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Show SECOND RED CROSS DRIVE j THE NEXT great national call for help will be for Red Cross funds. The drive, which is to be inaugurated next Monday, will be for one hundred millions of dollars. This is altogether different from buying liberty bonds, which is an investment, but just as necessary. There are thousands of j wounded' and it is to take care of and mend these wounded that there is a Red Cross. It takes an immense amount of money to keep tip the work t of this great organization, and it must be raised by the people, not by the government. gov-ernment. You will be asked to give, : so be prepared, and give as much as you are able. In this part of the country coun-try we do not know and can not reali' r ? : what this war is doing to those who j are fighting at the front. It must be remembered that they are fighting for you, and thousands will be wounded and many will die before the war is ended, that you may stay at home and j go on with you usual occupations. A ; j little money is not much to give for life and peace. |