Show 7 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON T IS peculia pecullar ily ly ow late that the anbind membership roll call of the amerlean american national lied cross should begin on armistice day november 11 for ere Is no other organization tion in the world which better exemplifies the essential spirit of armistice lay day than that which knows no race nor creed nor color nothing hut but the need of rim humanity so when the red hod cross arm s invites americans to join white while it I 1 li holding its eleventh annual roll call from armistice day through thanksgiving november 11 to 24 we can all do so with the knowledge that there can be no more fitting observance ot of tills this solemn anniversary th than in by aiding in ili the work of the lied cross the greatest mother of the world in the sense that armistice day means the on end of nf tig lighting litin there Is no armistice lay day for the red cross for I 1 in peace as in war it carries on its fight against disease and hunger and devastation it if peace hath its victories no less renowned than war then some of the peacetime peace time victories of the american red cross won wl alien I 1 en tornado or hurricane or hood or 1 tire swept over some ill fated community are more to be remembered than are some of its victories won on the battlefield tle field there Is still another service ot of the red cross which Is perhaps but little HIM Inn innon Nn in ili comparison to its other services find and it may yet prove to be of a future importance which cannot now ho be estimated that Is the organization of the junior lied cross which has tor for its three watchwords service frien friendship daht p and Ille health alth and which will begin celebrating its tenth anniversary next year on its scroll Is written these words let youth help shape tile world while the vision splendid is 13 still before its lyes 11 if indeed youth begins to shape the world while tile the vision splendid Is still before its eyes eye then there may come the time when there will bo be no more wars for the junior red hed croas Is 13 literally a league of good will and better understanding today it numbers more than school children in the united states stater italy has haa a million children who are enthusiastic thusia members and the junior movement has taken hold strongly in other european Huro penn countries japan lias 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 rudiments of home hygiene first aid and the fundamentals of american citizenship if for no kotlier reason it Is this international aspect of its work woric that gives added ent to the relation between the spirit of the red cross and the alie spirit of armistice day out of ahr faith of the millions of children in ili every evera nation of the world en rolled in the junior lied cross for or service of humanity may yet set come I 1 the realization of the vision held bj the men alose lose memory Is honored on armistice day as voiced by the poet when tie he sald their vision was a world lecure and just won by their victory thel theft only task to crush one hideous foe nd in that trust they sped aped with eager feet eel and paid the price unstinting of the last great sacrifice so history may yet write down the fact that it was these children who kept their shining vision spotless until the world repentant and redeemed grow crow to the measure ot of the tha one thay dreamed |