Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 17

Sunday, June 24, 1917 17 RED CROSS TO AVOID SEEING AMBULANCE. SERVICE IN FRANCE AD CLUB SECURES plans for the future conduct cf the quarters, but it is hoped that the members will visit them regularly enough to warnnt keeping tncr.i open ar. regular intervals. The activities that they have in mind will create an added Interest In the club that will make the club feet next fall and winter. ST.

JOHN'S Services in St. Evicofl church today will inrlu-i the celebration of Holy Communion at o'clock and second celebration n-l rmoi; at 10:30 o'clock. In file evenln. Uev. D.

C. Beatty will give an Illustrated lecture and also will enow elides made from some pictures sent to him from his son In France. CIVIL WAR MISTAKES Jane M. Johns Recalls Waste of Materials Then, Their Failure to Reach Destinations and Absence of Field Distributing Organization. Arranges For Room in Lincoln Square Theater Building More Activities Planned.

1 in "I ara for the Red Cross," said Sirs. r.n. M. Johns Saturday. -I have never' number that I can recall wher.

food uppllts. clothing, hospital aupptic. TODAY 5 PART TRIANGLE with WILLIAM THOMPSON The Decatur Ad club has secured permanent quarters In the Lincoln Scuare theater building which will be fitted up In club style and ready for reqular occupancy July 1. The quarters face Lincoln Square and are not only suitable for. club meetings, but they are large enough' to hold the usual club dinners, and accommodate other activities that the officers of the club are planning for the fall and winter.

The only activity that the club will boost immediately Is a membership Campaign. An effort will be made to enlist every man in the city who advertises. Needed Permanent Quarters. Since the club was organized, it has held meetings first in one place and then in another. With the growing membership, the members felt the need of permanent headquarters, that Vernon Beatty.

son of Eev. and Mrs. D. C. Btatty of Decatur, who went to France In February for ambulance service.

He ia anxious to be freed from that service and join the artillery so that he may be In the fighting lines with the other Americans there. He is sfiown here with the American Red Cross ambulance of which he is driver. and CHARLES RAY .1 carfu'y collected never Hon Vh i destlnaon, for the rea- son tnat there was no organization to see that they went to their proper destination. hoa'd Centralise GUln. it is consoling of course when you r.aie friends and members of your on family at the front to feel that some, thing prepared for them personally can be forwarded for their comfort but hat is not the certain way to give the relief.

All supplies, all contributions should be made to the Red Cross so that where ever the need, the to meet the need are available. The dollar we contribute may In fact buyvsupplies that will give relief to some poor boy from Maine, and who knows but the dollar contributed by the of that boy from Maine may be expended for the relief of some one of our Decatur toys at the front. During the Civil war the Sanitary ommission finally refused to agree to deliver supplies for Individuals or special companies but would and did forward all supplies that were contributed for the i orked with that organization and sver really studied the system until ecr.tiy. but I hav failed to profit by jny experience during the Civil war I ra ot 'avor ot such an urgan-Uirion. The time, the energy, the money wjsttd during the Civil war Tn sync ct ocr efforts, was something at-itnit unbelievable.

There must be perfect for the proper con-u-ol of the army and likewise there B35t be perfect organization and control of relief work is to be effec-tirely done. Lurked Field OrKanlzction. -DuriiiK the Civil war we Had so many instances of the failure) of effort even though there was toa organization behind it. hut tne failure was due to the fact that the organization lid not extend beyond the ssail local territory where the desire io lend assistance was born. "There was lack of organization tn lie with the army.

Later we had Sanitary Commission but even that was not en'ial to the task now the Iced CrosF, in large measure under control of the army, wl'h the nrmv fi.M Fives the relief where It Is most ia Lonesome Luke 'THE PLUMBER' Special Comedy Bill 2 Big Features 2 'THE THIEF MAKER" Presenting Molly Malona. TOMORROW "THE ETERNAL LOVE" supplies did not reach him and what became of them we never knew. "The waste of supplies, especially perishable stuff at Mattoon and Charleston recently, is even now a fair example of what happens when there is a lack of organization. The Bed Cross is organized solely to give relief and the work is done as effectively through that organization as it is possible to do it." inAmaik t.ii.n.. -i i ii i mm LearC ETJfL ass If ml the "club could furnish with comforts-able furniture, and equip an advertising library and exhibits at the disposal of its members.

In securing the permanent quarters, the officers have the wishes of the membership in mind, and will make every effort to furnish the room with "The Dividend" and "VOICE ON THE WIRE" 7 Reel 6c ROBERT BIVANS HERE. Robert Bivans of Cairo was in De iur iiieie was a certainty that It was possible to deliver the contributions at some point wnere they were needed although perhaps not to the Individuals nor to the company the contributors especially de- leeded. We lacked thai in tin: i I ir times. I -Oh. the instances almost without' every convenience.

