The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-09
MINNEAPOLIS RED CROSS

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dale): II pr. socks; 5 sweaters; "a
hospital bed-shirts; "a pajama suits;
wash rags.
A comparison of this report for Feb
ruary with the report for January af-
fords much room for qualification.
The new parish centers which report
ed no work for January are those of
St. Anthony, st. Helena, the Holy
Name, the Holy Rosary and the Sacred
Heart at Robbinsdale. These units
have swelled materially the total
amount Of work done, and may be eX-
pected to increase their output for
March. In fact, the older centers show
that the work is not tagging but rath-
er that increasing energy and zeal
and skill are multiplying the needed
garments. Thus, for example, the
number of sweaters made in January
was 109; for February. 149; the paja-
ma suits in January, 473; for Febru-
airy, 500; the hospital bed-shirts in
January, 800; in February, SGT. In
January the Pro-Cathedral center re-
ported 1864 pieces all told, whereas
in February the record for one day
was 1921 pieces-more than half the
entire output of the previous month
and the total number for last month
is 1869. The Incarnation center ac-
complished just about twice as much
during February as in January, and
on March the women of this center
started gauZe work class at the Pro-
Cathedral school, Most of the other
parishes show a corresponding in
crease of energy and efficiency.
But perhaps the most significant re-
port of any center in the city is that
of ST. Margarets Academy in the Jun
ior Red Cross work. The Sisters and
students have been steadily at work
there for several months and their re-
port for February Indicates the silent
zeal so characteristic of the work of
the nuns always. They completed:
Field Supplies-130 sweaters; 139 pr.
mittens; hospital supplies-36 hot
water bag covers; "a ice-water bag
covers; 90 triangular slings; 1916 pr.
| operating leggins; Sc pr. bed socks;
II night shirts; surgical supplies
2x2 gauze wipers, 5,014; AKA wipers,
SIS; AKA congresses, 119; sponges. so;
SKA congresses, 1861; refugee work
doz. diapers; doz. pr baby booties;
| II baby kimonos; 6 baby Jackets; IS
child scrapboOks. For the purchase
of Liberty Bonds, the girls solicited
81 800. In addition to that $3.50 in
| Liberty Bonds was presented by
friends of the school. Of the Christ
mas Red Cross seals $50 worth was
| sold by the students.
This is the first monthly report pub
| lished of the Red Cross work done in
st. Margaret's Academy, although this
unit was one of the first in the city
to take up the work. The scope as
well as the extent of their activities
shows the broad lines along which
genuine Christian charity has impelled
the Sisters and pupils; while Catholic
nodesty and reserve have hidden their
work away from the public hereto
fore. Now, however, that the Junior
Red Cross has been organized in the
various schools of the city, it is to be
hoped that the beautiful spirit of
humility and gentle modesty, SO char
acteristic of the truly Catholic insti.
tuition, will not suffer injury in our
i schools by allowing their good deeds
to shine before men. There is, in
deed, some danger of this, and the
danger can not wisely be disregarded;
but some risks must be taken for the
sake of worthy cause. Undoubted.
ly the present report will stimulate
the zeal and set the lines not only
j for our parochial school work in the
Junior Red Cross, but the public
school pupils as well.