Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-13
Women Are Urged
To Conserve Wool

A request to the woinen of America
to aid in the conservation Of wool in
order to prevent any needless suffer-
Ing for lack of the knitted clothing
on the part of soldiers and sailors.
a bee issued by Miss Hannah j.
Patterson, resident director of the
woman's committee Of the Council of
National Defense. The statement has
been issued in direct appeal to the
women of the country who are knit
ting constantly. not for the soldiers
or sailors, but for themselves They
are using the best of the yarn OBJ
tainable for numbers of sweaters,
where one should suffice under the
present conditions.
Miss Patterson says:
with a serious worldwide need
OR economy in wool, n with nurses,
soldiers and sailors writing their
friends md the Red Gross and other
organizations for knit garments to
help keep them warm in h rigorous
winter climate of northern France
and the North Atlantic. thousands Of
women in the United States are using
wool for their personal adornment.
Sweaters cannot be made without
yarn. The woman's committee is p
pealing to the women OF the country
t. stop the practice OF needlessly and
wastefully using yarn for themselves
1t is appealing to the spirit Of loyalty
and devotion to country which will
keep any woman from using yarn for
unnecessary sweaters for herself
when our lighting forces need it.
1T is imperative that we send out
a call to our sisters to do their bit in
the war by knitting no more sweaters
of wool for themselves after they
have one 1t is u~nthinkable that our
soldiers and sailors should suffer, or
run the risk Of suffering because wom-
en- choose to have from three to thir-
ty sweaters to match their various
gowns
Mrs. C. D. Page and Mrs. NJ. w.
Murray gave an informal afternoon
parents. Mr.. n Mrs. C. A. Hale, Nm
compliment to Miss Grace Brynjolf-
son., who is to be a bride Of h
month. Yellow and white decora-
tions were used in the rooms. where
the guests. all members of the Trt-
Sigma club, sewed or knitted for the
Red Cross. Yellow and white autumn
flowers were in the dining room and
on the tea table, from which Mrs.
Pages mother and sister. Mrs. c. A.
Hale and Miss Alice Hale, and Miss
Maude Griffith. served:
At the regular Sunday afternoon
Vesper service at the Y. W. c. A. to-
morrow afternoon, Mrs. o. A. Web
ster will speak. She will give a talk
on the work Of Marion Webster in
South America. A number of curios
nave been sent from South Africa
and these will be exhibited at the
service. in connection with Mrs. Web
ster's talk. The service will begin at
5 o'clock.
Mrs. George Buckingham, Jr., win
sing, and tea is to be served by the
young women of st. Agnes guild.
The girls of the Great Blue Wig
VAN campfire held a. ceremonial
meeting yesterday afternoon at the
Y. W. c. A. rooms. Marian Taylor
and Trenna Linfoot were invested
with the degree of wood CATERERS.
The girls Of he campfire. who meet
every Friday afternoon at the "Y."
ceremonials in the evening, and to
serve refreshments after the cere-
monies.
Mrs. Sam Capltn, formerly Miss
Mary Fishman, who has been visiting
man. Of this city, and relatives in
Winnipeg for the las six weeks, left
yesterday for her home at Redfead,
s. D.
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Mrs. Bessie HeAgeeen Of Milton Is
visiting over the week end in Grand
Forks. Mrs. Helgesen is the widow
Of the late Congressman H. T. Hell
gesen. n during the last few years
has lived most of the time at Wash
tngton. .
Section 4 of St. Paul's Episcopal
Guild will hold a social on Tuesday
afternoon at the. home Of Mrs. W. 3.
Woolsey, SIS. Chestnut street. Mrs.
Z. H. Wilson and Mrs, M. e. Stricken
will be hostesses with Mrs. Woolsey.
The general public is invited.
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MI. and Mrs. P. Cardinal and their
daughter and son, Rose and Jerry
Cardinal. Mrs. Albert Nero and Mrs,
Joseph Burton were in a party that
left here this morning for a motor
trip to Red Lake Falls. They expect
to return to town Sunday night.
Mrs. Paul Johnson, president Of the
local Y. W. c. A. board, has beer in
Minneapolis during the week attend
ing a conference Of the presidents of
the Y. W. c. A. associations Of the
northwest field. Mrs. johnson is ex-
pected to return to her homo in East