The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-11
RED CROSS BARS
|UNAUT HORIzED
Entertainments
Much Progress Is Shown in
WOmen'S Work Here,

The board Of directors ol the Oklaho.
ma county chapter Of the Red Cross at
It's meeting today passed a resolution
providing that no more entertainments
may be advertised as given by the Red
Gro" or Tor benefit oi that organDa
ton unless they have the official sane
ton Of the executive board.
viii Collect Jswslry.
The Daughters Of the Conlederacy
made suggestion at the meeting which
was later passed as a resolution pro-
yldng lnat they will carry On cam.
paiPn to collect old jewelry which shall
either he repaired and again sold or
br melted into one mass Of gold or
silver, then he sold and the money de
rived shall 70 to the Red Gross T. u
Roland was appointed to cooperate
with the organization on this matter
Mrs /. & Holrapel was commended
BY the director, for her work IN OF.
ganiIing the branches and auNiliarie,
IN the county
J,AJs Women Wotk
The report oi Mrs William ! Pclice
director oi women'S work, shows that
remarkable progress mas been made IN
the making oi hospital supplies and
other material, IN Oklahoma City llcr
repon, in detail Is as follows
The work is divided into three de.
parlmcns. hospital supplies surgical
dressing and knitting
"The following hospital supplies were
manufactured and shipped 4g pairs
paiama' l2l pairs bed socks. II bed
wraps. y conyalcsccnt robes, l07 he'd
Jackets. as bed SHIRTS 40 triangular
handages, los abdominal handagcs, Is
cry abdominal bandagc', making a to-
tai Of l,i44 garment, and hospital sup.
plies
This represents the work ol jAiS
womne. a daily average Of ~, sewing
IN thirty units or branch work rooms
and sixteen county branches and aux
lllarics hope in next months re-
port 10 he able to give the work oi
county branches and auxlliaricS in de-
tail
"In the surgical dressings depart.
mcnt for the month Of January the out
put in dressings was 64,N6, Of these
.2O7 were heel rings; gaule cut and
used. l864i yards. made Of waste
gau1c muslin for wrappers about l9S
yards
More work Rooms Planned.
"Thc daily average attendance va,
ninety women The total number was
2,44S
There arc seven work rooms fully
equippeds Two are opened three eve
nings per week. Two more will be
ready very soon That you may under.
stand the reason for such a small mum
her Of surgical dressings work rooms in
comparison with the sewing and knit
ting units, will explain the difference
Any group OF women may become a
Sewing or knitting unit and meet
wherever there is plenty Of room for
machines and ordinary care may be
taken Of garments. Churches are eSpc-
cially recommended For surgical
dressings a room must he thoroughly
cleaned and used for nothing else un-
less iumigated carefully Tables must
be covered with dark colored oil cloth
aprons and head coverings worn by all
workers Instructors must be furnished
and the output cared for from the be
ginning 10 end. Children are not al
lowed in the work rooms. People with
colds should be excluded according to
recent orders. In fact, while dressings
arc Stcrilizcd after arriving at head
quarters. great care is exercised to pro.
tcct patients from contagion and inicc-
ton
Knitting Increases
"In the knitting department report
for comparison ! will give the number
Of garments knitted up To January l8
The first shipment was made in Sep
tcmbcr, consisting OF fifty-seyen mui.
flcrs, ten sweaters, fifty-tour pairs OF
Socks sitfy- six pairS wriStlctS. and