A committee Is now engaged In buying suitable furniture that will.be a credit to. the quarters, and arrangements are being made for a library and advertising exhibits. The officers have made no definite catur Saturday. For many years he has been manager of municipal plants of public utilities companies, his last station being with the McKinley interests' iff Cairo. Recently he resigned and "took to the road" as a commercial salesman and he knows how, for that was one ot the first things he did when he was a boy.

He says that within a month he will remove to Decatur and make this his headquarters. Ml FARMS nBTn'Nn IVIIIIS I niHrfl the Montana I fe ll SB II STOCK RANCHPS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. Cases of communicable diseases reported to the health department Saturday follow: Measles in the family of B. Dinsmore 231 West Packard street: in the family of Reid 1241 North Main street. of J.

B. Long Company are being sub-divided and sold at retail .000 acres in the FAMOUS JUDITH BASIN in tract, of from eigh to five thousand acre. BUY' DIRECT FROM THE OWNERS Save CmmJ8Slo ZT Particul'- write our representatives, Hoadley Brothers, 320 3d avenue. Cedar Rapids, Iowa or J.B. LONG 8c COIV3PANY, Box 143, Great Falls, Montana.

OAKLAND Young Beatty appears here In his uniform for ambulance service. A Real Western Story How Antonio Moreno, as Captain Curtis, righting single handed against political intrigue, outlaws, and even the girl he loved, fighting to save "hisi Indian" finally won his battle, the girl, and helped to save a race, all of this together with a great portrayal of western life and the injustice which our ancestors meted out to the Indians, is. related with many thrills in the big Vitagraph production "CAPTAIN OF THE GREY HORSE TROOP" Featuring Antonio Moreno and Edith Storey Today and Monday ADMISSION 10 CENTS sired. It Is that if we give our con TONIGHT Franklin Farnum end Agnes Vernon "LITTLE PARTNER" Jane Gail and Matt Moore- "Breaking the Family Strike" A Fine Program for 5c Eight More Days Left to Buy Your Wall Paper At greatly reduced prices. You can make your selection from four or five hundred different designs in both 1 foreign and domestic Wall Paper.

We are showing this paper at greaty reduced prices during the month of June only. Ask to see our seven cent showings. tributions to the Red Cross, an organization with no inspiration except the desire to relieve suffering, to bring some degree of comfort to the soldiers, we know that we are making it possible for ttiat organization to be so equipped that it Is possible to give relief at all points where relief is needed. Relieved AbKent Soldiers. "Of course during the Civil war we had a local organization for the relief of the families of absent soldiers.

That was at home and we could be certain that the contributions went to the persons for whom they were intended, but if I was now taking part in such relief work I believe that I should prefer that even the local work of that character be done through the Decatur Chapter of the Red Cross. "I know some persons immediately protest against red tape, and over organization in such work, but my experience has been that without organization much is wasted. I know that during the Civil war when my brothers were with their regiment at luka. I sent the supplies thery did not receive for by the time the supplies reached luka the regiment had moved. We had the same experience when we tried to send hospital supplies to Dr.

Johns when he went South as a volunteer surgeon. The Myer S.oe "First for Thirst" 352 North Main Street. Paints, Varnishes. Brushes. Ice Cre HI The Preferred Delicacy for rr rw Every Age Ice Cream is a delicious, delicacy -and more.

It is a wholesome summer food. It is healthful, nourishing and refreshing. Our Purity ice cream is as pure and wholesome as pure and wholesome ingredients can make it. Try it, and you'll find it delightful. Buy it from a Purity dealer, or phone us, and we'll deliver it, in any quantity, to your home.

Good, pure ice cream fcrms a wise substitute for many heavier foods during the summer months. Eat more of it this summer, in place of the many heat-creating foods you have been eating, and see how much better you will feel. The Decatur Ice Cream Co. I ft wi-- IVJ limn. I frlt 3 1 I CeW Ml lit I wL the beverage invariably chosen where- JP'wCP'ik' 1 1 eBi" Ml II IS US ever folks gather.

Its delicious, snappy flavor he vCW III Fv the teste youVe longeAf-rcannot be "flvS85t Jl I'l PL duplicated. "ifc, SSvSV lN 1 Thousands of folks always keep BUCKin the BhSV' iTft TTTff5 Mil 1 I IF house to hustle up appetites tobanquet their TJ! WWW EL palates to keep refreshed. BUCK is the busi- E' 3 est beverage wherever refreshments are sold. WavTTn National Beverage i 1 1 1 1 1 I LJE Bccaiiar Grocer Company ij INX oiiTR.eu-roiS llll 1 Fj Wholesale Distributor llFrV L. 1 IllMI llli Decat-r- Bell 33-3! 1 262 263 no Phones ell UlO lUO.