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Show THE NEPHI, UTAH. S, Striking New Red Cross Poster A YEAR'S $1,441,486 TIMES-NEW- THE VISION CITY DISASTER RELIEF COST 1 By AQNES Red Cross Aided 145,000 Victims in United States Losses Total $30,000,000. (. Llnnette Seventy-twdisasters, wits hundreds reported killed and Injured, and more than 145,000 either homeless or requiring assistance, called (or emergency relief meaaurei and the expenditure of $1,441,486.86 by the American Red Cross during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, according to a statement based on the forthcoming annual report of the Red Cross. The greatest toll of life was taken by hurricane and tornado, while the overflowing of rivers, the breaking of dams and torrential rains drove the greatest number of people from thelc homes. The property loss was estimated at more than o 0. The year's reported cluded twenty-si- x floods, nineteen tornadoes, fifteen fires, four epidemics, two theatre collapses, two shipwrecks (one an airship), and a bridge collapse, mine explosion, railway collision, and a drought. Of the floods la the United State that at San Antonio, Texas, caused the i greatest property logs, $6,000,000 and the high mark of fatalities, 100, while the flood In the vicinity of Vlcksburg an'd Natchez, Miss., forced 81,000 persons from their homes. A National Calamity In the Red Cross disaster relief records there will probably remain for many years one calamity which touched nearly every state with a sense of horror and of loss. This was the distressing collapse of the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre In Washington, D. C, resulting in ninety-six deaths and 125 persons Injured. Situated In the center of the beautiful Northwest residential section, this motion picture theatre was patronized by many persons of prominence both In the official and civil life of the National Capital, whose family and personal connections radiated out over the entire country. The horror was intensified by a terrific snowstorm which, though It retarded, did not block Red Cross relief. Airship Crash Finds Aid at Hand The crash and destruction of the U. 8. Array's large airship Roma in Virginia last February with: the loss of 34 officers and men and 11 injured was the first disaster of its kind to call for Red Cross relief in this country. The suddenness of the accident tested the prepnrednpss. of the organization and of the Chapter at Hampton, Va., but the response was Immediate and relief furnished the survivors, also funds for the expenses of relatives of the dead, who came from long distances to claim In- their an-au- Red Cross Roll Call Heard World Around st a lt , . . -- l.tr- VtfM " . MILLIONS tUJii-''iUi'- gray-haire- " f FOR VETERAN AID Over $3,000,000 Allotted to the Disabled Foreign Work l Lessens. - - "v- q wwc - X Washington. Expenditures Mtnllng M,7:t,S72.47 for carrying through its program of services and relief during the fiscal yeur In the United Stales and oversews are authorized In the budget of the American Ued Cross, ef fectlv July I, 10l2. This total is t . r f i if jcr " ww) I " it.- 4 JK i - i',ii- - . v f 1 r V 1 tr v L.nanerea wxdtiq ToRelieye and PfeventSufferifc Riveting the attention of the beholder on the fact that the American Red Cross is chartered by Congress as an official volunteer relief organization the dome of the Capitol at Washington, upon which is superimposed a large Red Cross, is the central figure of a new poster for the Annual Red Cross Roll Call. The poster, which has been pronounced one f the most striking of innumerable representations of the famous dome, is tno work ef Franklin Booth, a New York artist of wide renown. It will be displayed throughout the country during the Roll Call period, Armistice Day to Thanksgiving, when the Red Cross membership for 1923 will be enrolled. Greatest Mother Summons Her Children W" r t .",.., , .Jlfc'V'jy.''!-ItW1.'- oawnuaiJ " .ROX.L call 'I"'Jimi.u.. igM, ., i, nil bui ; ;: AjtV vr-rf..