The Washington herald., 1918-05-24
ONLY
MOTTO OF RED
CROSS WOMEN
Surgical Dressings Helpers
Fined for Talk Other
Than Shop"

A hne OF 5 cents Is imposed, by
common consent. upon workers at
headquarters for Red Cross surgical
dressings whenever any subject is
broaehed other than. that OF the busi-
ness in hand. The money goes to pay
the telephone bill Mrs. Montgomery
Blair. In charge, declines to tell
whether the telephone bill is paid to
date.
2 There are thirty-nine Red Cross
surgical dressing units in the District
of Columbia. each one making band
ages for the men at the front The
headquarters Is at lbs Connecticut
avenue. where Mrs. Blair presides.
The personnel of these units COM
prises women in official life, society
women, women who work in the gov
ernment departments. shop girls.
wives and daughters Of members OF
both houses Of Congress and orphan
children.
Mrs. E. H. Liscum. of 1s22 Twenty
first street, Is prominent among the
workers She Is the widow of a gen.
eral Of the United States Army, who
lost his life in China at the time Of
the Boxer rebellion. She was a leader
In the making Of surgical dressings
g during the Civil War. and repeated
has activities during the Spanish
American war. Again she Is at work,
heading a unit which is known by her
name.
Fifteen Little Girls.
Fifteen little girls Of the Washing
ton City Orphan Asylum compose a
unit They devote their Saturday half
holidays-their only leisure-to the
work. In their workroom there Is a
table with seven chairs; the eight
girls who cannot find places at the
table wait around and take a chair
at the first vacancy,
Girls Of the Library of Congress,
their numbers augmented by nurses
and public school teachers. have
formed a unit. and are engaged in
many war activities. This unit has
uted to soldiers and support a French
orphan.
The unit. composed Of woman en-
ployes of the War Trade Board. is
financed by a penny a day contrib
uted by each member Woodward Il
Lothrop's employees have composed a
unit to make dressings.
Mrs. W. G. McAdoo is head of the
unit composed Of women employed in
the Treasury Department. The Agri-
cultural Department has a unit com
posed Of woman employees. Other de-
partments are likewise active.
Food Board Workers.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover is at the head
of a unit. Of workers in the United
States Food Administration. There
also is a unit of the employees COM
pensation commission of the Depart
ment of Labor. The Red Cross help
ers is an organization doing the same
work. composed of women known in
social circles.
Three apartment houses have or
sanized woman tenants into units.
Those are at the Cairo, the Highlands
and at 200 Sixteenth street.
Mrs. Marshall, wife of the Vice
President, is head of a unit in the
Senate Office Building. The Congress
sional Club. composed Of wives Of
Representatives, has unit, and
there is also the Genevieve Clark unit,
named for the daughter Of the Speak
er. who heads it.
There Is a unit made up of Colonial
Danes. The Equal Franchise League
has an organization composed Of suf-
fragists.
{ There are units in many churches,
among others: st. Thomas, st. Mar
garet's, St. Adams. st. Andrews,
Peck Chapel. Epiphany, Covenant,
United Brethren.