, 1898-07-12

The San Francisco Examiner says:
Down in the recesses OF the innocuous-
looking comfort bag, concealed on the
inner side of the ~peaceable and law
abiding abdominal bandage. there turks
the conqueror of the conquerors. The
American warrior bold. who fears no
foe in shining armor," or out of it, has
this enemy to meet, and veteran though
he be Of the Hispano-American war. in
this contest all his glorious experience
will avail him naught.
When the great feminine heart of the
nations actual and potential Red Cross
workers was touched by the thought of
war, woman responded. She did all the
noble things with which the public ia
familiar. and some with which it is
not. For instance. she made comfort
bags. full OF needles and pins and all
the clever little contrivances for put.
ting many conveniences in a small
space for which woman's ingenuity Is
noted. And then sheer some of her
-slyly slipped in a care bearing a name
and address, that-that-well. the SOL
der who received it would know all
that was implied by the presence Of the
card.
Miss Nellie Byrnes. Evanston, Wyo-
ming" Ethel Kingsford. Rawlins.
Wyoming" and hundreds of others in
Wyoming and out were satisfied with
this demure sign of their especial inter-
est in the boys in blue. But in Wyo-
ming, woman's fancy (as well as the
abdominal bandages she makes) is not
cut according to pattern. She scorns
to confine her genius to a model. So
she trims the otherwise homely, but
intelligent, abdominal bandage with
lace and embroiders her messages to
the soldiers with quotations from the
poets, from the MAN Without a Coun-
try and from the Bible. She adorns
the bandage with two black lace pock-
cts.
One pocket-for the Wyoming wo-
man is sweet and sentimental-con-
tains the name and address OF a Raw
Inns girl and the message. God bless
you. brave soldier boy wherever you
may be-" And the other-for the Wyo-
ming woman is practical when it isn't
a question OF the cut Of an abdominal
bandage-holds a packet Of pills with
the legend traced thereon: Take one
every four hours till relieved"
This is the prevailing style. season
summer of '98, for abdominal bandages
in Rawlins. A slight variety is allow
able in the sentiment: as to the pills.
all pills look alike to the man with
malaria. "Hurrah for you. brave boy
in blue!" is the fashion approved by
Grace benson OF Evanston
LET lis not weary in well-doing. for
in due season we shall reap. If we faint
not" is the sober mode OF Ruth
Louise Richards OF Cheyenne.
Pills are rare in comfort bags, but
notes are not. "TO the soldier who
gets this" reads n triangularly folded
billetdouX in a cretonne comfort bag
aflame with chrysanthemums. I'm
dying to know you. I've been thinking
of you with every stitch I made on this
bag. with every pin I stuck in. with
every inch Of thread I wound-for you.
Send me your photo. Do! Evelyn
Placerville. Cal"
Another comfort bag. made of SER
ious, stolid blue-and-white striped tick
ing, holds a message in the depths of
its deeeftful side pocket: "If you come
back"--there's a sob and a throb in
the words penned in a dainty hand
come to see me-" The name and ad-
dress Of a San Francisco girl follow.
A calico cas contains. in addition to
the regulation number OF needles, pins,
shoestrings, etc, a saucy line or two
on the back Of an Alameda girls card:
Don't you want to correspond with
me? Well have lots Of fun. I dote on
brass buttons and those who wear
But OF all bags which hold this dead
ly, smokeless. concealed DYNAMITE
bound, well-made case covered
with a Roman stripe-is most to be
All men in blue are hereby eau
toned against this torpedo boat Of
bags, for it's makers description of her.
self and a tiny pictured face in the cor-
ner Of this Los Angeles girls card are
effective.
I'm five feet two. inches tailor
short" writes this lovely work.
er in the Red Cross army. Don't say
you like tall girls. I'm a blonde and
my eyes are brown. The rest you can
see for yourself on this card"
N0T1GHT A nTIEL