- . , n. unii iii, ' i, v, . ill - . , v T. - , " . t . "My Imv-bee- e e . - e. own. The Annual Rell Call of the American Red Cross for registration of the membership for lfcM will begin on Armistice Day, November 11, and close on Thanksglvla Day, November SO. The ground werk for this stupendous Uek of rear4llng the membership throughout ta world has been laid la plan for the Brit complete aavd comproheturive system of registration of the Red Cress membership la all Ita 8100 active Chapter at bum and abroad. d An important feature at the Roll Call eajapalgn will be the serva nniversal effort te Red Crose workers la ice of war-timthe peace program by their participation la the Roil Call. In this way U vast amy of rolunteeea will once more affiliate with the work of th Red Cress In Its manifold phase. Co operation also has been assured b Government and private maritime la Roll ('all thai teresta In a deep-seIn designed to reacs every membei r potential member la every part ol the world who may be a voyage et temporarily In any wort. Thousands of Chapters will adopt the borne canvas pUa ef enrollment which originated la Pittsburgh, wbert year It resalftd la a membership laeTeaee ef ISO per -- eot. Ail record IB this year's campaign wHl be kept ea eteadsrd sire carta to be Hied by eaafc Chapter for fa tare nee. shop." Strangers to Llnnette, strangers from some foreign city of beautiful homes, were ever an adventure. The man's mother addressed Llnnette as "Dear child." It was all very delightful. Happily toward her little shop the girl led the way. "How unique," exclaimed Mrs. .Tames Russell Gordon, as she walked about, admiring Linnette's tiny dolls of fashion. "Why, Russell, this French girl is a genius, a designer-to-bCould Lucille create u frock more originally charming?" The big son laughed. "Now mother," he remonstrated, "don't allow your usual sympnthy and Impulsiveness to prompt you to adopt tills French girl and take her home. Remember past experience, please." n What that experience might Russell Gordon did not say, hv surprisingly his mother answered. "You have hit upon my very thought, as usual, dear. Of what use Is our money if not to spread happiness and lead others to successful living? The past mistakes must not discourage the present. I like this wistful little erea tnre. I am half disposed to give her her chance." And after an afternoon In Linnette's eompnny. while the son spent his time with the car, Mrs. Gordon became wholly disposed, and told Russell so upon his return. Knowing well his mother, the young man made no demur to her plan, but quietly and resignedly set about the arrangements for Linnette's departure. The girl agreed to the woman's suggestion. "And you think," she asked breathlessly, "that over there where buildings stand tall and lovely women come to buy that I shall learn to design dresses and to sew pearls upon satin for them to wearT "We shall see," replied Russell Gordon's mother, smilingly. woman stooped to The kiss the girl's glowing face. In new deference the young man assisted her Into the car. "Good-by,called Gene. Llnnette regarded her old home cheerfully. "It Is not," she explained to her benefactress, "as though I had not all my life longed to go to a vision city. Ellse will keep the shop and Kline will never know what It means to send a heartache wit I) every white ship that sails." Months passed and the girl, happy In her new environment, learnpd noth-Inof a dressmaker' art. Constantly she was at the elder woman' side, contentedly they walked and talked and studied together. And the son, so far, had refrained from reminding his mother of her purpose. "Llnnette," he began one day, "it wn your purpose, mother, to educate her for n business profession " . "Russell," his mother Interrupted, "I cannot part with her. She Is so exactly the daughter I have long I must keep her so, Russell." Then Russell Gordon laughed happily. "Our own," he corrected," for this day, mother, I have asked Llnnette to marry me." And the girl, with wistful eyes nn longer, looked up later to where the towers of a city gleamed In the moon llgbt. "It I still my vision city," she told her lover, "a vision of dreams come true." " By Year's Budget Stresses Relief and Services at Homa and Overseas. ' New.papor Union.) sat and looked over the rippling river. Llnnette was small, dark and bewitching. Far across the blue was a vision ejty. She was sure that It was but a vision city for when purple mists covered the hills the city was not there at all. But when the sun shone and the ships were white as foam, the vision city became, a real place of gleaming