Life Is Short Life appears too short to be spent in nursing animosity or reg- istering wrong. Love of money is the root of all evil; but curiosity oft leads to wickedness. If you don't think you can do it, try it anyway. Then you will find out why you can't. George Washington was famous, but imagine the magnitude of his fame if there had been newspapers like those today. A soft answer turneth away wrath, but who wants to if his cause is just? Correcting Errors Correction of error is the plain- est fruit of energy and mastery. Think about it pretty often and one will daily fin. a gratifying op- portunity of being kind. It is as easy to make a mistake as it was when mankind knew one- tenth as much. If we like a man, we even like him when he is stubborn against our views. The young man who is irritated by what the customers say is not fitted for business Work and Its Reward ORK in every hour, paid or unpaid, see only that thou work, and thou canst not escape the reward: whether thy work be fine or coarse, planting corn, or writing epics, so only it be honest work, done to thine own approbation, it shall earn a reward to the senses as well as to the thought: no matter how often defeated, you are born to vie- tory.—Emerson. 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Millions more sit in fearful waiting, hoping against hope that the raging terror will be quieted before it can reach them. On the crest of the churning wat- ers ride the Four Horsemen of Death, Famine, Pestilence and War, Yes, even war, for martial law ex- ists in the face of the invading en- emy, and where the disaster is at its worst there are orders to ‘‘shoot to kill" those who break the rules. With transportation stricken, util ities crippled and supplies shrunken, thousands are hungry and thirsty. Typhoid, meningitis and pneumo- nia threaten the health of entire cit- ies. Some victims are dead and some are dying. Relief Work Speeds. Considering the magnitude of the catastrophe the death list is sur- prisingly small. This is due almost entirely to the speed and efficiency with which the rescue and relief agencies work. Always one of the first and fore- most of these agencies in a disaster is the Red Cross. Its chairman, Admiral Cary T. Grayson, has esti- mated that probably a million or more persons will have been cared for by the Red Cross alone in the present disaster. The volunteer membership of 4,- 200,000, plus 8,000,000 junior work- ers, includes at least one chapter in every county. Practically every chapter has its standing committee on disaster preparedness and relief, headed by a chairman who is one of the outstanding leaders of the community, recognized for his man- agerial ability. To this committee are subordinated several others which are trained to quickly pro- vide food, clothing, shelter and med- ical aid during an emergency. When their work is done the vast task which often remains is taken over by a sub-committee on rehabilita- tion, which makes awards to fam- ilies affected by the disaster. Meetings of these committees are held at least twice a year. In them every type of disaster hazard which might threaten the community is carefully studied; plans are laid to be followed if the disaster occurs, and committee members are thor- oughly trained in the duties that will fall to them in that case. Members of other chapters which have successfully battled with dis- asters are invited to come and tell their experiences. The chapter chairman presents hypothetical problems of disaster relief to be solved—epidemics, rebuilding after a tornado, fire and flood—and each sub-committee is required to show how its part would be played. Life-Saving First Objective. First in the fleld when disaster strikes is the sub-committee on survey — the “eyes” of the Red Cross. Members are usually archi- tects, mechanical and civil engin- eers, contractors and builders, real estate men and public health offi- cers. Before an emergency occurs they are supposed to have studied all places where trouble mips start. Their first job in disaster is to estimate the number of dead, needing hospital attention), home- less, homes destroyed, homes dam- aged and families suffering losses. Saving of human life is always the first consideration, so the rescue sub-committee goes immediately to work. In a flood the big job is to get marooned victims to dry and safe spots, to bring the sick and injured to medical posts, to save property if it is properly identified and to perform other acts which will reduce the possibility of further loss. Real courage, strength, health and a knowledge of first aid are pre- requisites for members of this sub- committee, Doctors, dentists, nurses and fam- ily case workers serve without charge on the sub-committee for medical aid. They immediately se- cure and make ready whatever hos- pital facilities are available locally, and set up emergency hospitals if they are necessary. When flood sufferers are rescued ly know where to take them. This is because the sub-committee on shelter has made periodic canvasses of the area for empty houses, publi buildings such as churches and schools, and automobile camps, where disaster refugees can be kept temporarily from the elements. Temporary buildings are construct- ed if the load makes them neces- sary. Hotel managers, wholesale gro- cers, managers of chain food stores, restaurant operators and army or navy men usually make up the sub-committee on food. They know in advance the types of food sup- plies each merchant deals in, how much of a stock he keeps on hand and how these supplies can be made available to the Red Cross quickly in time of disaster. Communication Is Vital. Tremendously important in time of flood is the work of the sub-com- mittee on transportation and com- munication. Headed by local lead- ers of the transportation and radio industries, this committee must keep the avenues open for the work of all the others. It must have a good working knowledge of all the facili- ties in the community before and after a disaster occurs. It must pro- vide automobiles, trucks, boats, cars —anything that may be used to transport sufferers from the flood area, or to bring in food from the outside world. Often the most difficult task faces the Red Cross after the emergency has passed, and it is a function with which comparatively few are familiar. Think what has happened. Inhabitants of the stricken area have bought their homes or furni- ture. They may have a little car. Perhaps their livelihood comes from a small business or a farm. In al- most no time stark tragedy leaves them with nothing at all. They can’t produce a living. They have no place to live. They probably have no mon- ey, or at least too little to do them any real good. Now it is time for the sub-com- mittee on rehabilitation to begin. Hundreds of volunteer workers set about listing the families needing help, the losses they sustained and what possible help it will be neces- sary for the Red Cross to give them. Awards are made on the basis vo ge J undue hardship. A family which has lost but little