JllNIORS ARE 1 .KNlTllNG UP SLEEV_I_3__0F WAR Dr. MacCracken, Just Back - ' From Europe, Tells of Great Advance. . “The Junior Red Cross is the one window through which the sunshine of hope and kindness falls on darken- ed Europe.” ' The man probably best equipped to describe the mission or the -Junior Red Croat—tor he was its originator »—thus pictures its work in “knitting up~ the ravelled sleeve of war." Just returned from an extensive tour of Europe. where he went with- ; keen desire to observe the results, of the plan he feathered. Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken. president of Ves-~ sar College. recently told the graphic. story or Junior work abroad to‘» the? assembled studs 0! National Head- quarters and the Washington Division. Dr. MacCracken was presented-by w : p ‘i 4"fih Col. Ernest P. Bicknell. who told. of the initial reluctsuce ot the Red Cross to sponsor the Junior idea. because of the tear it would be interpreted ‘as an "exploitation" of school children. Growing pressure from the children _ ‘ .‘ ‘hemgelves. howevcr. was finany re- a lot of little gray swcatcrs. I asked which builds into character the things The Junior American Red Cross ‘3‘; .aponflme for its creation. under the a lady at the booth about them and . which the nioraiists Wish to see csiab- must stay in these countries of VEu- ‘ _ u . \\‘\_ direction of Dr. MacCrackcn and at she said they won: for the children lishcd as a. substitute for war. rope. Dr. M'zlcCracken said. because T1118 18 cleanup” week for g}? \ the solicitation or the mm chry P.‘ In the hospitels tut had no heat. 1 . “The President ot the c~ech Junior! it is the binding cement which pre~ you, and for every Evening Sen- \ __ asked her where she got thc. wool_ and ‘ serves the fabric of the whole jaw. tine]- candidate. Every subscrip \\\\;~\» \ J'lavison. I Sincc its establishment early in 1918. the Junior Red Cross has permeatedi Europe. winning the repeated com- mendation and regard ni' trovcrnmcnts nnd peoples. Dr. McCrackcn cited as an instance of this rccorniiion the fact that in Bulgaria the Imperial govern- :mcnt of that countrv had issued ‘fin edict that every child enroll. He con- tinned: "I have just come back from Eu— War. And there was the Junior l‘tcd ,Cross occupyirfi; the rooms. I tmnt: through the exposition it vt’ry rc- markable exposition it was-and came to one littlu booth where there We're she said: 'These are just the ravcls 0: old American army sweatil‘s that were turned over to us by the American Red Crossinnd our children have knitted them up agnin.’ “And there you have the task of the Junior ltcd Cross: It 'knits up the ra— vqllcd slccve of war.” binding together. i 'I i t... “v”: \ with .- ..... German youngstersarenotatrild‘otthe invaders. Here is a'sroup 01 trooperatterhehasaskeddnectionsinthestrangeciw. , I privilege to be‘ahle to deliver a. lecture on what I called the social lulioraiory ot‘ the world.'and to exnlain that the Junior Rod Cross is carrying out in the community the wi;ir:aij'.tico.l work Red Cross foliowcdm upon the pro- gram ahd applied whit I said to a specific country and mid about the work of the Czech Junior Red Cross. And in his opening remarks. he paid a magnificent ' which - the unior American Red Cross had done in his country. “In Poland along the.__llussi:1n fron- tlirough works of mercy. the. spirit ofi tier. I saw at Vilna. the work oi? tho the people into the same fabric anilil‘olish Junior Red Cross. again under with the very same materials and up: Junior American lied Cross inspira- tion. There the refugee children, . : , , so’UTiI .NORWALK. EVE . Kidding thePonhwm senseless; ;. * ute'- to the work_' «<04 " ‘50th boys “riding" a French of instruction—believing enough about it in his country to give a. week or his busy time to assist the qrganiza— tion." ‘ Only \Vindow for Sunshine “It brings out," he said. “the qualities which make for citizcnship in the child and enable him to participate iin lii‘c suited to his own capacities. ‘ It is breaking down that instrument of old'tyrannicnl education, the au— thority from' above. And I remember show we looked at each other, these ldclcgatcs from a. dozen Junior Red ross Societies. when the delegate of BulgarCia told us. with grcat pride. of the development, of the work in that TUESDAY, FEBRUARY tion promised should be secured 7 this week. 