Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1914 — WILL BE EXPENDED WISELY [ARTICLE]

WILL BE EXPENDED WISELY

Statement Showing How the Proceeds of Safe of Red Cross Seals Are to Be Spent For the benefit of the numerous organizations who helped to sell nearly forty-five million Red Cross seals last year and for the general public, the American Red Cross and the National Association for the'study and Prevention of Tuberculosis have framed a definition of anti-tuberculo-sls work showing how the proceeds from these holiday stickers are to be used. The definition limits the expenditure of money only for the year ending April 30, 1915. The definition waa framed at a recent meeting of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and states that the term “anti-tuberculosis work” as it relates to the expenditure of Red Cross seal money shall include the following activities: 1. The construction of hospitals or sanatoria for the care of the tuberculous. 2. The maintenance of the tuberculous. 3. The provision of day or night camps for the tuberculous; the* provision and maintenance of dispensaries, visiting nurses, open air schools, fresh air classes, or preventoria for the care or treatment of tuberculosis cases or for the prevention of the spread of tuberculosis. 4. The maintenance of educational or legislative activities which have for their object the prevention of infection with tuberculosis.