The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-20

4 ncfipti0u Of some Of the serious and
4 humorous features Of American Red
sGsses work in Britain has been re-
@eefyeA here from London. The word
M odetnre. which will be OF nterest to
4yefy American follows
ss TO be disappointed with the Red
SEroAo work that is done at No. IS
S0e0fge street. Hanover Square. Wis
I tor must be very exacting There are
DSepie, not very sagaeious people.
- Do expect rather too much Of
9A1o headquarters OF the Receiving
1 - Distributing Service OF the United
e44oo commission for Great Britain.
InotY argument would seem TO be that.
80 u accompiishes so much in the hand
HINT Of surgical supplies and hospital
ANomforts. 1t should also serve aa a kind
E&k emporium and clearing house for
sANerything under the sun.
One caller who could not be salts
II I'D, wanted to know whether the Red
4Fcss sold her fsvorite face cream
u - cream was made In New York and
1nan Rad Cross MAS American. wasn't
N@1 another came to inquire whether
~ public dentist" was kept on the
\ Deomtses. An officer demanded shoes
INaAnufactured by New York firm. He
aNAa followed. after a dull interval, by
NJ person In search of food card for
hef sister. who was soon 10 arrive
nom America Being disappointed
M41&xpENkAsd her sense Of the.+,iack OF
a1nHAxpFfAe III the Red Cross. nut ibis
8~onAuctA1fon may not have been 50
SAMsA 70 bear as the afTabie condescen-
- 81 : woman who, in offering her
%1o1f Tor employment, proclaimed that
80 had no objection to working with
sAMnerIcans.-
III n might Surprise such visitors to
henr thst the neatly uniformed wo-
nem Of the George street stan find
8Nett0 enough to do to get through
s1AAtr own business. They deal with n
Nagookly average OF zoe 600 articles,
aanoeftng legitimate demands many
- they are various. Now it is set
%N4 eompaetA kits for a company of
orpedoeA zen that is required: and
a4of new fhospital in this country.
ID ut day comes an order for operating
SnGkets for a hospital in France or
A0rr = ship load OF necessaries to go
Y toAd: sOrAfor thousands OF yards of
4mA1eAchndsGauze for Red Cross work
g1Mmm4A 90 one dav recently bo.00o
rw3Gal@ Dressings were dispatched
ress ths channel
M M~re Houses Taken Over.
S - aR4anisation now represented in
a4unnH0e street was part Of the original
Don chapter of the American Red
sMno which helped the British Red
- In the early days of the war,
"a - AMERICA Joined the allies the
#nn4 on WtA energies increased enor-
ouoly. 4 The present house was then
%mo0oyed. ~ nd, big as ii lis. has proved
1De1essiy TOO email for the demands
nn1e uuon it, so that they have had
30 b limited and specified. other
8NMndings being taken elsewhere FOR
fo4Aer department of the work. No. Is
Ut one OF sshe many typical London
A4owsEs which have passed into the
sNeDporAry occupation OF America and
n erica It hirliss none th.wo of It
EN10aHsA IL lie cid, Or at least not new II
$500 because ii stands near ST. Georges
8Snrch. where a ittlc legion of IA
nona people have been married, in
1ndirG Mr. Roosevelt.
4Ome hne decoration stili remains on
1Ae walls M hitch boast even an oil
WAITING or two. The principal orna-
Seata In these days however. are Sc.
gealy practical Boxes and bales make
AtGicult TO walk about the wide hail
1n Of surgical supplies line the
W fn fab. every body is much too
3G1 to be strictly III harmony with
klnn1ons btoeade. eray-white panel
ana Italian mirrors which seem
Ntafe arnazediy at women who have
EUtfen the art Of palnintg and cam
- much rs attain TO graceful
- london warehouse Of the
MmT1c4n Red Cross il al the other
4 ~ the town. in Whitetorse- yard,
Coleman street. IN the CITY
onxh it furnishes 50 900 square
of accomm odation X is so tucked
6Y In a city labvrinth that one ;
Aders how America discovered II,
whether Red indians were
1mghfsov To track II out.
8H 3 guaatter Of fact. The Red Cross
16 tn building 10 an Australian.
oe scent for eligible property vas
no his possession OF IA father in
fAfEhousafs business in London /
nAd Red Cross supply man who
been entrusted with lie duty of
G1ng premises were fellow passen-
0@ ! sbhir from. America Hav- |
- wtoid exactly what was
s&3tW Australian said he would
4e city iii ne found it, He |
= lot OF walking. but at last !!
lRccess
fh14 happened not very
coleman street building
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