The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-03-06
MOSCOW RED
CROSS MAKES
GOOD RECORD
USED MORE THAN TWO MILES OF
DRY GOODS DURING MONTH
OF FEBRUARY
MANY SHIPMENTS MADE
SENT 2779 ARTICLES, COSTING
$459.4O FOR HOSPITALS
ALONE

One of the busiest places in Moscow
is the Red Cross work rooms in the
federal building, where from rs to SO
women, averaging about 80 every day,
are at work for humanity. There are
few business enterprises in Moscow
being conducted any more systematic
ally or where more real, intelligent
work is being done than in the
federal court room and, to use the
words of visitor, "the court room
has never been used for such an ex-
cellent purpose"
Ones first impression on entering
the court room is that it is a mann
moth meeting of sewing circle, with
an overflow" for the hall is filled
with sewing machines. There are Is,
in all, of which the local owns three
and IL are loaned by women who can
spare them. Some women who can
not come to the local rooms and sew
loan their machines, and the 10 ma
chimes are going eight hours a day.
The help is all volunteer. No one is
paid. In fact, the Red Cross does not
handle enough money to pay these
women if they were to charge what
their work is really worth. Some 1g-
norant persons have circulated the
report that the women who wear uni
forms get a salary. These reports are
made through ignorance, and are un-
founded No one is paid. They give
their work, their time, and their mon
ey to the cause of humanity.
Monthly Meeting Last Night
The regular monthly meeting of the
executive committee was held last
night and the business of last month
was gone over. The financial report,
read by Mrs Burke, the secretary,
showed that the local does an I'M
mense amount Of business and han
died large amount Of money The
local paid out $1O8O.68 last month for
expenses and has now on deposit In
two Moscow banks, $2525.44. During
the month the local made and shipped
2779 articles exclusive of knitted
goods, using 1857 yards, or more than
two miles of material for making these
articles. During the month, knitted
goods were shipped as follows: lOl
pairs of socks, 29 sweaters, IL pairs
of wristlets and five helmets. These
went to the naval auxiliary and the
report of Mrs. Lewis for that depart
ment shows cash on hand on Feb. l,
$233O9, and subscriptions received
$25.45. This department spent Sl63.9o
for yarn, $4.55 for needles and $3.50
for express on shipments, leaving
$84.14 in the treasury March 1.
Naval Base Hospital Unit
This local undertook to furnish
"naval base hospital unit This
means that it supplied every article
needed in such base hospital and
it has succeeded and is now working
on miscellaneous work. In addition
to this equipment the local last month
supplied 83 sweaters, 1876 pairs -of
socks, 63 pairs of wrislets and one
helmet. 1t used 142h pounds OF
sweater yarn and 40 pounds OF SOCK
yarn during the month. The yarn Is
furnished by the Seattle headquarters
of the Red Cross.
Mrs. Truitt furnished a detailed re-
port of the work done for the hospital
unit and the list follows:
Articles made in February by the
local chapter: 480 draw sheets, l6o
suits pajamas, 88 tape shirts, 72 bed
shirts, % bath robes, ambulance
caps, 81 ambulance pillows, 21 bed
socks, 81 quilts, III sweaters, 10y
pairs socks, 76 pairs wristlets, he'll
NETS, 1880 surgical dressings; total
articles, 2779.
Material Used
Bed shirts. 158 yds.; approximate cost
s52.0O Draw sheets, 772 yds.; ap-
proximate cost, $4,000. Pajamas, 969
yds; approximate cost, s145.0O. Quilt
lining, 50 yds.; approximate cost,
$3.50. Surgical dressings, 400 yds. OF
gauze, cost s17.4O; 6S yds. of muslin,
cost $500.
Total number yards of material used
1857; total cost of material used,
s459.40.
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