Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-22
Rally in. Little Rock Las13' Might Ends Inspiring
 'Two-Day Conference.
URGES IMPORTANCE
 CIVILIAN RELIEF
Civilian Relief Director Fairbanks Ex- plains Importance of This Branch of Red Cross WOrk-Dclegates
 Make Tour of Camp Pike.

Little Rock, March 21.-A big Red Cross rally at the auditori,sm of the Hotel Marion, Thursday night at $ o'clock brought to a close one of the most inspiring conferences that the Arkansas Red Cross has ever held.
 The attendance is larged and the enthusiasm greater at this confer ence. according to Red Cross officers for the Southwest division, than at any of the five preceding state con ferences which they have atten7ed. Forty-two delegates arrived Thurs day morning. The division offlcial1 also congratulated the Little RQcs, chapter on the work which has been accomplished by it's knitting depart ment
 The Thursday morning session opened at 1o:15 il the auditorium of the Hotel Marion.
 J. B. Dickinson called the meeting to order and announced that aa Thursday was to be devoted to the work of the woman's departments, he would turn the meeting over b ALr7 F. B. Trustworthy, vice chairman q the Little Rock chapter and director of the knitting department. Mrs Kirsvrorthy presided ever the roF'- ference during the rcmainaer cf ti,c day.
 Before the beginning of ti'e 99' procram Horace M. Swo9e. tactin' neanaeer of the Southwestern diyi@- ion, added . few remarks tC, lis dre@s of Wednesday a,ooin stresNi'f4 tn, srcsy need for trai.aed '''17''@''' and urging the local chapter to er- courage training in this line.
 Not Just Women,s Work.
 Mrs. E. F. Brown, director of wor:- ems work was given an attentive hearing and kept the audience ii a ripple of laughter ever the cvery-daG trials of the Red Cross worker. SAo lamented the fact that Ped Cross work was acquiring the reputatIor of being a woman's work, as it's pos abilities would be narrowed The fact thla,t the local activities were gen erally carried out by a group of com munity leaders, instead of the wolr- en of the city as a body, often make it Ladies Aid Society" che seda She urged the women to leave out personalities or wait and tell them to their husbands in the evening She stated that the wool used by the Red Cross this year had been obtain ed from Canada, where the women for three years had taken the wool frD, clothes to surNly the demand of the armies. She urged the charters It do more Red Cross work at ni2ht when the husbands could help One disabled soldier made surgical dress ings that filled "a box of three feet long. two feet wide and two fec. high, she said.
 Civilian Relief Important. Alfred Fairbanks, civilian relief director, in addressing the assembly on that subject, stated that the first idea that there was no need for c',- ilian relief in connection with the l Red Cross had changed ccmpletely Tkis branch attempts to keeo < communication between the l.avs a' the front and their families at home and is the greatest agency for l9ai taining the morale of the troorg
 said. The St. Louis office ic already in touch with 1So00 families. MT Fairbanks stated that where neces- sarp the Red Cross should give f. nancial aid to soldiers families, not as charity but as rublic justice. Miss Katherine Burlineame. chief sy1Cy yk~t,~ {~ Il that part of the work. She stated that one of the most urgent needs oi the local chapters was to exercise min ute cars in packing the boxes. for shlDment,as they must be sent ro France in a perfect condition. an' 2 vast amount of work could be saved the central office. This same care she said, should bo given to all inc work sent out by the local chanter~ The afternoon was devoted to group conferences in which those in , terestcd in tEe different divisions c, the Red Cross work we've given q, opportunity to question the divieio., officers in charge of the variHus do partment in regard tc anv rnat+o~e on which additional information v-o 2 wanted
 "Wednesday afternoon. at tho o1o~~ of the afterncor session r0oro +No, score of entomrhilos rrduoto1 o party of 1'2 out-af-town delegatee on tour of Camn Pike.
 Local People at Conforencn.
 Pine Bluff Red Cross workers were we'll represented at the state confer. ence in Little Rock. among those at tending being Rev. H. A. Stowell Rev T, L. Norris, T. J. Collier. D. Stanley Dreyfus. and Mrs. Leo M. Andrews, Mrs. K. B. Bloom, Mrs. w. c. Taggart