ery successful career careeracher careeracher careereacher | acher Miss Barton wentshmgton went wentshmgton wentshmgton [ shmgton and served as athe a athe aim the patent office officE- officEwhere officetiwhere officetiwhereworking ! ' - * , where whereworkmg wherep working workmg when the Civiliroke CIV Civil Civilrake roke rake out Then she de-ied de ied de- de deed deed - - - ed to devote herself to the thet thef [ f wounded soldiers on the theeld theeld theBeld eld eldand and she was illstru- illstru rostru- rostru illstrum rostrum - mstru-1 mstru 1 in m organizing orgamzmg the samcommISSIon samcommission sam- sam samcommission - ; commission which tookof took tookof tookB of nursing nursmg sick anded andled and anded ed soldiers m in the field anditals andpitals and andIta15 Ita15 itals . . served with wlth the Army of oftomac oftoinae oftomac ( tomac toinae and m in 1864 she wasled was wasted wasted [ ted "lady lady " m ill in charge " of ofpltals ofpetals ofEpitals [ pltals petals at the front of the theof theof thef0t of the James . In 1865 1865t 1865pat t to Andersonvule AndersonvIlle , , Ga , , atlfy gravesIon My tity and mark the graves graveson gravesprisoners on prisoners buried theretre therethe there ' the tre same year PresidentP President Presidentplaced Presidentplaced placed her m in charge of ofch ofch of"ch ofch " ch for missing mlssmg men of theermmes thearrmes the ; Mimes arrmes ermmes . Asa As a result , herof her herof herlot the1 of records traced out the theInore themore , soldiers solchers more Inore than " 30,000 30000 30,000"un 30,000 30000 30OQn , , 11 ' "unsolchers "unsoldiers "un- "un un "unsoldiers " - "g g " g the years 1866 67 sheon shew she sheon on her war experiencesM experiencesai experiences M ai + ) T1 T1M /M M / My y h , y 4g//n 4g n / / yys } , j { Gt " 4 f ff f . al . , I If Ibi1Ly f bi1Ly LY p . BISSELLWard BISSELL rward Ward . . went to Switzer- Switzer Switzerr - Switzer-f Switzer f r her her health , , which w i had 1 1 zotuly hadzotuly herlabors affected b by her labors during the war . at Geneva > eva when the thewar Prussian war broke out 8assisted assisted the outthe grand ffranrl duch- duch r ) . , u 8 duchaden - aden in " 1 the thehospitals hospitalspreparation preparation preparationae preparation'spitals preparationspitals hospitals ' . Also she sheSS ae quarnted with the work workCross Cross , the society of which SS hadof ofd had d been organized organizeda organizederirt erirt Dunant , a Swiss , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - a w Y Yi Yo Yr i , o r . YYaa YYaad , d , " y $ ' ab ab0.K 0.K 0K 0.Ka 0.KI 0.Kt . a I t as , . s , e a a aI atf I l , f tf tfw tfH tfi tff tff w H i 4 iii iiiw f 9t 9tn n < 1 11 a at t w ' 1 1p h MYh MYhY } p V Vh i iv Y v 12 12taYd taYd , t . t tf ti f i l d4l d4 d4t t ? r . ra F AI " dcG Y SCENE IN AN ARl\IY ARl IY ARMY \ HOSPITAL DURING TIlE THE CIVIL WAR when she saw the horrors of wain war warin In northein northem northern Italy in 1859 , and shigave she shegave gave unstinted unstmted aid to that society societ ; societydurIng during the conflict of 1870-71 1870 71 - . At the joint Jomt request of the German Ger- Ger Germdn German - mdn man authorities and tho the Strasburg Stras- Stras Strasburg Strasburg - - burg " "Comite Comite " de Secours , " she shesupermtended shesuperintended shisuperintended supermtended superintended the supplying supplymg of oftsoik o : voik 'wolk wolk tsoik ' ' , to the poor of that city u1871 ill in 1871 and in 1872 had charge of the thepublIc thepublic thpublic ( publIc distribution of supplies to tothe tothe tthe ( the destitute people of Pans ParIs whhad who whohad whohad ( had undergone the horrors o of ofsIege ofsiege : siege and the reign of the Commune Com- Com Commune Cornmune - : , mune At the close of the war warshe waishe she was decorated with the golden