The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-17

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Elks Hail Unit OF Red Cross, Maple
Registration ofless for Red cron
classes IN first aid, home care OF the
sick. and aststles, Maple iRs.
Red Gross units holding meetings
tomorrow include the Ladies Aid So
ciety OF the Second Methodist church
" the Willard school building at Y
o'clock the Whittier unit in the Whit
Tier school at PAS o'clock; ST. Lukes
Methodist Episcopal church unit in st.
Lukes church al 9 o'clock; West
. Twenty y-Fiith street unit in the Wesley
Mcthodist Episcopal church at .
o'clock: the Culbertson Heights unit IN
the Culberson Heights Presbyterian
church al g. o'clock. the Tenth sd
Robinson unit in the First Christian
church at 9 o'clock. and the Marquette
unit in the Marquette hotel at o'clock
The community kitchen to. he estab.
liShed in Oklahoma City BY the wom-
efs committee OF the council OF de.
tense will be sclf.supportihg as a
nominal fee will be charged for the
canning OF fruits and vegetables
brought there by women who have no
time TO do their own work The classes
,of instruction. however, will be free
and open to the publis at specially
stated times.
On Monday and Tuesday the WON.
ems COMMITTEES on the third Liberty
loan had S2o0S0 subscribed This. with
the total for last yeck Of 1857, 400,
comes TO SJS6,450 subscribed in eight
days. Mrs. c. /. Henley, publicity d.
rector, says that the women's offices
In the Chamber Of Commerce will close
on Friday evening.
Al a recent meeting OF the council
Of Jewish women OF Washington. a
demonstration on the use OF the Soya
bean as a meat substitute was given,
which was heartily indorsed by the
women The soys bean is Of Chinese
origin and is used in that country in
place of meat II is now being taken
up by the United States government
as standard. food The food admin
iStfation declares that il is rich in pro-
teids and that TO be palatable the oil
must be removed. Then II can be made
into little cakes or ground into flour
Government clerks in some Of the
departments in Washi- -gton have been
making a practice OF singing the ma
tional anthem before starting work as
patriotic Inspiration In the open
court in the pension building, where
the inaugural balls have been held in
the past, 800 workers, including 200
clerks OF the bureau Of education, $50
I OF the internal revenue offices and 1900
iof the pension bureau sing "The Star
Srangled Banner each morning. This
was done at the request OF the clerks
themselves.
A six weeks course In agriculture,
suitable for leaders in the womens
land army, is offered BY the national
service school OF the women's section
OF the Navy league, beginning April q.
Our brothers of the far north are
deeply interested in Red Cross work
According TO William +. Lopp, chief OF
the Alaska division Of the United States
bureau OF education, who has Just re-
turned to Washington from there, the
Rskimos' contributions denote real sac
rifice. One village which had sbeen
saving up for several years for the
purchase OF d new sawmill and had ac-
cumulated $50, donated 800 of its
scanty hoard and then procured fur
ther contributions amounting to $j8 |
This, with donations of the children Of |
the village school, brought the sum to |
$l5o and how did they get the money! |
BY selling furs, cutting ivory, and long
snoring for the ships which visit their
isolated home. Indian villages have
collected as much ASSOC for the Red |
Cross. The native women have proved |
efficient in Red Cross classes and have |
done extremely well with home nurs-
ing surgical dressings and knitting,
Members OF the womens volunteer
aid, the uniformed division Of the Dis
triot Of Columbia chaptet Of the Red
Cross, wear uniforms which arc suited
TO the particular service OF each Of
the six units. At recent massmeet-,
Ing of the division At Washington the
supply, clerical, home service, hospital
comfort corps and infant welfare unit
wore their distinctive uniforms which,
like a nurses uniform are badges of
service. Only women who have proved
themselves efficient and honestly de-
voted to their work are allowed to join |
Women OF the St. Psuls Parish Red |
Cross unit met yesterday and completed |
twenty-four hospital bed shirts. The |
attendance of this unit is growing so
rapidly that II has become necessary to
use more sewing machines, which are
being supplied by the Kerr dry goods
company Women of the Franklin unit
met yesterday and made twenty gar
ments for the Red CROSS. Tomorrow
might these women will go to the Elks
hall surgical dressings work room to
make dressings