Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-23

to be no inclination on their part to let
up this business life schedule.
/ And that 10 as 1t should be-. saio
tee OF instruction OF the Red Cross
Tho Red Cross work Is the woman
Army service, and q spirit of obedience
and loyalty is essential Nothing VIII
fnculcate this spirit quicker than UNI
form. And for that reason. together
with sanitary one, It has been decreed
at Washington that a uniform snaII De
worn by all workers in the Red cross
workshop"
The uniform adopted as a standard
for Red Cross volunteers comprises a
white apron with sleeves to the wrist
and a white Golf. 1t is left to various
divisions as to when the Red Cross
emblem should be placed on apron and
uniform entails a certain amount Of
work and efficiency on the part OF the
wearer. namely, whether the regulations
as to the number of hours service given
to the work has been complied with
The central division. of which M1iwan-
kee is a part. has adopted the following
regulations for its uniform:
Women signing up for thirty-two
definite hours OF service, may, when
such service has been completed, receive
the right to wear the Red Cross on the
left breast of apron. Women signing
up for seventy-two definite hours OF
service, may. when such service has
been completed. receive the right to wear
the Red Cross on the Golf. Women
signing up for 1928 definite hours Of serv-
ice, may, when such service has been
completed. wear a red ribbon two inches
long by one-half inch wide under the
Red Cross on the left breast
Instructors active duty wear the
same white apron with Red Cross and
Golf with red veil, and heads of work
rooms wear the same white apron with
u L. ~ T.
The shades of blue and red of the colts
are the same as the corresponding coll
ors in the flag. The wearing of the
| white Golf is only obligatory in the
surgical dressings workrooms. In work
rooms where garments are made. the
white Golf is not obligatory. as it is not
absolutely necessary to remove the hat,
but IL Golf is desired for the workers
in these shops white is worn.
The Importance Of this army of Red
| mated when it is understood that
through their volunteer service the coun-
try is saved s75,G0o,e0o a year" said
Mrs. James. AS an army-and the
ma gnftude Of its service entities Il to
that name-it should be standardized.
! not only in its work. but in it's equip
ment."
The debut party of Miss Florence
Lowden, which her grandmother. Mrs
George NJ. Pullman,
A Wartime gave at her home. 1923
Prairie avenue, Chi
oo'' cago. yesterday was
| a quiet afternoon affair, quite in keep
| ing with the wartime spirit OF mod
GRAFTON and simplicity.
| The Lowden girls have been brought
up to lead simple, normal lives at their
country home. and the election of their
father to the governors chair has made
no change in their mode of living, says
the Chicago Herald.
Mrs. Lowden when in town Is more
often seen at luncheon at a certain
modest little club made up Of artistic
folk than at fashionable restaurants
or hotels. Her daughters were sent to
| school in the east where the girls all
wear uniforms Of dark blue. so that If
a girl happened to be better Off in this
worlds goods her schoolmates at leas,
were not made to feel any the poorer