The Arizona copper camp., 1917-11-24

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shave the remaining half of the cab
bage as for cold-slaw. Cook it fifteen
minutes in fast-boiling water, then
drain and mix it with a cup of white
sauce. turn into a baking dish, sprin-
kle with cheese, and bake.
A picture of Mrs. James H. Daw-
son appeared in one of the Los An
geles papers, with little sketch
about her wonderful work in making
mess kits for 1877 men. Hence a
woman of Ray decided to write her
in hope of getting some helpful hints
for the work in Ray, and received the
following letter:
Upland, California.
Nov. IL, 1917
Mrs. Shelby w. Shives,
Ray, Arizona
My Dear New Friend:
Your welcome letter of Nov. 6 re-
ceived Nov. 10. In reply I must dis
e%PPOAAI yOOs IL do AAO00 Od60
made-not comfort kits 1 enclose
sample of colth l used, the little white
paper is the width of tape used for
draw strings. When finished each
bag must be 16 inches long, II IL
inches wide. The soldiers aluminium
mess kit just goes easily into bags
with leaving room for one change of
underwear, pair of socks, comb, tooth
brush, etc. 1t looks awfully small,
but that's all they will have when in
the trenches, which is for few hours
at a time; then they go where the
comfort kits are, and extra clothing.
| This is what l am told.
Now a comfort kit is a piece of
cloth as large as this bag made left
flat, with many pockets, to fit what
you put in. 1t is up to you how much
you make a comfort kit cost, as it
contains: Shaving set, tooth brush
and paste, soap, two towels, knife,
scissors, looking glass, pack of cards,
| tobacco. The housewife is ten inches
long, four inches wide, contains
thread, white and tan, buttons,
needles, safety pins, sewing wax, cot
ton batting, white bandage( both of
these rolD.
made for Company IL, 1877 bags,
seven extra. l gave my husband one
like the 1877 and he has used it twice
on camping trips of day or two and
is surprised how much one can get
! into it.
The men want tobacco, candy, play
ing cards. But each cantonment has
under the Y. NJ c. A., store, where
they can buy all these and more, but
tobacco is very high and candy al
most a thing of the past, as 20 pounds
to one person is all the sugar one can
buy in one day now.
We are also sending our Christmas
boxes to the trenches now. They con-
tain: Shaving stick soap, face soap
tooth brush, tooth paste, candy, to-
bacco, dried figs, dates, etc.; cost OF
box, So per person. Boxes must not
weigh over seven pounds; sending is
12 cents pound. All home boys here
in America are to receive the same
Now another thing we are doing
for the war zone people in Northern
France: People have formed clubs tc
sew one day week at whoever's
house they have decided on. All kinds
of old out and under clothes are giver
and the dry cleaners dry clean free;
, underwear is washed; no matter how
ragged Then we make new borr
, baby kits on up to grown peoples
clothes. We fix over, combine any
color with same weight. You ought
too see all 20 ladies did in one after
noon; two big trunks full. This is
; all sent sent free from Los Angeles
We meet one day a week. A lady
just returning said she saw in France
!. mothers in only nightgown, raining
and freezing weather; babies only
from one to three days old wrapped in
newspapers; old men and women with
| hardly any clothes on; no shoes. We
are sending old shoes if soles are
perfect This land has been fought
over so much there's not blessed
thing to see but holes, mud, bloody
mud; people moving; one village all
gone, but one child; houses gone
child sitting on a stone crying, II am
so hungry, hungry etc., etc.
am lecturing in the schools and
churches and my reward is coming
in the shape of lots of clothing, some
brand new.
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