Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-11
Women and War Work

Daughters of the American Revolu-
| ton, ROYAL Neighbors Of America and
! the Drama league We're the three or
| ganizations represented .-among the
sixty workers at Red Cross headquar-
ters Monday. Even a good coal fire
was not proof against the chilly De-
: cember blasts and many of the work
ers were scarcely more than comfort
able. However. more moderate
weather conditions are promised for
| today.
Mrs. Hubbard Rudisill's unit will
sew all day Wednesday. The women
are calledsto meet at 9 o'clock a. m. in
the Rudisill home.
A group OF girls from the Draughon
! business college have formed n knit
J ting unit under the direction of the
organizing committee of the Red
Cross. Charter memb bers are Misses
Nora Taylor, Lena Colley, Rose haley,
l Allene Padgett and Alice. Maitrejean.
fhe knitting department made the
| following shipment OF knitted things
Monday: 23 sweaters. pair socks,
pair wristlets, scarfs.
A day OF conference has been an
! nounced for Friday, December IA. at
Red Cross headquarters in the interest
of civilian relief MrsNMabel Bassett
OF Sapulpa. who is prominent in the
states charitable work, and Miss
Florence Heald, who has Just COM
! pleted a course OF training in civilian
relief in ISt. Louis, will speak.
Miss Mynn Cogswell who is a busy
instructor of violin, found time from
her classes last week to knit sweater,
which she has turned in for shipment.
After the first OF the year IL Is ex-
pected to establish the piece work sys-
tenn In the workroom. This system
has been adopted by the larger cities
and has been found to be an i'm
provement over the order now I'm ex
| istence.
Registrations for work yesterday at
=. the Red Cross were as follows: Mes
DANES ]. W. Shields, H. p. Porter. ].
G. Michealson, r. w. Walworth.
George Berry. John Wheeler, A. X.
Norris, j. b. Robinson, C. X. league.
Murray Russell, Clyde Jones, w. p.
Henry, Fred Jones. X. o. Lippa, r. c.
Highes, Il. A. Merrill. w. A. Cook, NJ.
f. cline. f. l.. Moore, e. c. Barrows.
F. L. Townsend, A. T. Alison. H. c.
Ashby, NJ. C. Kimball. B. l.. Rike. r.
T. Anderson. J. II. Mills, John Roy.
l.. NJ Lane, w. d. Godfrey. J. J. p.
Fink, NJ S. Cory, Percy Collins, ]. A.
p. Landell. Lee Clinton. X. II. John
son. Woodville Smith. T.. T. Bowen.
j. Stein, ID. c. Rose, c. r. Richards,
s. B. Marsh, A. Campbell. 8. E. Dunn,
Joe Stone; Harry Groves. George E.
Fcrd, r. Hopley. ]. A. Arnold, f. A.
Baker, f. p. Hansler. r. G. Flynn,
n. S. Kinslow, ], Q. Campbell, F. E.
ST allenberger. NJ. L. Cline. e. Kern,
r. H. Fitzgerald, ]. r. Manion;
Misses Eleanor Smith, Mynn Cogswell,
Jane Lyman and Evelyn Mock.
The Navy league department Of
Cherokee Heights will meet Tuesday
and Wednesday afternoon this week.
This unit has just completed and
turned in six mufflers and four pair
of socks.
A report is in circulation in New
York and other parts of the country
which tends to discourage the knitting
of warm garments for soldiers and
| sailors. Hundreds of women have
written to the Red Cross inquiring II
they are to discontinue their work for
the army and navy. Harvey d. Glib
Red Cross, To correct any misstate-
yments that may be in circulation re-
garding the need of knitted garments,
issued the following statement to the
women Of the country last night:
"A great number Of inquiries are be.
ing received by the Red Cross from
women knitters thruout the United
States as to whether they should dis
continue knitting. The Red Cross
knows that the soldiers and sailors
want sweaters and other knitted ar
| ticles. How great the need is, is best
evidenced by the fact that in addition
| TO the hundreds OF thousands of knitted
articles produced by our Red Cross
| chapters in the last few months we
have been compelled to purchase
$4,000 extra sweaters alone to meet
/ the insistent demand made upon us
by our men for them. We are sorry
that we had to do any purchasing at
Lalf because we know how much the
soldiers and sailors of this country
prefer the sweaters and other articles
knitted by the women of this country.
1t may be understood further that
in addition TO the demands in our
army and navy we have very urgent
demands for commissions abroad for
like articles for destitute civilian popu-
l.. ..tions, men, women and children, II
not actually homeless. are very
scantily clad, and usually without fuel
in this Gold weather. 1t is hoped that
this general statement will satisfy the
women of this country who have been
devoting their possible time to knitting
for our men. We cannot too strongly
urge all women who are now knitting
to keep on knitting"
! Miss Idona Williamson entertained
her knitting unit last evening in the
home Of Mrs. Closer.
Owing to the serious illness Of Mrs.
A. f.. Turner'S knitting, unit there will
be no meeting OF the latter's knitting
unit this week.