The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-10-02
WILL FORWARD GIFTS
TO LONESOME BOYS
Friendless Soldiers Will Be
Cheered By Packets
Sent To Camp
(Contributed)

BY Christmas the United States will
have more than one million men un
der arms, and every one 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, 9th
ers may not have any, and in any
event, it is believed that all Red Cross
members and others who are interest
ed 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 equal
ly remembered and yet that there may
be pleasing variety in the contents,
the following suggestions have been
made for preparing and assembling
the Christmas parcels:
/. Nothing should go in them
which will not keep fresh from the
time of packing until Christmas.
2. Dried fruits and other food
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tin or wooden boxes one quarter to
one half pound size.
8. 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 any
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be spoiled thereby.
a. Several dainties packed in OBJ
long tin boxes each holding a quarter
| of a pound will provide a better va
riety for packet than Il larger quan,
tity of single confcctiOn. I,
5. No liquids or articles placed in
glass should be put in the package.
6. For wrapping the gifts use a
khaki-colored handkerchief. twenty
seven inches square, and form base
for the packet by placing on the cen
ire of the handkerchief pad of writ
ing paper about seven by ten inches.
7. Select variety of articles eth
er from the suggested list Tor accord
ing to individual wishes) to an amount
not exceeding $1.50, and arrange them
on the pad of paper so that the en-
tire package shall be the width of the
pad and five or six inches high.
s. Wrap and tie with one-inch red
ribbon and place Christmas card
under the bow of ribbon. A card
bearing the greetings of the individu
al and Chapter would be desirable.
8. Wrap the parcel again in heavy
lisht-brown MANILA paper and tie Sc
curely with red, green, o. gilt core
and use Christmas labels or Ameri
Gan flags as desired.
List of Articles Suggested For
Christmas Packets:
Khaki.colored handkerchiefs (fO
containerl, electric torch, compass
writing paper pad, about seven by tel
, inches, envelopes, pencil postals
: book lin paper covers) playing cards
, other games, tobacco, pipe and pip,
/ cleaners, water tight match box, Gig
5 arctic papers, scrapbook (home mad
: containing a good short story, som
: jokes, ctc), chewing gum, sweet choc
g olate biscuits, fruited crackers, frui
cake, preserved ginger salted nuts
e prunes, figs, raisins, hard candy, chot
/, olate in tin foil, licorice, knife, miro
e tsteeD, handkerchiefs, neckties pui
s zles, mouth organ.
t Get your articles together and b
e ready to bring the parcels to Re
l. Cross headquarters, when they ar
: called for. Announcement of the dat
e will be published later,
Money for these gifts is not to b
taken from the Red Cross funds bu
will be contributed by the individua
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