The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17
Red Gross Contribution in Past "a
Hours:

The first subscription received to the
Red Cross yesterday after the list
printed in yesterdays paper was given
out was that of Hansen Ingley of Den
yer, Colo, the son of the Rev Fred
Ingley who with his family went to
Colorado to live a week ago last Satur-
day.
The contribution was Is cents. volun-
tarily offered by Hansen out of his
own particular, private fortune, be-
cause he wanted to do something for
the soldiers himself. No contribution
yet sent in was received with more low
ing comment at headquarters than this
mite given from the full heart Of
child, unless it was the many pennies
offered by the children Of the public
schools ast Saturday, most of which
meant seif-denial on the part of the
little donors who gave up ice cream
SOFAS or some other forms &C excite
mcnt for the sake of doing this patri-
Ntic thing
Want Maiden Volunteers.
One hundred aud fifty girls are asked
to volunteer to act as 'taggers on
Patriotic day Mrs. Theirs will be in
Red Cross headquarters all day Thurs
day of this week and volunteers are ask
ed to come between the hours of a. m.
and p. n.
Each tagger will wear white dress
Of some sort and with it iauntv. cot
ton military cape in red and blue, III
structions for making which will be
given the applicants by Mrs. Theirs.
The girls will be asked to furnish their
own costumes which will be very simple
and Inexpensive A Red Cross nurse Il
zap will be worn in place of hat but
The complete Red C~os3 costume cannot
be used for obvious reasons. Any
plain white shirt waist and waist can
De utilized for the dress.
Chaperons Will Be Watchful
The girls who do the tagging will be
carefully chaperoned by some of the
best known women of Kenosha who are
10 be seated in automobiles near each
group of girls. Every care will be
iaken to make it impossible for any
yirl tagging to have even the slightest
mspieion of unpleasant incidents.
Any group of girls, such as the clubs
foimed in the different churches, So
critics, secret societies of other kinds
Ind reading or card clubs will be crate
fully welcomed if they will volunteer
their services and will provide their
uniforms.
viii Be Pleasing Experience.
Beside the feeling that the young wo-
men engaged in the work will have of
doing a service for their country
through the proportion of the amounts
received which go to the Red Cross and
lirectly for the young men of Kenosha
who 60 to the front to fight their bat
lies for them, it viii also be "lots of
lun' as one of the young women said.
Wear Tagging Uniforms at Dance
viii be pretty feature of the mill
airy ball in the evening for the young
women who do the tagging to come in
heir chic, semi military and semi
Red Cross costumes. with their pretty
ind graceful military capes in red and
)lue. to dance with the khaki-cIad in
''antry and the blue uniformed u. S.
iavy men, troops of both of which will
ONE to Kenosha for the affair.
There is little doubt that the Military
,all will far exceed III brilliancy, in the
excellence of its music, in the compa-
ensiveness Of its scope and in the
beauty Of the ballroom any public ball
wer Given heretofore in the city,
Do Good and Enjoy at Once.
Moreover all those taking part in the
ffaiI viii have the happy sensation of
loing a patriotic and a kindly thing
coming, for by so doing they will
i've evidence in practical way of
heir loyalty to their country, Of their
Tpreciation Of the heroism and soldier
mess Of Kenosha s young men who