turrets, towers and tall buildings, white and shining. At these times Llnnette loved to picture to herself beautiful women who might live their lives of pleasure In such a world. The people who came to buy were friends, most of them had watched the French girl grow from babyhood in her kind grandmother's care. The folk of La Mere village traveled sel-- . doni and knew but one place of abode. As their lived before them, they lived today. And out across the blue the towers of the vision city beckoned to Llnnette. Sometimes Gene came. Gene was an amusing lad, who persisted in courting her. Repeatedly she told Gene of her dream. How one day people should come to the little shop and' find it deserted. For In some unexpected manner, she, Llnnette, would answer the beckoning towers and go to live beneuth them. "And never, never, will I come back," she would tell Gene. Llnnette carried tiny dolls down to the shore and made for them there dainty dresses from scraps of silk or calico. It was not for pleasure alone that she carefully studied the fashion catalogs. And as she sewed one afternoon a touring car turned In from the road and a young man alighted. "Could you tell me," he asked, "where my mother and myself might be able to procure luncheon. We have traveled a long way and are tired and THE CLOUD'S LINING UPS9J39,872 t Q. BROQAN hungryT "You may not find a pension for miles. But I," added Llnnette eagerly, "will be glad to serve you In my In the year's oversea record for aid rendered by the Red Cross are two fires In the Philippines, one In Manila, which destroyed 1,000 homes, with a loss of $1,.100,000 and 5,000 persons made homeless, the other at Tonlo, which drove 3,000 from their dwellings. In medical relief that was quick and effective the smallpox epidemic in San Domingo, which had a total of 22.000 cases with 22.1 deaths In a slnjrle day. tested the readiness of the Red Cross for action, and the same can be said of the San Domingo hurricane, which killed 12 persons and reduced the homes f 182 persons te wreckage. A flood in San Salvador, with a death toll of .10 and 2.000 refugees, was also effectually handled by the local Chapter of the American Red Cross. Relief Machinery Perfected The year has seen the further perfection of disaster relief adnilnlstra-tlTtiMisurm In rvery fl1d of AmeH-cu- n Itnl Cross activity, and that the wrk may be carried on to still greater accomplishments the American Red Cross is appealing for widespread renewal of membership during the Roll fall, to be conducted this year from Armistice Day (November 11) to. and Including, Thanksgiving Day (November 30). round-the-worl- Wtarn 1922. ft 8 RED CROSS PUTS 1h - ' t id . 'a ' i.'. - i. 1 1 " " '"V '1,1 . - I I: i less than the expenditures for the last fiscal yeur, when dishurste-ment- s reached $12,475,847.09, it is announced at National Hendiiuurtera In a staftuin'tU einplmilzlng the necessity of continued sui)purt of the organization by enrollment during the annual Jtoll Call, Kuvemher 30 tncluslve, This total for the budget Is exclusive of the large financial operations of the 3,300 active Ited Cross Chapter, which, It la estimated, will more than double the total. War Veteran Have First Call First cull on Ued Cross funds Is for the disabled men, of whom 27,487 were receiving treatment from the Government on June 1 last. This work for veterans and their families In a wide variety of service that the Government Is not authorized to ren der and for which It has neither funds nor facilities has the call on $3,030,002.90 during the current year. or about $306,000 more than was expended last year for soldier service-Addin- g the funds disbursed in this humanitarian work of physical following th World War by the Chupters throughout the country will approximate a total for the current year approaching $10,000,000. This work, In the opinion of the Surgeon General's office, will not reach its peak before 19'Jli. Through Its Chapters the American Iced Cross is equipped to find the in dividual man, help him In his problems and difficulties, provide immediately for his necessities, and open the way for him to the Government compensation and aid to which he is entitled. The extension of this work to the families of such men proves to them that the Ked Cross lias lost none of Its sympathy nor will to