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Show Ruminatin Roundabout In which Kuminator proposen to dream a lot, think aa little as necessary, scatter a few bouquets bou-quets while their objectives are still above the sod to enjoy them, and fire a hdl-shot now and then while said Ruminat-or Ruminat-or can enjoy seeing the sparks fly. Kat it up wear it out; Make it do, or do without! V Rl MORS VS. THK HED CROSS When seamen from torpedoed ships land in port without a penny to call their own; when a wounded flier, brought down in Newfoundland Newfound-land seeks transportation home; when weary troops halt at dusk in remote villages near some battle-front, battle-front, it is the Red Cross that rallies round with clothing, comforts, com-forts, a train ticket, or little luxuries, lux-uries, as the case may demand. Its shield shines brighter in emergency. emer-gency. An'J its kindness is given freely not sold. Yet rumors continually pop up to assert the contrary. Some of i the rumors have an extraordi-J mirily lone; life. Those concern-j ing Red Cross activities in 1917-1 18 still circulate. "It has always been and now is the policy of the Red Cross that no charge shall be made to any soldier or sailor for any service or. any article." This statement is quoted from official orders reiterated re-iterated this week by Red Cross headquarters at Washington. I There have been a few excep- j tions, as there usually are to most good rules. Once in a great while, ; and under emergency circum-; stances, the United States armyi has asked the Red Cross to set up a canteen or a substitute post exchange and has insisted in such j cases that the Red Cross make at least a nominal charge of what-J ever is sold. j Perhaps it is out of such in-; stances that the rumors grow. It. would be hard to say. At any j rate, no one need fear that the i sweater she knits for the Red! Cross will be sold to a service i man. It will be preented to him free. The money one gives this month to the Red Cross War Fund will be spent for goods and services ser-vices which will later be given, not sold, to the men and women serving this country on every j battlefront. I All such false rumors do the 1 work of the fifth column when , they hinder in any degree the humane and generous accomplish-. ments of the American Red Cross, j Christian Science Monitor. v |