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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1919)
tlD OLOUD, N1B11IXA, OHIEF pi . Nat. I f anon?!! i.i?Amu9 WW-WW wv wsV twv VVA ,5 .''' vvorneas cervics Photo by fUu Tion to mtms MO7 ii I f;aBVKXH144?rzr3l(&lMHK?fti. .$ r- r tt aar r rurDose: 10 provide , , v organized trained women mfKlA,rBS to meet social and jralfc''SSll V economic needs. 7iSi Ami $? mPMiBWSB scii 9 KVOTKD women who lmvo been wonder lug wliere the pathway of eoiistructle utiil bi'iiullolnl service would open now Mint the wnr Is over may very easily find the signpost pointing out tlie nnd In the program set for Itself by tlie Nntlouul League for Women's Service. This organization was formed In 1017, and naturally at that time found Its partlculnr field In war activities. It now sees before It n broadening of Its activities and a scope of real helpful ness that will go even beyond what It found to do while the country was waging conlllct. It Is the spirit of service learned better than over before in time of national stress that Is the watch word for this nation-wide organization of women. Its' purpose, as set forth In the constitution and by-laws, Is to pn.-vldo organized trained groups of women in every community to meet existing needs lilting social and economic line.. The earnest women who mal;e tip the motor division of the league might have thought Unit the end of the war would curtail the bcopo of their activities. Xo-thlug of the sort. The work of trans porting the sick and wounded and the convalescent soldiers, sailors and marines will bo continued as long as the need for this work exists. The motor dlvMon has demonstrated the vital necessity of continuing Its work as an organized, trained serv ice In peace times to meet emergencies. There Is fo much wirrlc to bo done in the way of social welfare and health and Industrial helpfulness that the motor corps, Instead of diminishing, sees before It growth and expansion. INpeclal attention is being given by the motor division to the opportunities found In .icrvlce for the allllcled. One of the concrete examples ut this Is to be seen in the work being accomplished by the women of the city of Jamaica, who formed a motor corps In that city. These women motorists have already been of great service to the city In transporting crippled children to the hospital for treatment. Not all of these children are per manently crippled, but many of them have lost the use of an arm or a leg after having buffered from Infantile paralysis, sometimes there Is only one living parent, who Is away from home all day, so there Is no one in the family to take tho suffering little ones to the hospital for treatment. The workers In the motor corps bring the children from their homes for treatment and then tako them back again as soon as they are lit to bo moved. Helping the Helpless. One of the most pnthetlc cases of this sort Is that of little Gertrude, only three and a half years of age. She was tnken to the hospital and a plas ter cast was put on. There are six children In her family and her father Is unable to work owing to n severe attack of Influenza. The oldest child In the family suffers from epileptic fits. Another ohild had broken her arm last November and It had never been set. The driver of tho ambulnnco took this child also to the hospital so that her crippled arm ciultl be rcbroken by the doctor and properly set. Ho much suffering In one family was rolleu'd and a great deal of future tragedy was averted by the helpfulness of the motor corps. One little boy, whose poor little legs were abso lutely useless, camo near to being tho causo of an Accident on oue of tho Journeys to tho hospital. Putting his head out of the front of tho nmhulanco be Jerked tho arm of tho driver and said: "See that guy that passed riding that bicycle,! Geo, I'm going to bo like him soon, and how' I will rldo when my paddles work again." A three-ycnr-old Italian girl hud been very shy on her trips to tho hospital and at first had re sented being taken by tho driver. Finally nftor her fourth trip sho snuggled up ugalnst the lieu tenant on tho homeward trip and sold something which tho ofllcer could not understand. Ono of tho older girls explained. "She says that her mother Is dead and her father doesn't want her and you cau keep her If you wnnt to." Only three years old nnil yet thnt baby realized that thers wasn't n soul In tho world ..ho wanted her. These children, whoso cases are duplicated times without number throughout the country, nro In a dlro need of friendly service. Tho parents have the greatest (Struggle In most cases to provide a living for them, and when any of tho children aro itelploRs they nro not wanted. Such enses aro not Infrequent, and although tho work of driving a car all day from houso to house In tho poorest parts of tho city, over broken and rough roads, Is nerve racking, tho members of tho motor corps have never thought of stopping. The vital need of continuing