The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-05

up SHdllClcu anu DIOkeH ana they
smile at our poor French when we
try to sympathizc with them. | pick
ed up a poor French aviator today
with his back broken, and he looked
up at me and died with smile on
his lips" OF such are our armies
made up! Why should we mind tired
fingers and aching arms when we are
sewing for such as they?
Youthful Workers
Not only does history repeats it
self" but it also reverses itself some
times. In our day only our grand
mothers knew how to knit, yet the
other day we heard of Sara Farmer,
one of the most youthful members of
.he Red Cross, teaching ar elderly
lady to knit, or at least, teaching her
an intricate stitch And Dorothy
Ihurmond and Margaret Wise and
Gene Farmer, while not members of
the Red Cross, sit up and knit as Sc
renely as their grandmothers ever did,
m sure. If it be- true that knitting
IS good for the nerves, land we have
| tested it to our satisfaction. what
amiable young ladies this war will
develop!
Night Class for Business Women
The making of comfort pillows
again occupied the hours set apart
for the women and girls of the bust
ness world Tuesday night Mrs. J.
/ b. Wall served as supervisor and
! others registering were Miss GLADYS
Holtzendorff, Miss Mary Livingston,
Miss Mabel Rogers, Miss Ade1la
! Majors, Miss Louise Gibbs, Miss Mae
Hussey, Misses Helen and Esther
! Osborne, Miss Nell Frazer, Mrs Ed
Hussey, Mrs ]. H. Burke and Mrs
L. y. Russell
With the Grandmothers
Three grandmothers, Mrs. Wilkes
Mrs. Warren Boyd, and Mrs. Amelia
Luke, each contributed boxes of
scraps for shippers Tuesday. also
some TO be made into padded squares
Tor hospital throws, a sample of which
will be made by Mrs. G. B. Frev,
'Saturday morning being the only
open day for the grandmothers at the
work room it is to be hoped that
some of them may find pleasure in
awaiting themselves of the opportu-
| - - ''INN' 'iih oNW dl llldC TIME.
From the w. r. c.
Such a dainty, comfortable box of
thln9s was presented the Red Cross
by the local w. K. {. order Tuesday.
containing knitted wash rags. eye
Dandagess, handkerchiefs, tray cloths
with dainty hens, and many other
useful things for the soldiers.
-. Surgical Dressing Glass
MISS Ruth Davis, an authorized in
structor in surg cal dressings, is ex-
pected to arrive Monday from Lees
burg. Ga, to begin a class of twenty
members. Rooms have been engaged
III the Garbutt-Donovan building. and
material has been ordered to begin
Fltzgerald'S allotment of the 7OOO0OO
surgical dressings ordered sent to
France at once. 1t is not known lust
what titzgerald's allotment will be,
but Atlanta's was $4,000, Macon's
was $4,000 and Decatur's was 1000.
the latter auxiliary estimating thar
= women would be steadily occu-
pied until the work was completed"
Membership Drive
beginning on December 10th and
ending at midnight December oath a
membership drive will be conducted
throughout the United States in an ef-
tort to secure 100000 new members
tor the Red Cross as Christmas Gift
TO the boys in the trenches. Fitzger-
ah allotment is 500 new members
and Mr.. J. {. Brewer, local campaign
manager, will begin preliminary work
this afternoon leading up to the or
ganlzation of his forces. calling
meeting of the membership commit
tee and Others at the home of Mrs. C.
a. Holtzendorff New members are
coming in daily and there should be
no trouble in securing the allotment
named.
At an early date a list of all sub
scribing, contributing, and sustaining
members, of the local chapter will be
published in order that no man will
be approached who is already a mem
Der of the Red Cross.