Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-25
WORK FOR WOMEN.
How They May Help and Comfort the Boys
al the Front

It does not take much intelligence 10
apprehcnd that Unrlc Sans defenders
VIII fight great deal better for being
| comfortable The women who are anx-
ious to help their country ana who
have been dcharred by discriminate
Ing government from shouldering a
musket and personally chastising the
| naughty Don can DO lot moro by
staying At home and keeping the brave
I boys AT the front supplied with things
to make their lot easier
Wumens societies on the alert for
new idea might make up tiny book If
recipes for the use of the men. The sol
ders VIII have to prepare their own
food. And most Of them are supplied
with large and comprehensive ig-
norance about everything relating to
the culinary ART. The defenders of their
country will be grateful TO the good
woman VINO enlightens him as to
whether the potato or coffee or rice is
dropped into hot or cold water before
boiling. Il is Well to suggest that the
potatoes and rice, etc, are washed he
fore using. a list Of liz "Gtio..a ~ be
supplied the soldiers by the govern
ment has been published. Reference
to this will suggest the sort of recipes
needed by the detected man who sadly
thinks how good would taste even
those first admantine biscuits which
his Wife made during the honeymoon.
Housewives. containing needles. pins.
thread. darning cotton. scissors, a
toothbrush, small mirror and combs.
fine and coarse. are always useful: So
are small muslin bags made to hold
the rations Of tea. coffee sugar, rice or
meal.
Although every corps has It's special
surgeon it is just as we'll for soldiers to
be able to take care of small scratches
or wounds in case the surgeon is too
busy to give them attention. A wallet
may be fitted up like a physicians en-
Urgency medical case with small fiat
bottles, held in place by straps sewed
or pasted across the bottles Ii may
contain a strip of adhesive plaster
This is really the most important ar
tice cf any list, because it may be
used to close the lips of wound and
keep back a weakening flow of blood
till the surgeon can he found. An
other useful thing is a small bottle of
some sort of antiseptic say biChloride
of mercury made up into tablets, 100 in
a bottle. one of these tablets dis
solved in glass of water makes an
excellent wash for wound.
If bandages are included. they should
be made of light uze-cheeseCloth--
measuring about two inches wide and
four yards long. Quinine pills should
be added to break up colds and ma
lara. A box of phenacetine tablets
should be included without fail as
phenacetine has been found to be one
of the most effective, convenient and
harmless pain believers going. A bot
tie of iodine for aches would complete
a really valuable collection.
An immense quantity of linen band
ages will be needed, and anyone hav-
ing clean linen cloths-the older the
softer they are-should forward them
to the Red Cross headquarters in
Washington.
In preparing fruit to send to the sick |
the character of the climate should DE |
The greatest suffering |
will be from fever. and the fruit should |
be put up as nearly in it's natural |
state and with as little sugar as pos
sible.--New York Tribune.