The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-07-20
HOSPITAL NURSES ASSIST
sultry Days Have No Terror for Faith
full Women Workers-Tear Hundreds
Of Yards of Cloth for Hospital Sup
plies Each Day.

Despite the SUMS reconsideration,
Tuesday afternoon found small army
of women at work in the spotless, white
and CHEEKY room of the st, Matthew's
Guild Hall. This retreat looks just as
though it were part Of hospital and
though it is not, it is quite as important
as if it were. The many hands busy
there each day belong to Kenosha girls
and women who have become interest
ed in the American Fund for French
Wounded and much credit lis due the
willing workers who forego hours of
pleasure that they may benefit the
great army of suffering humanity in
war-stricken France.
The room is large and the white oil
clothed tables are Immediately kept so
that no grain of dust or spot may settle
on the yards and yards Of white mater
ial being worked on.
A silk edition of "Old Glory sur
rounded by like Belgian, French and
English flags produce a striking and
pleasing combination Of colors against
the background Of white.
When asked how the work is pro-
crossing, Mrs. Emory L. Grant, at work
on what seemed to be regular snow
drift but on close inspection proved to
be cotton flannel knee bandages, re-
piled:
''The work has been going along Won
derfully well and the women are prov
ing oh, so faithful Many of them
who cannot come here to work take balls
and balls Of the salvages-torn into
long strips, for absolutely nothing in
this room is wasted-home and knit
them into washcloths, eye-bandages and
pads.
See these ravelings9n and Mrs.
Grant displayed large basket filled
to overlooking, "well these together
with cotton are made into what are
called "comfort bags" and for which
each letter from France asks urgently.
Comfort bags are small bags about
ten by ten and nave creton coverings.
They are used to make comfortable the
poor cripples, One letter we received
stated that forty Of them had been used
in trying to ease the intense pain of one
unfortunate. They are tucked under
arms, elbows knees and so forth.
GIVE have out each day only that
amount of material that we think we
can get made up, as white material soils
so easily.
"Chicago, Lake Forest, Milwaukee
and other girls have entered enthusi-
astically into the work and from the
good beginning we know Kenosha girls
are going to do the same. If girls will
give one hour day, when they can,
we will be very glad to have them with
us.
''Until the intense heat set in we
worked every day, now we give every
Tuesday and Thursday. French letters
all contain repeated requests for sheets,
it seems impossible to get enough of
them.
''Soap and handkerchiefs are two
more items asked for; tobacco and cards
are not allowed. Games and puzzles
seem very welcome as they are used in
diverting the soldiers minds"
Two young nurses from the hospital,
were spending their leisure hours tear
ing bandages and Mrs. Grant said that
each day sees them at work at one of
the tables for an hour. Pretty nice of
young nurses, who each day put in
strenuous hours of work
Among the work accomplished Tues
day, was 100 yards of unbleached mus
lin torn for bandages; so yards of cot
ton flannel cut into knee bandages;
and several bolts of gauze cut into mis-
cellaneous bandages. One of the items
that will be among the shipment leaving
Wednesday will be 10,360 handker-
chiefs. Some Of these were donated by
friend of one of the women workers
and the rest were bought with some
fund money.
If the price of cotton is soaring and
Rawlings can be so we'll used, one won
ders what might be accomplished in the
way of comfort pillows'' if philan-
thropic factory owners could be inter
ested in the movements