The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-02
WOMAN'S sBIT1' IN GREAT WAR

 the results of their efforts show that they also worked in frenzy of speed to geth their achievements finished and deliveredl There are frocks with sleeves set in backwards and waist lines so small that any healthy g. year-old would be nightly pinched if buttoned into them. There are hems turned up and not turned in, so that the raw edge of fabric pro- jects beyond the machine stitching. And as for buttonsi Dozens of small garments arrive buttonless every day mot only newly made garments but old ones donated to the Red Cross. It seems incredible that anybody could be so mean as to snip off buttons from a garment given to charity, but most workers in charitable organizations will admit that this form of "econ- omy'' is not unknown to them If you have nothing else to donate to the Red Cross chapter in your town, con tribute your family button bag" with it's assortment of buttons in various sizes, and start a new collection on your own account.
 MAKE GARMENTS WELL
 In one Red Cross headquarters hangs plainly printed sign which reads: "One well made garment is worth more to the Red Cross than a dozen garments that need alterations or repairs" Before making up a box of discarded clothes. have every small garment carefully put in order, but tons added where necessary, repairs made, and a laundering given if the things are not perfectly fresh and clean Perhaps you would be sur prised to see how many soiled and bedraggled little garments come to the Red Cross from we'll meaning CD contributors.
 The department of diatetics is an important part of Red Cross work. Women are being taught how to buy and prepare food economically in their own homes-and of course. there is the larger work of preparing food for soldiers in the hospitals. This branch of the work furnishes occupation for many women who are not fitted by training or temperament for nursing. In cooking schools and domestic sci ence schools all over the country spe- cia1 classes in camp cooking were held earlier in the season. and will be held again in the autumn.
 HOW TO MAKE SOUP
 Youthful recruits of the male sex find a good deal of pleasure as well as much profit in acquiting Knowledge anent the building of potato soup and other camp delicacies from pretty, Wh1te-aprOneu 1nSlrucuOfS. ne uni form for diatetic service is not as picturesque as the nursing uniform but is attractive enough withal, with it's big, immediately white pinafore, belted trimly at the waist and it's neat little white cap with turned back brim in front.
 The Red Cross nursing uniform has a beauty that is far beyond the beauty of mere material attractiveness and picturesqueness, a beauty that stands for service rendered for honorable achievement, for sacrifice. for an ideal past compare. The uniform may not be worn until it has been earned. Lit tie cockney Annie" who contrives for herself a uniform out of un- bleached muslin and turkey red cot ton in Miss Lorette Taylor's war play Out There.' willingly relinquishes the poor bundle of cloth that it is when, at the front. she realizes as scrub girl in the field hospital. what the wearing of real Red Cross uniform means in work and in knowledge. It Is a proud day for "Anie' when. garbed in the adored and longed for white with it's flaming badge of service on cap and sleeve, she comes back from "Out There to thrill and inspire those at home with her call to service. There is another Red Cross regalia, worn by the women who give service at home by making surgical supplies and com forts for the soldiers.