The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-02

iteEIstrstlon Offices for lied Croas
riss"es IN ilIst aid home care Of the
click ana dlrtrtlcA, Maple li1B.
He'd Gross 'anitrn service, Maple
Abs
GNHt class OF colored women com
pleted the &C. " instruction
IL at the Liberty kitchen this az.
tcrnoon and took the examIna-
tion. Mrs. Mamie Walker Parks. who
has instructed the class, has been as
sisted by Miss Ruth Williams. Fol-
lowing the examination today Mrs.
Nellie Henderson, the colorcd maid at
the kitchen, served purSlanc salad 10
the members OF the class, the recipe
for the salad being her own The nc
groes have shown great interest in the
class work and houSckccpcrs have
been glad TO have their cooks Join the
class to study the latest methods IN
canning and drying The workers also
are very careful about cleaning the
kitchen after the class period and sey-
tral OF them act as volunteer workers.
Yesterday Mrs Charles Byrd, Mrs W
II. Tolliyer and Leon Tolliyer spent
the day working at the kitchen.
A small amount OF helmet yarn was
received al the central Red Cross rooms
this morning but was being distributed
TO the kntters who have waited for
yarn for some time. Mrs. A. {. Den
mis- and Mrs J NJ Anderson attended
10 the distribution OF the yarn and re-
reived the completed garments, while
Mrs. George Lieber instructed the new
knitterS Mrs Boston Wilson was in
charge Of the refugee garment depart
ment Most OF the completed gar
ments turned in at headquarters now
are in this department
But hospital garments will soon be
ready for making, as the cutting com
mittee, under the direction OF Mrs
John NJ. Hale chairman, worked all
morning cutting out palama suits Of
outing flannel Mrs B. f. hartman
Mrs r. II. WIlkin and Mrs. F. J. Holt
OF the regular committee were assisted
in the cutting by Mrs. T. + Ladd,
Mrs. Agnes X Schacter and Mrs Nc
Gregor Douglas Other volunteers
will assist with the work next week
Sewing room was filled with women
making comfort kits for the cantecn
service, for no matter how many kit,
are made there is always a demand for
more.
Two thousand. five hundred and
ninety seven dollars and twenty-five
cents is the amount received in pay
ment OF Red Cross pledges at the head
quarters In the Empire building yes
tcrday.
She Merry Maids are making a col
lection today OF the money deposited
in the receptacles placed by the club in
various places downtown The fund is
for a bed for wounded Oklahoma sol
1iers in the American military hospital
No in Neuilly, France,
Two home demonstration agents in
Mississippi recently gave weekly dem
onstra,ions to fifty head cooks at Camp
Seloy when they taught them the
tricks Of making leftovers into attract
i've dishes, showed them excellent
breads and cakes made largely from
he wheat substitutes and told them
how 10 save meat sugar and fat. As
result OF their instructions in the
ase OF the new flours. the quartermas-
Ter of the camp has reported a saving
Of 1000 pounds Of wheat flour a day.
Canada has been making the expert
mcnt of selling eggs by the pound in
stead of by the dozen, according to
Consul Fred {. Slater, Sarnia, Onta-
rio. "The only obstacle in the way of
a unanimous Endorsement of the plan
is seemingly that the public has not
been educated to buy that way" says
Mr.. Slater AS reiuting this objection
i Is pointed out that. in view OF the