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Show Wk fS (H :fMk THE BED CUOS5 MM, ' Tho appeal for lied Cross mombors Is something fB. 'which should Interest eery American on soveral 'K, xrounds. First thero Is tho relief of human suffor- 'fBb taB' Tuo "itsery of wounded men as they Ho on tho mWL Jlcld uncareil 'or, bleeding, I thirsting and fevered, Is fBB&t something that wo In our comfortablo homos cannot 'BB jealize. Then como tho Bed Cross strotchor bearers, IfmW aml eently pick up tho poor fellows, often risking WRr tuolr own llvoa t0 Bet them out of No Man's Land. fBj Takon to tho flold hospital, their wounds aro Bf nulckly cared for by tho best medical talent. As tho Bf Jesuit, most of tho wounded aro restored to health. $W Soldiers aro Baved who in former warfaro would be I doomed. Tho loving ministrations of tho Bed Cross J assuages pain and relieves woaknoss, and saves tho Soy who would otherwise bo under tho vsod. They aro j all our boys, whother of our own familioa-oruotrrAnd . BBBBBB- 'BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBhBBiBBBI l( wo cannot do this deed of charity for them, wo aro pretty poor Americans. As a Win the Wnr proposition, the Bed Cro33 work Is a great thing. If all our men who aio wounded wound-ed were knocked out 'of tho war, wo would bo beaten pretty soon. Dut thanks to tho Bed Cross and other agencies, tho great majority of them 'aro soon able to go back in tho fighting line. ' This makes a tremendous Increase In a nation's v fighting power. In fact, a nation could ,hardly prosecute prose-cute a successful. war today against a great power , using scientific methods, unless It was equipped With such an agency as the Bed Cross. Membership In the Bed Cross costs but a trifle It pays for Itself in tho satisfaction of doing a bit to relieve the agony of war. A man must be hard up, Indeed to Justify himself in refusing to join. In fact, the fee Is so little that most of us should not be satisfied merely to Join, but should take a number num-ber of memberships. . |
