Show POPPY DAY MAY 24 I IOn On On May Mar too the ho women of ot Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne unit of or th the American Legion Auxiliary will conduct their annual sale of memorial Poppies The Tho purpose pur pur- pose poe of ot the sale b l hs J to honor the m memory memory mem mm m ory of ot the World War dead through the the general wearing of the flower the poppy of Flanders Fields the flower which grew on the desolated battle fields where they died and amid the crosses beneath n which they were buried burled At the same time the sale raises annually a large sum stun for tor forthe forthe the care of the tho disabled and the dependents dependents dependents de- de of t the dead and disabled lI st year the sale sale- of or the little e red flowers brought the I Legion gion and Auxiliary Aux Aux- Auxiliary mary n nearly for tor their relict relief relief re re- re- re lief work among the wars war's victims This money Is 18 divided amon among the posts of the L Legion gion and the Units of the Auxiliary for for their r relief liet work among the disabled men in their communities an and d to it it is i added the tho many monr hundreds of thousands thousands I ands more in money and ond materials II I from other sources of these two great organizations Persons not thoroughly informed on the conditions the men who served the country In the war and and their families may wonder why this vast ast relief program is necessary The I ment has hus provided compensation tion for the disabled and free hospital hospital hospital hospi hospi- tal treatment for all veterans Is this not enough to assure adequate I care for all the victims of the war The answer is that not nothing which can be done officially ly is adequate Government aid must necessarily follow fol follow follow fol- fol low a mechanical procedure in which the human hum n element is subordinated if not entirely overlooked To receive recci government compensation a veteran must establish legal proof that his dis disability was contracted in the serIce service service ser ser- ser ser- vice Ice often a difficult or Impossible task ten years after the close of the conflict Yet thousands of young vet veterans erans approaching the the prime of life Ufe are falling victims each year ear to physical physical phy phy- an and mental conditions of which their war service Js the he only pla natI nation The relief work of the Legion and the Auxiliary reaches out a human hand hund into regions of or distress where I the government go cannot reach If It a aj veteran is lying ill and his family Is hungry and cold the Legion and Auxiliary Auxiliary Aux Aux- illary do not ask proof that his Illness is n a result of the war but first bring groceries fuel and clothing and then then seek seck to make the man eligible for government help by establishing the war origin of his disability They Tiley bring to the veterans in distress the I understanding ding and encouraging a aid d of ofa a comrade sa saving saing ing these men from the morale breaking experience of or appealing to public charity May the poppy sale this year jear ear bring them the Ule means of continuing and ond expanding this fine work which they alone cna can caa do do I |