THE RED CROSS CHRISTMAS STAMP

BY E. S. MARTIN.

Buy me every chance you get!

Do you good? Just try me!

Lick me light and stick me tight!

Buy me! Buy me! Buy me!

All good luck and Christmas cheer,

All good will I carry,

I’m your friend and—never fear—

Truly sanitary.

I’m the Red Cross Christmas Stamp,

This that I propose is

To summon wealth to fight for health

And beat tuberculosis.

Beat the greatest plague of all,

Oust a pall of sadness,

Treat despair with food and air,

And lift it into gladness.

Buy me! Buy me! I’m your friend.

Help me win my battle!

Help me bring a scourge to end,

Men are more than cattle!

Help me help the suffering!

I’m their supplication

Skill that’s brotherly shall bring

Healing to the nation.