Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-24
MISSION OF RED CROSS
Story of the Organization to
Be Rehearsed This Evening.
DISTRICT CHAPTER MEETS
Attorney General Wickersham to Be
Principal Speaker.
DESCRIPTION OF CONDITIONS
Reports to Be Made of Work
Throughout the World-Sale
of Stamps.

Those who do not know and want to
know exactly what the American Red
Cross Society is. the good it does and the
practical and effective manner in which it
spends, for the relief of suffering human
ity, the money donated to it's uses, may
obtain the fullest information by attend
ing the meeting of the District chapter of
the Red Cross at the First Congregational
Church, 10th and G. streets northwest,
this evening.
Everything one could possibly wish to
know about Red Cross affairs will be told
at the meeting tonight by persons init
mately identified with the great organiza-
tion-persons who speak from actual eX-
perience and not from hearsay. There
will be several speakers, and their state
ments will be illustrated by stereopticon
views taken in all parts of the world
where Red Cross relief work has been
done.
Attorney General to Speak.
The principal speaker will be Attorney
General Wickersham. His subject is THE
Mission of the Red Cross" Mr.. Wicker
sham has long had close connection
with Red Cross matters and is in a posi-
ton to speak on it's relation to the ma
tional life.
In the absence of Ernest p. Bicknell,
secretary of the society, who is at Cherry
ILL., giving relief to the sufferers from
the mine disaster there. Miss Mabel 1.
Boardman will tell of the work or the
society all over the world, and will pre-
sen. stereopticon views of work at mine
disasters, floods, earthquakes and mas
sacres.
Miss Isabel Strong, in charge of the
nurses at the Washington Chapters tuner-
xr,tlI conditions
at the camp and report fully to- those
Washingtonians who have subscribed 10
the support of the camp the manner IN
which their money has been spent ana
the amount of good it has done 10 tnose
sufferers from tuberculosis in the District
wi ose means does not permit their leaV-
ing the city during the hot weather.
Free tickets to the meeting may be had
at the National Red Cross headquarters
in the War Department building.
Issue Of Christmas Stamps.
Mrs. r. n. Mclaughlin assistant Sec
rotary of the District chapter, who, with
Mrs Boardman and Mrs. Bayly, has
charge of the campaign for the sale of
Christmas stamps in the District, an
nounced today that everything is ready
for the opening of the sale Friday. The
District chapter has taken five-thouSand-
dollars worth of stamps and expects to
sell every one OF them. In aQuItlOn 10
the various stands in the city the Dis
trict chapter has been authorized by the
Navy Department and the Post Office
Department to place it's stamps on all
the naval vessels on the Atlantic station.
Mrs. Mclaughlin has written to the COM
mandng officers of these stations, for
warding stamps. This will largely in
crease the sales of the District chapter.
On Sale Throughout City.
The stamps will be on sale all over
Washington. Among the places that
have already been selected as distribut-
ing points are Woodward & Lothrop's,
kannS' LansburghS, Goldenberg's S,
Hechts, Hahns shoe stores, d. J. Kauf-
mans, the Palais Royal. Haines', Copen-
haver's, Union News Company. at the
Union station; Riggs Hotel, the New Will
lard, Rauscher's, Cook, florist; the Du-
pont Pharmacy. O'DonnelPs drug stores,
Sprucebanks' Drug Store, Weller's Drug
Store, the Thompson Pharmacy. Riggs
National Bank, the american Security
and Trust Company, the city post office,
offices of all the Washington newspapers.
the Young Woman's Christian Associa-
ton. the Tea Cup Inn, Brentano's.
Reeves, the Cafeteria and the Young
Mems Christian Association