There has been some comment as to the work of the Red Cross
during the influenza epidemic. Every case that has been reported by physicians,
relatives or friends has been attended to by the women who have so gallantly
thrown aside fear and consideration for self and gone forth to help the
suffering as much as possible.
The doctors advised the workers not to nurse the sick as it
would tend to spread the disease by contact and carrying into homes where every
member of the family was helping the suffering. They have administered every
comfort possible and helped in every way the physicians have advised.
The work of the Red Cross is to help those who cannot help
themselves and naturally the poor who have more needs because of their few
opportunities get the largest consideration, many families have been found in
which there were no members able to wait upon themselves to say nothing
about ministering to others. In such cases, wealth is without value and the Red
Cross aids to the best of its ability.
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