Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-01
The American Red Gross

for our men at home and abroad:
 By Christmas we shall have a large number of men in France, and 600,-' 900 in the cantonments at home. be- sides the thousands. in our regular army posts and in our navy, and ev- eryone will be eager to help in giving them Christmas cheer.
 No matter how generous a supply of gifts some of the men may receive from families and friends. it is be- lieved that all Red Cross members will want to unite in sending to each man a Christmas packet filled with good things and good will.
 In order that the men may be equally remembered and yet that there may be pleasing variety in the packets. the following suggestions are made for preparing and assemb- ling the Christmas parcels: 1.--Nothing should go into them which will not keep fresh from the time of packing until Christmas. 2.-Dried fruits and other products should be packed in small tin or wooden boxes, one-quarter to one half pound size.
 3.-Hard candy, including choco- late. would probably be safe in tin foil or heavy cardboard, but not soft chocolates or anything that could be possibly crushed should be used. as the remaining contents of the pack age might be spoiled thereby. 4.-Several dainties packed in ob- long tin boxes holding each quar- ter of a pound, will provide a better variety for a packet than larger quantity of a single confection.
 5.-No liquids nor articles packed in glass should be placed in the pack age.
 6.-For wrapping the gifts use a khaki-colored handkerchief, twenty seven inches square, and form the base of the packet by placing on the center of the handkerchief a pad of writing paper about seven by ten inches. 1 7.-Select a variety of articles ei- ther from the suggested list tor ac- cording to individual wishes) to an amount not exceeding $1.50. and ar range them on the pad of paper so that the entire package shall be the width of the pad and approximately five or six inches high. 8.-Wrap and tie with one inch red ribbon and place Christmas card un- der the bow of ribbon. A card bear ing the greetings of the Chapter would be desirable. 9.-Wrap the parcel again in heavy light brown Manila paper, tie secure ly with red, green or gilt cord, and use Christmas labels or American flags as desired.
 List of articles suggested for Christ
 mas Packets: Khaki-colored handkerchief, 27 in square, for container. "Writing paper pad, about by 10 inches.
 Envelopes. Pencils. Postals. Book Gin paper cOver). Scrap-book, home made, contain | ing a good short story, some jokes, etc.
 Knife, such as boy scouts use. Mirror, steel. Handkerchiefs. khaki-colored. Neckties.
 Mouth organ.
 Electric torch. Compass. Mechanical puzzlies. Gan assorted lot of 12 small mechanical puzzles can be bought at the rate of 12 for 50 cents.
 'Red Cross checkerboard, (this is a combination set of checkerboard, checkers, chessmen, and dominoes made of heavy cardboard especially for the Red Cross and can be pur- chased after October 18th, for 5c a piece.)
 Other games.
 Tobacco.
 Pipe and pipe cleaners.
 Cigarette papers.
 Water-tight match box.
 Chewing gum.
 Fruited chocolate and other sweet ened crackers. in original packages.
 Fruit cake.
 Preserved ginger
 Salted nuts.
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