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Show I JOHN MADISON'S FAMILY I When John Madison sailed for Prance there were no Indications that bis family would suffer In a pecuniary way while be served his country". JoWs father was earning good wages. John's younger brother, Henry, a driver, wus helping out the family budget Then John's father was stricken with pneumonia. His earning power stopped. stop-ped. Henry met with an accident If John had stayed home he could Imve carried his mother and little sisters through the crisis. But John was with Pershing overseas. Must bis family suffer destitution? The Madlsor. family's dllemn-a was reported to the Red Cross and pl-ompt-ly placed In the bands of Home Service. Serv-ice. As a result tho best medical attention at-tention was secured for John's father and brother. Immediate funds wero 1 placed In the mother's hands to provide pro-vide for the household as beforo the taatlly laeeaM s4eyp4 la the brief spaco of a few hours Homo Service had driven poverty, from the absent soldier's home. ' The whole aim and object of Home Service is to protect the welfare of the soldier's family while ho Is away and to maintain as far as possible the same standards of homo life that prevailed pre-vailed while he was at home. More than this, when the standard of living Is low It Is tho duty and the opportunity opportu-nity of Homo Service to raise the standard, t Think of, what It means to John Madison and his legions of comrades In khaki and in bluo to realize that In their ahsenco their loved ones will be safeguarded as carefully and as constantly con-stantly ns they themselves would Imvo done. Think what It means- to the morale of these brave lads to know that whatever may happen In the perils per-ils of warfare the future of their families fami-lies will not be Jeopardized. ,.txm |