their work Is monsurcd by the nmonut of good dono hundreds of children. The faith of the children accustomed to walk and run about Is much shuken when they aro 'Z2KZ?4S?JLSA WI&W" crippled by the tragedy of infantile paralysis. That faith Is fast coming to the top again, after they have been given the much-needed attentioTi. The women of the motor corps feel that If there is anything they can do to make these children whole again they nro going to do It. A largo per centage of the treatments given tlie children Is successful, as most of tho children are young. Another form of service rendered by the women of the motor corps, still using Jamaica us an Illus tration, takes the district nurso all over tho city. This nurso follows up the cases of tho children who have been treated at the hospital and does good work In finding out what the other needs of the children arc. In some cases It Is nourishing food, lu others shoes, in others clothes. There Is only one district nurso In Jamaica and her snlnry Is paid out of the proceeds of a second hand clothing shop which Is run by tho well-to-do women ojf the community. This shop Is patronized by tho poorer people of Jamaica and has proved a source of great help to them. One day h shabbily dressed wotnnn wnlked Into the shop and looked around. Sho saw two Holland shades on the counter and paid three cents apiece for them. Tho woman who waited on her was very interested and could not Imagine what sho wanted the shades for, when she was evidently In greater need of other tilings. A few days later tho woman reappenred at the store and proudly dis played a white wulst nnd u pair of white pants her llttlo boy was wearing. "I bleached the shades," she said, "because wo have an opportunity to go nway to tho country for n week. We were told that we must havo a change of clothes, so I was able to mnko a change by doing this. We aro going away tomorrow." Tho giver of the shades would fool glad If she could know what good had been accomplished by her act. Jamaica Is not tlie only city where the people havo realized what tho word "service" stands for. In New York utato alone thero are ninety-two brandies of the Nntlonnl League for Women's Service, and tho league has a uatlonal enrollment of threo hundred thousand members and Is estab lished In thirty-eight states. Plenty of Opportunity. There In plenty of work for nil these members nnd more todny. An Americanization conference of tho deportment of tlie Interior was held at WnRhlngton the other day. Americanization seems to Include many activities. "Tho Americanization movement Is tho first great activity of peace times In which everyone enn unite, regnrdless of any other afllllatlons," de clared 0. n. I'null of Harvard university. "A com munity about to Intero&t Itself In Araorlcnnlzntlon should bring Its roamwees together under a slnglo purpose with a willingness to pool their Interests for tho common good." Dr. Ptcr Robortfl of the International Y. M. O. A. described the work of tho association to help Immigrants got settled In their now homes. "Agents of th association, In prewar days, were stationed in fifteen ports In Europe," ho said, "and hero ten secretaries wtr employed at ports tnln- J&SZPIVK 27?Iify?J&S Interim: to 1h Immigrants in a hundred ways. At points of distribution, such as Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis. San Fruit Cisco, there were other men to give advice to the bewildered foreigners and protect thcin from exploitation. "Tho war demoralized our work In Kurope, but opened now Holds for service among' foreign-born soldiers In can tonments. The work of Amer icanization In the develop ment battalions was intrusted wholly to tho association. Since tho armistice was signed tho association Is again roady to extend Its aid to the Immigrant." Factory schools orgnntzml by tho Council of Jewish Womeu to reach glrl unable to uttend other classes were described by Miss Helen Winkler. She told also of how tho council had repre sentatives meet unprotected girls at Immigrant stations, Interpret tho rales to them and enable them to reach rel atives safely. T. A. Levy of Syracuse, N. Y., said his city encouraged constnnt meetings qf foreign ers with nutlvo citizens and supplied rooms nt the cham ber of commerce where racial groups could guther. ( Mrs. Frederick Schoff of Philadelphia, president of the Nutionnl Congress of Mothor3 und Parent-Teachers' Associa tions, nsked tho confcrcnco for aid In bringing out tho foreign-born mother. Sho said tho mother too often was loft ut home. Ignorant f all things concerning her now laud, while the father and children bocamo Amorlcans. "Widowed fathers" nro a now problem since the Influenza epidemic robbed thousands of homes of the mother and homomakor. Almost any woman can muko n home for her children, given tho dollars nnd cents to buy bread nnd bnttor nnd shoes; but It takes so much moro thnn dollars and cents to enable a father to mnko n home. Women engaged In administering