HEALTH FOR ALL AND ALL FOR HEALTH

VOL. Ill. TORONTO, JUNE, 1924 No.6

1HIS group of happy­ will work towards the desired end ceived for making the flowers was faced children was until a suitable building has been devoted to the support of the photographed outside obtained or built and equipped for Hospital. The children not only the Edmonton Club, its humane service. The hospital will supply Red Cross needs in this Edmonton, A 1be rt a, then be conducted by the Junior respect but frequently receive orders as a souvenir of the Red Cross on behalf of needy crip­ from other organizations. The chil­ united efforts of the pled children the same as is done in dren enjoy the work very much. It children of the schools of that city to the Calgary Junior Hospital. Last helps them to pass more pleasantly establish a Junior Red Cross Hospital year the Alberta Juniors provided the days which must elapse while in Edmonton, similar to the one in for the care of 494 such cases. nature does her part in healing and Calgary which is under the direction The ingenious plan of making much may be said for the stimulus of the Alberta Division of ·the Can­ artificial flowers to assist in obtaining and improved mental tone that adian Red Cross Society. In support funds for the Junior Hospital has met come from a consciousness of doing of the project the children made with great success. At present the a useful work. - artificial primroses which were used convalescent children in the Calgary on a special Primrose Day canvass Junior Red Cross Hospital are mak­ for funds for the Juniors' hospital. ing 12,000 artificial daisies which will The canvass was very successful, for be used for a canvass on behalf of the British Columbia Division's over $12,000 was raised as a start of institution on July 12 during the Tag Day the desired fund. The energy and Calgary Stampede. Among the tag days approved by ,.a.l, Recently the children made some enthusiasm of the children were City Council of Vancouver, the Vanco1.{re; thousands of artificial roses which important factors in popularizing.the Province announces the following: 1.wa were purchased by the Imperial cause and in the success of the Day. JULY 19 year The project is being sponsored by ~he. Order of the Daughters of the Empire 532 Kiwanis Club of Edmonton, which for local purposes.· The money re- Canadian Red Cross Sod i, 2 THE CANADIAN RED CROSS A Red Cross Junior's Visit to ·the League

A \'ID, a Canadian Red Cross Junior, beginning of the war, had devoted himself coloured posters: one represented a girl was visiting Paris with his father. whole-heartedly to the Red Cross and that and a boy in Czech costumes, another a D Walking along the boulevard before he had been greatly loved by all his staff. group of children planting a tree. David entering the Pare Monceau, he suddenly The visitors now passed in front of two glanced at these, then pulled his father's stopped. mysterious looking doors at the bottom of a hand excitedly. "Look, father," he cried, "there's our dark passage, one marked "Director "It's the Juniors' office, I believe," he Red Cross on that house. Does it belong to General" and the other "Secretary Gen­ whispered audibly. us?" eral.'' "We are not visiting those offices," One of the ladies in the room caught His father read out the notice board: remarked the guide, "because Sir Claude sight of David's Junior badge. "Secretariat, League of Red Cross Hill and the Secretary General are both "Here's a Junior come to visit us," she Societies.'' engaged.'' "Sir Claude Hill," repeated said, and everyone came and shook hands "What's a Secretariat?" asked David, David eagerly. "Why, I remember his name; with David as if he were an old friend. "and what's the League of Red Cross he came to Canada last year and I read in "This is your office," said someone; Societies?" the Canadian Red Cross Magazine about "come and look at these things made by "A Secretariat," answered his father, "is his visit." Juniors in other countries.'' There were an office where typewriters rattle all day pine cone furniture made by Czechs, wooden "Yes, that's right; Sir Claude Hill is the long, but I can't tell you what the League of toys made by Poles, basket work made by League's Director General." Red Cross Societies is.'' French children and pictures painted by "Let's go and ask," said the practical The guide opened a door and David Juniors all over the world. David. His father hesitated, then, looking peeped into a big room in which were a long "Why, here's our magazine," cried down at his small son's Junior badge and at table and rows of chairs. David, pulling out the jolly old Canadian his bright eager face, he decided it could not "Once this was a ball-room," he said, Santa Claus from a pile. Among them were be criminal to ring the bell of a Red Cross "but now it is the League's Conference Junior magazines in many strange lan­ office and ask for information. Room. Deleg·ates from every Red Cross guages; David coulct not understand the Five minutes later David, shy but Society come from all over the world and stories but he admired the pictures. excited, followed his father and a strange meet here at the League's General Council "Come over here and see this portfolio gentleman up the stairs. Not only had they to discuss Red Cross affairs and to hear sent by an American school to an Italian been admitted but, when the reason for what other countries are doing." school," said the guide, and David was their call was explained, the stranger had David made up his mind to be a delegate soon turning the pages of a lovely school offered to show David over the League when he grew up; he liked the sound of the album illustrated with children's drawings. building, or "headquarters" as he called it. word and he longed to sit at that big table "In my school we draw animals and Half way up the stairs their guide stopped with a clean sheet of blotting paper in flowers too," he confided to his guide. to point to two huge maps lining the stair­ front of him, but he said nothing. "I shall tell them how to make an album case on either side. when I get back.'' "Notice all those red spots on the map," POSTERS Other school albums were brought out; he said to David. "How many do you think one of them contained a most interesting there are?" The next room they went into was gay collection of pressed leaves and bark, with posters. FIFTY-ONE NATIONAL SOCIETIES carefully prepared and neatly labelled, and "Read this one," laughed the guide; there were also beautiful specimens of David was good at arithmetic; he made and David, looking, saw that the writing pressed flowers. a rapid count: "Fifty-one," he announced was in Chinese characters. "This is the "The Polish Juniors are very fond of triumphantly. Health Section," he was told, "here we gardening," remarked the guide, "they "Right," smiled the guide, "and each have health posters and pamphlets written grow herbs to make medicines, and also spot represents a Red Cross Society. There in every language. When a Red Cross send vegetables from their gardens to sick are fifty-one Red Cross Societies on both Society ne2ds information about campaigns people in hospitals." sides of the staircase, that is, in both against tuberculosis, malaria, smallpox, On the wall was a map with strings all hemispheres-all members of the League. cholera or any other disease they write to us across it. We all form one big Red Cross family, and we send them samples of posters and "What do those strings mean?" asked including the Junior sections which are pamphlets. Look in this scrapbook.'' David, no longer shy. organized in thirty-three countries.'' David David turned over the pages and found was astounded. a familiar record card. "Look, father," he SCHOOLS CORRESPONDING "Why, it's a Red Cross world," he gasped. cried, "here's our Health Game card!" "They show the countries which are exchanging school correspondence, and the "Not quite," laughed his father, "but it FILMS soon will be if you Juniors forge ahead.'' lines represent the journeys made by At the head of the stairs they paused Juniors' letters travelling from country to A man came out of a small office in front country. No less than 2,000 school groups before a bronze bust; "Henry Pomeroy of them. "That's the Picture Man," said Davison, to whose inspiration the League · in the United States alone are correspond­ the guide, "he has a small cinema down­ ing with other countries. Besides this, if of Red Cross Societies owes its being," read stairs, but we haven't time to visit it to­ David on the pedestal. you follow the lines on the map closely, you day. He collects films on Red Cross and will see that the children of Czecho­ "He was an American," explained the health subjects and lends them out to Red Slovakia are corresponding with those of Cross Societies. Another day you must guide. "In 1919, after the war was over and Austria, Belgium, China, England, France come and see some Junior films. This there were no more wounded to care for, he Haiti, Italy, Japan, Jugo-Slavia, Poland lady," continued the guide, "is what we wanted the Red Cross to continue its good and Portugal. Austria corresponds with the call a Field Worker. She doesn't actually work, so he called together Red Cross Argentine, Czecho-Slovakia and Japan, leaders and they fotmded the League of work in the fields, but she drives through them in a motor ambulance with her and New Zealand with the United States Red Cross Societies and drew up a program and Great Britain.'' of peacetime health work. Unfortunately Mobile Health Unit, visiting the villages to There was so much to see at the League 11,fr. Davison died in 19:2:2 but the work he lecture to people on health and to show that David could not see it all in one day. ;rted is carried on by the member them films." So he and his father went back the following ieties of the League." THE JUNIOR DEPARTMENT day and saw the Nursing Division and the 'acing the bust of Mr. Davison was one Publications Division where the "World's 1.e late Lieut.-General Sir David Hen- The room they now enterEd hardly Health" and other League Publications n, K.C.B., the League's first Director looked like an office; down one side of it are 'prepared. Then they went to a part of ~al. Da\'id learnt -::· nt this gallant ran a long table covered with toys, models the office where the lad felt more at home. r, Air Chief of Great Britain at the and pictures. On the walls were bright ( Continued on page 15) THE CANADIAN RED CROSS 3

For Refreshment Flies when fatigued. tr7 a cup of Ill Ill Flies are to be found in and about every human dwelling. Few spots are safe from their unwelcome invasions. They prefer filth to cleanliness. Garbage cans, putre­ factions of all sorts, cesspools, disease, decay and corruption of all kinds are summer '' resorts to them and attract them in num­ bers. And then, immediately after their L Alwa7s so pure, fresh and delicious. ~ Letters of Appreciation

