The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-04

WANTS HELP IN IT'S WORK.
Portland Red Cross Asks Aid in Car.
ing for Waiting Soldiers.

=. Ahe executive committee OF the Seattle
REQ cross Society met yesterday morning
ana transacted considerable business 4
letter was also read from Mrs. Henry
Jones, o: Portland. president OF the Ore
son emergency corps. In which she oriti-
cises the women Of Washington for NOT
taxing proper care OF the troops OF this
state. The letter in part follows:
IT is pad policy OF economics 70 allow
the youtis and best blood Of your state In
their transition from civil life To that Of a
soldier to go In unnoticed and unaided
ana utterly uncared for BY the women OF
the state. We have fed and watched your
men as taey pass and repasS Portland and
are always filled with wonder that they
bear with them no evidence OF womanly
care and forethought as 10 their future
health and preservation. Several hundred
men came from Spokane hungry and
disspirited- We said: Didn't you get
lunch boxes from the ladies OF spokansp
Didn't they come 10 the depot to see you
ieaver They replied: NO
-Four hundred and fifty men came from
Tacoma last Thursday. We gave them q
hot lunch anc gallons of coffee Not y SIN
gle thing had been done for them al Taco
ma. could hardly keep back my tearp
when such a fine body of men arrived on
the Southern Pacific utterly unprovdei in
the small things so necessary to their COM
fort. One manly fellow said: Washing
ton Will never see me again and / didn't
blame him"
In conclusion Mrs. Jones said:
Send Col. Wholley some money for the
men now. Don't send IT East. They have
means inexhaustible."
II WAS the sense Of the Red Cross meet.
ing Ia send articles prepared for comfort
OF Washington soldiers not later than sun
day. They have finished 2sp comfort bAga
$50 pillow covers and go cholera bandaxea.
Of bandages 30 more are needed at once
and all ladies interested In work for the
soldiers are requested and urged TO meet
tomorrow and Thursday OF this week TO
help make them
The regular sewing days established In
different parts OF the city follow:
Monday-Mrs. J. X. Hayden. So Boylston
avenue north.
Tuesday~Mrs. VI. p. Benton. 1914 Sig
tenth avenue
Wedn.sfa Mrs. ]. w. Goodwin. 81
Minor avenue. Mrs. Harwood Morgan cor
ner Marion and Minor avenue; Mrs H. O.
AacCulsky, 1910 Minor avenue
Thursday--l1 Anne Mrs w. w Rob
tnson. tr.. Aloha ard Warren.
Friday-Mrs. n. r. Holmes go Thirt.sth
avenue south: Mrs. Horace Phillips. chair
man.
Saturday-Across Lake washington. Mra
II Noble chairman.
MIRA Seagrave, OF Occidental hotei has
kindly given. free Of expense. the use OF 0
room H3G thIe@ SEWING machines open ana
ready for use on all days OF the week
Material for filing the comfort bags IN
needed and any and all persons who may
wish 10 contribute 10 the comfort OF tbs
boys in large or small amounts may send
anything they may select from the fol-
lowing Est of necese ti.ss:
Mine gross white bone buttons: eross
patent buttons: 40 papers safety pins: 20
papers needles. Nos TO 8. 40 pair leather
shoe strings; 70 pair pocket scissors {
inch gross blanket pins. Hack ilnsn
thread. black cotton Nos - and -: white
cotton. Nos ~ and -: opsn top thxnnles,
large size; adhesive plaster: two-inch roll
osadage: gross dozen boxes carbolized
ointment.
The comfort bags now finished viii b
filed Saturday, and airy contributions tor
them ~.lI De nsss thankfully received By
the house committee at the RED Cross
room In the Seattle National Bank build
ing tomorrow ard Thursday.