El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-20
More Members and More Work
the Need of the Navy League

. George H Clements. who was one OF
7 the original founders Of the local or
/ ganizauon, but is unable 10 serve be-
] cause of too many other duties
The navy yard OF Boston has sent
1 the following instructions for making
/ the comfort kit for sailOrmen in the
7 navy
J "A comfort kit for man aboard shir
J Is best made OF heavy drilling either blue
T or brown. the same as 0verails are made
/ or The best type IS made in the form
3 OF a roll so that the kit can be uurollec
I and all the pockets exposed 70 view
I The rolling cover should be is inches
/ long on the side q inches long 20 the
] Zip OF the flap Each pocket is stitched
] 20 the cover with its opening towards the
flap end OF the cover ATS width is The
fuI width Of the cover from side 60 side.
] seven inches Pocket No one at the
+ square end Of the cover should be three
/ inches deep pocket No two should be
I four inches deep, and pocket No three
I toward the flap end should be six inches
deep A space Of an inch or an inch
and one half should be left between peck
when rolled up. the kit can be fls-
tened with ball and socket. on the back
OF the roll Try kit rolled with contents
before placing the fasteuings.
''Couteuts-SCiss0rs. coarse white cotton
thread. black linen thread. black button
hole twist. black darninE cotton and darn
iuE needles, also needles with large eyes,
a taiIors thiuble. few needles,
a few black and a few white buttons
about five eiEhtLs OF an inch in diameter
I for undercl0-hes. trousers. etc. an emery
strawberry for removing rust from needles
a piece OF wax, one piece Of white tape,
one lead pencil and a package OF safety
knives. soap and tobacco are not
wanted as these are obtained elsewhere
III this kit is well made. Of good ma
teriaI and filled with articles OF good quail
ity. IL will be highly valued by the sailor
man fortunate enough TO receive il, and
viii be OF great service 20 him
THE total cost Of material for such kit
viii probably be not less than $500 Labor
is wasted on an article Of this kind con-
tanning POOR material, scissors tnat VIII
not cut, buttons made OF white glass. poor
thread. etc Ii is hoped that each lady
who undertakes the WOrs OF making these
kits Will make one good one rather than
two or three poor ones
1T is advisable to put ball and socket
on each pocket
The Summer U-01-r'' club Of As
bury church. was delightfully."- enter
tanned at the home Of Rev and Mrs
j. Il. Fitzgerald Thursday from a
10. to p. N. Rev c. h Campbell,
pastor OF Asbury church, with Rev
w s. HUggetr from Sierra Blanca,
and Rev. q. L. Lane Of TularOsa, ar
rived in time for the picnic dinner
Rev. J. H Fitzgerald and Rev W ).
Nugget discussed the Mexican STU
alton and Rev. G.. X Campbell gave
short talk in praise Of the women
who are so diligently plying their
needles making pretty things Ior the
big bazaar in NOTem Der- Mrs. Fred
DOuEherty and Mrs. J. y Winans
chairman and president Of this work
said they could not compliment the
busy workers adequately for their
enthusiasm in this big event The
captains present were Mesdames D
ID. Temple. A. Burton, G. * Campbell.
A. A. LAWYER. Fred r. DOugherty. J. y.
Wiulns. j H. Fitzgerald, W T. Bush,
W. =. King. D. krerZmen and John n.
Harper and Miss i. j. Pengeily. The
guests OF honor were Rev G. h
Campbell, Rev J. H Fitzgerald and
Rev. j. T. Lane. Mrs. A. A. LaWler
sang several solos
The next meeting of the captains
viii be announced at the next bust
ness meeting in August, by Mrs l. y.
Wiuaus-
With Mrs IL j. Guuther Of 3405
Douglas street hostess, a large num-
Der of 81 Josephs Altar guild mem
lers participated iu am enjoyable az
teruOo1 Of music and song Thursday,
with bishop A. J- Schiller. father
Fruud. Nesdames kerSey. l. E. Arvln,
L.ogau. J O.. Kohl. Han f. T. Brewer,
L. T.. Oberkamp, May LOeser- Lyons,
r Reyes. Clements. king Ford A G.
Hines, Gordon. IslaS. Misses Julia
DOYLE Gertrude Cody. Logan. Nir-
Cornwall. Ernesrine Zavisch. Hamlin,
IsIas. Zepher. Pauline Gordon. Made
line Lyons and Master Patterson In at
tendance. An ice course was served
The program, as given. included
Vocal duet, Misses Mary katherine
and Florence Crowley
Duo dance, Blanche Cornwall and
Nina Locke.
Vocal solo. Bernice Logan
Reading. Miss Margaret Hines
Violin solo. little Anderson Davis,
accOmp panied by Miss Virginia Bean
Piano solo. Miss Ernesrine Zavisch-
Duet dance. Elizabeth Swan and
Asma BedeauZ.
Vocal solo. Reva Reyes, accom-
panied by Nine May LOeser-
Reading, Miss Alice Wilson
Vocal solo. Nina Locke, accom-
panied by Howard Locke
On the afternoon Of Wednesday,
August /. the girls Of the junior
auxiliary OF the church Of St Clement
viii hold out door sumner session on
the lawn OF the Rev. Dr. and Mrs
Fuller Swift So pleasant was the
open air session Of Wednesday. and
so genuine the welcoming invitation
to again accept the pastOress' hos
pitali-y. that the members avalled
themselves post haste Of the offer A
great American flag was placed con-
SD1cuouSlE as a screen. and IaDOrerS
holding showers Of white MarEueriteS
and stately pink gladioIi stalks lent
artractiTely 10 the out door milieu-
Mrs C. NJ Lyman and Miss Helen
Swift assisted Mrs. Swift in serving
refreshing viands. and the genial di-
vine gave added pleasure by appear
ing with his harp and playing de-
lightfully. as the girls seWed needle
packets to place in comfort bags.
Among the guests were the Misses
Flora Lee Fabj, Leo. Margaret and
Eenetia Van Den-Broeck. RebeCca and
Lois NaetZ. JOY CrutchfieId Gladys
Booth. Ruby Wilson. Frederick Kip,
Ava Alexander Louise and Helen
Katler, Virginia and LeRue knight,
Marcia Glover. Seigf-ied BUcherka
and Mrs. Lyman.
Highland Park s. T. c. OF West
minister Presbyterian church met at
the home of Mrs r r Jones. 1906
Nashville street Thursday afternoon,
for one Of the most interesting pro-
grams Of the sumner which embraced
in a wide sense a discussion OF what