THE .Alberta . Divi.sion has received the following testimonial regarding the good visits to such places -and without pausing service that is bemg rendered by the Canadian Red Cross Magazine. to manicure-they make their way to our food, our hands, our faces, our lips and convey to us microscopic horrors that often Hillsdown, Alberta, are the embryos To Mrs. C. B. Waagen, of disease. Get rid of them March 4, 1924. in every possible way; kill those you see Vice-President, Alberta Division. but, best method of all, seek out Dear Mrs. W aagen: and clean up the places where they breed and multi­ With regard to your lettu re "The Canadian Red Cross Magazine " I ply with such persistence. Suppressing do not know many who take it in this part, but I feel sure the teachers do 'and flies is a step towards lessening disease. they have a great influence with the-children thereby . . I am sure it does one good to see what pride the young folks take with their teeth, whi~h I think Js a g:eat factor towards health as well as appearance, and I have noticed especially m several families around. I feel sure it is due The Victoria Workshops to Red Cross propaganda. . I pass my own magazine on to a mother of nine children, and she appreciat~s Amon~ Other Works of Value, Partially it very much. Be sure I will put in a good word for the journal whenever Disabled Veterans are Turning Out possible. a Good Grade of Useful Toys Yours faithfully, (Mrs.) A. Rowell. The Victoria Colonist of May 17 carried an advertisement for the Canadian Red · . This is typical of what is taking place in all parts of Canada. But the Cross Workshops which are conducted in mfluence of the Canadian Red Cross Society's magazine extends over further than that that city to enable partially disabled as the following letter will show: soldiers to earn a living under favorable Ham Heung, Korea, assisted conditions. The advertisement is February 17, 1923 to the effect that the shops are turning out a good assortment of small carts autos Dear Mrs. W aagen: engines, cradles, dolls, buggies an'd othe; In a recent number of the "Canadian Red Cross Magazine," I saw an articles required for the amusement of article on the Calgary Exhibition, and since I am planning some similar children. Intelligent parents recognize exhibitions in Korea, I thought you could give me some valuable suggestions. that good toys have an educative as well as By way of introduction, I might say I was graduated from the General an amusement value. The advertisement Hospital, Montreal, and came to Korea three years ago. Nursing is still in its mentioned stresses the point that the toys infancy in Korea, and the few foreign nurses-we have had have necessarily been made by the ex-soldiers are toys that last. confined to Hospitals; so as :yet we have no public health work, infant welfare When one child outgrows them they can be work or work along these lines. I feel here in this distant land "Prevention is passed on to the next or to a child in another better than cure." The mothers need to be taught so much. family. In other words they give good The women . of this country are very ignorant in regard to matters of value, so that in buying them the purposes health and hygiene. It makes one's heart ache to go among them. One longs to of economy and supporting a good tel] a mother that a rnre on cause are a child's hand should be cleansed and bandaged, both served. rather than poulticed with manure placed on a green leaf. But the task is gigantic. Thue are whole armies of untrained women in every village and town STUPENDOUS WORK OF JAPAN in the countryside. The inevitable conclusion is that we must get Korean RED CROSS women trained by the dozens and the scores and the hundreds, trained to The Japanese Red Cross ·society has just go out among the masses and teach woman how to keep herself, her family closed one of the temporary hospitals that it and her house clean and re5pectable. If one of your nurses could find time established to aid the victims of the great to write me of this exhibition and perhaps enclose samples of literature, I assure e~rthqua~e. This particular hospital, you she would be doing a real bit of missionary work. If I had time I would situated m front of the Imperial Palace, like to tell you of our interesting work hue. Hoping this is not too much to treated 32,963 cases. Eight temporHY ask you. hospitals were established in the Kanagawa Yours faithfully, Prefecture. During January of this year (Mrs.) L. L. Young, these temporary hospitals treated 4 'Z 532 Ham Heung, Korea. persons, a daily average of 1,371. · ' 4 THE CANADIAN RED CROSS

STEVESTON, B. C.-The members of the Red Cross Home Nursing Class who completed the course were: Mrs. J. Andrew, Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Tufnail, Mrs. A. Scouse. Mrs. Saunders, ~rs. w. Gillespie, Mrs. Pattison, Mrs. McRae, Mrs. ~urch.iso1_1, Red Cross News Miss Bessie Blair, Miss Lind, Miss Edith Steves and M1~s Wmme Steves. The class instructor, Mrs. A?na M. Stabler, director of from nursing of the Provincial Red Cross, m a few well-chosen words, presented each member with a certificate. Other guests of the afternoon were Mrs. M. Morris, Mrs. E. Schomer, Mrs. A. Canada's Press Mackay, Mrs. A. G. Waddell, Mrs. Cousins, .Mrs. Westerho!me, Mrs. A. Harris, Mrs. Smith, Miss Grace Smith and the Misses Bailey.-Vancouver Province. REGINA, SASK.-W. F. Kerr, honorary secretary and com­ *** missioner, stated that from 150 local branches reported last SHEDIAC, N. B.-In honor of Miss Major, who ha~ been the year the organization had grown to 264 branche~ this year. !11- town's "District Nurse" for the past six months, a bright event sum in excess of $10,000 had been expended durmg the year m took place on Tuesday afternoon of this week, when at the home combatting tuberculosis. of Mrs. M. A. Oulton, treasurer of the organization, the Re.a The financial report showed that over $145,000 had been Cross Society held a specia~ gathering,. to bid fa~?well t~, their administered during the year.-Elrose Review. popular nurse, in her profess10nal capacity, _and _to sho~er upon *** her numerous useful gifts, prior to the commg mterestmg eve~t, SARNIA, ONT.-Mrs. John McGibbon and Miss Mary in which she will be one of the principals, and return.to Shediac Murphy, who have worked unceasingly since the war and during to reside.-Moncton Transcript. it for the welfare of the local branch of the Red Cross, were presented with bar-pins on behalf of the society when the executive *** was entertained by Mrs. F. W. Kittermaster recently. SASKATOON, SASK.-Following an appeal recently pub­ *** lished in the daily press more than 100 gramaphone records CALGARY, ALTA.-More than $200 was realized at the suc­ have been donated to the Saskatoon branch of the Red Cross cessful tea held Wednesday afternoon, under the auspices of the Society, it was announced at the :egula: monthly meeting of Calgary Women's Musical Club, in aid of the Junior Red Cross the society executive held in the city this week.. T~e rec~rds hospital, at the hospital. Sunny-hued Scotch marigolds brightened have been distributed among the ten outpost hospitals m vanous the reception room, where Mrs. H. H. Sharples, president of the parts of the province to which the society had previously donated Musical Club, assisted by Mrs. George B. R. Bond, convener gramaphones. of the affair, received the guests.-Calgary Herald. Reports were received at the meeting from the Health Centre, *** Women's Work Committee, hospital visiting and junior work ST. JOHN, N. B.-The office of the Provincial Red Cross committees. moved from 160 Prince William street to Jarvis Building on the W. F. Marshall, field secretary for the Saskatchewan Red corner of Prince William and Church streets. The address is now Cross Society, also submitted a report of the provincial commi.ttee 72 72 Prince William Street.-St. John Telegraph-Journal. *** on junior work. Included in his report were several letters received from former Junior Red Cross patients thanking the society for SASKA TOON, SASK.-As a result of nearly two years the assistance which had been given. One communication was of treatment at the expense of the Junior Red Cross, Della from a Mennonite who came to this country a year ago and Charpentier, has been discharged so well cured of tubercular hip whose child· soon after arrival was found to be suffering from disease that she can walk again after three years of helplessness sleeping sickness. The parents were unable to provide medical In the spring of 1923 she was accepted by the Red Cross attendance or hospital accommodation. The Red Cross Society because her father, an ex-service man of the Canadian army, supplied the hospital accommodation and provided a doctor who living in Cloverdale near Prince Albert, could not finance her agreed to wait for paymePt for his services until the child's hospital and surgical expense. She had been unable to walk for parents were in better financial circumstances.-Saskatoon Star. almost a year. During the last four years, the Red Cross has given hospital *** care to over 1,400 afflicted children of this province. The chief ANTIGONISH, N.S.-At a recently held meeting of the credit is given by the society to the medical profession whose Advisory Board of the Junior Red Cross Society, held in the work has been donated without remuneration. All who have Metropole Building, it was announced that arrangements have contributed either of time, service or money to the Red Cross of been made to have a specialist hold a clinic for erippled children Saskatchewan have had a share in the approximate $1,600 ex­ in Antigonish in the near future. Twenty crippled children have pended in this interesting child's rehabilitation.-Saskatoon Star. been reported to the office by the juniors of Pictou county. *** -Halifax Herald. OTTAWA, ONT .-One of Ottawa's most prominent and highly *** respected citizens, and a resident in the Capital city for fifty-five years, has passed away in the person of Mr. Andrew Walker PRINCE ALBERT, SASK.-Prince Albert Red Cross Fleck, who died at his residence, 500 Wilbrod Street, at 9 o'clock Society at its annual election of officers, held last week, chose last evening, in his 77th year. Judge A. E. Doak for president and Mrs. G. H. Carr for vice­ For nearly fifteen years Mr. Fleck had lived in retirement, president. A. H. Logan, manager of the Union Bank, was elected but his early years were marked by strenuous activity; and, in secretary-treasurer. On the executive are Mrs. Lamb, Mrs. C. S. retirement his energy took the form of philanthropic endeavor. Lacroix, Mrs. T. H. Lockhart, Mrs. P. D. Walker, Mrs. Trail, A mod~st and unassuming man, Mr. Fleck shunned publicity Miss C. E. McGregor, G. A. Brown, Rev. Henry Knox, Rev. in his charitable works and the large majority of his gifts to Canon Strong, Capt. F. N. O'Connor, R. P. Laurie, S. N. David­ societies and service organizations were anonymous. For years son, Elmer Frith, J. F. McKay. Rev. W: A. Macdonnell repre­ he has been very closely identified with the St. John Ambulance sents Prince Albert and district on the provincial executive for Association in all its activities, local and provincial, and with this year.-Prince Albert Herald. the Canadian Red Cross Society.-Ottawa Citizen. *** *** WINNIPEG, MAN.-Fire broke out at 7.30 o'clock vyea­ HALIFAX, N.S.-Miss C. Davidson of the National office uesday evening in the paint shop of the Red Cross Society, of the Canadian Red Cross who arrived in the city on Wednesday Winnipeg Ave. and Myrtle Street. Th~ building is owned by evening, is busily engaged in preparations for the organization J. McDiarmid. The cause of th_e blaze is unknown.- . of home-nursing classes in the Province, all of which will br Prompt arrival of the fire brigade saved the bmldmg. The under her direction. These classes will be carried on in the various Ios13 will not exceed $300. . . . towns and rural communities where nurses are difficult to obtain. .The shop is used by the Red Cross Society for pamti?g .and S_he wJll ?e in Nova Scotia for at least two months, during which varnishing toys made by disabled war veterans.-Wmmpeg time 1t 1s hoped that several such classes will be established. Tribv~ne. -Halifax Chroniclf. THE CANADIAN RED CROSS 5 Smallpox at Windsor Home Nursing Classes Hundreds of Women Throughout Can­ ada Have Already Taken Advantage of Some of the Facts Concerning This Recent Dangerous Epidemic. Splendid Opportunity Afforded by Vaccination History of Those Who Contracted the Disease Red Cross Organization

