The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-11-30

turned from the 1ronI
7. Cox. who heads the Welfare associa-
ton as its president. and who is very
familiar with the existing conditions.
having two trained and capable nurses
in the field and in the very midst OF
the surroundings that brought a gasp
from many women present when the
local report OF the findings here was
read by Dr.. King. president of the
State Board Of indianapolis. who was
a distinguished guest at the luncheon.
Mrs. Cox submitted to DR.. King q
typewriter report of the conditions
and locations as found by them. Mrs.
J. r. Farovid, president Of the Indi-
ana Harbor Woman's club. ably de-
Tended the helplessness Of clubwomen
In a condition OF which Zach and
every woman deplores. the betterment
Of which could. without doubt. be bet
ter COPIED with by unity Of strength.
The letter promised to Red Cross
knitters by the representative of these
columns last week in hope that the
work may greatly be facilitated here TO
meet the enormous demand. was re
ccived his morning and came through
the direct courtesy of a Mrs. Charles
HasperIaugh. whose home is at Buoy
rus, O., with the newspaper clipping
from a local daily which reads as fol-
lows:
Red Cross Packs Largest Shipment
The committee IN charge Of knitted
articles and shipping packed III
pounds Of knitted articles today. which
viii probably he shipped late this
afternoon or early tomorrow. This is
the largest amount that has been sent
to the Cleveland headquarters yet. ana
the Bucyrus people and especially the
ones making the articles should be
very proud OF IL. The boxes OF articles
were valued at s275. Among the things
sent were 1853 pairs or socks. a splen-
did number. and one which viii bring
warm response from the officials. for
they very much admire and need the
socks made BY these Bucyrus women
on the knitting machines. The next
highest number OF knitted articles
were "a sweaters. all of these hand
work. Among other work sent at this
time was one helmet. IS wristlets and
SO scarfs. Now that these women
have won 50 much distinction for the
amount OF work they turned out. it
may be added here that as many as
sixteen pairs were accomplished in one
afternoon by one woman on this sim
pie knitting device, who broke ali
records in the work to see Just how
much work could be turned out BY
strenuous effort. This is remarkable.
however. and the average worker can
estimate by s~ingle-handed work forty
seven pairs in sixteen afternoons. The
machi is said to be a very simple
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finished product cannot be told from
the hand-knitted article. so it does
not vary in the softness OF the hand
work es one would possibly imagine
Now for a suggestion for home
workers: Can we not obtain this valu-
able little machine and Ego TO it" and
not let our boys be withou the neces-
sary warmth as long as we can turn
out socks with lightning rapidity like
these women have. and as for the
newspaper notoriety, they won't be
in it, when il comes TO what the re-
porter of these columns will say when
we first send our shipment. Further
particulars as TO the make OF this lit
tie device will be gladly given BY an
Indiana Harbor woman who is an en-
thusiast in the Red Cross work and
whose phone number il s54-J.
Miss Florence Brazil Of the Braif
School OF Music. Chicago. met with
perfect success at the first musicale
given Tuesday evening at the Audi
torium. Indiana Harbor. by her stu
dents who We're assisted by the mem
bers Of the faculty. The youthful
prodigies who are creating consider
attention in the talents and ably
- NJ E-osr - zras-t
Abbie S%ettlidge. Nellie Fulmer
in the instrumental instruction. James
Conn. violin. and Annie Pogach as
eader The students did exceptionally
and their technique was well marked
by all those having the pleasure or
spending the first enjoyable evening in
encouragement Of their efforts.
The artists who appeared. members of
the faculty. were Mrs. Berenice
Colby. pianist: Richard Broemel. violin
ist: Clara Belle Becker. reader. and
Miss Schmitt. a delightful dancer who
the audience and responded
to repeated encores. Light refresh
were serve at the conclusion
Of the program. and il has been an
nounced by Miss Brazil that. inasmuch
SIS his musicale Sas such a decided
success that she is very much encour-
aged to make them monthly events
The date OF the next one to be an
nounced at a later date.
Next Sunday is Advent Sunday. The
advent season lasts four weeks. During
these weeks the church commentaries
and contemplates the second Advent
OF Christ TO judge the world. On the
four Sunday nights in ADVENT. begin
ming with next Sunday. the Rev.
Thomas Hines. priest in charge OF the
Church or the Good Shepherd. will de-
liver a series Of four ermons on THE
Return of the Jews to Palestine" The
Bible teaches that the Messiah will not
return 70 earth 70 reign until the
twelve tribes OF Israel are in possess
sion cf the Holy Land The return has
slready commenced. Our Jewish
brethren have organized the Zionist,
movement with this erd in view. The
time Of their return seems to be near
at hand. . Hence these ssrmons are