Show RED CROSS DRIVE DURING THIS WEEK ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS TO BE RAISED I I L. L I q n HELPING A AMERICA nauCA WILL ILL NOT FAIL FAILI If It each bath Individual American no now contributes s his bit there thore can beno beno be bol bolno no failure America will we feel sure in is th this Again in demonstrate her ability to handle haDdle a a. big task in a big wa way As AA President Wilson has haa said saidI But nut a small of ot our poe poe- poo-j poo OO pie Ille can cen have the opportunity to sene serve upon the act actual al field of ot battle b but t all aU men wom women n and children alike aUke ma may serve and serve Ve effectively Barr Harry P. P Davison chairman of the UIO War Var Council of ot th American Red Roo RedCross Cross has this to say of the pro lems and tremendous opportunities of or the Red Cross as it takes takers up the mot splendidly constructive task that ever eyer confronted a a. nation In the first place w we are facing F cD e help 10 to body Or to mind Is needed the this order are found with the gentle hands hand and soft sort voices sorrow orrow and the pain whispering hope hOJe to the hopeless and anel their minds to soothe their comfort to the comfortless to steady sufferings and to give them The They ask no no- questions they make no distinction the strength to live between b by try the thought tho sufferers are human friends and foes toes their minds are bounded ter that help poor beings who need help and they are there to administer adminis adminis- They have never faltered man many a dying has eye ee been fixed under the has upon that cross and the passing soul gaze left lett a smile smite the on OIL pallid face as It took Its flight The harried front of ot war ha halt hae been en softened by the deeds of the members this hIs of ot c consecrated their order who having their care caused them lives to a holy dut duty in the exercise of ot that duty have to those who fall taU under to take on exalted hove lieve that they presences until to fevered Imaginations it is not hard to behove be be- and bring benedictions control that celestial cele wireless which bears the message menage me age between the earth and the sky to men Now a new Interest attaches to this m I order In Utah Our country Is at war At this time no mortal can estimate the sacrifices to be Io borne The is war the fiercest ever fought It takes of proportions on unheard because of the improved means of ot destruction on employed and the fury that carrl carrI carries w It Exhausted Europe is calling upon us for or mone money and men the In monc money limitless sums sums the in endless numbers men The ring of or L Ls is money heard everywhere e the tread of soldiers solemn sole call calt is heard in every state responding to the Utah Is no exception Malt of ot her sons have already gone more are preparing to This go brings the question directly home to us That there may be n no mistakes akes and md no neglect where ed 01 nearly all aU the states of ot civilization are involved in- in the government has Issued sued a de decree ree that each state must provide for tor its Red Cross A large sum Is lq appropriated lM to U Utah h. and it must be raised during durIn contingent tile the present week an appeal to one forne to nab Itah boore bl nn and l there must be bo no mistake or failure Never did such It Is for Utah's sons that the money is needed It is to 10 follow tollow them It if needs bo be to the tho battles battle's bloody fringe it Is to fort foot to them It if sick or wound wounded d it Is to assure mothers and wives bring all aU possible aid and comfort com com- ones to possible sacrifice that all possible le mercies will follow and sisters slaters who give up their loved I extreme extremo trial come to them and surround them should the day of ot It Is to be an a assurance urance to the boys bos who go that the tine arms of Utah are around und them and will be A so long as they are absent I I I I a situation which is u utterly I. e different erent from thing anything an thing that ever appeared i In a connection with Red Cross work Rork The former ormer well understood of American Red Hed Cross Croos work hasto hasto has hasto s to caro care for American sufferers In n a military or r civil chU life lite to provide do doctors doc doc- tors ors and nurses and medicines an andall and d all 11 necessary equipment and supplies Whatever of help was as afforded to th the e people of ot other countries was given give Incidentally as a kind of overflow o of or f charity and aud kindliness Well we a are re up up something very ven different differ differ- different ent nt In this war and that should be benado made nado clear clear It if already it has no not t been heen een explained to explained to every man woman worn won an mi and child chUd in these United States Our Battles F Fou ought ht i iI I cI m mean an Just this fife Our allies have havel e been l een fighting our battles baUles for tor nearly three hlee years Their los los-ies their suffering suf But terms fering their heroism their terrible ten sacrifices have been for tor us as much n ac for tor themselves Frenchmen Belgians Ru Russians Englishmen have died for ins us s. s Their r people have hav become come Impoverished Tor for us Tho The horribly ruined districts district a ar in northern u France were sacrificed for r us liS France is full tull of ot blind men of mutilated men n men mon who have lost about all that makes life Ute worth while because cause they ther reared themselves as a awall awall wall between the German hordes and ourselves oo These facts must be light figh lightning ter ning sharp to everybody in this countr country I know of ot no Immediate contribution I Lion tion of greater importance than th thone the theone theono e one ono which must be made If It for tor no other reason than protecting th the United Unit Unit- ed States against Germany to th the tho e new Red Cross plan While In Its big and helpful aspects it is a plan I for tor ft assisting our allies ames materially and anit spiritually It Is also a plan fo for r saving ourselves e from rom conquest hu hu- I unending misery and a I burden hurdell of German Imposed taxation which would stagger the tho United States Stites for tor many generations I FI First t Pressing Work The first pr pressing work of ot th the e American Red ned Cross as planned b by