The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20
WOMEN WATCHING
KE0KUK'S ANSWER.
Question Raised as to Whether keo-
kuk Really Cares Much About
Red Cross Chapter Work
Here.
rs NEW ANGLE OF VIEW
Figures in Books to be Closed Satur-
day Night Will Tell Whether
Work Of Many Women
is Appreciated.

Does Keokuk appreciate the O
so many Keokuk women nave been
doing for the soldiers who belong to
lKeokuk?
If somebody helped a sick, or even
a lonesome, member Of a family who
was away from home, that family
! would show some quantity OF appre-
citation of the kindness.
Does Keokuk show any real sort of
appreciation for the people who have
done so much for it's boys in the
camps and in the trenches and in the
hospitals?
That question was put up to an Off
Ger of the Keokuk Red Cross today.
The woman who herself has done
much for the Red Cross in keokuk
hesitated a moment and then replied:
Wait until the membership drive
is over, and I'll be able to answer
that question with figures and facts.
If Keokuk people appreciate the Red
Cross, they will join it when he cost
is only a dollar for a whole year. Ii
they don't think the Red Cross
amounts to much, they won't join 1t
this week. Come back for your
answer the last Of he week"
Some Prominent Women Workers.
1t is easy enough to know how
much has been done by Keokuk
women alone for the soldiers, not to
mention the lesser part played by the
men. A few men are helping a multi
tude of women this week in getting
1000 memberships In the Keokuk Red
Cross chapter renewed for another
year. A woman, Mrs. w. N. Sage,
is chairman of the weeks campaign
and is working hard and efficiently
at it. A large number of women
have been doing things here for over
a year-too many to catalogue in a
newspaper column.
When the Keokuk Red Cross chap
ter was organized Miss Lydia e..
Howell was made temporary chair
man. She was a member OF the board
of directors during its first year and
gave much time to work among the
soldiers, especially Company L before
its departure, giving French lessons
that were much appreciated and
which no doubt have helped them
greatly since their arrival in a
In the surgical dressing department
of the Keokuk Red Cross the work OF
Miss Cornelia Meigs has been mag
nifcent and pre-eminent. She a
given all her time and attention since
April 1917. Due to her energy and
tireless zeal, the surgical dressing de-
partnent has done 100 percent work
in quality and quantity.
She knotted Home Ties.
In the home service section, Miss
Laura Atoms name stands for all
that is helpful and efficient. Her
work of a very private and personal
nature, among the families OF the
soldiers, has been toe far reaching
TO escape the attention OF anyone In
lterested in the work of this branch
OF the Red Cross.
In the knitting department there
are four ladies to whom much OF he
success in this branch is attributed.
They are Mrs. j. l.. S. Scadding, Mrs.
Thomas r. Board, Mrs. L. A. Hamill
and Mrs. Lucy Elder Dimelow.
In the Belgian refugee and hospital
garment section, Mrs. c.. b. McFar-
land has been a ~tireless and efficient
chief. Mrs. Joseph O'Brien is called
the paiama queen, and has earned
the many enconiums bestowed on
her because of the nature of her
work and amount of time she has
given to her chapter.
List is a Long
In the numerous drives for mem
bership and for funds for the Red
Gross, Miss inertia Mitchell has given
her time and energy without stint.
Mrs. A. Hollingsworth conducted a
most efficient anvas in the homes
last spring. Among Miss Meigs' more
notable helpers are Miss Mary Irwin,
Mrs. B. B. Hobbs, Mrs. Paul Pech-
stein, Mrs. Amy Parsons Anderson,
the Misses Younker, Miss Elsie Buck,
Mrs. Fred Reeve, Mrs. j. F. Lutz, Mrs.
Chenoweth, Mrs. Hodge, Mrs. Dur,
lrett, and so many, many others, space
lforbids mentioning.
Through the lower half of Lee
county in the Keokuk chapters juris'
diction the women have given nobly
and cheerfully of their time. Their
patient hands nave often in weari'
ness toiled to give help to the sick
and wounded. Their labors are
monumental and to their credit foI