Show BUY CHRISTMAS CHRISTl SEALS Representatives of the people of two nations met the other day to do honor to an can woman roman who is still alive but whose services to humanity are commemorated in a tl i bronze tablet unveiled ed at Wilmington Delaware Delaware Delaware Dela Dela- ware on November 24 The inscription inscription inscription in in- on the tablet tells the whole story This tablet commemorates es the founding of the first Christmas s Seal in this country country country coun coun- try by Miss l Emily P. P Bissell Bissell Bissell Bis- Bis sell of Wilmington Dele ware December 1907 From small the annual Chris Christmas Seal sale has financed the development of the organized fight against I tuberculosis in every State resulting in saving thousands thousands thousands ands of lives Erected by bythe bythe bythe the Tuberculosis Associations Associations Associations of the United States December 1937 The idea of financing the war on ulo is b bk In the sale f f f penny enny stamps was was conceived by hy bya hya a postmaster in Denmark the Danish Minister Minister- to the United St States tes pointed out at the unveiling unveiling unveiling un un- un- un veiling ceremony all over the world the plan developed thirty years ago in Denmark and in America through the initiative and persistence of Miss l Bissell is the principal source of funds used in society's war var on the great white plague No one knows how many victims of tuberculosis tuberculosis have been restored to healthy happy lives nor how many who otherwise they would have been infected have been |