The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-03
MlSSOulA WOMEN
SEND AID ABROAD
Patriotic Association Gives
83,195 Dressings for
Use at Front.
BRANCHES ASSISTING
Smaller Towns Contributing
Heavily to Cause, Says
Report.

E1EhtN,-three thousand one hundred
ana nlnety-fivc surgical dressings and
comfort articles for soldiers have been
sent from Missoula to- the wounded in
France by the Missoula Women.s Pa
triotic association, assisted by the
branch associations located in some of
the towns near Missoula. according to
a report issued yesterday.
The dressings include some of all
kinds of bandages, congresses and
like material which are desired by the
doctors at the front The Woman's
Patriotic association was organized in
Alissonla April is this year by Miss
Margaret Moore of New York, and it is
since that time that all of these dres-
sings for wounded in the war have
been made and sent.
Mrs r. a. Rodrick is president Of
the organization and is in charge of
the work room, in the First National
bank building. where the chamber Of
commerce was formerly located.
All Boxes Evads u.eoats.
Mrs. Rodrick yesterday prepared
list of all the articles sent and the
number of boxes that have been dis
patched to France. Thus far the asso-
citation has received letters from
France telling Of the arrival of 80
boxes up to September l. Thus far
not a single box sent from Missoula
| has gone to the bottom Of the sea
Last Friday was a big day with the
patriotic association here. Ten boxes
went out from Missoula headquarters
containing 1868 articles made by the
| women Of this city and the surround
ing towns OF the total. Philipsburg
| furnished 2.757 articles; Potomas. 425
Darby. 1857: st. Ignatius, 973. The
| association has eight branches and IS
boxes have been shipped to France up
to December l. There We're 10 boxes
| sent out in the month of November
! the banner month thus far. During
| November 1913 articles were made
and sent.
| The Missoula Woman's Patriotic as
ISOLATION is q branch of the American
Society for the Wounded in France
Articles made in Missoula are shipped
to New York and, under the direction
of Miss Ann Morgan, head of the or
ganization. are sent directly, to tho
| European battle fronts. The articles
are used for French, English Belgian
American and other wounded.
Bridge "chan" Started.
This week the association in Mis-
soula has organized a "chain'' bridge
playing campaign. This campaign will
be carried on in the evenings and men
and women are invited to play The
scheme contemplates that each person
or couple asked to play will in turn
ask four others to play and each per-
son playing cards in this "chain" is
expected to deposit sum of money
with the host or hostess. The money
will go Ito the patriotic association
Mrs. f. w. Spottswood is the treas
| urer of the chain fund.
Following is a tabulation prepared
by Mrs. Rodrick, showing just what
the association has made since 1t was
organized in MisSoula: 1910 surgical
dressings: LIS comfort pillows. 4,03(
sings; "a mufflers and helmets; Al
pairs of wristlets 81 sweaters; 163
pairs of socks: 10 pairs of gloves:
ISL comfort kits for Christmas; III
pieces of new underwear (purchased)
IA bed pads; LII uniform and child
lren's garments: 723 miscellaneous.