Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-25
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several months ago. when they gave
a similar benefit affair, and now that
our country also is in the war. the
cause is of two-fold interest. Men OF
the United States armies who may be
so unfortunate as to become blinded
will share equally In the benefits of
the fund.
Captains for the week in the work
room of the Catholic unit OF the Red
Cross have been assigned as follows:
Mrs. C. f.. stalker Monday; Mrs. j.
+. McGouldrick, Tuesday: Mrs. Ray
Short, Wednesday: Mrs. Leo +. Quinn,
Thursday; Mrs. r. ]. Walsh. Friday
Mrs. j. S. Higgins Saturday Mrs.
John r. Manion, instructor in Knit
ting, will be at the workroom every
afternoon during the week.
Mrs. Grant C. Stebbins' unit of
knitters will meet this week with Mrs.
r. NJ. Blackmore, 1401 Baltimore
avenue.
The Monday afternoon knitting unit
composed of more than score or
young matrons, will not meet this
week on account of the lecture at Con-
vention hall. The next meeting will
be with Mrs. D. C. Richardson OF
Irving place, in two weeks.
In addition to having assisted the
workroom committee materially in the
selection and purchase of supplies, the
Coverdale store sent several OF its
women employees TO sew at the work
room last week. The assistance OF
these women, who are experienced In
cutting and sewing, was much appre-
ciated.
Since Mrs. Norris and Mrs. wal
worth have taken charge as inspectors
lof sewing there has been little IL any
remodeling to be done. Errors are
corrected Immediately upon their dis
covery, and thus several hours of labor
in doing over what someone else
should have done is saved Both are
valuable aides TO the workroom COM
mittee.
A shipment of knitted garments
containing four and one-half dozen
sweaters. one dozen and one mufflers,
one and one-third dozen helmets,
three dozen and five wristlets, ten
dozen and ten socks, and 10 pssr bed
socks were shipped out by the Red
Cross at the last of the week. Before
being packed for shipment the gar
ments were inspected and measured
by Mrs, Harry G. Ashby, Mrs, Ran
dolph Shirk, and Mrs. Robert M.
Moody.
Miss LYDIA Anderson of st. Louis,
who Is director OF nursing for the
southwestern District of the Red
Cross, will meet and address Tulsa
Red Cross nurses, graduate, under
graduate, and first-aid nurses, and
all women interester in nursing this
afternoon at o'clock in the assembly
room of the library. Mrs. Douglas
w. Franchot, chairman OF the nurs-
ing committee of the local chapter,
will preside at the meeting.
The Red Cross division of First
Presbyterian church will meet this
week as follows: Monday, divisions
10 and IL; Tuesday. divisions II and
13; Wednesday, division IA.
Women of the Pan Hellenic socie-
ty Of college sororities have set de-
! cember as the date of Red Cross
benefit dance, which they will give at
the Elks clu.
Twelve pair pajamas, II bed shirts,
five pair bed socks three pair socks,
one helmet represent the past weeks
work by women OF the units OF First
Baptist church.
! The cutting department OF the Red
Cross workroom, Mrs. E. G. Dawes,
chairman, would do credit to that of
n good-sized garment factory, and
certainly the work Is carried on with
quite as much system as Is that OF
any manufacturing concern. As war
has become a business so have the the
activities Of the Red Cross been placed
, upon a strictly business basis.
Mrs. Frank A. Gillespie's unit OF
which Mrs. J. p. Gilmore is captain,
will meet Wednesday afternoon at
/ 80 o'clock in the homo OF Mrs. Gil
lespie.
The women of Watkins organized
the past week under the direction OF
Mrs. A. w. Coleman and the Misses
Dorothy and Coralea Griffin.
He'd Cross Ball.
Special TO The World:
COLLINSVILLE, Okla, Nov. "a
The All-Sew club OF this city gave n
hall in the city hall last night for
the benefit of the Red Cross. The