Show DOUBLE BARRED GROSS CROSS ADOPTED 17 YEARS AGO the double barred red cross Is seventeen years old tills this ino month in 11 october br 1002 1902 the international antl and tuberculosis association ahen nice meeting 1119 in berlin adopted the cross ns as the or of the world illde eglit against tuberculosis it wits was iro proposed posed by dr a 0 Ser siron of parts paris it Is a combination of the croix de lorraane Lorr alne alrie and the lie cross of the greek catholic cat cuch church both crosses are symbolic of charity and help to humanity their combined om bained features were selected and adopted as tile the symbol of tile the hop liepe of civilization pour years later I 1 in idoo 1000 the lie double barred bed cross was car carried into tills this country it was vas in ID ioco the national tuberculosis association was for formed ined and for the three intervening years the cross has been carried over the lie united states by the national tuberculosis association ani and its bodies which now nov number one thousand the work of these organizations Is financed chiefly by the red cross crosa christmas seal sale |