RED JERSEY APPEAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 187, 27 April 1918, Page 9

RED JERSEY APPEAL

4 AIARY BOOTH'S TESTIMONY. "It has been a beautiful day." wrote Alary Booth, in France, during tho spring-timo of 1916. "Wo feel (he new lifo of tho coming spring. Tho sun is warmor. The primroses are clustering together in tho hedges. The birds aro' singing. But with it nil, alas, havo como more trains of wounded, more ambulances than ever to convey them to tho hospitals, more- suffering, and—more wooden crosses in tho ccmotery close by!"

Alary Booth is a famous Red Jersey worker, ner words aro true words, and tho picture they convey is one to prompt all generous hearts to do something to relievo the suffering sho describes. It is impossible for any but authorised officers to visit the battlefronts, and tho altcrnativo is to look about, any agency which will carry out our wishes. At the present moment tho agency which is most prominently before us, because it is making a special appeal for war funds, is tho Red Jersey agency, a citizen's offshoot of tho wonderful Salvation Army. When Germany forced war upon the world, the Salvation Army flag followed the Union Jack. Tho red jersey and tho blue bonnet have been ever close to the khaki, in camp, in hut, in hostel, or hospital. For this purpose tho Army's organisation and efficient economical administration have ensured tho right help, in tho right way—so it is safe to givo your money to the Red Jersey workers, and leave it to them to carry out your dcsiro to alleviate suffering and provide comforts and recreation in the war zones. "We have many jnys in tho Salvation Army," says Alary Booth. "Ono of tho chief of theso is comradeship. Whether among officers or soldiers, thero is something which draws us together in spit© of differences of character, temperament, or nationality." This "something" is a fellowship of kindness, it seems, a zeal of unselfishness. It permeates tho being of tho Salvation Army, and accounts for (lie Army's popularity with all classes. Tlio most direct way of giving, to assist the fighting men, is to give your money to the Red Jersey people.