What the Red Cross Relief Work
Means To Suffering Of The World
(neatest Agency In Existence For
Aiding Destitute, Starving
Hungry.
The two most hackneyed, yet pop
• utor, topics of conversation are I
weather and health. The first in
habitants of the garden of Eden
doubtless talked for hours at a time
yesterday's sunshine, today's clouds
and tomorrow’s prospective changes
in temperature. A minor illness prod
ably constituted material for days of
discussion: by Adam and Eve.
From that day 10 this weather
and health have vied with one;
another for first place among rac-j
ini: tongues. And apparently, not
withstanding the sage Mark Twain,
v no remarked that while people
are all the time discussing thej
v. a;her. Ihey never do anything
about it. the American people, are!
at ..last doing something about
v-rather. Strangely, they are doing
i through the medium of health.
They arc learning to eat by ther
mometer. to build bodies adjusted toj
. sudden cJimatlc sfiifts. They are
meeting the whims of storm and
cold and heat with a defiance aris
ing from a resistance built up by
" adequate exercise., regular habits,
correct nutrition. and improved
knowledge of how to take care of
the human anatomy. It begins to
look a., if the age-old rivalry of
’ other and health as topics of
conversation and focal points of
human, interest might be going to
be settled in favor of health.
With winter just round the cor
ner. it is well that we all take in
ventory pf our stock of health.
Wliat do the shelves show as to the
■■■■ condition of our hearts, lungs, teeth,
nerves, sinus regions? How do we
sum up irom head -to toe? Are we
ready to throw off colds, to shake a
fist at pneumonia, to avoid diph
theria and typhoid and smallpox?
What shape are we in collectively?
Is the home town fortified against
the breaking out of epidemic?
There’s where the unceasing pub
lic work of the American Red Cross,
in collaboration with other health
agencies, has rung up its biggest
score. Wherever you see the Red
Cross of public health nursing, there
you see leadership in the battle
against disease.
Twenty-seven thousand nurses are
or the rolls and available for in
stant service at the call of the Red
Crass. They constitute an emer
gency reserve against widespread
epidemics, against sudden wholesale
disease of sickness occasioned by
disaster. From this number are
drawn nurses for the United States
public health service. To this source
the army and navy nursing corps
look when in need of nurses of ex
acting standards. Right here the
American Red Cross itself gets the
personnel for teaching home hy
giene and care of the sick, and for
carrying on its public health nurs
ing.
All over the land the Red Crass
nurse has become a familiar figure
to school children, to mothers, to
town and country doctors who are
grateful for her work. Fifteen hun
dred Red Cross nurses in the last
twelve months imparted to 66.000
adults and children the principles
of getting well and staying well.
Eight hundred are giving support to
the authorities in public health
campaigns. Families are being
shown how to care for the invalid
and the aged. One nurse—or two
are becoming the nucleus of health
campaigns and health progress
throughout whole counties.
The Red Cross is telling the how,
as well as the what of food. In one
year, it told more than‘160.000 chil
dren and nearly 11,000 adults how
to select and prepare the fuel for
human bodies, so that these bodies
will be better able to withstand
stress and strain and to carry for
ward exuberantly the tasks impos
ed.
The Red Cross goes everywhere.
In cooperation with existing public
health agencies—and as the fore
runner of such agencies In localities
not as yet having any—the nurse
teaches care of self and others.
Particularly in rural districts is the
Red Cross nurse becoming the con
fidante and consultant on matters
of personal health, family nursing,
home sanitation. and community
health. Her hours are long. Her
little car runs up a large mileage.
In rain and in shine, she makes her
daily rounds. on hard-surfaced
highways and over mud roads.
Quietly she is writing a saga cf
health progress comparable to the
romantic story of the early trail
blazers.
It is at times of attack by in
fluenza epidemics, by pellagra, ma
laria. typhoid and diphtheria, when
the whole people are shaken with
fear, torn by the loss of loved ones,
panic-whipped by a sense of hope
lessness—it is times like these that
the 27,000 Red Cross nurses reveal
themselves at their true value, as
they emerge, from their 27.000 places
of comparative obscurity and mo
bilize for the fight for lives.
