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A STEADYING HAND

The ex-soldier is now free of all supervision and with his handicap offset only by schooling in a new occupation, he must face the competition and drive of life and sink or swim by his own efforts. Then of all times he needs a steadying hand on his shoulder, an encouraging word in his hour of depression. To overdo this help, on the other hand, to weaken his moral fiber by ill-considered kindness is to do him the worst of injury. To help truly and constructively at this time is a task calling for the clearest common sense, the utmost devotion, the greatest fund of practical experience in the delicate work of social adjustment which can be mustered and applied.

Here is the crowning opportunity for Home Service. With its trained workers, already in touch with the family needs and problems and its long-established relation of neighborly assistance, the Red Cross stands ready to take up the after-care of disabled soldiers and sailors at the point where the Government returns them to their homes.