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Show WHAT HOME 8ERVICE MEANS. So ninny questions are constantly fomlng to the Home Service Section of tbs Hed Cross that n few words ns to .It objects may not come nmlss. The noma Service Section alms to serve the folks nt homo, to bring them nearer to tho man In tho Hold, and to bring him nearer to'the btics sTt homeT Sometimes It means helping to straighten out a financial tangle, sometimes some-times help In tho training of the children, chil-dren, sometimes being a big brother to n young lad who nerds n bit of friendly friend-ly counsel, or ndvlslng a young wlf who may bo worried about the coming due of the mortgage and what her rights under tho law may be. Then, too, there nro sometimes delays de-lays In tho malls or lost letters, and sometimes delays In the allotment, or errors In tho amount which should bo forthcoming. Theso problems and mnny others nru being straightened out b the Home Scrvlco Section, without with-out chargo to tho families, and with an efficiency which Is dally growing mors valuable. More than .100,000 calls have been answered. For thoso who are worried becauso of tho non-nrrlvnl of letters a cab! ts sent Inquiring about the man's wel- In fnrt the Home Service Section Is V living up to Its mini! It Is really tho 'JHH xfi'vlce of thosn nt home It Is trying S'HH in ho the fullicr, brother or husband S to those left'bchlml. ' |