To the end of April of this year, twenty­ INDSOR, ONTARIO, boasts of afford complete protection against the dis­ four Home Nursing classes which had been having the most completely vac­ ease. Yet not one vaccinated person was completed, gave instruction to 690 pupils. W cinated population in all Canada. seriously or dangerously ill, although the In Ontario thirteen classes were held with The citizens of Windsor now believe firmly smallpox was of a severe type. Much of the 459 pupils; in British Columbia, seven in the benefits of vaccination against small­ objection to vaccination rests on a belief classes with 145 pupils; in Manitoba, three pox but the lesson was learned only by that the vaccine may cause disease. Years classes with 68 pupils, and in Prince Edward bitter experience. ago there was some foundation for this Island, one class with 18 pupils. In connec­ In February last a furniture mover in belief, but, to-day, the vaccine used is made tion with this work Red Cross organizers Windsor died of severe smallpox. During under such close supervision and with such have visited 113 localities in four provinces. the illness he was seen by several physicians scrupulous care that there is no danger The total number of classes organized to of the highest reputation but the type of from the vaccine; and modern methods of date is ninety-one. Some of these have not smallpox was most unusual and nobody applying vaccine have greatly reduced yet completed the course. knew it was smallpox. During the illness the reaction which follows. One of the Dominion organizers has been the man was visited by many relatives and Vaccination protects against smallpox transferred for organization work to the friends and when death occurred the funeral and only adequate vaccination or a previous Nova Scotia Division and this Division has was attended by many citizens. It was only attack of smallpox itself can be counted appointed ,Miss Elizabeth Browne to pe when smallpox broke out in persons who on to give such protection in case of ex­ Provincial organizer of Home Nursing had been in contact with this patient that posure. The price of this protection for the classes. The organization plans are being the true nature of the illness was known: individual and the community, when vac­ gradually developed and a great popular The epidemic spread rapidly. Sixty­ cination is performed and cared for by: the interest in this important work is expected seven persons caught smallpox and thirty­ best methods, is only a temporarily sore in the autumn. two of them died, a mortality of 48 per arm.-R.G. cent. The remarkable fact was that not a A Timely Suggestion success­ single death occurred in a person APPLIED HEALTH KNOWLEDGE fully vaccinated. Did any vaccinated At a lodge meeting one member was person catch smallpox? Yes. Twenty-two Applied health knowledge will increase reported to be sick ,and a motion was of the sixty-seven cases were in persons the span of life and will add to the comfort carried that a committee of three "be previously vaccinated but not one of them and happiness of life while it lasts. But"it appointed to visit Brother Jones, sym­ died. Some of these persons had been is not wholesome to allow the mind to dwell pathize with him and try to cheer him vaccinated from twelve to sixty-five years too long or· too much upon the subject of up." previously and the others were vaccinated health. Excess and lack of balance in this Then it was reported that another only a few days before they were taken matter is just as injurious as distortion or member had been married since the last down by the disease. excess in other affairs of life. meeting, and the president suggested The epidemic was so severe that Windsor that the lodge take suitable action. was awakened with a jolt-awakened to "Send the same committee to see the need for vaccination. Thanks to the Unanimous him," suggested a voice. efficiency of the health officials and the Judge: "What brought you here?" -Pickup. excellent co-operation of the citizens gen­ Prisoner: "Two policemen." erally, 90 per cent. of the population was Judge: "Drunk, I suppose?" vaccinated within ten days. The epidemic Prisoner: "Yes, both of them." Over-ea ting makes a man torpid and then stopped almost as suddenly as it -New York Times. slow-moving.-Tom Mix. began. In the words of the Health Officer of Windsor-"When the people were vac­ cinated the smallpox stopped-just like turnmg. ' ojff a t ap. " . Patients Never Vaccinated Here are a few specific instances of the value of vaccination. A man aged 75 and his wife aged 70. The man had been vaccinated 60 years pre­ 45 Cases viously. He had a very mild attack of small­ pox. His wife died of smallpox. She had never been vaccinated. . . In one home the father died. He had not been vaccinated. The mother died. She .~ had not been vaccinated. · The mother's sister also died. She had not been vaccin­ ated. The daughter of eleven escaped the disease, although living with her sick and dying relatives. She was protected by Vaccinated Patients vaccination. The twin brother of the man with whom the epidemic started had never . be~n 22 Cases vaccinated. He died of.smallpox. His wife had been vaccinated forty years previously. She had a very mild attack. The children had all been vaccinated within ten years No Deaths and all escaped. . of many years' standmg or A vaccination showing vaccination history of smallpox patients in Windsor and had time to Chart one so recent that it has not 'l'icinity, 19 24 epideniic. give protection, cannot be expected to 6 THE CANADIAN RED CROSS

General Hospital: Misses Christie and Wright. Extending Outpost Service Organizing Home Nursing Classes under Red Cro_ss Society: Miss Fry. Provincial Board of Health, Toronto: Ontario Division Co-operatin~ With Railways, Municipalities, and Miss Douglas and Miss Murphy. Other Or~anizations. One of the Division's Nursing Victorian Order of Nurses in Ontario: Outposts Taken Over by the Local Branch Brockville, Miss Duffield; Cochrane, Miss Mullen; HuntsvillE>, Miss Ririe; Napanee, of the Red Cross. Miss Gardner; Ottawa, Mrs. Aspinall; Woodstock, Misses Grieves and Shipman; HE Monmouth Red Cross Nursing of the community. Dr. Routley submitted Trenton, Miss Twiddy. Association has decided to purchase a letter from a local hospital committee at T the property in Wilberforce which, Thessalon, inviting the Red Cross to co­ Othu Ontario appointments: Orillia, for the past three years, has been used as an operate with the town council and neighbor­ Mrs. Haygarth; Oshawa, Misses Mac­ "outpost" nursing station for the district. ing municipalities in operating a ten-bed Millan and Sutton; St. Catharines, Miss The activities of the Red Cross nurse, Miss hospital. This was favorably considered, M. L. Wilson; St. Mary's, Miss Ecclestone. Catherine Lawrence, have proved of such subject to the provision by the local com­ Victorian Order of ( Nurses in other value to the community that the local mittee of a suitable hospital building. Provinces: Nova Scotia (Dartmouth), committee has decided to take this forward The committee requested Mrs. Turnbull Miss Long; Quebec, Miss Sanders; Mani­ step, the Ontario Division continuing to to represent the Red Cross at a Field Day to toba (Winnipeg), Misses Van Allen and guarantee the nurse's salary. be held in Wilberforce on June 3, when the Walker. N akina and Hornepayne, section points Monmouth Red Cross Nursing Association New Brunswick Department of Health: on the Canadian National Railway, will be hopes to raise funds for the purchase of the Misses Armstrong and Campbell. the next localities to profit by the "outpost" Outpost building. Nova Scotia ( Massachusetts-Halifax policy of the Ontario Red Cross. In these Health Commission): Miss Haszard. places the railway will provMe the neces­ sary buildings with light and heat, while Quebec (Montreal Child Welfare A~so­ the Red Cross undertakes to guarantee the Public Health Nurses ciation): Miss Sinclair. running expenses of these ten-bed hospitals Prince Edward Island (Red Cross or nursing stations, until the locality is able Society): Miss M. G. Wilson. to take over this responsibility. In N akina, Graduates of University Course Doing In the United States: Brooklyn Visiting where building is already started, the local Effective Work in Many Nursing Association, Miss Proctor; Red committee has already succeeded in ob­ Official Positions Bank, New Jersey, Municipal Nurse, Miss taining the gift of a suitable range from a Bloy. well-known firm, while Bloor Street Presby­ The 1922-23 Public Health Nursing Class, University of Toronto, held a clas's The Public Health Nursing Course terian Church has undertaken to provide was an educational enterprise undertaken the necessary linen as requested by one of re-union in Toronto recently. It was very gratifying to discover that of the forty­ by the university authorities with the the Nakina workers. The Junior Red assistance of funds contributed by the Cross in N akin a is furnishing the hospital four graduates of 1923, forty-three are Ontario Division of the Canadian Red nursery. now doing public he::i.lth nursing of some Cross. It was inaugurated for the purpose At Haileybury, the National Executive kind. They may be grouped as follows: of helping to supply the demand for public of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Toronto Department of Public Health: health nurses which was in part created Empire, together with the Local Chapter of Misses Barnett, Burford, Cale, Mrs. by the Red Cross Society's broad measures the Order, has decided to erect and equip Clissfold, Misses Coyle, Elliott, Fraser, for arousing public interest in questions of an operating theatre in the hospital, which McCrohan, Shackleton and Taylor. health. The course proved itself so success­ was purchased by the I.0.D.E. and Toronto Victorian Order of Nurses: equipped and operated by the Ontario ful, valuable and necessary that last year Misses Glendenning, Dyer, Greenwood the university authorities took over the Red Cross. and Luxon. An experiment of a somewhat diffnent entire financial responsibility for the Social Service Department, Toronto nature is to be undertaken at North Bay. course. At the request of the local branch of the Red Cross, the Provincial division of the Red Cross will place a nurse with public health training at North Bay to work in the district north of the town along the T. and N.0. Railway, which has promised co­ operation in this needed- service. This demonstration will be under the immediate supervision of the North Bay branch, which has undertake'n to provide for the contingent needs of the nurse. The outposts at Dryden and Englehart have had a very busy winter; and the local Red Cross committee at Englehart \lopes to begin the erection of a ten-bed hospital to replace the outpost at an early date. The special committee on the Red Cross outposts for the Province met under the chairmanship of the Convener, Mrs. John Turnbull, at the office, 410 Sherbourne Street, when Mrs. H. P. Plumptre, Mrs. G. A. Brodie, Mrs. R. F. Segsworth, Mr. J. B. Tyrrell, Mr. L. L. Crabill, Dr. F. W. Routley and Miss Maude Wilkinson were present. Miss Wilkinson, Director of Nursing for the Ontario Division, reported on a recent 1 pionrer's friend-a nurse of one of Ont · , . survey in the Bruce Peninsula where several mg on her daily round. This photo r trio 8 outpost hospitals start­ Wilberforce HalFb a·pt wCas taken at the outpost at townships are considering the nursing needs · , " m on ounty. THE CANADIAN RED CROSS 7

