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RED CROSS YEAR'S
COST S2U66,255
\Nearly $12,000,000 Devoted to
Helping Victims of Great
Japanese Earthquake.
OVER 3,000 BUSY CHAPTERS
Aid to Disabled War Veterans
f Paramount and Reaches
Nearly $4,000,000.
{ Washington.?More than $21.000 000
the total of funds expended In
all activities of the American Red
Cross during the last fiscal year,
ended June 30. says a statement is
* ?ued by the National organization
This expenditure was almost one
tulxth of the amount of money dls
ibursed by the Red Cros9 In the war
year, July. 1917, to June, 1918. Of
?this extraordinary sum $11,631,303 was
{America's contribution to the Red
.Cross for relief of the Japanese earth
.quake victims. This was Increased
to $11,768,803 by appropriations from
(general funds of the Red Cross, and It
r< presented probably the largest spon
taneous outpouring of beneficence of
a single nation In the history of the
world.
Over 3.000 active Chapters expend
ed during the year $4,869.000. the Na
ftional organization disbursed $16.497,
*2f.r, 35. making the total $21.366 255.35
??all for humanitarian work which
reached practically around the world
In announcing the year's record of
American Red Cross Industry the ex
ecutive officials at Washington empha
size the fact that the extensive and
'never-halting work of the Red Cross
depends almost wholly upon the na
ttlon-wide support of the organization
ifrom the memberships enrolled during
the annual roll call which this year
?will be In progress from Nov. 11 to
27, when everyone Is asked to Join
or renew their membership In the
'American Red Cross.
t Soldier Service Paramount
Service In bcbalf of the disabled
.veterans of the World War and their
,families Is a paramount obligation of
the Red Cross. The organization,
through Its Chapters. Is constantly In
-.touch with this duty In 2.609 communl
?ties throughout the United States?
the Chapters alone during the year ex
panding in service for veterans about
.92,000.000. The National organization
-upended $1,735,825?a total of $3,735,
.825 applied to assisting war sufferers
toward recovery from disability and
distress.
This work is constant In hospitals,
eanitarlurrw. camps, soldiers' homes.
In the community For example. In
helping disabled men and women In
places where they were transient resi
? dents $173,076 from national funds
alone was required to help solve their
^problems. Every Red Cross service Is
ever at hand ready to meet the In
dividual need of these men and
.women.
The enlisted men In the Regular
'Army, the Navy, and the Marine
'Corps, with their home ties, mean a
never-ending Red Cross service which
figures cannot fully Interpret. In this
work a total of $685,285 was applied
In meeting an obligation nnder the
Red Cross charter which has been ful
filled for over 20 years.
Domestic Operations Extensive
In the past year Red Cross opera
tions were almost wholly confined to
continental Unltt'd States and the
Insular possessions Relief work fol
lowing disasters called Tor Immediate
activities In 192 places and a total of
$737,603.87 was spent in this service
Alone In 33 major disasters trained
workers were kept at the work of
rehabilitation for many months.
In carrying on the health activities
a total of $44-1.886 66 from Red Cross
national funds, and $808 000 from Chap
tor treasuries?appropxltnatelv $1,252,
886 In all?was applied, giving some
Idea of the extent of Red Cross ser
vice In the fields of public health
nursing, nutrition instruction, and
spreading knowledge nf personal hy
giene and care of tbo sick In the home.
Por advancing the cause of human
safety, the First Aid Instruction, local
ly by Chapters and over extensive
national territory by the Red Cross
Instruction car severing trunk line
irallroads, and In teaching water
safety and Increasing the membership
of the Red Cross lJfe-Savlng Corps,
the total cost was $288 234 71. of which
$$11,234.71 came out of national funds
? Army of Over 5,500,000
' Tb? Junior Red Cross la the schools
? with over 5.600,000 In Its "1 Serve"
ranks?was aided with $233.S19.7$ to
, which It Is estimated ths Cbaptsrs add
ed some $277.000?a total of $510,510,79.
In various other domestic activities ths
Red Cross spent $993.479.19. and the
Chapters lu thslr numerous voluntary
? services expended an additional
$1.049.90# during ths ysar.
i Tofiam obligations, mMs from
Positive Proof That
Woman Had Been Poor
She looked ri?*)i and acted rich, he
rn uk<> she had married a rich man, yet
at least unv woman at the tea party,
say? it writer In the New York Times.
'Uncovered that she had once been
poor. "Take It from me," she said,
"there was a time, not so very long
ago, when she was as poor as the rest
of IIS."
"How did you discover that?" In
quired her neighbor.
