Arizona republican., 1917-11-04
Club Notes
Official Organ State Federation
 Woman's Clubs

Christmas packages for the Red Cross contributed by members of the Woman's club will be packed in open meeting at the club house Tusday afternoon
 To aid club members in this work. tables will be arranged in the audito- rlum with experienced packers pres ent to assist in making packages con- form to Red Cross instructions. The required containers Ca pad. handker- chief. wrapper with cord and labeD Will be on sale at 25 cents.
 Mrs. Louis H. Chalmers will open her Red Cross shop at the club house for the afternoon for the convenience of those not wishing to bring the con- tents of their packages She will have for sale at wholesale prices nome made fruit cake Hersheys chocolate, salted peanuts, dominoes, checkers, playing cards, flash lights water tight match boxes. tobacco, pipes, paper, pencils, postals, envel- opes and Christmas ribbon
 Sweets are very desirable for these packages, but must be of a kind and so packed to insure safe keeping un- ul Christmas, and each club member IS requested to bring one or moi {. small tin boxes to use as cake or
 
 These Christmas boxes may contain, besides the articles already mentioned. shoe laces. toilet soap, shaving cream. compasses. boy scout knives, books. puzzles, harmonicas. games. chewing sum. salted and sugared nuts, dried dates. figs, prunes, raisins, licorice and preserved ginger; each package Co hold a Christmas card
 Mrs. c. F. Ainsworth has had charge of the Christmas packets for the sol diers in the club and has aroused the Symnatheic interest of the members m the Christmas cheer work. She will be present at the meeting or Tuesday and Will make an informal talk. X short program will precede the wrapping of packages The open ing number will be vocal solo The IT. S. A. Boys" composed and sung by Mrs. W. R. Battin. Two patriotic readings by Mrs. H. C. Lockett and the singing of America by the club members will be the remaining num- bers
 Maricopa Chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution, will furnish an infants chest for the Associated Char iues this year as it has done in the past according to the statement made yesterday by Mrs. H. A Guild. the chapter regent Mrs. Guild said that the small articles for the chest would he donated on Saturday, the tiny gifts being received at the Woman's club any time after 10 o'clock on that morning. In the afternoon begin hing at 2:S0 o'clock the chapter will hold it's regular monthly session. Miss Gllchrist, superintendent of the As sociated Charities will discuss the use that has been put to the contributions of the society and the great need that arises for just such articles. Mrs. I. C- Norton. president of the Arizona Congress of Mothers will give a brief talk on child welfare work. The chapter extends an invitation to mem hers of visiting chapters, officers Of parent teacher associations or any one particularly intered in the programs.
  The music department of the Wom- ans club. Mrs. Wallace Matthie chair man, will meet at the club Monday
 to. sew for the Red Cross.
 
 rh- Friday club held it's annual monthly luncheon at the Woman's club last week, among the members present being Mrs. Carl Hayden who has always kept up keen interest in the club despite the fact that the greater part of her time is passed In Washington. Mrs. Joseph H. Kibbev. Mrs Joseph Sherburne Jenckes and Mrs Edward Kent were the hostesses. Preceding the luncheon a program on Secret Societies of China and Japan" was presented under the direction of Mrs James IT. McClintock.
 In inc waaklxr DroSs Io..o :, by the University of Arizona is tha following timely information which will be of value to the many inter- ested in food conservation.
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