The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-04-03

RED CROSS
"A choice collection Of German stems
j ssths latest donation to the Red Cross
Salvage department, st. Paul, MINI.
The owner, who kept his name secret,
said the stems have lost their popu-.
larity with him.: They will be sold at
tie entertainment and fair being plan
ned by the Jewish Peddlers' associa-
6ien.
Registered nurses Of the Northern
Division are continually being called.
into service by the director of the
American Red Cross field nursing,
Washington, D. c. Among the n
listed Red Cross nurses who have re-
ceived notice to report are Miss Amy
Lamont, Sioux Falls, S. D.; Miss
Mary Henriette Ray, Fargo, N. D.;
and Miss Nora Omdahl, Devils Lake,
N. D. These women have all left for
New York and expect to be detailed
to France
The little town Of Hetland, S. D.
having q population of only 250-can
well boast Of the success of a Red
ross sale held there recently. One egg
vas sold and resold until it Melted
$3.50. The entire amount realized
from the auction was $2,306.
One of the articles sold at the Red
Cross auction sale held in Aberdeen,
S. D., last Saturday was a fine linen
handkerchief donated by Mrs. Wood
row Wilson.
The Cherokee, (Ia.) Democrat re-
lates the feat Of a woman Of that city.
who has acquired a method by which
two socks can he knitted at once, in
the following words: "Mrs. Watson,
wife Of DR.. George L. Watson of this
city, has figured out how two socks
can be knitted On one set of needles
at the same time. This is known as
the Australian method and has, but re-
Gently been brought into use. There
are but three or four ONE in the
country who can do the trick. This
work requires very expert and exact
knitting, as one misstep< would throw
the whole work out of scheme and
make it impossible to separate the
socks, One sock is knitted INSIDE of
the other, and from two different balls
Of yarn, SO they need not be of the
SAME color. It is said that by this
method two socks a be knitted in
considerably less time than one can
be knitted by the old method"
The total number of farmers in
Mott, N. D., and vicinity, who have
donated Red Cross acres has reached
fifty, according to an announcement
made by Miss Fox, secretary of the
Nett Red Cross branch.
A player piano broke the long dis
lance record in a IL hour continuous
run the other day at Carver, and net
ted $2O.35 for the Red Cross fund.
August johnson donated the use of
the player. It was moved out on the
sidewalk in front Of George Dolls
store, where the electric current was
obtained, Arthur Swanson, a grocer,
advertised the grand "piano player
program Of popular patriotic pieces
One Of the busiest business women
of Sulphur Springs, Mont, as well as
active Red Cross worker, is Miss Mary
e. Holiday. She owns a large room
ing house, doing most of the work
herself, and has the remarkable rec
ord of knitting twenty-one sweaters
nine helmets and seventeen pairs OF
wristlets since last October.
Mrs. August Belmont, of New York,
who recently returned from Europe
where she spent five months in the
interest Of the American Red Cross.
made an address to the staff at Ma
tional Red Cross headquarters last
Tuesday, relating many of her very
interesting experiences at points near
the fighting front and in the centers
of American Red Cross activity.
The story of what the American
Red Cross is doing in France, az told
by Mrs. Belmont, is an inspiration tc
every citizen of the United States who
may hear it. She learned from French
soldiers and women and children. o,
the undying affection for America
WHICH Illc pcOplc VI IAdHSC . " "AAOAe
have developed as a result of deeds Of
mercy performed through the Rec
Cross. She spoke in part as follows:
Zone of the things that interested
me most was the spirit of the French
poilu. I think when you come away
from Europe, the thing that shine
more brightly than anything else is
the wonderful spirit Of the French
poilu.
"Another thing was the volunteer
work among the women of England
Nowhere have I seen the same sell
sacrifices that there is among the wo'
men of England. You find that it j:
spread from the highest to the lowest
/, women of the land. They are working
in surgical dressings, Of the accepted
sort of thing We are doing here. Blu
you find they have done it for three
years-they don't flag, there isn't tha'