gold- gold golden golden - en cross of Baden and the Iron Ironcross ironcross irorcross cross of Germany . Founding Foundmg of the Rsd Red Cross . Upon her return to this countryin countryill country ill in 1873 Miss Barton Inaugurated inaugurateda a movement to secure recogni recogm- recogm recogni- recogmtIon recognition recognition - - tion of the Red Cross society bythe by bythe bythe the American government gOernment gO\ gO \ % ernment andfinally and andfinally andfinally finally , during durmg the administrationof admmlstratIonof admmlstratIon administration of President Arthur , saw her la- la labors la labors - . bors rewarded Naturally shebecame she shebecame shebecame became the first president of the theAmerIcan theAmerican theAmerican AmerIcan Red Cross when it was wasorgamzed wasorganized wasorganized orgamzed organized in 1881 1881 . . Miss Barton's Bartons ' humanitarian human.tarIan humantarIan . la- la la- la - - - a similar stamp in m order to rais'money raismoney raIse raIsemoney raisemoney ' 2 money for the pavilion which hestate her herstate herstate state division of the Red Cross Crosswished Crosswished Croswished wished to build . For Miss Bissell Bissellto Bissellto Bisselto to think thmk was to act , so on December De- De December December - - cember 9 , 1907 , two pretty gIrls gIrlsm girlsin girl ; ' ' m in Red Cross uniforms umforms took their theirplace theirplace thei : place at a table m In the post officin office officeIn ( sellingfor In Wilrmngton WIlmmgton Wilmington , and began selhng selling , for a quarter each , little pay en- en envelopes envelopes envelopes - ' velopes labeled labelcd thus : 25 CHRISTMAS CRRISTMAS STAMPS STAMPSOne STAMPSOne STAMPSOne One Penny Apiece ApieceIssued ApieceIssued ApieceIssued Issued by the Delaware Red RedCross RedCross RefCross [ Cross , to stamp out the Whit Wlute White WhitPlague WlutePlague WhitePlague < ; Plague . Put this tlus stamp with messag message messagebright messagebright < ! bright brightOn brightOn brightOn On e e\ery e ery cery c\ c \ ery Pry Christmas letterHelp letter , Help the tuberculosis fight fightAnd , And make the New Year bet bet- better better better - ter . These stamps do not carry any anyhmd anyhind an3kind ' hmd hind of mail mall , but any an } ) kind lund of ofmall ofmail olmail ' , mall mail will carry them . The first day's days ' sales were en- en encouragmg encouraging en encouraging - couraging couragmg but Miss Bissell soon soonsaw soonsaw soorsaw \ saw that they would not be ableto able ableI ableto I to sell enough of the seals to raise \ s fx F aYaZ XfF , t tKa Ka ; ' " ! ov " 4 1 l > < " + o ' 'n n ' 't t ' x k . 1f : a aa a q .s s . , af k . Y Ya a Qr Qraa aa "hCY hCY "hCYY "hCYM - a aa a ywc " i i < 4 a , t x T " " Y ar N NYMY M yi YMY G t tv th tv v h v r pr ' f p . .tJ J a .t t .tti " ti R Rydy ii ; ' ydy ydyf f in"d ind " oh4 oh4t f t r \ t y ; rk 5 4 q qb tJ cftJ tJtrk b } " > trk ) ( cf rd y yof of ofN ofPresentation Y - N Presentation of the Original Rcd Red Cross nag Flag , Made by Cl:1ra Cl1ra Clara : Barton , to toChairman toChairman Chairman John Barton Payne at NatIonal Headquarters m in Washmgton Washington . bors did not end with the wars warsDurmg warsDuring warsDuring Durmg During the eighties she was busysuperintending busy busysupermtendIng busysuperintending supermtendIng superintending the work of suc suc- succormg succoring succoring - coring cormg the afflicted in m the great greatfires greatfires greatfires fires which swept Michigan , In Inthe inthe mthe the floods on the Ohio and Missis Missis- Mississippi Mississippi - . sippi SIppl rivers and at the great greatJohnstown greatJohnstown greatJohnstown Johnstown flood m in Pennsylvama Pennsylvania Pennsylvania.She PennsylvaniaShe . She served as president of theAmerican theAmerican the theAmerIcan AmerIcan Red Cross for 