The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-19

IN the hospital garments department
Of the central Red Cross Mrs. W
IL y. Hansen is chairman and reports
large amount Of work done dur
lng the past month. There are forty
iour units, branches and auxilarios
under her supervision. The women OF
her department have made nearly 5000
garment, during the past month.
In this department come the women
ol the University Christian church.
who have made twenty-seyen bedshlrts
and iorty-onc helpless case shirts. The
Wesley church women have made forty
helpless case shirts and two brdShirts.
Jhc Rebecca workers have supplied
thrty bedshlrts, twenty helpless case
shJr, and three pajama suits. The Col
uWbu' unit has to- its credit thirty-SiK
bcdShlrts and twenty hclple" case
shirts The Twenty-sccond street unit
b., made twonty.slN bedshifIs. sixty
helpless case shirts and five surgeons
gowns. The Whittier unit have a.,
thclr contribution 10 the supple, ten
pllama suits and iorty-iiyc bcd,hlrt,
The Episcopal guild has supplied nine
teen helpless case shirts, while the East
Tenth street unit has made thirty help
less case shirts, the Sixteenth Epw1rth
unit eleven bedshirts and sixty help
less case shirts, and the Western Ave
nue. unit has made fifty helpless case
shirts.
Interest in canteens Is spreading rap
IDLY IN the presidents family, says The
American Red Cross journal Not only
have Mr. and Mrs. Wilson donated the
official suite At the union station in
Washington. 10 be used as "cantecn
rest room" for soldiers, sailors and
marines. but Miss Margaret Wilson
has become a devoted "paUcr-ow" Of
sandwiches, coffee and cantccn dlintic'
al the hut" in the railroad yards,
I'm the central Red Gross sewing
rooms the workers are cutting refugee
garments Mrs h +. hartmann, Mrs
Andrew kngkaid and Mrs C. II
Mitchell are in the cutting department
and the plan is TO cut 100 girls dresses
today. The knitting committee is
composed OF Mrs. ] NJ Anderson. Mrs
{. II. Clyver, Mrs. r. H. Dunn and Mrs
Carl GlitSch. There are six women on
the sewing committee and four Of
those are members OF the u. A. K. Mrs
I. w Williamson IL chairman and she
is assisted by Mrs. Boston Wilson. Mrs.
Robert NJ Conway Mrs, Robert M2
Gardner, Mrs Stratton Flick and Mrs
J. W. Graves.
The central surgical dressings de-
partment OF the Red Gross i, being as
sisted by the Sun Dial Maids MONDAY
Besides these young girls there are fiji
ty other women present and busily en-
gagged in making iive-yard rolls and
two bv two wipes. SatuNtly box OF
372 rolls was packed and shipped 20
headquarters, and lS6 fve.yard rolls
were made.
As a result Of the telephone cam
paigning Saturday the receipts of the
Red Cross payments Of pledges
amounted to s447 30. This was in small
amounts and represented about a hun
dred pledges.
The Liberty kitchen IL calling for
more volunteer helpers. There Is a
bushel of peaches being canned and
preserved today for Mrs c. T. ingalls,,
and more fruit is ready to can.
The General Aid society Of the First
Methodist church will meet Tuesday
morning at go o'clock in the audito-
rum OF the church, Fourth and Rob
inson streets. All members are urged
20 be present.