The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-08

EaspinC. For example, the order in:
cludcs $50 pounds Of quinne. Since tho
. war Guinne has been difficult to set al
any price, and tho price has Jumped
! from - ia ii frames Il pound I'M Fr1nce
to 100 francs. Quinine is badly needed
in Italy. and such Red Cross consign-
mcnt would be nothing short Of a boon.
| Other Items which give a Better Idea in
: terms Of the things which mean most
, Ia tho wounded. are fifteen tons OF
chloroform. and 25 tons of ether. These
again are beyond the layman 10 visual
| izc. lie can come nearer 10 picturinH
| 200 bales OF absorbent cotton; the item
asked for. -
| Workrooms In Rome: -,
Back of this Sczyicc and supplying it
with hospital apparel will be a system,
Of wurEruoms. in Rome. the organization
of which has already gone forward. In
! III" carly days Of the war numerous. CEN
ier$ ii this sort we're started In Rome.
/ fear Of them in the hands Of American
/ women married 10 Italians.
! Moreover. tn? official residence Of tho
} American ambassador in the Palazzor
! i'ra." has been rcdnubtablc center OF
! aCtivity under Mrs Page. with its guest
| room stacked high with bolts of cloth
| and finished garments. These fair own-
! crs have Ill been enlisted in a common I
! enterprise. in which the Red Cross will
maintain central cutting agencies, sup.
! ply the materials and wages for the 5oI-s,
; dlcrs wives and refugee women eni-%
/ pl"y"d. The Rcd Cross taking over and
! distributing. the output; hospital sup
| Plies and under garments for It's medi.r
! cal and relief bureaus.
! rarallclirs tho distribution service
! for hospital supplies in France has been
i that for surgical dressings. ~ developed
! by tho surgical dressings committee II
! America. Here n beginning was already
under way, for the American social .
, worker who founded III" French work.
had in September started similar work
! rroms in Rome. which by November
, W"r" turning out 10000 dressings a
! week. -,
: Tn" Red Cross agreed to back them
Gr Ia put out. a million dressings by +
| January l, and second million by JAM
uary 10. and with workrooms already
! employing 200 women. volunteers and
; paid. TIC Or ssirSs will be ready for de-
,'iiv"ry. through this hospitals supply Ser.
| vice of the led Cross.
! Improving Hospital Work.
| Not only will these dressings help
fill the gap due to lost supplies. but
Fth"y will open up a new standard Of
! practice IN Italian hospitals, which
! nave hfen IN INC nablt or receiving
GauZc linen. etc. and making up dress
! inGS in III" hospitals. with the result
| that nurses were at work in the wards
, all day. Many spent half the night
rolling b2nGaGes. On the other hand
the American innovators have found an
! other practice in vogue in the Italian
! hospitals (a* il is in the American AM
| huancc hospital at Neuily). which they
! feel MIS-; we'll be copied on other
! fronts. tbs i2 to wash dressings ana
US" them oven again. One hospital in
Rome even washes and stcrilizes its
raw cotton in the way, with economy
/ and good results.
In conjunction with these activities.
engaging the Lime and energies Of wom-
I en- ii ali social groups. another devel-
! "rmcpt should be set down-the or
ganzation Of an informal auxiliary COM
rittcn uf Italian women by two lead
! "rs in the development OF the Womcns
I War Relief corps Of the American Red
! Cross in Paris, who came on: 10 Rome
| for this mission. The members Of The
! I;nnl" group III turn undertook to en-
! list TWO fellow coun;rymcn IN each OF
e.. il'. Italian cities AZ a nucleus to build
on In the development IF any phase
! "C Rod ''ross work in which such Ital-
; ian allies would he OF help.
id h. ~