22 years yearsand yearsand yearsand and to the end of her days , which whichcame whichcame whichcame came in m 1912 , she was the lIvIng lIvIngexponent livingexponent livingexponent exponent of the spirit which hasmade has hasmade hasmade made the Red Cross "the the " great great- greatest greatest . - est cst mother m in the world . " . . * . As for the other woman whoin who whom whoin m in years past ( and this tIus year ) has hascontrIbuted hascontributed hascontributed contrIbuted to m making a kin k i n g a a"healthy a"healthy a"healthy ahealthy "healthy healthy " , happy hap h a p p y Christmas ChrIstmasMIss ChristmasMiss " -MIss MIss - Miss Cm : Emily y Bissell-she Bissell she Bissell - she was a adiscIple adisciple adisciple discIple of Clara Barton in thehumanitarian the thehumamtarIan thehumanitarian humamtarIan humanitarian work of the Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross . Back in 1907 she was wasecretary wascec wassec secretary cec- cec sec- sec cecretary < -ec-retary ec retary - - retary of the Red Cro Cross s in the thei thestate thestate i state of Delaware and was trying try- try trymg try trying - ing mg to raise money for an openair open openmr openair mr air pavilion pavlllOn to help in curingchildren curmg curing curmgchIldren curingchildren chIldren in her state who were wereaffilcted wereafflicted wereafflicted affilcted afflicted with tuberculosis . Four years earlier a mannamed man mannamed named : Einar Cmar Holboel , a postalclerk postalclerk postalclerk clerk m in the post office at Copen Copen- Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen - - hagen , Denmark , had conceIved conceIvedthe conceivedthe conceivedthe the idea of selling special specml Christmas Christ ChrIst- Christmas ChrIstmas - mas stamps and using usmg the pro- pro proceeds proceeds pro proceeds - - ceeds to build a hospital for tu- tu tuberculous tuberculous tu tuberculous - - berculous children in his country countryHis , His idea had been highly suc suc- successful successful . - ces cessful ful and one of his Ius fellow- fellow fellowcountrymen fellow-countrymen fellow countrymen fellowcountrymen - countrymen who had become an anAmerIcan anAmerican anAmerican AmerIcan , Jacob Rns Rus , wrote anarticle an anarticle anarticle article about it for the Outlookmagazine Outlook Outlookmagazme Outlookmagazine magazme magazine in m the summer of 1907The 1907 1907The 1907The The Origin Orlgm of the tbe Idea . One of those who read Rus'sarticle Russarticle RllS'C RllSC Rus's Russ Rus'sarticle ' ; artIcle was the secretary of the theDelaware theDelaware theDelaware Delaware Red Cross , who won won- wondered won-dered won dered - . dered if Delaware couldn't couldnt ' issue [ ' the required amount of money money.So moneySo . So she made a trip to Philadel PhIladel- Philadelphia PhIladelphia Philadelphia - - phia to enlist enhst the aid md of a news news- newspaper newspaper . - paper there . It was the North NorthAmerIcan NorthAmerican NorthAmerican AmerIcan and its 1tS president and andeditor andeditor edItor was E c : A . Van Valken-burg Valken burg Valken- Valken Valkenburg Valkenburg - - burg , who had been the first fast to toI todisplease todisplease I displease doctors by proposmg proposing proposmgpublIcity proposingpublicity proposingpublicity . publIcity as the weapon to useagainst useagainst use agamst against the white plague . Van Valkenburg 1mmed13tely immediately immediatelysaw 1mmed13telysaw I saw what a great opportumty opportunity opportunitywas opportumtywas was offered by Miss ivliss Bissell's Bissells ' proposal pro pro- proposal proposal - - posal He placed at her command com com- command command - mand every facility of his news news- newspaper newspaper newspaper - paper to publicize the ChrIstmas ChrIstmasseal Christmasseal Christmasseal seal idea . As a result , |
