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Show TELLS THE STORY OF THE RED CROSS Tho present age Is one of gigantic resources, gigantic opportunities, gigantic gi-gantic organizations; the, efforts of individuals in every field is united and thereby Increased In power. One of the most striking evidences of this tondency Is found In tho work of the lied Cross, one of tho great romances of modern times, Florence Nightingale stands out as a single vivid figure, an angel of mercy; but In this present war, Itself nn exainplo ,!t5L. .vgjaBfeggHwssHssBBM of the Interdependence of nations, the angels are In battalions, and the work of mercy handles units, not In terms of the individual, but of towns and districts. Almost the whole country Is mobilised, by money or by labor, in the activity of the Red Cross. B. C. Forbes, In Hearst's Magazine tor January, tells how It was done, in his article entitled, "The Colossus of Mercy." The story is one of achievement so great that It reads liko fiction so groat that It could be nothing less amazing than truth. He tells how the most Important partner part-ner in the firm at J. P Morgan thought it over all night, and then left his business in order to be Chairman Chair-man of the War Council of the American Red Cross. He tells how the membershhlp was Increased In six months from 600,000 to 5,000,-600 5,000,-600 and how the sum of $100,000,-000 $100,000,-000 at first considered impossible, was gladly given by the American people. The inspiration of It strikes home, and you feel proud to share in this mighty work of human kindness, kind-ness, even it you could contribute only a dollar or put in your spare moments knitting. Mr. Forbe's- article, however, does more than to arouse enthusiasm. It gives concrete, definite information of tho actual work accomplished. It tells how beautiful devastated France is being restored, how the rehabilitation re-habilitation of 2500 towns and villages vil-lages is gradually being performed. It describes how Serbia, Belgium, Roumanla, Italy, Russia and Armenia Arme-nia have been succored, how the work of the society, at first limited tto th esoldlers and sailors of the United States, has been enlarged to Include suffering humanity In every accessible land torn by the war, until un-til it won the great tribute from Theodore Roosevelt, who said: "Second "Se-cond only to the army In the work ofvwlnnlng the war comes the Rod Cross." We are all working for tho Red Cross; but unfortunately It Is very easy for that work to become almost mechanical. We need to read Mr. Forbes' article In order to realize precisely what wo are working for, the necessity and tho value and tho power of the work to which our dollars dol-lars and our time contribute. |