In addition to the nurses and nu
tritionists, there H yet another Red
Cross service on behalf of life and
health: Life saving and' first aid
Tire battlefront extends both on
land and on water.
With 25,000 accidents occurring In
the home every year, with 24.000
other accidents resulting from the
use of automobiles every twelve
months, and with 8.000 drowning.
adding to the annual toll, the
clutching hand of humanity reaches
out to the Red Cross for training
to combat the common foe, to re
move the hazard from swimming, to
take from the everyday activities
of humankind the element of fear.
What to do before the doctor
comes? The Red Cross teaches the
emergency measures—how to stop
the flow of blood, how to conserve
the victim's strength until medical
attention arrives, how to anticipate
and forestall unnecessary "after ef
fects" due to improper immediate
care. In 1929-30 the American Red
Cross Issued more than 74,000 First j
Aid certificates and nearly 53,000
certificates in life saving. Since the,
establishment of the courses. more]
than 425,000 persons have been'
trained in first aid and more thin]
] 273,000 in life saving. And in their
thousands of communities, these
j several hundred thousand const!*
Itute the chief reliance at time of
j accident. What numbers of men,
I women and children walk the earth
i today because the Red Cross prone
pressure method of artificial respira
tion was expertly and successfully
applied immediately following
drowning, electrocution, or asphyx
iation! What throngs of able-bodied
being, reflecting upon the possible
crippling or strength-sapping effects
of delayed attention at time of ac
cident, today sing praises to the
j wisdom of the American people
' that provided a means of teaching
j practical first aid.
To toughen the fiber of the peo
ple, to school the citizenship in mat
ters of health, to prepare them lor
emergency, to guard them against
'drownings, is to cut in its incipiency
| a very real form of national disas
ter. Moreover, the building of indi
]vidual and community health is in
itself a specific for victims of dis
aster; it enables them to resist dis
ease which often threatens com
Imunities lifting their heads out of
flood or fire or Wind. It enables
|them to withstand a certain amount
of exposure, to endure momentary
' hardships.
1 To create a physically sounder
people, is to create a greater peo
! pie. Health is a prime requisite of
progress, a point of safety at times
of economic depression. A strong,
vibrant people—becoming ever
stronger and more verile—is also a
self-reliant people, a people capable
of surpassing its own achievements,
of upsetting its own records, of
climbing a rung higher on the lad
der of civilization.
Is there a Red Crass nurse in’ your
county? Is your boy, perhaps, a
j Junior Red Crosses, learning to con
serve his teeth, his eyes, his stamina
for the weight of responsibility
that will devolve upon him nt ma
turity? Are you and your neighbor
equipped to stem a flow of blood,
to apply the prone-pressure method
of artificial resuscitation? Are the
vitamins doing their Job at your
honie?
NOW Is a good time to get bettei
acquainted with the Red Cross—to
see that you and your community
are making the full use of your Red
Cross opportunities. What do you
know about your own Red Cross
health program?
More than four million good
Americans—headed by the president
of the United States, who Is himself
the official head of the American
Red Cross—are supporting health
preparedness along with other form?
of preparedness, by regularly •'»
rolling for membership. This year
in accordance with long-standing
custom, the Red Cross opens its
roll books between Armistice day
and Thanksgiving day. In doing so,
It opens an opportunity to every
man, woman and child to partici
pate in the whole broad scope ol
Red Cross activities, to share in the
happiness that the Red Cross brings
to subscribe to the tradition-s and
ideals that belong to tills great and
unique American Institution.
If you have not already put the
Red Cross button on your coat la
pel. let roe Invite you to get in touch
with your local chapter and join at
once
Out of the Question.
Hector had never done a stroke of
work m his life. As his private
means were not very large. Grace
Invited her to many him.
• How in the world arc we going
to live?'’ she asked.
Tlie question did not trouble Hec
tor,
"Oh with your people!' he .-aid. In
a bored voice.