moth era' pensions funds and other forma of welfare work have found that funds wero totally lnado qunto to boIvo tho problem of tho father left a widower with several small children. Many men whoso wives woro stricken during the epidemic are hardworking, home-loving fa thers, who cling to the children with a tenderness that Is heartbreaking. It Is our mission to find homes for tho children near enough so that the father can seo them every day nnd keep closely In touch with their llttlo affairs. The father can often pay for tho children's board. It Is the extra things thnt women must do for tho children that make It lmpo3lhlo for him to keep them at home. Tho inllk problem elono Is largo enough nnd complex enough to keep thousands of women busy. It Is stated that for every American man Who fell on the battlefields of Europo nlno of our babies havo died. Thexo aro tiio suirtllng figures of tho bureau of child hygiene. Tho wnr period total was 'lfiO.OOO, against our casualty list of KJ, 000. Of every three dcntlis ono Is of a child undor threo years. Dr. S. Josephine Baker, director of tho bureau of hygiene of the New York city board of health, frankly brands us- oh n nation careless of human life, and tlgures fasten her cllargo on us. But the experience of tho Now York Diet Kitchen association (and no doubt of other kindred groups) has been that when theso facts are renlly brought to our consciousness helpful response Is Immediate. That this response falls so far short of the noed can only mean that tho full weight of fsuch figures Is not visualized ns It should be. U the horror of a huge cltyful of little slaugh tered bnby bodies were really brought home to tho parent lioart of our great-hearted nation It would quicken to ono mighty effort the determination thnt such things should no longer be. Dr. Harvey Wiley, long hend of tho national bu reau of health, says of the workers for child con servation tliat they are "In tho very front lino trenches of humanity, on duty without rest, fight ing ngalnst terrific odds, hut as certain of ultlmato victory as the forces of tho allies wero against Urn devastating Hun." Can it ho posslblo that our charity must havo tho perspective , of distance? It would sown so, for no unuBual difficulty was found In financing with American inonoy flvo milk stations In London re cently. Yet figures showed that while tho per centage of malnutrition among London bnbles was 12 pr cent, that of Now York babies during tho same period was 21 per cent. A speaker lately re marked that "Now York needs to bo throe to llvo thouRaud miles from Itself In order to be aroused to a nwt " -I'lng needs." THE MAKING OF A FAMOUS MEDICINE How Lydia E. Pinkham'ft Vegetable Compound Is Prepared For Woman's Use. A vUlt to the laboratory vtheto thin successful remedy is mado Impresses even tho casual looker-on with the reli ability, accuracy, skill and cleanliness which attends tho making of this great medicine for woman's ills. Over 350,000 rounds of various herbs nre used anunlly and all havo to ba leathered at tho Beacon of tho year when their nntural juices and medicinal sub stances are at their best Tho most successful Rolrcnts aroused to extract tho medicinal properties from theso herbs. Every utensil nnd tank that comes in contact with the medicine is sterilized nnd as a ilnnl precaution in cleanliness tho tnrdicino is pnstourizod and sealed in sterile bottles. It is tho wonderful combination of roots, ond herbs, together with tho skill and care used in Its preparation which has mado this famous medicine so successful in tho treatment of fetnalo ills. Tho letters from women whs havs been restored to health by the um of Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Com- fiound which wo aro continually pun ishing nttcBt to its virtue. Growing Old. When n man gets so ho can philoso phize It means he Is getting along la years. Macon llepubllcan. Somo nro already using hard words over the tax on soft drinks. LIFT OFF CORNS! Doesn't hurt a bit and costs only a few cents 1 iVl x Magic! Just drop a llttlo Freczone on that touchy corn, Instantly it stops aching, then you lift the corn off with the lingers. Truly! No humbug! Try Freczone 1 Your druggist sells m tiny bottle for a few cents, sufficient to rid your feet of every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and calluses, without one particle of pain, rforcness or irritation. Freczone Is tho discovery of a noted Cincinnati genius. General Pershing's War Map. In installing General Pershing's wnr map in tho old Nntlonnl Museum build ing In Washington, tho commander's room at the front Just as It looked when the map was In actual nsc, Is being reproduced as n setting. Here will bo the chairs used by the general and his aids while they studied tho map, which changed hourly, night and day, so reports camo In und were re corded. Tho tublo ut which the officers looked over documents will stand as it used to at one side, and tho walls will be covered with tho