THE RED CROSS IN PEACE
But happily wars do not last all the time.
Some day we hope wars will be done away with, but we cannot expect wars to cease while kings and their friends make the laws for the people.
When the people make their own laws, wars will cease because the people know best what is good for all.
What golden deeds then does Red Cross do in times of peace?
Always, in times of war or in times of peace, the work of the Red Cross is helping people who are suffering.
How do people suffer in times of peace?
Perhaps from disease. In many cities Red Cross nurses go about from home to home taking care of sick people, showing mothers how to take care of babies, and helping in every way they can.
Perhaps floods or fires come, bringing suffering. The Red Cross is the first to send out help to the sufferers.
The San Francisco Earthquake and the
Refugees in Tents.
Can you tell about what happens during a flood? What work can the Red Cross do?
How does the Red Cross help the people whose homes have been destroyed by fire? Can you tell about the San Francisco earthquake in 1906?
The Explosion at Halifax in 1917.
Who were the first to send doctors and nurses, and medicine and food to the suffering people of Halifax?
Yes, the Red Cross. I think if the great Red Cross could be made into one picture it would be a picture of the good neighbor. The good neighbor takes what is needed to a neighbor who is hurt, or sick, or in need, and stays to do what can be done for the sufferer. Is that the kind of a picture you have in your mind of the Red Cross?