New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1918, Page 6

CHILDREN OF PALERMO RECEIVING NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THINGS TO WEAR FR AMERICAN RED CROostg1 T HE Fourteenth Division of the| American Red Cross.” ’ Doesthat meananythingtoyou? | Do you know that the sun never sets| on Ameriean women making surgical| bandages, hospital garments, convales-| cent robes, knitted articles and other| comforts for our men In the service? And thelr methods of ‘“raisin money” for the American Red Cros they are typically American, too minstrel show In the Nagasaki Y C. A. hall staged by the Russian way service corps while marking time in the picturesque. harbor city of Ju pan, & bazaar in Buenos Aires, anoth er in Tampico, a gay, colorful fiesta in Manila, a8 horse race In Havana, u wvaudeville In Shanghai, a carnival in Guadalajara, a military day In Guam, &n athletic tournament in Panama and afternoon teas a-plenty In a hospital at Honolulu, It is a wonderful organization—that Fourteenth division of the American Red Cross—the territorial, Insular and foreign division. It represents the first effort In the history of our nation to unite all Americans, resident outside the continental limits of the United States, as workers in a common cause, Loyal American, all, their activities are not confined alone to the work- rooms and surgical dressings depart- ments. When the Second War Fund drive of the American Red Cross was launched, the members living in the Fourteenth division contributed the sum of §$1,341,000, or more than four| formation of chapters in foreign coun- BLASHFIE POSTER MERICA'S foremost artists have contributed posters for the RED CROSS CHERISTMAS ROLL CALL, the week of De- eember 16-23, assuring a pictorial ap- peal of the most effective character in this effort to enroll the entire Americai people as members of the Red Cro: Edwin Blashfield, the eminent mural painter, devoted eight weeks to the preparation of the poster he contrib- uted, with a resuit that will win em- Dhatic public praise. This painting is valued at $10,000 and the original is to hang in the beautiful building which | headquarters | serves as the national of the American Red Cross, in Wash- ington. The Blashfield poster in colors typi- fies the underlying theme of the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call. Two fig- ures, one Columbia and the other rep- resenting the spirit of the Red Cross, beckon the people to a scroll whereon € CHILDREN'S DISPENSARY IN RUINED RO MANATOW‘ER AT MARSEILLES tries was ei.ected only after the con-|the United States, but from all over In the whiriwind of “find-| test Mother in| as forced to turn a deaf| ear to her children in the remote sec- ing was the response of the isolated|tions, but, with the demands of recog- becoming so freguent rious duties in remote sections of the|earnest, the Fourteenth Division was| world, eagerly welcomed an opportuni-| formed ty to do “their bit” toward the defense| convenience of distribution of sup- plies and the concentration ties the United States was divided into| divisions by the National division, sent of such organization was received from the Red Cross society of the times the amount the division was re- quested to raise. Particularly inspir- who, va- members-at-large, fulfilling of civilization. Grew Like Jack’s Beanstalk. Remindful of Jack's beanstalk, the American Red Cross grew from a mem- bership of thousands into a personnel of millions almost overnight when the | United States entered the war. Offers| of service came, not only from all ever | | Have 1 & you %~ Christmas Roll Cali 2 the world. ing herself,” the “Gres the World™ w nition | thirteen headquarters, November 1, and 1917. For f activ and the new naturally, became the Fourteenth, The extension of the American Red| Cros: to the overseas poss | the United States was a looked for, + answered The Red ¢ Ll &) ] ARRISON FISHER POSTER LD g SMITH POSTER | they are to enroll their names. Unde {neath the Red Cross on this seroll |the Inscription: “Where Columbia | Sets Her Name | Follow Her.” is the implication. members] the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call will In the Jessie Willcox Smith poster | present one of the finest studies of child life ever painted. scene which it is hoped will be repro- One of You duced in every home in the country, 'ming little boy is fixing a Red ‘(‘r(wx service flag in his window to i home is 100 per cent, | |A e indi en | All 35 need is & heart and s doflar .