"While nothing definite has yet come from these discussions, I feel that the relationship of the two tlodies has been better understood on both sides and I am personally of the opinion within the next year or two, some definite arrangement will be arrived at to the mutual advan­ tage of both bodies; the fact that Mr. Ador, the president of the International Committee, was personally present dur­ ing the whole of the week and had several long conversations with the Honorable Judge Payne and other officers of the League, has I am sure done a great deal to bring about a better understanding and the possibility of some future co­ operation, if not actual fusion. " On the invitation of Sir Arthur Stanley, all the delegates from the British Empire met at luncheon and discussed now This .is th"e .arc~itect' s drawing _of a ne.w 3even7bed outpost hospital their relationship and expressed their un~e1 con~t? 11.ction by t~e Canadian National Ra1lway at its new divisional of common interest. and conducted views on matters point at Nak!na, .o'!l~ario. The institution will be equipped was practically no difference of Cross. Local women's. organ­ "There ?Y t~e Ontario Di~ision. of the Ca_nadian Red the points discussed by the in gat.hering the nece3sary equipment. A similar opinion in iza.tw.ns ~ave. assisted Mother country and by the Dominions of 1~ bei.ng e1·ected by the railway at Hornepayne and it will also be building Australia, New Zealand, as well a link in the Ontario Dil'ision's chain of northern ontposts. Canada, a'3 India, all of whom were prEsent at°the lunch." to Canadian Juniors Thanks THE HOME NURSING MANUAL Red Cross . The following letter, received by the Canadian Red Cross Society from the Canadian Manual for the children of The Society of Japan acknowledges receipt of $12,406 which was donated by Nursing Classes has so well This Home ~a.nada t.o _assist in relieving the children who suffered from the great earthquake. fulfilled the purpose for which it and which was for­ Is m add1t10n to the amount contributed by the people of Canada was prepared that the whole of in goods: · warded to the Red Cross Society of Japan, partly in cash and partly the first edition has been taken up and used mostly by Provincial JAPONAISE DE LA CROIX-ROUGE Divisions to supply classes which SOCIETE have been organized. Requisi­ Tokio, April 14th, 1924. tions for more copies of the book continue to arrive at the National President, Office from Provincial Divisions Canadian Red Cross, z_r:d in order to meet all needs as Toronto, Canada. they arise a second and revised Sir:- edition is now off the press. I feel more than grateful to receive a further donation from your Society, through the British Embassy, in the for the relief of children, who were sufferers QUEEN OF ROUMANIA recent earthquake, amounting to Twenty-Seven Thousand Yen (Y27,000). During her recent visit to Paris, Her Allow me to state on this opportunity that this Majesty the Queen of Roumania granted be used only for a new Maternity and an audience to Sir Claude Hill, Director money will also of the League of Red Cross Inf8nts' ward to be erected in commemoration of the sym­ General extended to Societies. In the course of the long inter­ pathy and kindness the Canadian Red Cross view which she graciously accorded him the helpless victims of the great disaster. many questions relating to the Roumanian When this building is completed I will not Red Cross and the League of Red Cross fail to send to you its photos. Thanking you again, Societies were discussed, particularly that of I remain, Sir, the training of nurses and of the foundation Yours respectfully, of a special school for this purpose. S. HIRAYAMA, The Queen of Roumania expressed her President. great admiration for the activities of the League and for its peacetime programme ------·- -· -~ which has been carried out in such a re­ markable manner by the Roumanian Red General Council meeting, represent­ The Cross. Canada at the League ing as it does the Red Cross Societies of fifty-one nations, is an important gathering, the Discussions Leadin~ to Good Under­ which at its biennial meeting formulates of this great association of standing With a View to Harmonious guiding policies Publishers' Note national societies. · and Helpful Service In a letter from Paris Mr. Campbell The Canadian Red Cross Mr. A. H. Campbell, of Toronto, a says: Magazine is not published member of the Central Council of the dis­ July Canadian Red Cross Society, represented "One of the important questions during the months of v.·as the Society at the meeting of the General cussed from different points of view and August. League to Council of the League of Red Cross that of the relationship of the at Geneva. Societies, held last month in Paris. the International Committee 8 THE CANADIAN RED CROSS THE MEDICAL REMINISCENCES OF FIFTY YEARS AGO VERY interesting letter appears in the Bulletin of the Canabian Rtb €ro~£, A Medical Society of Nova Scotia ~ecentl~ pub!ished, from A national journal published monthly by the Canadian Red the pen of Dr. Geo. E. DeWitt, of Wolfv1lle, written m Daytonap Cross Society, to place before the people of Canada informa­ Florida. . · · f He gives in an interesting, humorous way his remm1scences o tion concerning its program and activities, and to assist in fifty years in medical practice, beginning with the da;vs when the carrying out the purpos·e of national Red Cros,s Societies of sink drain seeped into the old oaken bucket: when .wmdow~ were the world as set forth in Article XXV of the Covenant of the unscreened and when houseflies enjoyed the open milk pans m the League of Nations. pantry. He tells of the vicissitudes and struggle~ of the e~rly Nova Scotia doctors referring to Dr. Louis DeBI01s, of Bridgetown; Dr. Samuel Primrose, of Lawrencetown; ~ir Frederic~ l!orden: "The members of the League a.gree to encoumge and Dr. Henri Shaw, Dr. Bowles and Dr. Chipman, of Kmg s Co., pi'o>i1ote the e3tablishment and co-operatio-n of d_uly authorized vofontary national Red 9ross organiza­ and Dr. A. P. Reid, Dr. D. McNeil Parker, Dr. D. A. Campbell tiom having as purposes, the improvement of health, and Dr. N. E. McKay, of Halifax. . the prevention of disease. and the rnitigation of s·uf­ Dr. DeWitt gave the following incident from the practice of Dr. fe1·in.r; thro11ghmit the world." DeBlois in 1865: The doctor was called to the South Mountain to see a patient suffering from a cold. After giving needful medicin~, he instr~cted CAN A DIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY the wife to give the patient a sponge bath mornmg and mght. National Office: When the doctor returned the wife met him at the door saying: 410 Sherbourne Street - Toronto, Ontario. "O Doctor he is stark stiff and I cannot get the sponge off him." The woman had made a bread sponge and rubbed it all over him. The patient lived nevertheless. Vol. III TORONTO, JUNE, 1924 No. 6 HOUSING AND HEALTH Montreal Star There is an intimate connection between the way people are housed and their health and morality. The crowding of rooms by three or four members of a family, which is quite common in the ENJOY THE W' ATER IN slum districts in this city, coupled with sleeping conditions in rooms which have no windows make it utterly impossible to maintain SAFETY health conditions. Our health by-laws are useless when they Swimming, canoeing, wading and all forms of water cannot control the dark room evil nor enforce some sort of cleanli­ Sports are healthful and wholesome. They can be ness in the slums. enjoyed without the fear of tragedy by observing a few common sense rules. Swimmers and non­ swimmers should observe the following "Don'ts." WALKING FOR HEALTH IF YOU CANNOT SWIM Winnipeg Tribune. A writer in the Medical Review of Reviews has become quite DON'T-Wade unless you know the depth worked up over the matter of excessive automobile and street car of the water. riding that is indulged in in the average American city. "Are we DON'T-Go wading alone or where there going to become a physically lazy nation," he asks, "and, through is a swift current. lack of exercise, a people of pendulous abdomens and small legs?" DON'T-Go canoeing unless accompanied There can, of course, be no question about the usefulness of auto­ by an experienced swimmer. mobiles. But we should see that it is we who own the automobiles and not the automobiles who own us. It cannot be denied that IF ¥OU CAN SWIM there is an increasing number of people in this country as well as DON'T-Attempt long swims early in the the United States who use automobiles and street cars, not because the season. they are in a hurry or have to cover long distances, or for any other (Wait until you get in condition) good reason, but merely because they have allowed themselves to DON'T-S'wim on a full stomach. becorrie too lazy to walk. (Wait at leas.t two hours after eating) Walking is one of the best forms of exercise, and one of the best DON'T-Swim if overheated. means of keeping healthy. It will often prevent obesity, and will DON'T-Swim until exhausted. cure many cases of indigestion and of cobwebs in the brain. DON'T-Dive without accurate knowledge People will often admit that they ought to walk more than they of the depth of the water. do, but that they really cannot do so because their feet immediately DON'T-Cry for help in fun. begin to get sore. This excuse is reminiscent of the boy who only (You may some time need help and not get it) combed his hair once a year because even at that it nearly pulled his DON'T-Go in swimming alone. head off. CANOEISTS A straight sharp walk of not less than two miles a day should be a health rule for everyone, but few people observe it. They would DON'T-Attempt canoeing without some rather get fat and then consult a physician, and diet (by eliminat­ instruction in paddling. ing food they do not care for), and follow every reducing fad from DON'T-Stand up or c'hange seats unles.;; ~h~ Bergonie treatment to plain rolling on the floor. By that time ready to swim out. 1t 1s often too late to resort to walking. (Many deaths result from this) DON'T-Try to scare your companion by SAFE BATHING rocking the canoe. (It isn't smart and may cause a death) . In conne~tion with the safety hints for bathers which are P.rmted on .this page attention is called to the illustrations on page Reprinted from the Red Cross Courier s1~teen which ~Ive some very useful information to swimmers who might at any time be called upon to use their ability to save some­ one from danger or perhaps to save a life. THE CANADIAN RED CROSS 9 Serbian Society in London Overcrowding Is a Co,ditio:1 Favorable to the Spread of Disease. Discomfort and Dis­ Honors CanadianRedCross satisfaction are Other Results