service manifested In wartime. Similarly the service goes out to the men still In the Army and Navy, 11.0S7 of whom were under treatment in Government hospitals on June 1, l'J2Z Greater Domestic Program This year after five years of constructive effort during the war and after the armistice brings with It a greater responsibility for domestic service to the American Ued Cross. The budget for foreign operations, however, totals $3,404,000. but of this amount $1,834,000 is for medical relief and hospital supplies for Russia, which Is a part of the gift made by the American Ited Cross In 1921 to the Hussian famine relief work of the American Itellef Administration pro-- i a in. The child health service in Eu) rope continues, moreover, and is appropriated for this work undertaken in 1920. Other Items in tht stringently diminished foreign program Include $200,000 to support the league of Ked Cross Societies, $22,-00- 0 for nurses' training schools Instituted by the Ited Cross abroad, and 000,imh) for liquidation of the general Ited Cross foreign relief program. Prepared for Emergencies For disaster relief the Ited Cross has set aside $7.10.000, and for emergencies in Chapter work $."iO0.(K10 to be available for domestic. Insular and foreign demands. This Is more than $.',4,i00 above last year's expenditures. For service and assistance to tilt. S.300 Chapters and their branches $1,293,000 is provided by the National organization. oilier budget Items of Importsnce In the domestic program Include $2i0.-00- 0 for assistance to other organizations and education institutions for training lied Cross nurses and workers; $190,000 fur Koll Call assistance furnished te Chapters; $100,000 for unforeseen contingencies. Of the total budget less than $500,-00Is allotted for management in the National organization. No cash estimate, of course. Is possible to weigh he value ef the service by volunteer In the Chapters. recou-stltutio- $054,-(MK- -- i n t r i. ' ff '1 ( d Aa allaforioai ecnctpt ef the Red Cress a a peace-tim- e ideal is by the American Red Cross In a new and atriking poster for its Cross Red Annual Roll CaiL Spread out before the heroic size figure Is the outline ef the United States with a Rad Cross superimposed upon it while avound it border at sketched soenes depicting the chief activities of the JUd Cross today servm to disabled veterans of the World War, disaster relief and promotion of the public tsalth. The poster is the work ef Lawrence Wybur, a New York arttst sad will be displayed throughout the eaaUy daring the enroll meat ef the Sad Ctom membership for 1823 UNCLE JOHN ,y " If there's ever a pastime a teller lmltls ilcar, it's Tthrrin' nuts, in the fall of the year. The forest, arrayed in Us purple an' pohl, appeals to (he hearts of the young an' the 1J call that's resistless floats out from the trees, when the trophies ), there drap down, at the toss of the hrecze. GATHHRIN' ain't any pleasure that's any more dear, than Ifatherin' nuts in the fall of the year. . . . NUTS The hitf. juicy shrapnel, front w.ilnutty ranks the the roisterer's tanks. . , . The hazel niachinc-punin dell. l.tnl.ird the invaders with many a shell, all, army maneuvers, with nothin' to fear campaipnin' fer nuts, in the fall of the year. . . . Then, forward, with baskets an' punny-ac- l s, ton. charge on, past the tnedder the fortress in view! We'll pillage the stronghold of kernel an' pod, and win, by the grate of a shell-bark- s, s, Ixjuntiful God. ... hid-awa- I.ach trooper busts loose with a cheer, when we ro after nuts, in the fall of the brown-fingere- d y m . ' 0 THE RED CROSS SUPPLEMENTS . GOVERNMENT SERVICE BY MEETING THE PARTICULAR NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL MAN. THIS WORK CANNOT GO ON UNLESS YOU SUPPORT IT WITH YOUR MEMBERSHIP DOLLAR PAY UP TODAY JENNIE by MoClur. A LITTLE N.w.pp.r SynUloM..) soldiers' hospital In the South Hows uud rows of men reclining in the sunlight, patiently waiting for the feeble sparks of vitality to be Tanned to a steadier glow. A frail lad laid an open letter on his neighbor's kuee. "Read It to me. bud. My bauds are so heavy today, It tires me to lift them." With a pitying look, the older man hesitatingly glanced first at the signature. "Little Mother." Reassured, he began aloud: "Dearest Boy." When he riulshed, tears had washed awav the bitterness from bis eyes. "bay," he murmured, "If I ever got a letter like that. It would pull me clear back from the heavenly gates If I was lucky enough to be headed that way." Little old brick," agreed the other. Since I left home In 1917. she's never missed a week except when she was Ick last full. Can't be strona- set. aa her writing isn't the same." 