« w4 w GREENLEAF POSTER 1te that hi. led. «6‘%\57 S0 the| ssions of It is a window WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1913 ive step in its work, but the country concerned. \Where no such society existed, the consent of the gov- ernment of the country in question wis secured before a chapter of the Ameri- s was formed. The work of the various chapters in the Fourteenth di ied ol identically with the work in any ch: ter in the United States, and, in spite of the vast distances separating them from the headquarters in Washington, D. C., their activities run along as smoothly as those in close touch with the executives. All of the products | of the workrooms are packed and ship | ped to the warchouse in New York city, various steamship companies transporting the large boxes free of | charge. All for Humanity, In Japan the American Red Cross R DISTRIBUTED AND HOMELESS CHILOREN IN RED CRO! OF LTTL PACKAGES BEING \ ED CROSS X0 FATRERLESS SALONIKI anized July 4, 1917, and by Oc- tober branches were in effective opera- tion in Toyko, Yokohama, Kyoto, Osa- ka and Kobe, with between 300 and 400 American women working zealous- Iy for the cause. The offer of silk un- derwear for the service men in France was one of the first interesting things proposed by the Japan chapter of the merican Red Cross, the silk being a sistant for the much dreaded “coo- | tie But as yet their desire to swathe { the American Expedition Force in silks not heen ¢: ed into effect. | The Japa | most heartily with the American Red Cross and is sending supplies to the front, not only through the Japan chapter of the American organization. but on their own inifiative. Relative to their splendid co-aperation, Baron | Ishiguro, president of the Japanese Red Cross and a retired surgeon-gen- eral of the Japanese army, centl “1 fecl that I am working with you in the same rooin for the same cause of humanity—the Spirit of the Red Cross has no boundary of state, nei- ther has it any religious prejudice, nor al distinetion.™ In Honolulu the members of the Ha- waiian chapter prepare their surgical dre: «s for the far-off fields of France in the old throne room of the 14 FORINGER. POSTER Mis: regular order tains are a lovely effect. set aside all her that she did so when it is displayed. ‘The Christmas spirit is dominant in the poster painted by Ray Gr whose work is so much in demund. This poster has more text than the others, but the pictorial effect is not in the least obscured. Against a blue sky are shown a home and evergreen trees heavily mantled In snow. The smoke from the chimney suggests a cheery interior, while in the window work to produce this poster for the Red Cross and the public will rejoice leaf, | SS WORKERS UIGHTEN . S SUFFERERS N FLORENCE WITH THE SPIRIT OF PLAY nese Red Cross co-operates | said re-| THE HEARTS palace of King Kalahana. From the wulls the pictured countenances of Hawail’s former chiefs look down, sphinx-like, on the unaccustomed scene, while a beautiful Red Cross flag, the gift of the late Queen, flaps desul- torily in the soft, lazy breeze wafted in from the Pacific. Juniors Everywhere, Too. One of the interesting units of the Shanghai chapter of the American Red Cross is the Junior membership at Fuh Tan College. This unit, composed en- tirely of Chinese college youths, is do- ing a splendid work to keep the Spirit of the Red Cross paramount in its ter- ritory. In the palatial workrooms of the Cuban chapter of the American Red Cross in Havana 5,000 comfort Kits were made by willing hands last April, bringing cheer and thoughts of home to 5,000 American men with the colors, And so it goes throughout the rami- | fications of the Fourteenth Division—a divisiou which is doing its share and much more to meet the appalling emer- gency with which the American Red Cross is confronted. In fact, it would seem that every in- dividual aftiliated with the Fourteenth Division of the American Red Cross has consecrated himself unreservedly to the service, ever mindful of the cause that prompted the action. Answer the Red Croa “hristmas Hotl Call for S bt WILSON POSTER | emphaslzes the season, while the cur-|Flag. A large Red Cross and the Smith and | Chri lettering “Answer the Red tmas Roll Call. appeal. 51 slogan, “All you need is |heart and a dollar,” tells in one sen- tence the scope and sentiment of the | Red Cross Christmas Roll Call. It is not a campa ise money, but jan effort to demonstrate to the world | that the nation is united behind the | Red Cross spirit. Two of the thiree remaining posters are adaptations of poster | 4 5 {last War Fund eampaign. “The A Christmas wreath above |may be seen the Red Cross Service |Greatest Mother in the World,” Forin- Cross All you need is a Heart and a Dollar” drives home the used in the | ger’s poster, which created such a sen. sation last spring, is to be used in the Roll Call with the cross to ber right instead of squarely at her back. This is in keeping with the decision not to obscure the Red Cross in any pictorial work. Harrison Fisher’'s nurse, with the query, “Have you answered the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call?” will be seen with approval in the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call gallery of posters. This poster proved to be so popular that, with a few changes, it was found admirable for the annual membership enrollment. 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