"Because she knew where I keep ull
my housekeeping things. She knew
.that the tea caddy was in the writing
desk, that the cheese biscuits and
other edibles beloved of mice were in
thai box under the sofa, that the alco
hol for iny stove was in the corner be
hind the washstand, that the butter
and milk were on the window ledge
and that the eggs and other foods were
In a box on the bottom shelf of the
wardrobe. When we were cooking she
went straight to the spot and got
every one of those things without ask
ing once where they were, which is
something that a person who had not
kept house in one room could never
have done."
When Barrett Wendell
Was Roused to Anger
For all his scholarly dignity. Bar
rett Wendell, Harvard professor, now
and then lost bis temper and especially
at football games. In his biography,
SI. A. DeWolfe Howes recalls an occa
sion when Doctor Wendell and his
daughter were greatly annoyed by an
excited fan directly in front of them,
who kept leaping up and cutting off
their view.
When protests proved of no avail,
Wendell upraised his professorial cane
and brought It crashing down on the
(nan's head, breaking his lint.
A roar of luughter went up from the
delighted students who witnessed the
Incident, Increasing when the man
turned around shouting furiously;
"Who did that?"
"I did," replied Wendell calmly.
"Come out and I'll buy you a new
hat."
They exchanged cards and were gone
from the game long enough to make
the necessary purchase.
Sewing Machine Inventor
The father of the modern sewing
machine was lCllas Howe, who died In
18(17. The patent for his first machine
was taken out in 184C. and Its prin
ciples still form the basis of most mod
ern ones. Howe came from Massachu
setts, and earned his living in a fac
tory for making cotton machinery; l?ut
the honor of Inventing the first sewing
machine is not entirely American,
since various clumsy machines Cor
sewing leather and stuff had been
evolved previously in England and In
France. Howe visited Kngland, but
only managed to sell his patents for a
bagatelle of $1,250. The descendants
of his machine can do anything from
button-holing and darning to the finest
embroidery.
That Boston Joke
A number of bp.V9 were playing
baseball In a vacant lot in Boston,
when the ball crashed through the
window of an adjacent house. The
wrathful householder stormed out in
pursuit of Uie guilty ones. He man
aged to capture one spectacled, slow
footed youth.
"I didn't do it, tnister! I wasn't
playing with them," the lad panted.
"Then what did you run for?" roured
the injured man.
"I?I'm afraid that I was a victim
of the prevailing mob hysteria, sir."?
Country Gentleman.
Value of Self-Control
Self-control is self-direction, as well
as self-restraint. The engineer controls
his engine not simply by preventing it
from running off the track or from
colliding with an obstruction. It Is
rather by making it do the work for
which it was constructed and intended
?in pulling the train and getting some
where?that he establishes his reputa
tion ns an efficient engineer. Once
give the boys and girls this positive
side of the nintter of self-control and
you net them on the path to develop
ment, of operation and a large measure
?>f success. Do not he a prohibitive,
'.eaclier.?Education.
Timber Well Protected
Outright theft of timber Is rare In
the national forests. Kach year ther*
are some cases of timber trespass, but
usually these trespasses happen
through no criminal Intent. They are
frequently due to Imperfect title rec
ords on the part of private operators
The government ^maintains n corps of
rangers and forest guards on the no
tional forests, who in the course of
their dally work are constantly travel
ing through the forest areas nndei
their Jurisdiction. This patrol pre
vcfits deliberate theft and discover?
and convcts unintentional trespns*
The penalty for deliberate trespass I- '
?evere and Is applied rigorously. I
The Worst Thief
Homeowners, put up fc-.n ?
grilles and shutters to disc..?,
thieves am! !ta\t f..c Uw
wide open to a th.ef who t-.ki ? cvt
$l,000,u00,000.0(; -vor U- o i f. rop. rt
every year. Wh?.r?'v-:r wood is it
unprotcae 1 with r tin* ?? ;d v.'irui^l
"Will Decay" clients a: c.i r.nn
with moisture an:' r luurrus. Ci
penters follow his conm^ O ? u i
must pay heavy repair bills i< -
olace what lie takes
Increase the Beauty
and Value of Your
Farm and Home
(A ver,ig? increase due to floating,
reported by real estate dealers.)
The planting: of a few fruit and ornamental
trees will quickly increase the value of your
lior.ie in accordance with the percentage quoted.
At small cost you may have pecan, persimmon
and fig trees that will suon yield a profit.
Roses, flowering: shrubs and vines are inex
pensive. They add beauty and value to tha
home and pleasure to the owner.
Everything: needed to beautify your Toma
(rounds and garden is listed in our new il
lustrated catalogue. It will be mailed fre?
on request. Write for it today.
GRIFF ING'S
INTERSTATE NURSERIES
Jacksonville, Florida
EASTER THE SEASON TO BUILD
Tbe Easter Season ushers in the
Springtime, the season of home
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an estimate on the lumber you
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We have millions of feet of high
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feel perfectly safe in using tor
durability.
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COMPANY
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I am prepared lo Loan M orgy or
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trne. Perry.0?.
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