may yet have lost everything it poss Of course no attempt is m any such suffering me stances other than the disas self. Living Standards Maintained. Widows with children may have to be resettled in completely ret ul homes and new furnish ings gi them. Farms whose usefulness as been destroyed through the deposits sessed. ade to relieve caused by circu ster it~ owners may once more earn a liv- ing. Small shops must be rebuilt or restocked to enable their operators to make a living again. A few instances, picked at ran- dom, of what this Red Cross aid has meant in the past will serve to il- lustrate. In a New England town a mill worker and his wife had finished paying for their little home. When the mill shut down in 1935, their along temporarily . The e gh wl came. Police forced Rom to evacuate, They returned some time later find their home washed away c¢ pletely. The Red Cross trade 1 lot for another in a safer location built them a new home an nished it. City relief officials fou the man a job. Happiness, ingly denied them forever, had restored. seeme- been farmer and his wife made a modest living, owned their home. The man’s ter-in-law moved in to run farm, succeeding in making a bare living for the family. On the the ‘‘second” Johnstown flood the boring family in distress. He was drowned. Their own ruined. The case looked hopeless. Hopeless? Red Cross workers helped with the funeral, clothing, made the house livable again. They soon repaired it well and made it possible for the family to buy new furnishings. Plans were the family until the young wife was eligible for a widow's pensidn. Need for Funds Urgent. Two years ago a young man with an arrested case of tuberculosis set up in a small farming project which did not tax his strength. In year's flood his farm was left cov- ered with silt; buildings, stock and poultry were carried away. His health was about to be threatened by worry and over-exertion; he had nothing on which to make a new start, anyway. His buildings were repaired and a cow and chickens purchased for him. His farm pro- duction is back to normal and he is no longer discouraged. These are some of the permanent improvements that are directly at- tributable to the Red Cross. Of course, it costs a lot of money. In reviewing the various branches of the society which must gird for any emergency one has been left out. This is the sub-committee on fund- raising and public information, This is the most important work of all, especially in the present disaster. “Flood suffering has reached un- precedented proportions with relief needs mounting,” Admiral Grayson explains. “The only limit must be the maximum generosity of the American people. “The Red Cross considers the flood in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys the greatest national emer- gency the nation and the Red Cross have faced since the World war. It exceeds that existing in the Mississippi valley floods of 1927, when the Red Cross gave help to 625,000 persons.” © Western Newspapes Bnion, about: The Plight of Spain. for hearty co-operation on the part of some of her tries. Openly or secretly, half of the uting to the bloody ruination, so that, when the finish comes, they'll have epoils or dubious prestige or both and that ill-fated land will be a burying ground and a deso- lation. A fellow gets to wondering why this or that government chooses for an em- blem some noble creature when the Irvin 8. Cobb ate, floods may be curing us here on this side of the water, but at least we have been spared the affliction bors certain nations. * * * Kidnapers’ Ransoms, T'S all well enough to pass an act making payment of ransom to a kidnaper a criminal offense— as though heartbroken parents would hesitate to pay ransoms to get their babies back, no matter what the penalty for so doing might be! And can you see any American jury convicting those parents? The au- thor of the law is no doubt well-in- tentioned but there is another law, called the law of human nature, which most surely would defeat his purposes. By the way, a person who should know what he's talking about, tells me that three out of every four known kidnapers during recent years have been ex-convicts with records as repeated offenders. So, instead of trying to penalize agonized parents for obeying a na- how about a snappy little law to curb certain parole boards which seem to delight in turning 'em out as fast as the courts can clap 'em in? . » * Optimism De Luxe. LIKE the spirit of a gentleman in New York who started dredg- ing operations in East river. He set out to dig up 800,000 in gold and silver fror n the ooze, and to date has salvaged 96 cents, two rusty frying pans and a penknife—and is still prc hing. For gorgeous optimism I can match this. I was on the French Ri viera one summer. railroad tracks along Corniche. the Grand This left a disused tun- So, week after week, a beard- ed gentleman sat at one mouth of the empty bore with a sign over his “This property for When I hand tunnel. South American Explorers. adventurers who set forth to invade the last interior South America, seem to follow a regular routine, to wit, as follows: First—They start off. Second—They get lost. Third—They are rescued. But wouldn't it save wear and the explorers when they staggered in, exhausted from toting all those tons of material for future lec The modern discover er is gallant, but apparently has no more sense of direction than an egg-beater and seemingly could get lost on top of a marble-top table. Or possibly the tropic sun has an addling effect on the human brain. Anyhow, since nearly always he is in an intact state when res- cued, this would seem to indicate that the head-hunters of the Ama- gonian jungles are now getting fussy about the types of heads they collect. * = * The Charms of Musie. CCORDING to a medical pro- fessor in Pennsylvania, same ples of whisky, when subjected to a musical sound treatment for sev. en hours, produce a liquor which equals one that has been aged in wood for at least four years. But why get excited about this? [I've known certain brands of classical music which, in one evening, have aged & grown man to a point where be figures the present Christian era must be about over. Only a few weeks ago, being soft. ened by the spirit of the approach ing holidays, I suffered myself to be lured to a Chopin recital and got jammed in and couldn't escape and finally staggered forth into the night feeling that Methuselah had Mttle if anything on me. IRVIN 8. COBB, Copyright. —WNU Ser view Ask: Me Another S A General Quiz © Bell Syndicate ~—~WNU Service 1. What is an incantation? 2. What is an antitoxin? 3. On what island was the lab yrinth of the Minataur? 4. What is a locomotive's pilo$ sometimes called? 5. Does Holy week come before or after Easter? 6. Is Japan north or south of the Philippines? 7. What does “‘irascible” mean? 8. Who was the first emperor of modern Germany? 9. What was the latest territo- rial acquisition of the United 10. Who Tale’? 11, What is prunella? 12. 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