El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-03
Women's Organizations.

Through the work Of the Sunshine
[ society, the Four Winds club and the
, w c. T T. over 1905 bandages nave
been prepared for the Red Cross score
! tvs relief work in the European war
/ zone The local chapter OF the Reu
I Cross is very anxious that all OF the
| bandaEes so far completed should De
/ handed in to the chapters headquar-
tiers at Dr- II. F. Stevenson's oftlce
Ga North Oregon. so that a shipment
! can be made to the national headquar-
tiers on Thursday It is expected tnal
about 5000 bandage rolls Will be sent az
that time. The societies that have
been preparing bandages are also eN-
pected to continue this work, as the
need FOR bandages is pressing and IS
constantly increasing.
A pretty little Halloween party was
given Saturday afternoon at the Rose
Gregory HOuchen Settlement house for
the Mothers Jewels" the little chill
dren's branch of the WOmen's Mission
airy society Of the First Methodist
church. About 20 OF these were present
and dozen or so Of the mothers The
party was held in the kindergarten
room Of the settlement house which
was gayly decorated with quantities or
Jack o'Lanterns and Halloween sym
bols. Games of various kinds enter
tanned the youngsters. both in the
kindergarten room and out on the play
ground Refreshments were served at
Brandeberry, Mrs. Albion a. Jones and
Mrs Harvey Kuhn were in charge OF
the party They were assisted IN en-
Pertaining by little Misses Katherine
kllburn, Florence Hyten and Pauline
Eek who were dressed as SunbOnnOt
babies The next party for the little
youngsters will be given on May day
The Rebecca StOddert chapter Of the
Daughters Of the American Revoiu-
tlon viii start a movement TO mark
all the historic landmarks Of the city
For this purpose Mrs W 5. Tilton was
appointed 10 collect the data about IN
teresting places that have historical
connection about the city. such as the
first location Of Fort Bliss and the
old highway that ran through this sec
ton An interesting meeting OF the
chapter was held Monday afternoon on
the mezzanine floor OF Hotel PaSO del
Norte. Mrs. Paul Atkinson. the presi-
dent, presided. Mrs Claiborne Adams
was accepted as a member Of the chap
ter Mrs. Julia A. Sharp read an en-
pertaining paper on our Foremothers.
in which she commented upon the lives
and herOism Of the colonial women /
during the revolutionary period MIS-
under the head Of Welfare OF Women /
and Children" that is being carried j
on by other chapters, and suggested |
that work along some OF the lines dis !
cussed should he taken up by the Fl /
PasO chapter. Miss Mary Evans sang i
Loves Old Sweet Song" with Miss /
Gertrude Yale playing her piano ac- \
compartment. Mrs. r E Thomson i
was given a rising vote OF thanks for i
her address on behalf Of the chapter /
in welcoming in the chapter'S name
the visiting delegates TO the cOnven-
ton Of the Texas division Of the United \
Daughters Of the COnfederacy. Mrs
r. F. Campbell was also extended a
vote Of thanks for the use Of her home
as the place of the reception for the
visitors. Following the pro-
gram Of the day a social time was
enjoyed and refreshments OF coffee and T.
were served About 80
we're present at the meeting