Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-09
RED CROSS FUND
TO $2,250 ONE DAY
Men Seem Cold When APP
preached by Workers, but
Women Are Generous.
DRIVE FOR 5000 MEMBERS
Campaigners viii Renew Eff
forts Today; Mrs. A. G..
Hooper's Team Leads.

The Red Cross society opened its
1--WE thousand membership campaign
yesterday morning. Nearly $50 wom-
en-, dressed in white. with nurses cans
ana red crosses on their arm, started
saily forth from Red Cross headquar-
ters' They were not so gay at 8
o'clock. 1t had been n days work and
the women on charity bent were tired
Today will see them off with a fresh
start
'he or the surprises OF the cam
paign was the apparent indifference
OF menfolk as to the objects and work
ing of the Red Cross. Many of them
gave literally, but the rank and file
or the men were cold and unrcspon-
siNe to degree almost beyond 4elief.
Clerks Enthusiastic for Move.
ON the other hand women were un-
usually liberal and sympathetic.
Clerks in stores gave with onthu-
slasm. In one store every woman
clefk took out membership, but the
proprietor refused to do so. Several
ni the women made lists of merchants
VINO turned them down and began n
boycott against them, after giving
them the second opportunity to join
The proprietor of a large and 10
cent store was almost insulting to the
iauy VINO called on him, in spite of
the fact that his patronage comes al
most solely from the feminine sex.
1T must be that the men think this
Is a charity proposition for women"
said Mrs f. S. Henry, executive head
OF the campaign last night. "They do
not seem to realize that the United
states government depends upon the
Red Cross to administer relief to the
sick and suffering in times of peace
as well as war. They do not seem 10
realize that the Red Cross will have 10
take care of the i'll and wounded IN
the present conflict and that It will
take great sums Of money to carry on
this work.
Other Nations Ahead.
japan has seven times as many
members OF tho Red Cross as the Unit
ed States. China has more than n
million members The Red Cross Is
for the men as well as the women. In
other cities where similar campaigns
have been staged the men have ioined
IN greater numbers than those of the
opposite sex I feel that when the
men Of Tulsa fully comprehend the
situation they will treat ns different
ly. ] hope so, at any rate"
one man. as if to make up for the
retrograde members of his sex. wrote
in sympathetically from Beggs, ad-
dressed the committee at gheadouar-
ters as Noble Workers and enclosed
81 FOR contributing membership
Oil Company Tops List.
The largest individual contributor
of the day was the Dundee oil com
panv, which gave $50. Thus far
there have been no honorary life
members. Honorary life membership
costs 500 and is the highest mem
bership in the gift of the organiza-
tlon. Straight membership is S25.
The following life members were en-
rolled yesterday:
Mrs. J. II: Markham, tr., ]. II
Crocker, f. r. Perry. J. s. Cosden.
Edward MacTaggart, Frank L.
Moore, T.. G. Bradstreet, Dundee Pc
troleum company, Mrs. A. II. Kerr
of Sand Springs G. G. Probst, Mrs.
]. K. Crawford, J. w. Woodford.
How Teams Stand.
The organization banked 2,256.05
last night The captains and amounts
secured by their teams are as fol-
lows: Mrs. ]. s. Cosden, s341; Mrs.
A. G. Hooper, 1899; Mesdames Nc
Coy. Wheeler and Pew, 1894; Miss
Ruth Roeser. $40; Mrs Frank Bart
lett. s233; Mrs Frank Haskell, s62;
Mrs. Charles Douglas, $293; Mrs A.
Y. Alison, $40; Mrs. Lynn Wallace,
1929; Mrs Otis McClintock. $50 The
teams Of Mesdames A. w. Roth, c.
T.. Horne, r. l.. Goloy, Ross Gross
hart and II. w. Randolph did not re-
port.