HE Canadian Red Cross Society In our Canadian cities there is un­ received recently a medal and doubtedly much overcrowding. Rents are T diploma from the Serbian Red Cross so high that apartments and flats have to Society in Great Britain. The Serbian Red be divided and sub-divided to provide Cross Society in Great Britain was accommodation that will conform to the organized during the war for the purpose needs of the pocketbook. And oftentimes of assisting in mitigating the suffering the space thus provided is hopelessly in­ caused in Servia by the enemy occupation adequate. and by the incidents due to the campaign. Especially objectionable is this state of The objects for which the Society was affairs in the winter time, when the artifi­ founded having been achieved, it has now cially-heated air in houses becomes very disbanded, but before disbanding, it sent impure and unfit for breathing, owing to to the Canadian Red Cross its recognition the congestion of people, some of whom are of the service the latter organization habitualJy indoors. rendered in the Serbian Society's cause. Apart from lung troubles, which often In forwarding the medal the chairman have their origin in ill-ventilated, unsani­ of the Society expressed, on behalf of its tary dwellings, the common cold is very members, the following testimonial: prevalent, and may result in bronchitis, The Council and everyone connected pneumonia, and other diseases. Added with the Serbian Society in Great to the danger of contracting illness of one Britain are deeply sensible of · the kind or another is the discomfort of living, importance and extent of the practical which results in dissatisfaction of social help which your Society gave to Serbia, conditions generally, and often is the through the medium of this Society, match that tights the torch of revolution during the period of unprecedented and revolt. stress due to war conditions. Proper and adequate housing of the The money grant, together with the people is one of the most important func­ valuable consignments of clothing, food tions of civilized government at the present stuffs, medical and surgical accessories, time.-Dr. J. J. Middleton. appliances and hospital equipment and requisites of all descriptions, which your The medal awarded by the Serbwn Red Getting the Effect Society most generously furnished to Cross to the Canadian Red Crvss. The Bride (to butcher): "What sort of our Society were the means of enabling medal is of silver. The outside edges of it to give much relief, not only to the roast do you think would go well with a the ribbon are red, the inner strips blue sick and wounded but likewise to large perfect darling of a blue-and-white din­ numbers of Serbs, who were reduced to and the centre is white. ner set?" · -Life. the direst necessity, owing to the ravages of the war. The inscription upon the Diploma which accompanied the medal is printed on this page. Serbian Red Cross Society in Great Britain Western Hospitality The story is told of a cross-country traveller in the West who applied to a Presented to rancher for rest and refreshment and Canadian Red Cross Society was detained by storm for several days. W'hen about to set out again, he asked Whereas at the Council held at the Legation of the rancher how much he was inde.bted, the United Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, but the host refused to accept his money. London, December, 1923, it was Resolved: that Feeling that he must pay something for thanks be given for the Service you rendered his stay, he left a bank note on the through the Society to Serbia. dresser in his room and a written mes­ sage asking his host to buy som~thing THE COUNCIL congratulates you upon your good with it when in town. A long while, he work an1 gratefully thanks you for your Services returned again by the same road, stopped in connection with the cause they have so much at at the cabin and greeted the keeper with: "Hello, Jim, do you know who I ~m?" heart. "Deed I do," said the mou1:tameer, WHEREOF in recognition the Medal of the "you're the --- fellow who thmks my Society is conferred upon you: and your Name has place is a hotel and leaves money when been inscribed upon the Roll of Honourable Service I asks you in out of the storm." to Serbia. A Miss Who Needs No Mistletoe President, Chairman, "What's the difference between a MICHEL GAVRITOVITCH. FRANK HASTINGS. haunted house and a man who tries to kiss you?" she asked coyly. "I give up," he said finally. "Why, you can't let a haunted hou~e." The diploma of the Serbian Red Cross Society. It will be hung in the Executive -Boston Transcript. Room of the National, Office. 10 THE CANADIAN RED CROSS

VICTORIA B. C.

Junior Notes The North Ward School, Edith Cavell Branch of the Junior Red Cross, held a meetin~ on Wednesday afternoon, the presi­ dent, Jean Currie, taking the chair. The :MANITOBA JUNIOR BULLETIN briefly recorded also, such as the making of secretary, Margaret Mclntos.h, read the a First Aid cabinet by the Live Wires in minutes of the previous meetmg, also the HE Manitoba Junior Red Cross S. S. No. 7, Chinguacousy Township, Peel April News Letter from the Junio~ Red Bulletin, issued in May last is a County, from an old clock case that was Cross director. The treasurer, Mildred T bright twelve-page printed leaflet donated to the school. The preparation of Halsey, reported the sum of $40 realized by full of news from the branches. It also tells a portfolio to be sent to a school in England the Junior Red Cross members from the in an interesting way some of the achieve­ by the Willing Workers in sale Miss Fallis' of candy at a recent entertainment ments of the Manitoba Juniors in caring room at the Central School, Brampton, given by the school. This amount was unani­ for needy crippled children. An illustrated and the publication of the Rosslyn Roi­ mously voted to the Crippled Children's article upon the Branch at Fisher, where licker by the K.K.K. (Keep Klean Klub) in Fund of the Junior Red Cross. the Manitoba Division has a Nursing Sta­ a Thunder Bay School are noted. The good Master James Gibson was voted tion. Copies may be obtained from the work being done by the schools in helping to the position of circulating manager Manitoba Division, 187 Kennedy Street, several poor crippled children is reported of the Junior Red Cross Magazine, Winnipeg. and a clever one-page play by Miss and he has Craw­ hopes of considerably ford-Director of the Red, White increasing the and Blue demand for this Club at Miller Lake, Bruce splendid periodical. NEW BRUNSWICK JUNIOR County, is The inrluded in the number. supervisor announced that the BULLETIN branch Supplementing the Newsletter was rehearsing a Red Cross Health is an inter­ play, which The May "News Letter" of the New esting ten-page report on would be put on in the near the Japanese future. Brunswick Junior Red Cross was a very Children's Fund. Alongside a map of the Mrs. Harold interesting little publication. It referred to Japanese Empire is a letter from the Direc­ Fleming, director of Junior Red Cross the great benefit which had been derived, in tor of the Japanese Junior Red Cross for B. C., addressed the meeting ex­ and the increased knowledge and increased pressing his country's thanks for the gener­ explained the activities of the Society, which has feeling of responsibility with regard to fire ous gift to the earthquake sufferers. The as its aim the encouragement of the study protection, as a result of the previous donations from Ontario's schools reached a and practice of personal and community News Letter. total of nearly $10,000. In the summary of hygiene and the provision of surgical It referred, among other things, to the contributions by Counties or Districts, the treatment for poor children who effort made by eleven branches in supply­ following are specially noticeable-Algoma are seriously handicapped by physical ing toys to children in the hospitals. The $332.48; Kenora, $143.77; Rainy River, defects and whose parents are financially toys were very well made and very attrac­ $363.30; Temiskaming, $177.73; Grey, unable to provide treatment for them. -Victoria tive. $246.33. The Toronto Schools' gift Colonist. Another part of the publication was de­ amounted to $4,499.44. voted to a historical description of the arms of the provinces. This was a very LAKEVILLE, N. B. interesting and valuable piece of co-opera­ COWICHAN LAKE, B. C. tion with the efforts of the teachers in Mrs. Harold "Busy Beavers" is the name of the Junior shedding interesting light upon history. Fleming, director of Junior Red Cross Red Cross branch in Lakeville and that New branches are reported at Curryville, for British Columbia, visited the Cowichan energetic group of young people has chosen Hillsboro, Plymouth, North Newburg, Lake School on Monday in order to talk to a very fitting title. The latest enterprise of Centreville, Sussex, Chatham, Douglas­ the scholars about the Junior Red Cross. the Busy Beavers was an entertainment field, Blissfield, Riley Brook, Andover, The children were told of the crippled given on March 27. The entertainment was Dorchester, Upper Dover, Centre children's fund inaugurated Village, throughout splendidly successful and the Juniors were Napadogan, and McAdam. Canada after the war when the Canadian Red Cross heartily congratulated on their presentation The News Letter concluded with a very Society, at the request of the League of Nations, of an excellent programme.-St. John useful direction with regard to the prepara­ extended its Telegraph-Journal. tion of reports. activities to include a peace-time pro­ gramme.-Victoria Colonist. JUNIORS INCREASING IN THE O:\'TARIO JUNE ''l'\EWS CHATHA'.\I. NEW BRUNSWICK LETTER" N. B. The monthly The title-page of the Ontario Junior The entertainment held last evening meeting of the New Brunswick Division, on newsletter for June takes the form of a pre­ in the opera house under the auspices of the May 10, heard with much satisfaction holiday valedictory-suggestion~ ~or ke~p­ Junior Red Cross of Chatham, filled practi­ the Junior Red Cross report that the ing the Junior Red ~ross spi;it act~ve cally every seat in the big auditorium's organization h•d grown to 115 branches through holidays are mmgled with _advice main floor, and provided a great evening with a total membership of 3,000. about re-organizing and re-commencmg the for the youngsters. They and their One hundred and fifteen branches and still growing, work when school ope?s in ~ep!ember. elders were there in hundreds. - Chatham is the healthy condition ?f ~ew Brunswick's vigorous Junior organ­ Many interesting Junior activities are Gazette. ization. THE CANADIAij ltE D CROSS 11 Born Alike But Didn't Know the Game The inspector was examining the boys concerning the story of Davi~ and Goliath. He had been descri!bing the Grew Differently parts of Goliath's armor, and asked, "Now, boys, what was it Goliath forgot Because of to do?" expecting as the answer that he Difference In Diet. An Experiment Which Indicates the had forgotten to close his visor. Value of Milk for Forming Sturdy Bones and Teeth. The reply was: "Please, sir, he forgot to duck!"

