The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-23
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..wOm'n'' Council Of Defense, Maple
y k:s erO" Chapter sscr'tsry. Ma.
.c:s &C. sso"' Financial secretary
c'VuGn Rsll,t Maple $40
,.osnirsl Red cross WorkfoomI
siss Han Unit Of Red Gross. Maple
Registration office. for Red cro..
elassss In first aid, homs care Of the
slok, And dlststlos, Maple iHs.
Mrs. Edmund I Brown. director Of
women's work for the southwestern d.
vision OF the Red Cross at st. Louis. in
advising what refugee garments are
needed most by the children in France
and Belgium. saws that tho greatest de.
mand Is for chidren's Caprs. aprons
and dresses Eight percent oi the relu.
gee garments turned ont by chapters
should be cspes for children from 10
II years They should be made Of
heavy oloaking material, strong and
warm, and Of dark colors. principally
black. brown. navy blue or gray Eight
percent Of the output should be pima
fofes for children from 4 years up, and
6 percent should be dresses made Of
: DARK materials for girls from ! to s
years.
Red Gross units holding meetings to-
morrow include the Willard W {. l. u
In the Willard school building at 9
o'clock; haywood Red Gross unit in
haywood Christian church al 9 o'clock
St. Lukes Methodist Episcopal unit in
81. Lukes church at 9 o'clock Western
avenue unit In the First United Evan
gelieal church at 10 o'clock Tenth and
Robinson unit in the First Christian
church at 9 o'clock and Rebecca unit
in the Oddielow's hall at 9 o'clock
The Daughters Of Isabella. Catho-
lie organization, have purchased
home in Washington where war actiyi-
II ties OF every character will be conduct
cd through special committees. This
organization has a membership Of 90
600 women with branches in thirty
ststes. The work in a degree parallels
che work OF the Knights OF Columbus,
according TO Mrs Margaret l.. Coope,
worthy grand regent Of the Washington
court. A limited number OF rooms in
The building will be rented to Catholic
women in Washington doing war work
and entertainment will he provided for
the soldiers and women who come TO
The national capital for government
service as strangers.
| A special campaign for the, enrol
,ment OF graduate nurses for Red Cross
Tpervice soon will be undertaken
throughout the country. The need has
become so great that it has become nee
e,ssry TO take these measures.
\ A Red Gro. service flag for the use
of nurses training schools has been
authorized by the American Red Cross.
The standard Red Cross flag can be
used with blue stars on the white field
indicating the number Of nurses as
signed 10 duty from the training school.
I Ills advocated by the southwestern Red
] Cross that all training schools in the
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will secure these flags.
Miss Edith Canada, an ardent Red
| Cos, worker in Oklahoma City Is
taking the nurses course OF training m
the University hospital II is her in
tention to be a Red Cross nurse when
she has qualified
Mrs., A. NJ. Dixie, director Of the
American committee for devastated
France. sends word from France say
ing that another branch for refugee
children had been opened at Vic-sur-
| hisne. more than ever we must be
prepared TO help magnificent nation
carry on" she says The morale OF
our evacuated families is marvellous.
All are depending upon us to protect
their interests and they regard the
civilian committees with positive al
feetion. It is vital that our plans Tor
meeting the food problem be rem
forced 1t is our turn to work with
increased devotion to the cause OF the
allies"
The Victoria Cross has never been
given 10 a woman. "When the time
| comes for smashing another precedent
saws the foreign press bureau OF the
womens committee of the national coun-
eli Of defense, 1T will go to some nurse
whose sheroism equals that of the man
in the trench, In one of the recent at
tacks four nursing sisters were killed,
three while assisting their patients to
greater safety. The fourth, was sing
Ing to a man whose nerves had been
miserably shattered AMI whom the new
attack was driving into a spasm ot
agony. The bomb caught the nurse,
Killing her almost instantly, but the
man for whom she had given her lite
was saved.
The three Red Cross secretaries with
offices in the Empire building were at
tired in their new clerical uniforms Tor
the first time this morning The cos
tunes are OF gray linen with white
collars and cuffs and a white hat with
. Red Cross and the Red Cross insignia
on the sleeve Mrs. l.. C. Holrapiel ex
tension secretary, and Mrs. Claude b.
Mccartney, secretary of the home serv-
ice department, left this morning for
Spencer where they will review the
work OF the branch. Mrs. Mabel Holtz-
sehue, assistant financial secretary, also
wears the uniform.