El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-26

could fly-at the home Of Mrs. Nellie
-Akard. getting over zoo comfort ba Is
ready 20 turn over 10 that many men
who have received sealed orders to re-
port somewhere" each soldier proud
in his possession of compact com
fort bag. And before yesterday. 1900
of these useful parts Of a sosSle
equipment had been given out 20 the
various regiments
Little Eathyleen Orndorff. Sarah
Catherine Akard. Gladys Primm and
Hunter Akard stayed indoors all day,
doing their most to help get the bags
i'm readiness Helen Tighe and Eleanor
Irwin sent out over 80 needlebOOks
which they had made, every stitch by
hand, and Katherine TiEhe also sent
out several The girls auxiliary Of
I the church Of St Clement sent out
.eXquisitely feather stitched House
wives -more than 200 of them. which
were received with ordinations Of
approval by the women, who were
hoping for some such miraculous
I lift so much did they find to do in
the last moments rush. Many matr0ns
who felt they could accomplish more
I by staying home. sent out relays of
+ comfort bags. which they startec
working on at a. MFRS. More
head, Mrs T. A HenninE. Mrs. J.
3 Ragsdale. Mrs. Piatt and others.
among them-and Mrs Windsor. who
can always be depended upon, had
I lot Of them tucked away for just such
an emergency.
Tooth brushes cost 50 a piece in
7 France, but each Of our boys VIII find
a good brush IN his bag together with
tooth paste. talcum, tobacco, pads OF
stationery and envelopes. a pencil
chewing gum, soap and a hand towel,
[ and a love OF a housewife which
has in q neat little case khaki. white
and black thread. two kinds Of but
tons, needles, pins and safety pins
The band Of workers cut every
paStehOard spool, which later was
Ound with yards and yards Of strong
thread; pins were placed just SO. and
the buttons tackled on diminutiye
flags in the neatest possible fashion
all of which involves a tremendous
amount Of detail, cramped fingers and
stick-to-it-iveness, when you have
reached the 1000 mark
Among those at Mrs. Akard's were
Mrs. Searle, Miss Redmond. Mrs Ray
mOnd Bell, Miss Alice lIyles, Mrs. H.
q. Myles. Mrs W T.. Arnold. Miss
Anne Brown, Mrs C.. C.. Demmer. Mrs
John Sturgeon, Mrs. W s WoOlford.
Mrs. r J. TiEhe, Mrs. f II. Irwin.
Mrs. +. +. Windsor, Mrs ". A. HaW-
kins. Miss Orndorff, to whom Miss
Virginia Akard, Miss Alice Akard and
the hostess served delicious sand .
witches and iced tea at noon. amid piles
and piles OF supplies-f0r not min
ute was 20 be wasted from their pa
trlotic task
New members who have recently /
signlfied their pleasure in helping
with the good work are Mrs. James .
Sanburn, Miss Louise Sanburn,
Mrs. G.. H Wheeler, of Clint.
Mrs J. n Ridley, Mrs b VI.
Worsham. Mrs J. F. Kilburn and
Mrs. Romany- others who are doing
their much include Mrs. Y. del Campo.
Mrs. p J. Tighe, Mrs R n. WingO.
Mrs. Irene Evans MS Carl Lee
Smith. Mrs A. c Heep, Mrs T J.
Mrs. Dr.. Butler. Mrs John
Sullivan, Miss May kranZthOr, Miss
Margaret Schuster, Mrs. ". VI. Petit
colas, Mrs II. C. Myles, Mrs. Edward
c. Hitchcock, Mrs. Fred Elliott. Mrs.
A y. Brown, Mrs c. J. Mapel, Mrs. J.
l. MARI. MIS- W. l. Gaines, Mrs W ".
Pauley, Mrs. A F. Kerr, Miss Margaret
Hitchcock, Mrs. NJ. l. Edwards. Mrs.
J. C. Critchett, Mrs 2. A Hazard,
Mrs William " Piatt, Mrs. ". E.
tletcner, MIS-, p = Terry mrs. Beck
Ter, Miss Helen Becker, Miss Anna
Washburn, Mrs y. H elliot. MIS-. 4
Burt Ornd0rff. Mrs Herbert SteEen- /
son. Mrs Nellie Akard. Mrs William I
RAIDER, Mrs a W Young, Mrs. F. f
Windsor, Mrs u. Bruce Smith, Mrs
Ponder S. Carter, Miss Annie Ray
Moss, Mrs. +. y. Ragsdale. Mrs J.
B. Binkley, Mrs. c. Z. kellogg. Mrs.
MCGEE, Mrs. r 3. AlTes. Miss Ruth 4
Critchett, Mrs. George ROutledge. Mrs
IL E4AA4EA 41AAAH ~ J. AlAlaA les
Stevens, Mrs. E. A HenninE, Mrs. c.
NJ. Lyman. Mrs. Swift, Mrs c. z. KeI-
", MIS- ". A. Hawkins, Mrs. NJ Cob
lentz.
Out at Fort Bliss army post, the
Wednesday night hop proved an espe-
cially merry affair, last night. with
the Eighth cavalry band furnishing
the most inspiring Of popular dance
music Among those present were
Miss Helen Stratton. Miss Gething.
Miss Sarah Bradgers, Miss Nellie May
Bowen, Miss Amy Heard. Miss June
Fisl1e, Miss Helen Doyle, OF san
Francisco, Col and Mrs. W d. Beach.
Col and Mrs. Joseph Gerard. Mai
3. F. Miller, Capt. and Mrs. Whitcomb.
Capt and Mrs. Fitzhugh Alderdice.
Capt Z. J. Pike. Capt F ". Herman.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S Gething. Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Mozart, Mrs Amin,
Lieut.. AIcGonigle. Lieut. F. W. Cramer.
Lieut. Grover Carl, Lieut.. +. B. Ed
wards, Lieut. ". D Styer. A. J.
Myer. y. X Cocllrell R. O. Amin and
many others from town and the post
Parties.
In honor Of her third birthday ami
Versary, Catherine Chesney was the