The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-22

ter workers, and only the kinds
of clothing accepted for shipment
that has been requested by the
commission. All articles must be
of good material although they
need not be in perfect repair.
The list of garments needed, as
furnished by the commission, IN
cludes: For men-shirts, under
wear, trousers, overalls, three
piece suits, shoes, overcoats, Jer-
seys. sweater vests and SOCKS.
For women-underwear, corset
slips, petticoats, blouses, skirts,
overcoats, two piece suits, pima
fores. shoes, cloth hats, knitted
caps. stockings and shawls. For
boys-shirts, underwear, trousers,
suits, shoes, overcoats, jerseys and
socks. For girls-dresses, skirts,
overcoats, night-dresses, under
wear, stockings, pdtticoats, two
piece suits, blouses, shoes, hooded
capes and pinafores. For infants
-swanskin swaddling clothes,
cradle dresses and chemises, bod
ices. bonnets, bibs, nickerchiefs,
napkins. shoes, baby dresses,
hooded cloaks, jackets, sweaters
and socks. Miscellaneous-bed-
ticks and sheets, pillow cases,
blankets and mufflers.
BUY w. S. S.
The canteens i'm Northern
France have increased their bust
ness considerably dnring the past
month. Another annex is being
added to one of them. The can
teens now number Is. The Red
Cross canteen service department
soon expects to pass the million
| mark in the number of persons
served.
BUY w. S. S.
At the request of Major Rober;
Perkins, Red Cross Commissioners
to Italy, the War Council has APP.
propriated the sum Of $1,316, 045
for the purchase of certain sup
plies, to be shipped to Italy
These shipments will comprise &
two months supply of foodstuffs
Of which the following items
make up a single month S supply
Two hundred tons each Of con
densed milk, rice, canned meat
beans and peas; and one hundred
tons each of concentrated soup:
and cheeses, as well as twenty
tons Of lard.
| BUY w. S. S.
i The speed record in knitting
has again been broken; this tim
a Red Cross worker Of Crane
Forks, N. D. Mrs. George Butter
wick, member Of the Red Cros
society Of st. Marks Lutheran
church, completed a STANDARD
sweater in 5 hours and SO minutes
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In a box received by the suppl,
service of the Northern Division
, Red Cross headquarters, Minnea
polls, the following note wa
, found attached to pair Of socks
E "Bathgate, N. d., Feb. 20, 1915
, Dear Soldier: This is my sec
!, ond pair sock I knit for the Re,
= Cross am IL years old and in tn
9th grade my mother is runnin
:, this hotel and we are IA peopl
here in the hotel that she GO
, knitting, my younger sister an
brother is knitting sweaters an
the men are all knitting in thi
I town. / hope you will appreciat
!, these socks and wish to here frol
you. Yours threw Uncle San
Leon Quesnal, U. S. A.
Il BUY w. S. S..
| The Red Cross now has fiv
portable laundries in operation g
the base hospitals in Franc,
These laundries have proved {
great value to the hospitals, an
others are to be installed as 500
, as possible.
buy W. S. S.
/ Tasmanian Apples Cheap.
A large shipment of Tasmanian a.
= Piles arrived in London at time whe
e there was a glut of homegrown fru
: and when the lifting of the embare
on French fruit had brought heay
s shipment of pears from the other sic
= of the English Channel. Ordinaril
3 the Australian fruit would have bee
put into cold storage, but no space WIS
to be found there, and the apples ha
to be sold for what they would fetc
some good varieties of cooking apple
selling as low as 81 cents case.
J. Build Moonshades.
l. Mountain campers who scorn ten
f and sleep Gin the open," have devise
; "moonshades'' to shield their eyes
night, so that their slumbers may n
70 be disturbed by the brilliant refiect'
Is light from the earth's satellite. III
y shade consists of a square of canv
re stretched between the upper ends
W two pointed stakes, which are driv'
&c into the ground In any desired Pc!