Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-09
Women and War Work
CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING FACE


An order has come 10 tho local
RED Cross chapter from headquar-
ters At 81. Louis saying that day
workers ia sIrgioAl dressings ara not
entitled 10 wear the Red cross em-
nlCm on their white colts until they
have learned how to make all the
standard dressings. There was somc
confusion concerning tdt at the local
chapter
Women of First Methodist church.
This is our day at Red Cross hca dduar-
tcTs and all women OF the church and
congregation are asked TO respond 10
the call for workers. The work OF this
church has been transferred for the
present at least, from the church to
the large workroom OF the Red Cross.
"Can YOU not help us bv sending us
RauZc from Hime to time. " is the plea
OF Mrs Gertrude Austin, chairman Of
the National Surgical Dressings COM
mlttIc Of the l;cd Cross I'm france.
sent In a letter Of gratitude to the
! Illinois branch OF the surgical dress
! inrs and just received here Tho story
| here at the Rue dc Ia f1isendtrle for
| the last month has beer chiefly a story
" lack of gauzc by the piece we
have received about ten thousand
yards from the states during the last
six months, and We received that
amount In two weeks. II has been a
struggle 10 keep our work going
'Ot course an absorbent used
once IL OF no further use, but the
rau2e famine ~ such that hos1tlls
wash. sterliZA and use over again
until the Ruuze Is absolutely washed
away"
The Liberty knitting unit will meet
Friday with Mrs G. w Singleton 500
West Seventh street
The Cherokee Heights Red Cross
unit meets every Tuesday ana Wednes-
day afternoon In the paIlors of Sec
ond Presbyterian church. Three sew
ing machines are loaned TO the unit
by Mr. Nounkman. and the ladies' by
their own efforts have raised $50
with which two machines have
been purchased The rooms are
we'll heated and should be filled with
workers each day.
A host Of workers filled the surgi-
cal dressings and sewing rooms at the
Red Cross Monday and Tuesday as
follows, ffan5 G. Walling. A.
@. Hcggam, ]. W. McNeal. Z. r. Nc
neal. +. u. .uensleer. Hollis. Smith,
James Kelley y. j.. Lyons. Il. l..
Covel ~ Bradley ID. n. Recs, T.,
B. Rouse. n. G. Dixon. G. A. Snider,
C. J. Copman. G W stone. George
Wisdom. George Ford. c. H. Power,
Quincy Fox. c. q T.. Crawley, Roscoe
Griffith, G.. A. Ward. +. A. Merrill,
+. L. Townsend. C. 8 Berry, c y.
T. OHern /. o Brown w Il. Nc
Farlan. ]. Stern. W. D. Abbott r. M
Malloy. clint MooIe. +. r. Shallen-
berger. J. u. HAL, T. l. Monroe, A T.
Alison. c. II Swee. T ID. Lyons, II. G.
Bell r., Ebrisht, j. ]. y. Fink. II.
Harnett, II. Dreyfus. s. II, Kimmons,
A. Ernsherser. G. O. Hollow. 6. II.
Gump j. h Wise. George Winkler. ].
b. Robinson. Sylvan Nation, Emporia.
Kan; J. NJ ward, Randolph Shirk,
c. O. Doub, j. w. Shields, Ralph
SmithAC w. Parent. r. Allen. +. A.
Rush. Kate Brown, NJ G. Brown, NJ
FINLEY. J. NJ. Gillette w. c. Black,
Charles Hevenor, l., Is. g, Wells, V.
G. Mieher. O. -. Hunt, J, B. Means,
9. II. Marsh. H. O. Barnard, J. o.
Cheairs. j. Caperson, Pedro Roth. f.
H. Greer, A. l.. Smith John Cunning
ham. w G. Rogers T. -. Morgan, G.
+. Hopkins. NJ. G. kimball II. w.
johnson, II L. sutton. c. L. Goodale,
j s. Beauchamp, John Roy Misses
Evelyn Mock, Leona Kline, Margaret