The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-09-23
At Least 500 Holiday Pack
ages Will Be Sent by
Local Chapter.
MUST BE READY
NOVEMBER 1ST
Committee Named by Pensa-
cola Ladies, Urges Ian-
mediate Preparation.

For the purpose of preparing at
least five hundred Christmas Pack
ages as Pensacola's gift in the Christ
mas fund for the men serving in the
trenches the following committee has
been appointed by the local Red
Cross: Mrs. J. B. McNeill, Mrs. w.
b. Hyer, Mrs. C.. s. Bonacker. Mrs.
Frank Taylor and Mrs. J. p. Stokes.
In lnaugurating the campaign to pre-
pare the Christmas boxes the commit
tee wishes to stress the necessity Of
sending all packages bq November
1st. If they are to be delivered at
Christmas.
BY Christmas the United States
will have more than 100000 men
under arms, and every one will be
eager to help in giving them Christ
mas 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 senuing to each
man Christmas packet filled with
good things and good will.
Nothing should go in them which
will not keep fresh from the time of
packing until Christmas.
Dried fruits and other food pro-
ducts should be packed in small tin or
wooden boxes, one-quarter to one
half pound size.
Hard candy, including chocolate.
would probably be safe in tin foil or
heavy cardboard, but no soft choco-
lates nor anything that could possibly
be crushed should be used, as the
other contents of the package might
be spoiled thereby.
No liquids nor articles packed in
glass should be placed in the package
For wrapping the gifts use
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 <y ten
inches.
Select a variety of articles either
from the suggested list Cor according
to individual wishes) to an amount
not exceeding $1.50, and arrange
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
Wrap and tie with 1-inch red ribbon
andp lace Christmas card under the
bow or ribbon. A card bearing the
greetings of the Chapter would be de-
sirable
Wrap the parcel again in heavy,
light brown MANILA paper, and tie Sc
curely with red, green, or gilt cord,
and use Christmas labels or American
flags as desired.
Khaki-colored handkerchiefs. twen-
ty-seven inches square, for container;
writing paper pad, about by 10
inches; envelopes, pencils, postals,
book Gin paper covers), scrapbook.
homemade, containing a good short
story, some jokes, ETC.; electric torch,
compass, playing cards. other games,
tobacco, pipe and pipe cleaners, cigar
cite papers, water tight match box,
chewing gum, sweet chocolate bis
cults, fruited crackers, fruit cake,
knife such as boy scouts use, mirror
steel, handkerchiefs, khaki-colored;
neckties, mouth organs, Red Cross
checker board (This a combination
set of checkerboard, checkers. chess
men, and dominoes made of heavy
| cardboard, especially for the Red
Cross and can be purchased after Oct.
18th for SC apiece; preserved ginger,
| salted nuts, prunes, figs, dates, rails
ins, hard candy, chocolate in tin foil;
licorice, katch the Kaiser (puzzle);
mechanical puzzles (an assorted lot of
twelve small mechanical puzzles can
be bought at the rate of IL for soc.
The handkerchiefs and writing pa
per will be purchased by the Red
Cross supply bureau and can be
, bought from chapters by the time
chapters are ready to pack the par
cells. This announcement is pub
lished early so that those interested
may be gathering funds for the pur-
chasing of these packets and assemb-
ling the small articles to go in them
Chapters will receive directions
from division managers as to the
dates when packets should be shipped
to France and also as to the dates
when those intended for the home
cantonments should be ready for dis
tribution.
Money for these gifts - not to be
taken from the Red Cross funds but
should be contributed by individuals