The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-11-30
MRS. DAMON LEAVES
T OR EASTERN VISIT
Acting Head of Auxiliary VIII WIS.,
1t Red Cross Depots and
Headquarters

acting executive head Of the Red orosf
auxiliary, left yesterday for the East
where she will remain until sitter the
Christuies holidays. She. win be neai
her children. who are in school outside
| NJ New York, and will also familiarize
herself with the Red Gross activities
| n tht East.
Miss Beatrice Castle, the executive
mead of the auxiliary, will return 70
I-Honolulu next week and take up hei
work for the Red Cross here. She has
been in the East for number OF
months. and has visited the Red Cross
| neadouarters in Washington and othei
| eastern cities, beside keeping IN touch
with Honolulu by mail. She has SEM
,ome many helpful suggestions from
| .ime TO time which have been embodiep
n the work Of the local units,
During her stay in the East Mrs
| Damon viii visit the supply depot IN
New York through which all the eases
From Hawaii are forwarded.S Many Of
the cases are repacked at this dlstri-
butipp center, and Mrs. Damon hopes
- zee the contents Of boxes from
many parts Of the country and com
nore them with the hospital supplies
and surgical dressings sent by hawai-
both in the quality Of work ana metn'
DDS of packing
The cases from Hawaii have been
| highly praised in letters received mere
and Il is thought that they whi CON,
pare favorably with those sent from
lny part of the country, but II there
"a any room for improvement, Mrs
Damon wants Hawaii to know where
IL lies so that the betterment may
be made. Hawaii's workers want 70
eel that the work sent from here could
not be better in any respect.
May visit washington
Mrs. Damon also hopes to hnd time
for n trip to the National Red Cross
headouarters in Washington, ID. y
Durina her period of patriotic service
the local auxiliary she has grown TO
feel a great interest in the national OF
,anization and wish TO understand
4 more thoroughly.
The Red Cross work among women
in Honolulu has grown enormously
since II came under Mrs. Damon's d.
raction n number Of months ago. W
n the time that Miss Oastle left there
vas yery little call FOR the dressings
| md supplies compared TO the needatO
lay. . - =.
he necessity for much greater OUT.
mt of work became apparent. Inc
work. before that hard been spare-time
| FORK taken ND in leisure moments, pui
n became necessary to make II real
| york done at stated hours and stated
ines IL the volume ofnoutput was TO
be increased and kept tuP! y ..lr
Jew Units Formed W ~. .E.E
Mrs. Damon by her own enthusiasm
and unremittinQ efforts aroused the in
serest of others anew, with the Iesui,
that the work commenced 10 grow ~
ienps and bounds. Old units galneu
new members and adopted more regnlai
hours of work, and new UNITS Wer'
formed in many neighborhoods ana 10
calities, notably on Kauai Hawal, aho
Maui, and at Eva on Oahu. Va,
The army officers 'swiyes who mac
,een doing work for the American
army were persuaded by Mrs. Damon
10 ioiu with the local auxiliary in send
| inc. their work through Red Cross chan,
nels. and the unit at Fort Shafter and
| tbree units at Schoheld Barracks add
ed their efforts to those Of the organ
| ;zea women of Honolulu for the re-
lief Of the wounded. :.
/ With all this growth the rooms al
| 9eretania and Miller Streets, when
rad been used for workrooms, supply
denot, and shipping rooms, became
much too small for comfort or EN-
,iency. Mrs. Damon knew that govern
ment buildings elsewhere were being
nsed for Red Cross work, and decided
that the time had come for the local
auxiliary TO be recognized ana gwen
IN official home, and IL seemed 10 nei
that the throne room of the CaPlto
was the proper place. 4.
/ Throne Room Given Workers
With this request she went TO th'
(ioyernor, and after some consideration
the privilege Of using the throne room
was granted to the Red Cross workers
For the last three months this has beel
their home. The supply rooms are stii
nointoined M the Miller Street build
1 ing, but the making Of surgical dress
| Ines, their packing and shipping ID "i
attended to in the Capitol.
Mrs. Damon has been eeasele S
worker for the interests of the anAih
ary. and she has imbued all her heiP
ers and lieutenants with the same en-
thusiasm and energy which she ma
shown daily. Much praise Is due ne
for her spirit and for the excellent re
suits of her efforts in increasing TN
quantity and scope of the work, an,
| in keeping up the increase once gained
She win have the welfare Of the loca
workers in her thoughts while ava!
and will send back hints that VIII o.
useful to them in their work wheneVe
she learns of any such in her Easter