CHILD needs lime salts to supply building material for sturdy bones A and sound teeth. This need starts before birth and continues through adult life, but the need is greatest during infancy and childhood. Before birth the infant secures its supply of lime salts from the blood of the mother. The mother in turn draws upon the lime in her food, especially in milk, green vege­ tables and whole wheat and brown breads. If the mother's diet is lacking in these important foods, especially milk, Nature provides that the unborn infant shall not suffer. If need be, the bones and feet of the mother are drawn upon for the necessary supply of lime salts. This explains why an expectant or nursing mother often has trouble with her teeth. It is because her diet lacks the lime salts found abundantly in milk and in vegetables. A diet of meat, potato, white bread, butter and sugar, with very little milk and green vegetables. sup­ . plies insufficient lime salts, as well as some of the other minerals and vitamines. On such a diet white rats were fed by Dr. Helen Mitchell, Battle Creek Sanitarium. These rats developed rickets as is shown in the accompanying photographs. Fig. 1 shows two rats of the same age and the same litter. Before the experiment began these two rats could not be told apart. Then the rat on the left of the picture was fed on a diet lacking in lime salts.· This rat grew poorly and became a · rickety runt. The rat· on the right of the picture had a good diet with milk. Note the larger size and glossy fur. The differ­ ence between the two rats is even more striking in the skeleton shown of the same rats in Fig 2. The rat on the poor di€t has a small skeleton, deformed by a twisted back, twisted ribs and poor teeth. Yet these were twin brothers and identical in all respects until one was fed on unsuitable food.

Figure 2

Making it Worse Mrs. Squiggs used to take an interest in various asylums. During a visit a certain old man roused her compassion. "How long have you ,been here?" she asked him. "Twelve years," was the reply. After asking a few more questions she passed on. Turning to her guide, she noticed a smile on his face, and on asking the Figure 1 reason, heard, to her consternation, that the old man was the medical superin­ tendent. In great haste she rushed back The health of the people should come "Owing to a big rush of job printing to make her apologies. first amongst the claims upon govern­ and for lack of space," said an Illinois "I am so sorry, doctor!" she said. ments for consideration in providing for paper, "a number of births and deaths "This has taught me a lec:son. I'll never the public welfare.-Montreal Star. will be postponed until next week." judge by appearances again." 12 THE CANADIAN RED CROSS

Emergencies and How to Meet Them (Fainting)

NYONE who would meet an emer­ gency must keep cool and know A what to do. Haste is seldom neces sary and hurry causes flurry. At a recent drama the heroine fainted. The distracted lover tore his hair and shouted: "What shall I do? What shall I do?" A voice from the upper gallery replied loudly: "Lower her head!" This was sensible first aid advice. The patient may be on the floor, on the ground, or even on the hard sidewalk. If the patient is to be moved, keep the head lowered. There will be a tendency, unless someone is the chief director, for all to follow the general advice of the bystanders. The A class in home nursing for Chinese wome11r-held in Vancouver, British result which follows such advice does not Columbia, under the direction of the British Columbia Division of the secure the best results and is often danger­ Canadian Red Cross. ous. You may have witnessed such a scene. ------·------·--- ·--- A woman faints in a crowd. At once the people press near, the greater share of them because of curiosity, thus shutting out the Home Nursing in the fresh air, wh:ch is most needed. If the crowd can be kept away and the woman can be allowed to remain in a reclining posi­ British Columbia Division tion, her clothes loosened, nature will do much more than any artificial means to (From Our British Columbia Correspondent) restore her to consciousness. When propriety and the place of accident require the removal of the fainting person, two HE British Columbia Division-al­ Chinese lady takes notes in Chinese char­ attendants should assist in lifting the ready successful in organi_zing Home acters at all of the classes. Occasionally it is patient so that the head can be kept T Nursing Classes for Japanese women difficult to find a corresponding Chinese lowered. -has a new success to its credit in a class character. For instance, when the word If the faint happens indoors, leave the for Chinese women, This accomplishment "Ammonia" was used, the class was held patient on the floor, loosen any tight is highly creditable as, on account of diffi­ up, while a Chinese-English dictionary was clothing and open windows and doors to culties of different kinds, the task has not consulted. allow plenty of fresh air to play on the been an easy one. But much is hoped for in We are conducting a small Chinese class patient. the result, which should be the beginning of in New Westminster also, in the home of Fainting can often be prevented if the a better understanding of the problem of the Chinese Methodist Missionary, whose person who feels an attack impending will health in the homes of all the women who wife acts as interpreter. lower the head until it is between the knees. attended. Mrs. Stabler, Director of Nurs­ Many of our class members are well This causes the blood to rush to the head ing for the British Columbia Division, has educated. Some were born in this country, and will often prevent an attack. sent us this interesting account of the but all speak Chinese. They are very at­ Cold water is the best stimulant for one organization of the Chinese Class: tentive, and have a fine sense of humor. It who is recovering from a faint. Cold water It was comparatively easy to organize is a great pleasure to teach them. may be given as a drink and the face flicked classes of Japanese women, but we were Undoubtedly, one of the greatest factors with a towel wrung out of very cold water. given little encouragement by the city for success in organizing our Chinese classes mission workers when a Chinese class was (next to the personal work of the city suggested. The Chinese women remain missionaries) was due to the international Fully Equipped closely in their homes and it is not easy to recognition of the Red Cross. There was an A disabled soldier had been so long in get them to attend any kind of meeting; immediate bond of sympathetic under­ one hospital that it seemed like home however, the mission workers were valu­ standing between student and instructor, as and he was anxious to impress its merits able allies and, at last, we succeeded in the Red Cross emblem was displayed in the on all callers. organizing a small class. To our great class room, and the instructor appeared in "Why," he exclaimed, "it's the most gratification, the interest and the number Red Cross uniform. complete in the country. They have an of members increased until, after a few Miss McCarger ( on the extreme right, eye specialist, a throat specialist a nose lessons, we had a class of twenty women front row) and Miss Chan (second fro.n specialist, and they even have internes and young girls! Occasionally we would Miss McCarger) City mission workers; for internal diseases." have a visitor who came just to see what the next appear Mrs. Chu, the interpreter, and -American Legion Weekly. classes were like. Those who came out of the writer in Red Cross uniform. curiosity continued to attend. These classes are conducted through an A Telescope Needed Nothing But Praise interpreter. Although the majority do not Simpkins, who considered himself a "I have nothing speak English, every member wanted a but pmise for the new ~umorist, sent a selection of his original vicar,'' said a member Manual, and all leaflets and literature dis­ of the congrega­ Jokes to. a newspaper. He received the tributed from time to time are taken tion to the verger, after the morning following reply: service. eagerly by everyone. The children at home "Dear Sir: Your jokes received. "So I observed when read English, and so can interpret the the plate was Some we have seen before; the others­ printed information for their mothers. One taken round," said the verger. we haven't seen yet." THE CANADIAN RED CROSS 13