bytho bytho y tho the War Council will he to look out for our sailors and soldiers abroad and at home home A moments moment's consideration consid gl gives 03 a notion however vague of or the tremendous scope of ANGELS OF MERCY When tho the order of ot the Red Cross was founded the Angel Augel of ot Mercy Morey Mere looking down shed tears of Joy a thrill vibrated through the air of summer and to which the golden harps resound resound resound re re- sound In the music which IB is the accompaniment of ot angels when they sing aing And the refrain retraIn of ot the sing ng that was sung that day was that man who is but little lower low low- er than the angels had taken one more step in advance Since then the order has been true to Its sacred mission In the Ule homes of ot the desolate in the hospitals where science combats the pestilence and binds up the wounds on the fringe of battlefields where war lea leaves leaher her victims where little children are crying coing for tor bread and where the sorrows of ot war give voice to the Ule anguish anguish anguish an an- of the tho broken brokenhearted hearted hearted- I arOun everywhere on land and sea in the ranks In tho trenches on the extreme far tar flung battle line every every- where Our flag has never gone down under a battle canopy that it has not emerged with a higher splendor a deeper and more austere maJe majesty ty It will wUl be so 80 this The hopes hop of ot native land have hung upon it more than once now almost the hope of or the world hangs u upon On it ft and there will be no failure Those who will bear hear It from Utah are to be our special and the first step must be he the raising of this fund rund this week to assure them that thai every possible comfort comfort comfort com com- fort shall shan be theirs every possible possible pos pos- possible sible mercy mingled with our love shall shan bo ho extended to them C. C C. C GOOD GOODWIN IN mil miling that task We must plan for forr the II material and moral welfare of or millions mil mu- lions of ot American troops no less We Wo that must plan on the tine assumption that millions of American soldiers are go- go I gO-I I ing tag g to light at the side of ot our Allies That is a big Job in itself Wholly unexampled stores of or I medical supplies and equipment must be 00 assembled Thousands of surgeons surgeons sur sur- geons goons and doctors must be enlisted Shipping must be found to take care of our end of or the war labor Problems ProD lems lams never before considered must IK he solved some of ot them having o 0 odo odo do with keeping our troops in mental as well as physical health with affording at af i fording opportunities for tor rest and relaxation with Interposing interposing bare bars between their theft carelessness and Ine inex 1 1 and the diseases and infer infer- Infections HOM traditionally connected with military service son j i is IH Needed Abroad r f I ell should like to emphasize the new now an and unprecedented side of our program the side which has to do with heartening our allies ames h by material mate mate- rial and moral assistance W We know that back of the fl fighting hUng fronin fronts front in France are thousands and thousands thousands thou thou- sands of or Impoverished miserable helpless men and women and ami an t chil chil- dren They own nothing in this world save th the rags upon U their lr backs riley cling desperately to the the fringe I I of or the tho armies They have no home home J I but dugouts They have no tools I I n n II 1 I R Their live JIve stock has boon been stolen In all the worlds world's history there never was such massed misery 4 I I know because in three ee visits to Europe I have seen with my own oyes and hoard with my own ears No words of ot mind can picture the tho utter destitution dt of this brave brav people Anybody who knows anything about armies in the field knows that there Is always ys disease in a a. greater greaten or less degree Now thousands maybo maybe millions millions ot of our fine young men are going into camps abroad It 1 ItIs Itis Is extremely important for tor the tutu future of our country that they come back backas as sound and as healthy as they left B Bases s of welfare work must be established established esta abroad so 60 the American soldiers sold fern lers can have havo op opportunities for rOI off duty play and relaxation which will z protect prote-ct them from dangerous influences disease producing dissipations We must guard against the tuberculosis tuberculosis tuberculosis losis that Is spreading through France One begins to see see surely what t a tremendous extension of ot Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross work has come about We e emust must attempt to do literally everything everything every every- thing that the arm army an and l na navy cannot do With his remarkable vision 15 ion the j president has seen the tho scope of th the tho I task taEk I I I. i if It now up uJ to all of or us to carr carry it through I We Ile c have o got t to a wall wail of fit granite or prepare to un r Bel Belgium and northern France and Poland and Serbia aud anti Rumania I Imo have suffered The rho first masonry ir in defensive he wall should be wide aside I from of of military service lee o i assistance to the e Red lied Cross No o ex- ex excuse 1 j I cuse u e no plO procrastination ra will do i This Is no time for tor any man to to tosa I sa say sayi 1 Well WeH so man many calls ha have been made on my mr pocketbook that that I l dont don't feel as 00 If It I could afford to give gl to the i Red Cross This is an inopportune call We Well 11 I say 83 to that man My My I friend the whole war is Ino inopportune It is inopportune that millions of or brave brae men are dying or suffering that I we may remain a nation not a Gelman German Ger Gel German man province It is inopportune that millions of women and children are arel I miserable and hopeless and starving Also a German governor general of ot occupied America Amerl a. a would be rather in- in opportune Excuses and evasions wont won't do The man main who has an on income of ot 30 O I a a. scar jear ml might ht as 1110 well en make up uhf his mind to give Ie half of It to the I Red Cross That's the spirit the tho sit situation sit 1 nation demands no demands no less iRED r i RED ED CROSS WAR COUNCIL Washington D. 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