'Must be quite an old lady." thought the reader, picturing the dream mother so often In his own mind, with soft white curls and gentle touch. A ter rible pity she and the boy couldn't be together I "Fate plays some scurvy tricks." he said, aloud. "Here am L the lonesoin- est derelict a second edition of Topsy, pulling out of the scrap whole. while fellows with families got theirs. And then, after the flu had a go at me, I'm getting over this lung business, too. Wish to heaven I could take your place, Davy, and send you back to her as good as new." You old bluffer " said the boy. affec tionately, "you're worth a dozen of me or any other, and there's nobody knows Jt better than this same me. I've told her a little of what you've done since I knew you." A sudden light glowed In. his eyes. Say, Rupert, make me a promise, will you?" "Sure, kid. The whole of my king-- 1 - dom." I figure, Rupe, that about the time you go out cured, I'll go out, too yea, cured. It won't be long, I know.,rpu're nobody else, you say.-- : Will you. go and comfort her a bit, and look after her for me? For she thinks I'm Just Vu bless her." ,u ;r..;; All letters afterward were shared by Rupert Kay that he might get better acquainted with his charge, the boy said. His soul knelt In homage ' before the purity and sweetness of her life, expressed In her written thoughts. "Priscllla Dean." Quaint old name. Just suited to her. As the boy predicted, the two wera discharged together. Rupert by th government, he by a higher power, and Rupert turned his face toward the North. On a balmy Sunday morning la spring he reached David's Vermont town. Out in the suburbs he found the little gray home. On the wall hung David's picture, on the rack bis hat and coat. Everything waiting for David, who was coming with his gallant heart still and unresponsive. Rupert trembled as footsteps came hurrying, but It was not the object of his search who paused In the door. Instead, be saw a girl who reminded him of apple blossom time and David. IIT hair was the same gold, her eyes the same blue, but holding a vagus look of patient pain. "I wanted David's mother Priscllla Dean." He knew he was bungling thInKs, but hadu't realized bow hard It was going to be. She smiled. "His 'little mother?" I am she. Our parents died when we were small, and he always called me that. Have you seen him? Is he still getting better?" "He asked me to give you this letter. I am Rupert Kay." "Will you read It to me, please?" she aske.L quietly. "Ton see, I am quite blind." The. visitor almost stsggered. "Blind I Did he know?" Sho shook ber bead, "He had enough to bear," she said, simply. "It was last I was teaching, and there was a fire. Two little ones got trapped on the second floor, and when I got them safely out, my eyes were ruined. But tell me of David." He led her to an open window, where Caster chimes floated in like comforting voices. "Will you remember what day it Is, and tbe message that It brings?" be urged, then told his story. A lung, tearless silence, "I must not rebel." she said at last. "But he was so dear and gay, and I must stay bare to b- a burden." D- n't!" he cried. "This Is the answer to the riddle of my lonely life today was waiting for me all the time. For the sake of the love we both gave David, won't you grant his wish, and let mo take his place as best I can?" A new fragrance arrested her attention. "Why," she said, wonderlngly, "my Illy bloomed in the night. Perhaps your friendship la the blossom that has come from my night of suffering." He kissed her band reverently. "Then to each of us tills Faster hns brought something new and beautiful. To you my lifelong devotion to me a sacred trust tu fulfill to him the first wonders of heaven." Ths O'd ling came over and Dosed ber ami till she put It around bis neck, than pushed bis paw Into the stranger's bar d And still the bells rant; softly, arid the Sabbath peace brimied over alL -- Novt-iuher- , - - |