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Show Ld m Sidelights and searchughtQ I inhi fijAjfYl J ON PUBMC MENANOtVtNTS OJL " V V RED CltOSS Al'PEALS TO COUNTIIV DISTltlCTS KOH VOLUNTEER WORKERS Villages Cnn Enlist for Wnr Work lly Organizing and Contributing Cnsli iiiul Supplies. Washington, April 20. Pouring Into tho beautiful lied Cross headquarters head-quarters In Washington aro coming thousands of requests from people of tho country and small towns, asking If thoy can volunteor for Ited Cross war work. Tho answer goes to nil that they aro tho very onos most wantod. Tho war has changed ovor night tho popularity-conceived character of tho Hed Cross. Heretofore It has boon lnrgely an affair of tho cities, although this was never Intended when It was organized; but In tho cities havo boon found tho chief contributors con-tributors and those with tho leisure to glvo to tho work. From now on tho lied Cross Is to bo unlvorsnl In its organization and momborshlp. Every small town and rural community Is expected to help tho Hed Cross Indeed, thoy must holp if tho service Is to bo effective at tho front. Whllo tho plans In-cludo In-cludo tho sending of only ono Rod Cross nurse- to each 200 soldiers, every nurso at tho front will need to bo supported by several hundred volunteor women at home. Hundreds of now Hed Cross chapters will be organized or-ganized In tho smaller cities as tho result of tho war. In towns and villages vil-lages whoro It Is Impo3slblo to securo tho momborshlp for chapters, auxiliaries auxil-iaries may bo organized to co-oporatn with tho nearest chapters. Through thoso chapters and auxiliaries tho great work of supplying the war-nursing war-nursing scrvlco will bo carried on. Individuals anywhere can enlist for tho Hod Cross work. It Is pointed out hero first by Joining the Hed Croas at a membership cost of ?2, whlchjn-cludes whlchjn-cludes a subscription to tho Hed Cross magazine, and secondly by aiding in tho supply work by contributors either of cash or goods. Every resident resi-dent of tho United States is eligible for membership. Hed Cross headquarters head-quarters In Washington have full printed Instructions for any sort of activity In which tho Individual cares to engage, and tho officers say thoy aro glad to mall this literature on request. What Is probably the most Important Import-ant sorvlco which women can render to tho Hed Cross Is In tho preparation prepara-tion of bandages, clothing, and sick room supplies. Tho socloty la offor-Ing offor-Ing Instruction In tho preparation of thoso articles through a corps of teachers who aro prepared to train classes at any place whoro a sufficient suffici-ent number of women volunteers. Tho Washington hoadquartcra also has lltoraturo explaining this cervlco. |