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Show HP THE RED CROSS DRIVE Bg ! A man ought to be pretty thankful He when he sees a Red Gross solicitor come HL around. If one is the right kind of a man, H he has been feeling dissatisfied with mm himself to have been doing so little for mm . his country. Hf He has been thinking that millions of mm '' our boys soon will be standing up to the H J Teuton's gun fire and their 'barbarous (practises. They will be taking the chances chan-ces of a captivity almost as bad as death, and of wounds that will cripple them for k , , life. They will be shivering in the wet Hy trenches, when we are comfortable in HrU sheltered homes. H ; ' Meanwhile here at home most of us B :- are doing next to nothing. Subscribing B,,' K to Liberty Bonds, of course. But that is H j v merely a good business investment. No B sacrifice about it at all. Planting a gar- H den, let us hope. But that is merely or- H;; ordinary prudence in times of high H prices. No sacrifice about that either. hj The Red Gross solicitor gives us the B ' , chance to make just a little bit of a sac- H I ,' rif ice in return for those who are giving H - -J- us their all. We should accept it with H L joy, as just the kind of thing we have H. .., been wanting to do, but haven't had the : ,.( , chance. How it will help us to greet the Bj ' boys when they get back, if we can feel H f- that every time we were asked to giye H I v for1 their protection we respond cheerful- h ;; ly, even if it did scrape the bottom of our '1 .. pocket books a bit. ; 't-- There is no possibility of getting too K . much money. The more funds available k k ' the better facilities, the better treatment Mf f ' can be given to the wounded men, the H ( $, more of them will come through the val- V- ,, of the shadow, and return safely to B; r- their rejoicing friends. |