Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-20
THOUSAND RECRUITS
AID RED CROSS FIGHT
Fully Trained and Partly Trained
Enlist in D, G. War on
Influenza.

Enlist In y. U. war on
Influenza.
The recruiting station Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Red Cross Chapter,
at 18th and F streets. has received
more than a thousand recruits to aid
in the care Of influenza patients.
among them trained nurses. under
graduate nurses, nurses aids. prac-
tical nurses, household helpers. motor
service and clerical aid. Miss Fanny
Clement and Miss A. J. Greenless have
been in charge.
The District Chapter motor corps.
under Mrs. Fairchild, with its cars
night and day to calls, amounting
often to fifty or more calls in twenty
four hours. There are four of the
members who slept on cots in the
garage to answer night calls.
Kitchens Established.
The food supply committee. under
Miss Emma Jacobs, has established
kitchens in the four zones into which
the city has been divided for RELIEF
work. In these kitchens hundreds of
gallons of broth have been prepared.
milk, also provided by the District
Red Cross, has been distributed in
thermos bottles by the nurses to the
influenza patients all over the city.
Hot lunches for day and night have
also been provided to the faithful
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Many teachers and ladies of large Red
Cross auxiliaries have aided in pre-
pairing this food. The food administra-
ton has prepared the broth for the
western zone.
The women of the supply service of
the chapter, under Mrs. Theodore w.
Richards. have made more than $4,000
masks, which have been distributed
to camps, hospitals and government
departments. Gowns, caps and laun-
dry bags for the nurses have been
made The chapter has provided 5000
more than sixty nurses bags and
many other necessary articles.
Church Lends Chapel.
Bethany Chapel. equipped with beds.
linen and blankets, has been loaned by
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church as convalescent home for
women. This the District Red Cross is
maintaining. matron and assistants
being in charge. Here convalescent
woman patients are cared for until
they are again strong and well. DR..
Charles D. Easton is giving his Serv-
ices as physician in charge. and Mrs.
Seaton Schroeder oversees the food
supplies. A number of patients have
been received from the hospitals and
other places. None is received unless
certified to by the physician that they
are convaleScent.
"A small convalescent home for men
has been opened at NeighborhOod
House Beds. linen and other supplies
have been contributed by Mrs. r. e.
Tweedy. and Mrs. Harry White has
provided cook. A hospital orderly is
placed in residence, and DR.. Easton
will act also for this hospital as ply
stefan in charge.
Stations in Zones.
Miss Emma Jacobs. $500 18th street.
is in charge of the work of the
emergency committee.
The zone stations are:
We3tern-Broth. food administra-
ton lunch. for Curtis School. Man
,1al Training School, Wisconsin ave
nue. between @ and r, in charge of
Miss Mcdaniel
,Northern-Broth and lunch. Wilson
Normal School, 18th and Harvard
streets, Miss Jones in charge.
Central-Broth and lunch. Calvary
Baptist Church. Mrs. Bristow in charge
for Webster School. 10th and II streets.
French School, 9Th and & streets
southeast. Miss Riggles. for Vanness
School. NJ and 4th streets southeast.
There are two convalescent houses
opened, one for girls at Bethany
Chapel and one for men at Neigh
Go
these two houses should go to Miss
Boardmans office, at the National
Red Cross.
Miss Anna Greenlees is in charge
of the recruiting station for nurses
at 14th and F streets, Wyatt build
ing All inquiries regarding nurses
and doctors should be referred to her.
The District Chapter, from it's head
quarters. 1890 Connecticut avenue. has
answered emergency calls for blan-
kets. sheets, aprons and caps. From
the chapter alone 1924 masks have
and government departments. So
great has been the demand that after
consultation with the public health
service it has been thought best to
ask the civilian population to maxi their
own.
!! Directions for making gauze masks
are given as follows:
Take two thicknesses Of muslin o.
fot;r Of gauze or cheesecloth fve
inches square: sew around the edge
20 hold together; attach four tapes,
one on each corner. fourteen inches
long. and tie ON 30 as to cover the
nose and mouth. Masks are not dip
ped before usirg in antfseptic. but
after using theyjshould be boiled each
might for five minutes to sterilize.
Mark or stamp the side OF the mask
turned outside and neves reverse or
the effect is worse THAI. If none had
been worn.
EPIDEMIC VICTIMS MULCTED.
Mayor Hylan Flags Doctor Prof
iteers in New York.
NEW YORK, October 19.-Because of