Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-24
health. in education, in employment, and
in ideals of self-hclp and self-reiancc.

Home Service needs trained workers,
and there is now no adequate supply of
them They can only be produced IN suill-
cient numbers when adequate oppor-
tunity for training is afforded and used.
A Syllabus Of Instruction "a Il. {. O5(.
| has been written hv Mr. Lee and approved
and adopted bv the directors of Home
Service Institutes, to whom It was pre-
sented in a conference held in Washing
ton September 40, 1917. 1t outlines the
course of instruction which Is followed IN
all Red Cross institutes in Home Service,
and will be useful also in connection with
tho courses of training 20 he undertaken
by chapters in many cities.
DISASTER RELIEF.
While the Department OF Civilian ke-
lief has thus been devoting itself 70 the
problem presented by the dependent fami-
lies az soldiers and sailors II has con-
tinued its work Of providing Immediate
relief in case Of disaster
woMAN's WORK
Millions of women have given share
| Of their time in chapter workro0Tns and
nj homc-to the service of both soldiers
| and civilians. No part Of Red Cross work
| is more important than this
| One hundred and sevcnty-iive women
| have been sent TO France TO serve IN army
| cantecns, and others are being selected.
! Sixty women also have been enrolled Tor
special work.
SURGICAL DRESSINGS.
| Standard and special dressings are now
| being made in chapter workrooms. Those
| classified as standard arr used con
| stantlv in all the military hospitals: they
| arc the normal output of the workrooms
| When special dressings Of any kind are
| needed overseas the chapters are m
/ strlctcd hv DIVISION Headquarters to
| make them.
| HOSPITAL SUPPLIES AND REFUGEE
CLOTHING.
| Directions for making hospital gar
| nnenta have been standardized and pat
| terms are now available at all Red Cross
| Chapters and at retail dry goods stores.
| Each OF the large pattern companies issues
official Red Cross patterns Material tor
| the garments is specified on the patterns,
and NAV be obtained from the chapters.
| Among the garments that arc made Tor
\ the use Of patients are palamas hospital
| bed shirts. bathrohCs and convaicsccnt
| robes in winter and summer weights. bed
| Jackets bed socks, understands, under
| drawers. bandaged foot socks, lce-hag
1
Use az doctors there are operating gowns,
| operating caps, leCgings and masks. As
| new needs arise other garments Will be
4 added 10 this list.
| The Woman's Bureau IS also publishing
the pamphlets and standardizlnR patterns
/ for the clothing TO be made for the use OF
/ refugees. Three circulars Of instruction.
| will be issued relating to clothing Tor IN
| fants. boys and girls and adults, re-
] spectivoly.
4 KNITTED GOODS.
| The charters now at work on garments
| for the use of men in training or service
| in this country and soldiers and refugees
| in France. as needed
| Directions for making these articles
| have been published by the Woman
! Bureau in circular OF information
/ II should be understood, however, That
| any articles will be accepted even though
| they are not entirely in accord with the
| instructions. provided they are service
| able and otherwise satisfactory
coMroRT KITS
These are small bags Of khaki cloth.
! containing in convenient pockets such
/ ne-sonal accessories rs soap, wash cloths.
| beavv socks. shaving articles, pipe and
| tobacco. khaki handkerchicfs, and the
! like together with writing materials and
! Games Each has an American flag on the
|. outside and is stoutly made for service
| ability.
Three types of kits are suggested by the
I, Wornan's Bureau, two for field use and
one especially for patients IN the hos
| nitals. Thousands have already been
| made: the soldiers on the border last
/ year received them, and the first detach-
Z Z
/ quickly supplied before they sailed for
| France.
The comfort kits are made at the ex
/ nanse Of the worker and are filled with
sucb articles as she wishes 10 include
No mart of the cost is borne by the Red
Cross.
RED CROSS INSTRUCTION.
To s,,nDlement the service Of trained
nurses during the war II Is very important
that women in their own households
should be fitted to deal completely with
the nursing requirements Of minor cases
of illness. and thus reduce the demand on
the depleted ranks Of professional nurses
For this reason the two courses which
are given, one on Elementary Hygiene
and Home Care Of the Sick, the ether on
Home Dietetics, have no small bearing
on medical preparedness
These courses, Of IS lectures each, have
been gwen during the past year at 3O7
points in the United States, with three
to two hundred and fifty classes at each.
In addition to its work through local
instructors, the Red Cross IS carrying its
message Of first aid and accident pre-
vention to industrial communities through
field representatives and by means Of the
First Aid Car Special Instructions have
been given TO lunbermen in the North
west and TO men in the marble and
granite ouarres Of the New England
States An American Red Cross Life
Saving Corps, with a membership Of
.SGS, has been organized with stations
along all the coasts Of the United States.
THE WORK IN EUROPE.
The purposes Of overseas appropria-
tions from the War Fund may be broadly
given as follows:
l. To do everything possible to assist
our army and navy in insuring the health
and comfort of American soldiers and
sailors abroad and
2. To relieve suffering among the
armies and destitution among the needy
civilian populations Of our Allies.
FRANCE
General policies
| The general lines Of activity under
taken in France by the American Red
Gross have been determined after care
full survey of the situation by the Red