Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-07

committee. Mrs, c, O. Clark and Mrs
~. ~. Conner, VIII complete this end
of the work curly this week
The second selling plan OF the Red
Cross seal campaign will be conducted
In the schools Of the city The COM
mittec having charge Of this work rs
composed of Mrs. &. .. Clark, Mrs
j. w, Wilson. Mrs Charles White,
Mrs. J. s. Eastefdpy, Mrs. Byron "A.
Ives ana Sister Isoyolia of the Sisters
academy. This committee Will appear
before the children of the grades from
The fourth 10 the eighth. nclus-
i've. Wednesday. and will enlist their
cooperation IN selling the little
stamps which have como TO mean
so much III charity work. especially as
regards that part of the work which
has TO do with the relief of poverty
stricken tuborculara
Hammer for school.
The school selling the greatest num-
her of seals Will be awarded a BAN
ncr, While The boy and girl In each
grade OF each school selling the great
est number OF seals will hc given but
tons designating them as knights and
ladies, respectively Of the Red Cross
The last selling plan of the cam
palgn VIII he the maintaining of
booths In various business houses of
the city and al which stamps will be
sold TO the holiday crowd Of buyers.
This work h. in the hands OF Mrs.
Margaret Medlcr who will have charge
of booth In the Wells-Fargo office.
Mrs. Thomas Danahy at the postof-
flee, Mrs. George Taylor at l<istlcr-
Collister's, Mrs. A. l. Grimshaw at
the Golden Rule. Mrs. Charles White
ut Matsons, Mrs Il, l.. bradford 1T
the Hconomist. Mrs. Noah llfeld ~
liosenwnldA sand Mrs. Henry o.
Coors at Grmshaws. Another booth
will be placed NJ Strungs. book store
with d woman Of the club in' charge
She VIII be chosen ataa needing of the
COMMITTEES heuds to be held lat the
Womun's club Wednesday afternoon
The Woman In charge Of each booth
Is arranging for asslstants to be chosen
from other members OF the club and
the young women Of Che city. II Is
planned to have someone at every
booth from . o'clock In the morning
until the stores eloae In the evening
The workers Will be arranged In
shifts Of three hours with two persons
at each booth during the day
Club Members Energetic,
Every member of the club has
thrown her energy to this work Mrs
j. r. Mclaughlin. us chairman OF the
selling campaign and of all the COM
mittecs. is leading a very busy life, as
is Mrs, j, IL. Wroth. president of the
club.
This movement Is Il distinctive fea-
ture OF the National Red Cross work
and the money derived from il goes
into a fund for the maintenance of
open air schools and hospitals and OF
Visiting nurses and free dispcnsaries
for the Tuberculosis OF the large cities.
OF the total amount raised here, one-
tenth will go to the national associa-
ton, while the remainder viii stay in
the state. part of il in the treasures
Of the organizations conducting the
sale and the greuter part IN the treas
ury of the New Mexico Society for
the study and Prevention OF Tuber-
culosls from which II VIII be drawn
for tue purpose OF educating the tu-
herculous of the state.
This Is the first year In this state
that the work hats been organized. and
from present prufpects the sale will
be a large one, iarge enough In fact
to lit New Mexico from the place
she has occupied u the foot Of the
ladder AS a user Of these stamps. and
place her above some Of the more
thickly settled communities
WIN sell 100000 stamps.
II IL expected that 100000 stamps
will he sold IN the state between now
and Christmas. as over twenty wom-
ems organizations IN the state have
taken up the work, and already some
OF them are telegraphing in for more
stamps. Wagon Mound. Santa Fe,
Silver City aud Albuquerque so far are
In close competition for the honors of
selling the most stamps upon per
capita basis.