Evening star., 1917-11-25

the front supplied with candles. Christ.
mas cheer kits for the boys In the home
Wool Shortage Rstards Work.
Tho women Of St. Stephens Episcopal
Church have organised for war work,
and they meet every Thursday at tho
parish hall.
! The morning is given over to sewing.
when hospital shirt2 paJanas. bath
under the direction Of Mrs Charles H
Graf. Mrs. H. A. Filbert and Mrs. He's
| ter.
| Mrs. W. F. Bowen is chairman Of the
| knitting class, which meets In the att
| ernoon Of the same day.
| The members OF this class number
! about fifty. but owing to tho lack OF
| wool recently their work has been
! This is = branch Of the Rcd Cross
auxiliary Of tho Central Presbyterian
Church, from which they get their
supplies and to which they return m
''A'1 Foot BAH patronssses.
Mrs. Cyrus Hall Mccormick will be
chairman Of the Illinois group of pat
ronssses for tho foot ball game to be
played at Stagg field. Chicago. Satur-
day, December /. between the elevens
of Camp Grant and Camp Custer. The
teams, which are made up OF college
athletes in the Army. will play for the
benent Of the athletic equipment funds
of the camps. Almost every one of
those who are to be patronessss has u
son. brother or husband In the service.
women's War Relief In Department
Of Agriculture.
Agriculture. who have been doing ex-
tensive war work through the Red
Cross and the liberty loan committee,
announce today the formation Of a
definite organisation under the name
tion and Red Cross Auxiliary. OF this
Organization Mrs. David r. Houston,
wife OF the Secretary of Agriculture.
is president. Mrs. Carl r. vrooman.
vice president; Miss L E. Rixey.
chairman Of the executive committee;
Mrs. Edith Gardner Pipes. secretary.
To announce the plans of the new or
ganizatton and enlist cooperation q
mass meeting will be held at the Cen
trail High School Auditorium Tuesday
evening, November 81. at o'clock. to
of Agriculture, their families and their
friends are invited. Mrs Houston will
preside. and other speakers win be
Mr.. Carl F. Vrooman, assistant secro-
sary Of agriculture; Mrs. Archibald
Hopkins. Mr.. John w. Davis. solicitor
and counselor to the American Ma
'tional Red Cross; DR.. A. ]. McKelway
and Mr.. Walter 8. Ufford. There will
be music by the United States Marine
Band. and chorus composed of De-
partment of Agriculture employees.
the women Of the department. with
the hearty cooperation and substan-
tial assistance of the men. previous to
the formation of the new organiza-
tion. has been turned over to Mrs.
Houston. 1t contains the record OF the
registration Of the women for volun-
teer work with the Red Cross. Of the
organization Of first aid and surgical
dressings classes. Of the remarkable
increase in Red Cross memberships in
the department due to the efforts of
the committee of woman representa-
tives Of the Rcd Cross in the depart
ment. and of the subscription of the
employees of tho department to the
Red Cross emergency fund.
The report shows also that SUI.
fcient sum Of money was subscribed
by department employees to purchase
ave ambulancss. three kitchen trailers
Two Of these ambulances and two of
the kitchen trailers. together with the
Photographic outfit. were purchased by
the forest service alone. the Washing
tributing. and presented to the two reg
imsnts Of forest engineers. Two other
ambulancss and the third kitchen
trailer were presented by the depart
Red Cross and sent to France with
Maj. Grayson NJ. p. Murphy. Red Cross
commissioner to Europe. One ambu-
lance was presented to the Red Cross
by the department for use about the
camps In the District of Columbia.
From a general department fund 200
pounds Of wool have been purchased
and the garments knitted from that
service has. in addition. provided for
these regiments 256 knitted garments.
and 2l0 more are now in the process
Of making. These latter. are being
six western field districts Of the forest
service. Christmas boxes containing
knitted garments and a quantity OF
tobacco, which was contributed by the
to the 10th Engineers early in No.
Besides these activities, forty-two
ment Of Agriculture employees. and
since the recent movement to CO.
ordinate and enlarge the scope Of the
work nve more have been added to that
number.
Cooperating with the liberty loan
committee, special committees Of men
and women In the Department of Agri-
culture were able to report a total sub
scription to the second liberty loan
from agricultural employees in the Dis
trict Of Columbia Of $3s2.3so. OF this
amount the women subscribed $82.2s0
and the men s310.100. There are ap-
lproximately 1900 woman employees In
the department and 5000 men. A can
vass was also made recently by these
same committees in behalf Of the Y. M
lC. A. war fund. A generous contribu-
tion was also made by tho employees Of
the department to the war library fund
The Woman's War Relief Association
and Red Cross Auxiliary, just organized.
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