Evening star., 1918-05-19
PAYS PHONE BILL
BYLEW|NGF|NES
None But Work Topics Per-
mitted at Surgical Dress
ing Headquarters.
RED CROSS ACTIVITIES

hhc VI - CCHtS Is liupOScO. Us
common consent, upon workers at
headquarters for Red Cross surgical
dressings whenever any subject Is
broached other than that of the busi-
ness in hand. The money goes to
pay the telephone bill. Mrs. Mont
gomery Blair. in charge. declines to
tell whether the telephone bill is paid
to date.
There are thirty-nine Red Cross
trict of Columbia. each one making
bandages for the men at the front.
The headquarters is at 1226 Con-
necticut avenue, where Mrs. Blair
presides.
The personnel Of these units COM
prises women in official life, society
women, women who work in the
government departments. shop girls.
both houses of Congress and orphan
children.
Mrs. e. H. Liscum of 1922 21st street
is prominent among the workers
She Is the widow of a general of the
United States Army, who lost his life
rebellion. She was a leader in the
making of surgical dressings during
the civil war, and repeated her activ-
tiles during the Spanish American
war. Again she is at work, heading
Ei1teen Unit Mhfh it is 1 kn9wn NJ BY nh her
ton City Orphan Asylum compose a
unit. They devote their Saturday
alf-holidays-their only leisure-to
the work. In their workroom there is
table with seven chairs; the eight
girls who cannot find places at the
Col 10 nj fob oho; ;y-
at the first vacancy.
Girls of the Library of Congress.
their numbers augmented by nurses
and public school teachers, have
formed a unit, and are engaged in
many war activities. This unit has
taken charge of books to be distrib-
uted to soldiers and support a French
orphan.
The unit, composed of woman en-
ployes of the War Trade Board, is
financed by a penny day contributed
by each member. Woodward & 10th
rop's employees have composed unit
to make dressings.
Mrs. McAdoo Heads Unit.
Mrs. W. G. McAdoo is head of the
unit composed Of women employed in
the Treasury Department. The Agri-
cultural Department has a unit COM
posed of woman employees. Other de-
partments are likewise active.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover Is at the head
of a unit of workers in the United
States Food Administration. There
also is a unit of the employees COM
pensation commission of the Depart
men of Labor. The Red Cross helpers
is an organization doing the same
work, composed of women known in
social circles.
Three apartment houses have or
ganized woman tenants into units.
These are at the Cairo, the High
lands and at 2400 18th street.
Mrs. Marshall a Leader.
Mrs. Marshall. wife of the Vice
President, is head of a unit in the
Senate office building. The Congress
sional Club, composed of wives OF
congressmen, has a unit. and there Is
also the Genevieve Clark unit. named
for the daughter of the Speaker. who
heads 1t.
There is a unit made up of Colo
NAL Danes. The Equal Franchise
League has an organization COM
posed of suffragists.
There are units in many churches,
among others: ST. Thomas, st. Mar
earet's, st. Adams. st. Andrews. Peck
Chapel, Epiphany, Covenant. United
Brethren.
The units of the District of Column
bja have already made up and shipped
1.116.0O0 dressings and have equipped
sixteen warships. At this time they
are working on dressings to be sent
to the front line trenches to be used
by the hospital units for slight
wounds as first aid measure.