Identical llncolcum that was a background for tho map. The nap was brought over In pieces now Joined together, and tho conven tional design of tho llneoleum Is said to glva an odd kltchcnllko domesticity to the room In which General Pershing watched history writing Itself In a very literal senso on tho wall. A Fair Proposition. "Mr. Grabcoln, I've saved, up $3,000 ond I wnnt to marry your daughter." "Do you realize that $3,000 won't last long uowndays?" "Oh, yes, sir. But It ought to tako care of us for nt least six months und at the end of thnt tlmo If I haven't convinced you that I'm nn Ideal son-in-law you needn't do a thing for us." As we havo to llvo with ourselves we should seo to It that wo always have good company. FARMERS ARE WORKINI NARDEI And using their feet more than Ter before. For all these workers tho frequent una of Allen's Foot-Eniie, the antiseptic, healing powder to be shaken into tho shoes and sprinkled in the foot-bath, increases thei( efficiency and insures needed phynlcnl com. fort. It takes the Friction from the Bhoe, freshen the feet, and prevents tired, ach infc nnd blistered feet. Women everywhere nre constnnt users of Allen's Poot-Ense. Don't get foot eoro, get Allen's Foot-Eoss. Sold by dealers everywhere. Adv. Tho Ruling Passion. Mrs. Talkcrton Oh, dear I I wish thero was somo wny to break little Gladys of sucking her thumb. Her Husband Don't worry; when sho gets u llttlo older she'll notice thnt It Interferes with her talking. Then she'll quit It herself. Buy a Farm Now. neenuiin Inml Ii chnpr than It will eyer tin BBln. Tim U. B. Ilallroiul Administration Is prfpurrd to furnlnli Irrn Information to linnicirpkcm regarding farming opportunt tin. Wn havo nothing to Hell! no mnnry to Irmli only Information to clvn. Wrltn mo fully with rnferrnco to your n-edii. Nam tlin slat you wnnt to Ifarn almut. J. I lCdwnrJi, ManaRT. Agricultural flection, U. O. lullnmd Administration, Iloom 10, Waililnclon, V. C adv. "Tho wny of the transgressor Is hard," when ho Is trying to transgress the laws of nature. The Cutlcura Toilet Trio navlng cleared your skin keep It clear by making Cutlcura your every-day toilet preparations. Tho soap to cleansd nnd purify, the Ointment to sootho nnd heal, tho Talcum to powder and per fume. No toilet tnblo Is complete without them. 25c everywhere. -Adr. Calling nnmes In an argument may make tho chap called sore, but do they answer his arguments? Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle ex CASTOHIA, thnt famons old remedy fur lsfants and children, nnd see that It Hears the Signature of i Is Uso for Over CO Yearn. Children Cry for Plctcher'o Caetoria A daughter Is an embarrassing and ticklish possession. Mcnandcr. 'JZ&VT4ZZ STRENGTHENS BLOOD -,Y. can't expect weak kidneys to niter the acids and poisons out of your sytem unless they nro given a little help Doa t allow them to bocome diseased when little attention now will pre cat it Don't try to cheat nature. . As soon ns yea coramwico to havo hes, feel nervous and tired. Gm? BU8I. Theso are usually warnings that yur kidneys are not wsrkinc properly. Do not delay a minute. Go after the conue ot yonr ailments or yon may find yourself in tho grip of an incurable dis ease. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Ofl csp eules will rive almost immediate relict from kidney troubles. GOLD MED AL Ilaarljm Oil Capsules wfll do the work. They are the pure orhrfnal Haarlem Oil Capsules Imported direct from the laboratories In Haarlem. Hol- ilK.f814 y,our druggist for 01J MEDAL and accept do enbirtlttrtea, Look for the name GOLD MEDAIi on every box. Three nizos, scaled packates. Money refunded If they do not Quickly help you-Adv. Authors' Handwriting. If renders and ndmlrcrs of the pol; Ishcd sentences of popular authors: could seo the original manuscripts from which their works nre printed they would bo given interesting side lights on the character and personal ity of tho writers. Tlie handwriting of G. K. Chesterton bos' been described by an English editor as "shocking." W. W. Jacobs, comedy writer of the sea. has all lils literary work typed and' makes bat few corrections on the fin ished manuscript. Other Hngllsa writers whoso copy Is reputed to bs neat and quite acceptable to a printer are H. O. Wells, Itndyard Kipling, Arnold Bennett and Sir Arthur Co nan Doyle. Editors say they never know what to expect from that lnv aginative genius, H. de Vero Stacpoola, Sometimes his work Is neatly typed on good paper, bnt often It Is Bcribbled'ta sheets torn from a copybook. Heard on the Train. "Is this Mr. IUley7" "Eh what?" snld tho deaf old chop, "Is this Mr. Rllcyl" "ltliey I Oh, yes I" "I knew your father." "No bother." "I say I knew your father." "What?" "I knew your father." "Oh, did ye? So did V Bosto Transcript F Tfierel? at &eason -why so many people make Grape-Nuts the regular part, or at, least one meal each. day. It's because of tlie delightful flavor, and won derful values of Grape-Nuts as a health, builder