But Grace shook her head
‘ I'm afraid that idea is no good.'
she replied without more ado.
The monocle dropped with a tin
kle out of Hectors eye. and a dis
concerting look came over his face
"Why not?” he demanded.
Grace smiled sadly.
“Because my people are still liv
ing with their people,'1 she explain
ed.—Answers.
Cleveland Cloth
! Mill Village News
Several On the Sick List. Personal*
Of People Visiting
About.
iSpccial to The Star >
1: r|0v. i4.—Mt. and Mrs. * Jonas
George and family of Spartanburg
, spent the e vening with Mr. and
Mrs. J. s.'Ttos* and family.
Mr and Mrs. H. W. Coker am!
laintly and Mrs. J H. Braaell and
daughters. Betty May. and Mary
>pent the week-end with relatives
and friends at Greenville, S. C.
Mrs. J M. Ray nolcls and da ugh
] ten Lillie; motored to Greeiwile, 3.
C Fridav
Mrs. B If. \VHght and family and
Mrs Glenn Pool of McAdenvil!'*
acre the guests of Mrs \V J Cash
' ton Sunday evening
Mrs. .! VV Queen has refttrhed
home after laying by her father.
Mr W T. Kuykendall's bedside for
a week
: Mr. and Mr J E McGill and
family attended the funeral of
Mrs. McGill's father. Mr. \V. T.
Kuykendall of Greenville Monday
Mr Kuykendall stayed with his
daughter during the summer.
We are glad to report that Mrs
M J. Reynolds is getting along
nicely after being ill for some time.
Mr;;. Ella Trammell, Miss Peiui
Trammell and Mr. Dee Trammel)
spent the week-end with relatives
and frineds at Greenville. S C.
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Mr. and Mrs. Pridmore uud
daughter and Miss OomicII of
Greenville, S. C. visited Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Reynolds Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Brook Poster and
family spent the week-end with
their parents at Greenville. 3 C.
Mr. and Mrs. J, W. Ensley and
family motored to Kannapolis Sun
day and reported a nice time.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Cobb and fam
ily of Kings Mountain were the
guests of the Farr sisters during
tire week-end.
We are, sorry to report that Mrs.
V. G. Gilbert is very 111 at this
writing.
Miss Myrtle Williams attended
the funeral of her grandfather, Mr,
W. T. Kuykendall at Greenville; 3.
C. Monday.
Mrs. Boyce Crooker is very ill at
this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bridges and
family and Mr, and Mrs. V. G. Gil
bert and family were the guests of
their parents. Mr. and Mrs. George
Gilbert Sunday.
We are glad to report that Mrs.
Oaskctf and daughter are improving
after being ill for some time.
Mr. Oscar Bridges and daughter,
Lessie. Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Gilbert
and family and Miss Helen Broom
field of Charlotte motored to New
ell Sunday afternoon and reported
a nice time.
Cosmetic Industry
Evades Depression
$207.4UI.K39 Spent For Toilet Frep
. arations In 1929, Census
Bureau Reports.
Washington.—The wave of de
pression lias not affected Milady
beautiful, and manufacturers oi per
fumes. cosmetics and other totlet
! preparations did a lond office busi
ness in 1929 amounting to $207,461,
839. Recording to the bureau of the
census.
The total was made up as follows:
: Perfumes, *21,938,370: toilet waters,
$8 252.202, creams *35,131,862, rouges
| $12,500,649, dentifrices $31,4404)61,
face powders $23,979,623, talcum
I powders $8,021,121: other toilet pow
ders $2,113,748, depilatories, $1,502.
1821: hair tonics $10,471,885, sham
ipoos, $5,536,616, hair dyes $3,330,996,
other toilet, preparations $44,243,186.
Last year there were 803 estab
lishments engaged in the production
of toilet preparations, an increase of
13.9 per cent over the 705 In 1927.
The number employed by such es
tablishments last year was 12,960, as
against 10,463 in 1927, an Increase
of 23.9 per cent, while the total
wages paid amount to 813,543,329.
an increase of 23.5 per cent, as com
pared With $10965,083.
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