El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-12
Presbyterian Women Raise $500
For Belgian Christmas Relief


W D. Howe. Mrs. Harris Walthau,
Mrs. julius Krakauer and Mrs. James
Pickett donned the long white wells
and became real sisters of charity at
the central corner cottages. The lit
tie folk, either happy children in the
cottage typifying the average Ameri-
/ can home and its Christmas cheer or
representing pale faced, sad little
Belgian babies, found their imper-
/ sOnation in Dwight Clark. Anna Teal
/ Clark, Jack INLAND. Catherine Cor
| cOran, julius Krakauer, jr., James
| Pelham. Esther Calvert Pickett, Darby
! LeNOis, Edith Ann Walthall, Ethel
| Irene Howe, Julie Hawkins, Betty
Hawkins and Laura Mosson-
On Monday Mrs. F. Z. Hunter. Mrs
! TrOUtman, Mrs. Neal Grosheider. Mrs
l Z. ". Powers and Mrs ". Watts per
! sonally oversaw the collections, aug
mented by a group OF the following
/ children: Francis Ward, Mary LuRee
Miller, Jack INLAND. Carroll Wade,
I Anna Teal Clark, Dwight a. Clark.
] Florence Grosheider, Ellen Givan,
Ann Camp, Laura Camp, Ethel Irene
Howe and the Reyer kiddies.
Certainly IS the spirit Of Christmas
abroad, and e Paso's juveniles are
quite as eager to help in making
others happy, this year, as are their
elders
The women Of the Presbyterian
church have a peculiar penchant for
child Teifare-they have contributed
in all $500 TO the Rescuce Home Of
their own city, and given a lift to the
Salvation army work, in addition TO
continuous Red Cross relief and war
work
Their cottages Will stay open up to
Christmas eve.
An interesting program was given
at the meeting Of the Business WOm-
ems club, held in the University club
rooms, on Tuesday evening Miss
Kate Hanley presided for the first
time since she was elected to office
Mrs. a P. Averin gave an interesting
talk on Current Evnts" and Miss
Alma McCrummen played the piano.
Mrs James MagOffin and Mrs. James
GOggin taught the members to make
surgical dressings, and 135 wipes"
were made during the evening It
was decided to make laundry bags
for the soldiers at the base hospital
as the Christmas work OF the club.
Mrs. Florinne Miller, chairman Of the
surgical dressings committee, an
nOUnced that 500 surgical dressings
had been made. The club members
meet on Mondays and Fridays TO
make the dressings The next meet
ing viii be held at the home OF Mrs
FlOrinne Miller. 900 North Oregon
street. At the business meeting Of
the club a number Of standing com.
mittees were appointed. Their chair
men are as follows; Program, Mss
J. KinRehan: social committee, Miss
Edna Scotch, membership commit
tee, Mis- Bertha Ward: loan fund COM
mittee, Mrs. FlOrinne Miller; ways
and means committee, DR.. Isabel
Hoenes- Several amendments to the
constitution and bylaws were passed
The committee which has charge Of
the work for Christmas includes Miss
Dora PEBBLES. Miss Luta DeyO and
Mrs. B Grammer.
Accepting the hospitality Of Mrs
George z. Cameron Of Nevada street,
the Catholic Women's Benevolent so
ciety met Tuesday and made 400
wipes" for the Red Cross, a hundred
more being finished today. Mrs H
E. Stevenson supervised the making
Of the surgical dressings. Mrs
Cameron is keeping open house" all
day. today, for the altruistic work,
that the allotment might be turned
in to downtown headquarters. Among
those present were Hrs. A D. North
coup. Miss z. Sweeney, Mrs John
Kuneuan, Mrs Tim Sullivan, Mrs
Vincent Andreas, Mrs. Leo Hart
ford. Mrs Dan Keefe, Of Denver; Mrs
H. z. Stevenson, Mrs James Brady
Mrs. p. K. Luckett, Mrs. Harold Hig-
gins, Mrs. ". A Rank. Mrs. ". G.
Roe, Mrs. c. ". Fassett, Mrs. J. J.
Driscoll, Mrs. Francis 3. Savage, Mrs.
George ". Orr, Mrs. z. z. Durham,
Mrs. H ". Shipley, Mrs. P. J. Leon
T. O'Rourke, Miss NJ. G. Doyle, Mrs
knight, Mrs. Favrot. Mrs. R. J. Car
son. Mrs. J. c. Roman and the hostess.
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Soldiers, with their mothers. wives
and friends are invited to the Sol