'Next week brings an- other erduction in votes. Call on everyoue‘who has given you a subscription—get from them an extensxon. The race is so close that every subscription is im- portant, no matter how small. Clean them all up before Satur- ' day night. Remember—one week .27‘ 1 "7 1r; //// / //. z //".’.r rl/I’ri/Iaa. ’t'r/ /'t t’r’r’rr‘t'. (>9'z’ ropc. and have spent a. holiday given on the same iields where war took , my college. after eight years of W0rk..placc. coming in from contra] RuSsia. and country ““d him “no" the table “3' . ‘ . Hi studying the development of new unl- "I saw similar sweaters in a little Siberia where thcy have been expclled ”lift from the imperial government more; then a “beautiful new 081‘ I ; \‘nrsitics sl‘fico the armistice in North- town in Slovakia. later. In this case by the Dolslievik. have been-scattered Of his country. commending the 3'4"“ , \ em and Central Europe. and lect‘lring the wool had come from the American into concentration camps which are 10“ Red (3’9” and urging every child : 'on American education at these new Red Cross direct. It. was the same about the saddest sights'today in the to nnroll. I confess ‘0 some astonishu ”'i universities. Dut I haven't kept my dull. monotonous grai‘: and the Sio- world. And the only social agency merit. In a" my dreams 0‘ ”“3 Jun. : eyes closed during this trip to the \uks. as you know, love color. And working for them is the Junior Red 10" Red (71'0” I “9“" qpected *0 '96 v“ ’ ' ' it grow like that." & work of the Junior Red Crfls. I ro- memhcr reading in Shakcspcarc ihe. phrase. ‘Slccp that knits up the rave]- icd slccvc of care.’ and never knowing exactly what it meant. I 'was in Vienna. Just betoic Christmas time. and I wandered into the Hofhcrg—it' these children couldn't stand to give other children, no matter how sick they were. anything so dull. _. So tlicy carned'enough’, to buy a. couple of balls of colored red and blue yarn, and everyone of those little sweaters had at least one, thread oi‘ either red or Cross with its units scattcrcd around the city of \Tilna. . “The Hungarian Director of’Junior Red Cross told us ii“: Paris that it was the only window in Hungary through which sunshine came, In Vicnua. I had an intcrvicw with the minister of TORTURED MANY YEARS BY .> .mDNEYS. . "I have ‘had kidney trouble for twelve years." writes H. P. Pinkney. West Jackson, Miss. “Pains in back. ijoinis, catches in the hips, run down was really by RCClant—I didn't know hluc woven into it just to 8:1“sz tfic instruction. and with me was the Di~'and getting up too much during the \ about it: and there that morning was Slovak cye. rector of thc. Junior ‘ American Red night But since raking Foley's Kid- .' dedicated by the Austrian president Love the Bright Things. Cress for that country, and she (13de ney Pills. my suffering I: over, and I thenationnl exposition of the Austrian! "I had the opporiun‘iy of explainfi him if he would he Willing to go with ifeei like a new man." Backaehe, rheu. Junior Red Cross. in: the Junior Red Cross to a great her to fish various. schools. She said’matic pains. kidney and bladder trou- "“ WI. held In "1-0 [Tc—1t Homer-g congress of moral cducation in Gcn- it would take about five: days of his‘ble quickly relieved With Foley.K1d- rooms which had been decorated to cva in July. a. six-day conference time. And he answered. 'Gcrtalnli’. ncy Pills. Refusc'substitutes‘ Insist house Archduke Franz Ferdinand. lllPleherc tlicrc “'cl‘t? THO dummies from I will come and speak whencvvr you upon Foley's Honey and Tar. Stillsou. man whose death started the Woridgall over the world. 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