Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23
RED CROSS NOTES

WauSau ana vicinity without a hitch
More workers are being added to the
list Of those giving part of their time
to this needy and worthy cause every
week, and those at the head of the
local chapter and branches throughout
the county are becoming more and
more encouraged.
The ladies of Stratford have become
very much interested in the Red Cross
work and have recently made a can
vass of the town for members. The
past week the Stratford ladies anxious
to do their "bit'' met at the opera
house, at which time a delegation of
Wausau Red Cross workers were pres
ent and helped organize and give in
DR.. A. w. Trevitt was also in STRAIT
ford during the past week and gave
an address on Red Cross work at the
opera house. The Wausau ladies go
ing over to Stratford are gratified
with the spirit demonstrated by our
neighboring town and much assistance
is assured in the way OF Red Cross
articles from the ladies of that town.
M. D.. Murphy, Red Cross Commits
sioner to France, has sent the follow
ing cablegram, which explains the
dire need for knitted garments:
Begin shipping now one and half
million each knitted mufflers, sweat
ers, socks and wristlets. These are
desperately needed before cold wealth
er. In view of the shortage of fuel
and other discomforts they will be of
incredible value in both military and
civilian work.
Last winter broke the record for
cold and misery among the people
here. They ineXpressibly dread lest
the coming winter find us without
supplies to meet the situation. l urge
you on behalf of our soldiers and
those of our allies who will suffer in
the frozen trenches. Thousand of
belgian and French refugees and
repatriates are being returned through
Switzerland to France"
The following finished Red Cross
articles have been received by the
Marathon county chapter from the
Mosinee branch since September Is:
2 sweaters, 2 scarfs, pair wristlets
pair socks, 2 helmets, 40 caps. They
expect to bring in larger returns for
November list, as there is a large
amount of yarn still out.
An interesting Red Cross meeting
was held at Spencer last Tuesday af-
ternoon. Mrs. C. B. Bird, Mrs. C. C.
Yawkey Mrs. R. E. Puchner and Mrs.
j. l.. Sturtevant of the Wausau chap
ter were present to give instructions
in the work. The local committee
of Red Cross workers took samples
of material, patterns and finished ar
ticles of work to Spencer to show
the ladies of that place what the Red
Cross requires. In talk given by
Mrs Bird, she stated that 700 finished
knitted sets are required of the Mara
thon county chapter in their next
shipment November LIST. Each set con-
sists of one sweater, one scarf, one
pair wristlets, one helmet and one
pair of socks.
Many untrue stories have been
going the rounds lately on the
work being done by the Red Cross
that needs to be stopped imme-
diately. Undoubtedly everybody knows
what the Red Cross organization is by
this time, and if they do not know,
they ought to. Red Cross work has
spread rapidly over this country since
the declaration of war and is an in
dication of the general patriotic SEN
timent throughout the country. Among
the stories circulated is that the sol
diers have to pay for sweaters, scarfs,
helmets, wristlets, etc, made by the
Red Cross workers. Another story
is that the soldiers never get to see
these articles made by Red Cross
workers, but that they are sold to
wholesalers and in time find their
way into the retail stores. Stories
like the above are absurd and the
originators of them should be pun
ished to the fullest extent of the law.
A person that will start a story like
either of the above is a traitor and
is working hard against an organiza-
ton that is trying to help our boys
who have gone to the front to give
up their lives if necessary that their
country may be saved The Red Cross
articles made in Wausau are sent to
the Central Division headquarters in
Chicago, from which place they go on
to New York. where with other Red
Cross articles from all parts of the
country, they are sent across the sea.
Donations of old sheets or linens in
which to wrap gauze surgical dress
ings will be gladly accepted at the
Red Cross rooms.
A roll top desk is needed at the
Red Cross rooms. Any one having
such desk that they will loan, kind
ly call the Red Cross headquarters,
phone 1858.
FARM LANDS
$500 acres of Marathon and lin