El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-22
SPLENDID WORK IS DONE DURING THE YEAR BY
WOMEN RED CROSS WORKERS OF Ell PASO; SOMEI
FIGURES ON WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED


THE report OF the excellent work
l done by the Woman's department
Of the Red cross in FL Paso for the
past year. made at the annual meet
ing this year follows:
Surgical dressing. Mrs. D. Bruce
Smith, chairman, S01, 61s articles made
Knitting. Mrs. Z. S. Stewart, chair
man. $685. garments made
Sewing. Mrs. A P. Coles. Chairman.
1865 garments.
The director Of woman's work IS
Mrs. Horace ". Braddus. Under her
supervision the sewing department
used 72.515 yards Of materials, 25O7
pounds Of wool, 10000 yards Of gauze
and 1883 pounds Of cotton.
st. Louis emergency quotas were
turned out as follows; Four by four
wipes. los. 400; front line parcels, 7176
or 7176O surgical dressings; linens for
France: sheets, 500; bath towels, 911;
nand towels, 1905; handkerchiefs,
Ills; contagious masks. 1850. This
department also made a local emery
ency supply Of contagious ward
masks and pneumonia jackets, given
e the base hospital, Aoy hospital and
the hospitals at Canutillo, Eabens and
the Rescue Home, also to Hachita and
10 individuals.
In the mending Of soldiers clothing,
20, 600 garments were placed and 1900
garments completed.
In the home service the Red Cross
averaged caring for 275 families Of
soldiers per month. and expended
sSsS7.ss on families OF soldiers, over
$1,000 Of which has been returned.
oil
sent TO Belgian children by the Junior
Boys of the manual training de-
partment made As pieces Of furniture
for Red Cross Gift Shop and sos toys
were made for the Festival OF the Al
lies.
The following articles were made
by the children Of the various
schools: Knitted articles. 111S; sur.
gical dressings, 1921; hospital gar
ments, 14,110s refugee garments, 1112;
pieces made in manual training de-
parments, $40; miscellaneous articles,
1867. total, 30.399 articles
First aid classes of the Red Cross
graduated 101 and Is are now under
The home dietetics department.
graduated Il and has Il under in
struction.
Home nursing classes were much
lGuUlCADEQ DN QtAa4y III LEGc-N44Az tea
books and by the epidemic OF influ
enza- Miss Jessie z. S. Mcdonald
hopes 70 begin work next week with
4 class Of 20 members
During three months, July, August
and September. the canning depart I
msnt, Mrs. J. - Rawlings. chairman,
turned out 3249 cans Of vegetables and
fruits and glasses of jelly. Of this
amount SIG cans were given TO the /
Red Cross. This department was an
especial advantage 10 the community, 1
offering SO wide a field OF instruc-
ton
ty Council Of Defence. the government!
demonstration. Miss L Z. Stallman.
gave intensive training IN canning
work thereby fitting many women for
teaching the work TO the members of
their own household and TO their
The Red Cross cznteen at the
union station, since the 1st OF jan
uary. extended some form OF hospi-
tality to 6s.915 men of the army serv-i
ice. A total OF IS, 900 post cards and
eco magazines have been dis
lributed. Since the 18th OF July. 6S4o 4
men have been entertained in the
canteen; 225 Of these received first aid
treatments and 81 were furnished with
meals. One hundred and twenty five
and wives OF soldiers received
assistance
Twenty five thousand baths were
taken by soldiers passing through the
city.
The chairman Of the Red Cross
work for FL Paso is DR.. W. L Brown;
the secretary is Ms z. P. Rankin, Jr.;
assistant secretary and cashier Of the
war fund Miss Ora Chester; member
ship chairman. Mrs. = G. Barada; di-
rector OF Woman's work. Mrs Horace
Broaddus; sewing chairman. Mrs A
P. Coles. knitting chairman. Mrs. q. S.
Stewart; surgical dressings. Mrs. D.
Bruce smith; home service department
chairman, Mrs. s P. Skinner; canteen
department. chairman. Mrs. J. L
Campbell: Junior league chairman,
Mrs. 1. T KILLER; salvage chairman. j.
Mrs. William Wallace educational ;