Show il 1 I 1 jilt V 1 I 1 I 0 r all of 0 us who are members of the red cross will mill have a comfortable sense of having helped along lu in the many constructive activities tant are engaging that great organization now measured by wartime achievements the work of 0 relieving suffering and distress in the future will be better done by the red cross cros than by any other means for that Is tile the business of the organization it lias has a comprehensive outlook and knows what Is needed and its methods have beell tried by expert ence at the request of the american lied cross a toy manufacturing plant near lyons Is now turning out furniture for refugees british armies have driven the turks out of the roly holy land the american red cross Is helping to drive distress out of the same territory on an average of queries are handled every week by the bureau of 0 communications of the red cross this bureau keeps soldiers in the field in touch with their families the ideal waiter valtor has been f found an american red cross canteen worker declares that he has person personally fill y ro met et and fed american soldiers in the last four months the repa rep trios atries are once more arriving at avian les gains about have come into tills this little frontier town in the past two months it is estimated by the american P red zed cross salvatore filippo of erie pa ila tin an american soldier boy who was almost blinded by a shrapnel wound is going to make a will leaving all his money to the american red cross ile he conveyed this his t information to glenry P davison Dav lson chairman of the war council of the american red cross on the occasion of a recent visit by mr davison to a local hospital whore wounded Amer americans lenns are being cared for mr davison talked with scores of patten patients 8 find and asked them it if there was anything g ills his organization could do to make the them more comfortable ile he was deep deeply y touched with the fine spirit shown by the american boys and particularly with filippos generous regard for his soldier companions it if I 1 leave my illy money to the american red cross sold said filippo Fl lippo 1 I know that it will be used to help those who ivilo need it most if I 1 leave it to any other I 1 cannot tell what will be done with it I 1 fim am in comfortable circumstances and so are my people I 1 have hale tried to refuse the many comforts provided by tire lie red cross because I 1 felt some ot the other boys might need them more tile the elchler central in ili paris Is a confidential exchange founded by the american red cross to ordinate coordinate co allied charity work and prevent duplication of effort its stenographers answer on nil an average of 1700 inquiries a lay day there tire more than families on its index catalogue ench each family Is indexed by both name and residence thirty nine different agencies have registered their cases with the aichler central twelve booden barracks recently built at lessele by the american red cross were used within a short period of time as a refugee shelter sli olter a childrens colony and a maternity hospital |