Evening star., 1918-11-17
RED CROSS ACTIVITIES.

The annual meeting of the District
Chapter Red Cross, will be held in
ST. Johns Church Parish Hall Fri
day afternoon. November %. at 4
O'Clock. Officers for the ensuing year
will be elected and reports for the
last year will be received.
There viii be no slackeninS of ef-
fort on the part of the District Chap
ter of the Rcd Cross because of the
signing of the armistice. Airs. 7. w.
Richards. director of womcn's work.
announces. Preparation of surgical
dressings has been discontinued, but
all the various other activities Will
continue for the present just as in
war time.
At the Red Cross house at Walter
Reed Hospital. where entertainment
and recrea ton facilities are provided
for wounded american soldiers: the
work is increasing daily. Mrs. Henry
Rea, field director, reports. In addi-
tion to providing the men with sta
tionery, books and magazines, some spe-
cial entertainment feature is arrang-
cd at the Red Cross house each week.
During last week the soldiers were
entertained by a number of the per-
formers from keith's Theater, who
visited the house at the request OF
the chapter, and Nine. Schumann-
Heink sang.
During last week the salvage de-
partment shipped twenty-seven cases
of fruit stones, each package weigh
ing 500 pounds.
The salvage department is located
at Delaware avenue and street
northeast. Mrs. j. "A. Dougherty. who
is in charge there, is particularly de-
sirous that persons having chill
dren's old clothes. old toys and chill
dren's furniture notify the depart
| ment. All such articles are assorted
and sold to the poor.
William Jnyvo p
Taft is to speak at a salvage meeting
to be held Saturday evening in Con-
tinental Memorial Hall.
Mrs. e. W. w. Gear. in charge of
the comforts committee has issued
an appeal to the women who have
| been serving as cutters in the surgi-
! cal dressing department to assist in
| preparing large order of khaki
| bags and property bags for soldiers
| and bedside bags for use in the hos
| pitfalls.
Besides this special order there is
, an abundance of other work at COM
| forts committee headquarters. 1901
Connecticut avenue, Mrs. Gear states.
| Members of girls clubs and war or
ganizations who wish to help will be
given a definite day each week on
| which to meet at headquarters.
Among other things, the comforts
committee makes 5000 hospital scrap
! books each month.
Members OIL the MOTOR Corps last
week were engaged largely in an
swering calls for ambulances to move
influenza patients from the tempo
rary hospitals to permanent hospitals.
Members of the corps rendered valu-
able service to Washington during
the period of the epidemic, being kept
busy day and night answering emer-
gency calls.
During October 76S families we're
given assistance by the home service
department.. Mrs. w. S. Uford re-
ports. OF this number. 40 were new
cases. The work Of the department
is increasing from month to month,
and, with the winter months approach
ing. the need for this service is ex-
pected to become even greater. Wom-
an volunteers are wanted to follow
up Investigations of special cases and
to do clerical work at headquarters
in the kenois building.
Miss Anne GreenleeS. in charge of
the Teaching Center. at 1913 G street,
announces that the first aid classes
will be resumed in the near future.
In order to be prepared to render
prompt service in the event OF an
other epidemic in Washington the
Teaching Center has sent out 1,SO0
qucstionnaires TO women in Washing
ton who have had home nursing
training. AS these questionnaires are
returned they are being assorted and
filed, SO that the. nurses may be
promptly reachd when required. It is
requested that all who have not yet
returned the questionnaires do so at
once.