our boys and girls something they can­ Annual Reports not afford to miss as a training for health and citizenship." As the Ontario Juniors are increasing by nearly 100 per cent. per annum, it would Manitoba services rendered by the late Mr. George appear that Junior Red Cross indeed has J. Seale as Divisional Commissioner. a real contribution to make to education. HE annual report of the Manitoba The financial statement is given in This report can be obtained upon Division is a neat little book of forty detail. Brief reports are given of the application to the Ontario Division, Can­ T pages with an attractive cover in branches at Amaranth, Basswood, Bel­ adian Red Cross Society, 410 Sherbourne white and red. For all who are interested in mont, Boissevain, Brandon, Charleswood, Street, Toronto. It is well worth perusal. the Red Cross work in the province it is full Emerson, Eriksdale, Fisher, Foxwarren, of good information. It contains the Fraserwood, Gilbert Plains, Grahamdale, address at the annual meeting of the Gypsumville, Inwood, Kelwood, Killarney, Nova Scotia Division president, Mr. J. A. Machray, and com­ Melit~, Miniota, Morden, Portage la The annual report of the Nova Scotia plete reports of committees, among them Prairie, Gladstone, Plumas, Glenboro, Division of the Canadian Red Cross is an being that of the Executive, Military Russell, Selkirk,' Sprague, Strathclair, Vir­ interesting booklet of 44 pages and presents Hospitals Committee, Sheltered Work­ den, Wawanesa, Rapid City, Minnedosa. a good appearance. "A Personal Message" shops Committee, War Service Committee, The report is freely illustrated. from Lieut.-Governor Grant over bis fac­ Nursing Committee, and the Junior Red Copies are distributed upon request by simile signature occupies the title page, and Cross Committee. Other subjects touched the Manitoba Division Canadian Red is followed by notes of appreciation from upon are free nursing for the poor, child Cross, 187 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg. Premier Armstrong and by Dr. A. C. Jost, welfare, physiotherapy and organization. Provincial Health Officer. We reprint these excellent paragraphs from The Ontario Division The report of the Commissioner, Dr. S. the President's address. L. Walker, indicates very plainly the "In carrying out this wide and varied The Annual Report of the Ontario Divi­ broad scope and extent of the work coming programme, the Executive Committee has sion is a very neat little volume containing under the Peace Time programme. been careful to follow not only the letter a foreword from Mrs. A. M. Plumptre, The report of the Vetcraft Workshops, but the spirit of the policy laid down at President of the Division, which reviews which have been in operation in Halifax the close of the war, and reaffirmed at the service which is being given in the way since July, 1923, is illustrated by two full subsequent annual meetings. Red Cross of relief to soldiers, Nursing Outposts, pages of cuts of the shop on Robie 'street. policy in Manitoba has been to act in an Junior Red Cross, Emergencies, Home Over thirty ex-soldiers, whose pension is auxiliary capacity to agencies engaged in Nursing and co-operation with other organ­ not enough to give them a livelihood, have the promotion of health and the relief of izations. been employed, and by this employment suffering. This has always been the test to It contains also a general review of the become independent. From the success of which we have subjected the many prob­ work of the Division both through the Di­ this undertaking it should be an easy and lems that are brought to us for solution. visional office and by individual branches. natural step to establish sheltered work­ This is a safe rule for Red Cross officers and Careful financial-statements are given. A shops for all those industrially disabled. workers to follow and will save endless very interesting definition of emergencies The report of the work at the Port worries and misunderstandings. The aim of is given. It is as follows: Nursery, Pier 2, is also illustrated by two the Red Cross is not to initiate new know­ EMERGENCIES interior views. Thousands of immigrants ledge for the promotion of health or the to Canada will always remember the kindly relief of suffering, but rather to assist in the An Emergency is a sudden event de­ welcome and assistance rendered by this carrying out of programmes already framed demanding immediate action. voluntary committee of Red Cross workers. by experts. We exist to support these ex­ A Disaster is an Emergency which This annual report has an added interest perts and to strengthen their hands by endangers life, health or property in a in that it has reports from Counties and helping to create a volume of public opinion community; such as, Branch Societies. in order to make effective an enlightened FIRE : FLOOD : EPIDEMIC Copies may be obtained from the New and progressive programme of legislation DROUGHT : EXPLOSION : Brunswick Division, Canadian Red Cross, for the promotion of health and the preven­ WRECK : CYCLONE. Metropole Building, Hollis St., Halifax. tion of disease." All these disasters have occurred The report continues: in Canada during the last ten Victoria Branch '' At the same time the Red Cross to-day years. presents a very special appeal in that it aims The annual report of the Victoria to combine in its administration business The report contains the following frank Branch of the Canadian Red Cross is a well­ methods with sympathy, intelligence with statement concerning Junior Red Cross: printed, four-page leaflet setting forth the kindness, and reason with compassion. The "It is difficult to forecast the future financial standing of the branch and de­ idea of preventing disease and suffering in educational movements. School tailing its activities for the year 1923. through the promotion of good health sug­ systems have their own ways of re­ It is an interesting little compendium of gests a common-sense effort that com­ jecting or absorbing innovations. Jun­ the work of the society in the city and mends itself heartily on the grounds of ior Red Cross must take its chances locality and may be had upon application economy. Further, this sensible programme with other forces that press upon to the Red Cross Office, Victoria. Mrs. has the added attraction of having been teachers. Time is the sure test. If it Harold Fleming is the honorary president adopted by the Red Cross Societies in can prove that it has a contribution to and P. F. Curtis, honorary secretary­ fifty different countries. This represents a make in a scheme of liberal education it treasurer. powerful force for the betterment of life will become incorporated into the daily and a definite solution for most of the life and work of the schools as an un­ difficulties of the day. observed and integral part of it. The An Acrobatic Stunt "This very practical service of the Red acid test of its right in a school is its Cross is one that stirs deeply the imagina­ usefulness and useableness for educa­ The day was warm, the children rest­ tion of those who grasp its true inwardness. tional purposes. It has no right there less, the teacher impatient. One curly­ All that is needed for its success is that we because it is the Red Cross, nor because haired boy was moving his jaws faster should unitedly apply to this peace-time money may be obtained through it for with chewing gum than his brain had enterprise the same enthusiasm, courage deserving purposes. Its right to a place ever been known to work. His feet were and devotion as was displayed by the men in the school is based on what it can in ·the aisle. A smile was on the face and women of Manitoba who served under give and not on what it can get. It must of more than one pupil when the teacher the banner of the Red Cross during the stand on a broad-based educational said: "Take that gum out of your mouth war." bottom. The report contains the Executive's "Our hope is that the Ontario Junior and put your feet in." recognition of the high quality of the Red Cross may help the schools to give -New York Globe 14 THE CANADIAN RED CROSS

Here it is in Greek: World - Wide Interest dHAQtl~ TH~ fENETH£ in the

Welfare of Children dtcx t~c; '1to:p06a1J<; ~-~A.WO:(!)~ t_WY dt':'J.tct~~ ~?5 lfototoo, tYJ<; y.;.:r,Os·.ar,c; A·~)..comc; t·~; fsYW1Jf ' Otts a.vops; 'X.O'.t o:[ 1UV'1.t'X.EC: arro:;a.mivrcoY tWY · E6wiw, avo:pwpt,ovtsc; Ott ~ ~ Av6pwrr6rric; O': stASt va rro:piaz1J 1 HE Canadian Red Cross Society has received a copy of the Et.C to IhtotOV 70 'l.'A/,AtOtOV s~ Q')WV 'l.7.T?../St, 1tpo1sr.t­ little volume published by the International Union on ~S~O:'.O')(J\ ta. M.6·f;xoYtO: O:t>t(OV. E'l..tO<;;, d.a·ri; CX1t64s(l)c; T Behalf of Children, which contains the Declaration of rpo):76, 2JJv0:·~to; Y.'Y,~ fJp"~CJXE'Jtt'l:76 o.t[J2CJ2(!J; : Geneva in thirty-six different languages. For those who can read it all this must be an interesting little volume, but since the same thing is said in a different language on each page the volume is I. TO IL\I.llOX rrpi.:st v&. ·rsO·~ sv t,.o:v6r·r,tt capable of appealing to a very large number of people throughout ?.'10::-:-r:).;sw; 'X.'Y.ta t(JOi.OV 6p.o:A6Y, ;J/.t'l.G); ts 'l.'l.t the world. We have already printed in the Canadian Red Cross ,.,, s ') :J, 'J. r~·t.6);. Magazine the text of this simple Declaration of Geneva, but for those who may not have had an opportunity of reading it at that II. TO Il AI~IO.\ t6 7CS'.Y0',1 i.rfas~ Y'Y. -:;zrrf,. time we reproduce it here. -r6 rr-xto[ov r0 a.00sv2<;; v(J. 'tt>):1) ::s;Jt06.),,1sw;, DECLARATION OF GENEVA 'tO i.'l.'.0'.0',' :6 o;:'.'J0oo;Jop.ir.0') Y'Y. S'iJ'J.;Jp')'/'J"?i, By the present Declaration of the Rights of the Child, com­ t0.:7'J.t0[0'/ :6 S'l.'tpozto:aOiv V"l. SirO'.VtY.ZO'?i S'.<; ti,·1 monly known as the "Declaration of Geneva," men and women oo6v tiJv s~Os'.tY.'/. r' oprp.•16v i'.r.t.[ :6 S'{l-r.t::ry_),s).s'.:J.­ of all nations, recognizing that Mankind owes to the Child the (J,2\IOV va. T.S(,'.'JD/J,sz0to'1~ 'l.'l.~ !:JZ(l)'J'. v1JYOpop:7,;. best that it has to give, declare and accept it as their duty that, beyond and above all considerations of race, nationality or III. TO f!AI~ION ~pt~rnv a.~~6 .. [Ji;rs~ va -rGzr;j creed: ~0"1j6S'.'J.~ S'I 'l.r.t.'.pw O'JGitprr'J.;. l. THE CHILD must be given the means requisite for its IV. TO Il,\ ILilON ;::-)irrs~ vi rsO·?J s·1 ir.rJ.vrkr n vi normal development, both materially and spiritually. 1 2. THE CHILD that is hungry must be fed; the Qhild that is ?tOp~a01J ta itpo; tO q,v CJ.WY..('l.'"J.~~ 'l.a.t V'Y. sick must be nursed; the child that is backward must be 1tpO'J!?.tS 1Jf:J-fj S'/'l.Yt[O'I :7':l.'J'I~ sxp.Sr'J)J,S'JCJSW;. helped; the delinquent child must be reclaimed; and the V. TO IJA l.llO~ i.rjii.2'. v~ o.nrp'l.'f"f, sv tci> a'Jvo:~'J­ orphan and the waif must be sheltered and succoured. 3. THE CHILD must be the first to receive relief in times of fn',p.r.t.:'. 0!'. ex£ W./,t>tSp'J.~ (J.'JrQ'J ;_,3'.or·ri:s<; O'fSt­ distress. ),O'J1~ vi 0'.r.t.:s8t'iJ'J'.'1 st~ r.-f.·, G;:·r,psa[~v ·no·.i 4. THE CHILD must be put in a position to earn a livelihood als),rci>'.I 70'). and must be protected against every form of exploitation. 5. THE CHILD must be brought up in the consciousness that its talents must be devoted to the service of its fellow-men. And here it is in Russian: Here is the same thing in Chinese: fflEHEBCHAA AEHnAPAU~R - ITJ:/ - - l-k- i! ~it ft, '"it']* s fl\!. \?t~ ~? ,~fy :k ACTOmHEtt ,[(eKJiapau,1~eit IlpaB Pe6e1ma, mw­ \'i Hf ·'*'lO J:_ Hf ~ ~ IL H .,,. ..14.. -? I} ,. HYCMoit « JKe11enc1w1t J~t·1;:rn pa I~IIC'it ))' :'l!y,I{'IIIHhI U fl. ,,;..;J: il Jk r~ ~ .,,_; ~/J ~::~ tti 1J, tr" memu;mn,I nccx Hau,nfi, rrpn31rnnan 'ITO qeJione'!ec mo 4-? ~ tJJ 2- h.... l{: d_ r{!] {~ t...I.{ 1lt t o6n3aHo ,1,ath Pcoem,y .1y'lmcc '10~1 ono mrn.nccT, IIpo- :5 ,! ... ~- I,' i.Jf1~ ,1-n u'J fi-i ~ I) ~ 1:03rnama JOT CBOfl: .[(0:1r Hpl!Bl'CTII B l[(']I(),'JHCHJ!C :_n,w o, Ji Jt _.., ,._,_ 1' J- _!.±- [ Vi~ !L Jljll!lll~HIT IT,'J(',\!eHI!, lWpO,l\HOCTI! I[ J{ 1f !.I} ~ ·t~ ff -?t ,J:,,. Cl Cie3 p83JIJ!'Il[H Bepo­ 1.- BaHn1t : j'J. :.,;,r; ·g if} tl/:J ,;;3" it ,tl ~ 3 J~ -N.. u . ) ~ -1t- L I ' 1. 3~ :t__ 1et it£ ft#( I. PEBEHh'Y ;1.onrna OhITh npe;wcran.w1rn. I> 1"'.:.... i:_ -I'~ 0- :?_ iq -it; Jt l::.a t ~ t-J --I B03J\IO'ih'.IIOCTb HOpMa:riblHll'O pa3BHTH5l IWR , ' _k !..!).: ',? {£ (/~ 1f ,-Ii} -1~ A, q ~ t!Jf n- i\rnTepna:n,naro TaR n ;iyxormaro. ~,. ,_ _ll.. ,:_ }fl $,tJ f,l) *~ ~'it ~,:-, -- II. ro,TIO,Il)Iblii PEBEHOI{ )10,1~I~C'H 61,m, '"- , - ';r:; I' {I) :.L ;J( TJ._ §!, ~1:-!. ~ 1:1 ~P-' naKOp).1,'I('JI : 60,1IbIIOro JWllC'HEa c.1e.uyeT " :J(''llITb : on:m:rn ro-noomprrTh; .ueq)eEnrn- ;& -ti}: J:. (I-A . ~ j) -f- .=. f~ t 11aro-ncpen~cmna rb: cnpory u 6r3npu- 1J_ ~f {i. b_ ,:t '~· "- (~ Ji. ~ I 3op1mro peoe1urn c:It\l)'eT rrpmoTIITb. • t • l' ' --- I- 7 - -:, i,p ), r] *;: a ::~::_ - 1q + III. PEBEHh'Y ,,10.;i:,1mo noMolJh n nepny1u .._-> ff t&-L J:. ft + - Hapo;vrLix lJ- ro:wny BO npe:\rn: 6e;~\~TDnti. ;f %- f~ .?_ or, ,u ,l:; l1 k _?, .. ~. 1Y. PEBEHOI~ ,IJ,o:urn OhTTh no,21,roroRwn {l'J ;~ ~' .:. jz, ;q :t- -·r •''-" 3apar;aThIBaTh nacyrn,HLifi x:1c0; · on '1 \J'-} ' i11z;,1 ·;t \~ U:1 -I~ -J- ;1,o.1men 6LITh 3auvrn\eH or ncmwii ~,' ,~ ~ ~: ~1:c n :r)·rr rn u;inr. pl.: -w Jt. 1·t- ,'- Q --- ·~ _!1:- !Af rrr, }fl} ;ft IJ'J ,2 ~ rJ Y. PEBEHOit ,no.:1:,1~cn GLITh nocnnrnu n Tc,11 1{17 =t. 7J._ ~ ~'f ~· co3namrn, lJTO ero nyTJIUIIe c1r:1b1 ;1,0:T',h 111i1 ,;t ,n 6hITh TIOCB5III\eHbl Ha c:1yrnenue CBOID1 .::. ""- -"J i!. ~ 6paTMIM. THE CANADIAN RED CROSS 15 Writing Home

Postal Assistance in Red Cross Port Nurseries Much Appreciated by Canada's New Citizens.

Besides giving a warm-hearted welcome to immigrants arriving in Canada at the ports of St. John and Halifax and offering the opportunity of a brief period of rest and refreshment to the mothers and chil­ dren before proceeding inland, the Cana­ dian Red Cross also offers the convenience of an opportunity for sending post cards and letters. During the period from December 1st, 1923, to April 19th, 1924, this service in the Red Cross nursery was very much appreciated by the people ar­ riving as may be seen from the following figures:

Total amount of stamps sold, $246.06. Total number of cards sold, 1,424. Total number of letters (1,447) and cards (2,779) mailed, 4,226. Largest number of cards sold in one day Red Cross Home Nursing Class-Steveston, Lulu Island British Columbia -about 260. This enthusiastic cla3f was hel1 in the home of Mrs. S. II. Lind, nee Renton: Largest amount of stamps sold in one formerly nursing superintendent of the Moose Jaw Hospital. day, $56.50.

In Saskatchewan Red Cross Periodicals

Miss Jean Mackenzie Appointed to Organize Home Nursing Classes. National Societies Finding Them a Use­ Several Places Have Already Taken Up The Work. ful Aid in Carrying on Their Peace­ Time Services Arrangements for the Lectures.

With . regard to the question of Red ISS JEAN MACKENZIE, who satisfactory. The subjects taken up in periodicals it is interesting to note spent three years with the school the course are: The bedroom in health Crossi Cross Societies of hygiene staff of the Saskat­ and sickness; the signs of sickness; the that the National Red M having become convinced that it is neces: chewan Department of Education, and care of the patient; feedi:i:ig the sick; treat­ sary that the public should be better ac­ who went to Toronto at the first of this ments; communicable diseases; emergen­ quainted with their activities and the aims year, has returned to Saskatchewan in cies and slight ailments; health in the they ~re pursuing, are making a special the capacity of organizer of Home Nursing home; maternity nursing; infant care; the effort m the matter of publications with the Classes for the Canadian Red Cross feeding of infants and children; review. result that those Societies which had no Society, and will supervise the Red Cross The classes for the nursing course are periodical have now begun to publish one nursing courses to be given at points made up of women of all ages who want a little more knowledge of caring for the and other Societies which already possessed throughout the province. Miss Mackenzie reviews are continually improving them and organizers of Home Nursing sick in their homes. A card is given to is one of three adapting them more and more to the needs Cfasses appointed by the national office of those who take the course, by way of indicating that they have shown interest of their respective countries._:-League of the Canadian Red Cross this year. Red Cross Socie:ies. Points which will be included in the to that extent in improving health con­ work already begun are Weyburn, Hal­ ditions. Any group of friends may form brite, Lanigan, Prince Albert, Paynton, the class; a church club, an I.O.D.E. Moose Jaw, Swift Current, Gli1den, chapter, a Girl Guides group, or a Red A RED CROSS JUNIOR'S VISIT TO Primate, Rutland; Senlac, Maple Creek · Cross committee. The class elects its own THE LEAGUE and Keppel. officers and arranges for its own equipment. Any clubs or organizations that d~ire The fee for membership is $1 for the course (Continued from page 2) information about forming home nursing of twelve demonstration lectures. The classes are asked to communicate with Red Cross organizing nurse's duty is to How, alas! the visit was over and David Miss Mackenzie, whose headquarters are discover the local teaching nurse who will stood in the hall saying good-bye to his Red Cross friend. "I didn't see that " he at the Provincial Red Cross, Regina. The give her services to the community, and 1 org~mizer's trips to the various towns are put her into touch with the class. said reproachfully, looking through a glass made without expense to the places visited. door at a room lined with book shelves. ''No, we hadn't time to visit the library," an­ Graduate nurses, who may have married, Kind Boy or who for other reasons are not actively swered the guidP, "there was rn much to see employed in their profession, are being Atfaible Visitor: "Well, and do you do upstairs." asked by the Red Cross to give their a good deed every day, Tommy?" Out in the street David turned to his services voluntarily as instructors for the Tommy: "Yes, sir. Yesterd1ay I visited father. "You knew about the typewriter," home nursing classes in their own towns. my aunt in the country, and she was he said, "but you didn't know about the The twelve lessons in the course fill two glad. To-day I came back home again, red spots on the map or the nurses or the hours each, and may be taken one lesson and she was glad again!" posters or the Juniors. I am so glad we a week, if that is the arrangement most -The Humorist. visited the League!" 16 THE CAN AD I AN RED CROSS Met hods of Rescuing and Resuscitating Water Victims

These photographs from the Red 1. Break!ng Gros; Caurier illustrate the methods back stran&'le or neck hold. 9. Saddle pack carry. 2. Breaking front strangle or neck hold. adopted by the life saven of t~e 3. Breaking grip on wrist. 10. Lifting to float or side of tank. Boston Red Cross Chapter, Captain 4. Tired swimmer carry. 11. Prone. pressure method of resuscitation. Jack Wallace and 5. Head carry. Applying pressure, OUT GOES THE Larry Peterson. 6. Cross chest carry. BAD AIR. The11 are wo,-th studying by every 7. Hair carry. 12. Pron<;! oressur,. Release, IN COMES su·i;nme1· during the bathing sea- 8. Fireman's lift and carry. THE GOOD AIR. so11. They are as follow: