The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-05-17
WOMEN'S WORK, COUNTY COUN
Gil OF DEFENSE :
May 10, 1918.

May 10, 1918.
The Red Cross wants $1O0,000,000'
A tiny sum from each of us to make
the mighty stream Of mercy and tend
erness which alone can heal the hide
GUS wounds of this poor, decrepid old
world and make it place fit for our
babies and their babies to live in.
Every cent of this money goes direct
ly into war relief. Administrative ex-
penses and expenses for the relief
from other sufferings, such as the
Halifax disaster, come from other
funds. The specific plans Of the Red
Cross are to raise $1OO,O00,0O0, to re-
cruit and train $4,000 nurses, to fur
nish millions more of dressings, band
ages and hospital supplies. The num-
ber Of dressings to be sent abroad in
1918 will exceed 10O,00O,00O, the work
to be done by the women Of America,
at a total value of $36,000,000. No
mean job, that. The scope of the Red
Cross Is so wide as to be limitless.
The ideal is to be maximum service
ever and whenever the need arises.
One striking example: Quinine jumped
at one time from $3.50 a pound to
$4,000 a pound and could not be had
lat any price. The Red Cross found
some and shipped Immediately 25O
pounds. There have been very serious
shortages of dressings, antiseptics,
anesthetics, and the Red Cross is
there to see to it that our boys never
lack anything needful to their quick,
and, as far as may be, painless recov-
cry. The Red Cross has done tre-
mendous amount of work among the
tuberculosis sufferers and will con-
tinue to do it among our own return
ed soldiers and their families. The
new branches of vital work for SOL
diers that are being developed to a
point of highest efficiency.
I. The Camp Service, which gives
emergency aid, and does such work
as distributing sweaters, helmets,
n,ufflers, socks, etc, running con-
valescent houses at the camps and
cantonments and serving as means
of communication between the soldiers
and his relatives at home and with
the Home Service Section, looking at
ter the welfare of his family.
2. The canteen service both here
and abroad which serves the soldiers
with coffee, sandwiches and fruit and.
above all, good cheer and friendliness
when even the regular meal is not
forthcoming.
3. The sanitary service, which is
conducted in cooperation with public
health authorities. House to house in
spection of dairies, restaurants and
markets, safeguards to the health Of
the civilion population and around
military zones.
4. A service for teaching industries
to cripples so that they may become
useful, self-supporting, self respect
ing citizens. A factory has already
been opened to manufacture every
kind Of appliance, such as artificial
limbs, false jaws, ETC., needed by our
badly wounded men.
There can be no need of enumerat-
ing the worth Of the American Red
Cross to the allies. The statement of
General Petain that 1T has been worth
more this winter than a million and a
half American soldiers" should be suf-
ficient.
The Women's Committee, National
Council of Defense, meets at Washing
ton, D. c., May 18th. The President
and Mrs. Wilson will receive the COM
mittee and it's state representatives at
the White House. Among the speak
ers at the conference will be VIM. G
McAdoo, Newton D. Baker, David F.
Houston, Secretary of Agriculture
VIM. 3. Wilson, M. G. de Cartier de
Marchinne, Belgium minister, Herbert
Hoover and w. E. Clifford, director OF
the Council of National Defense. Each
of the departments of the committee
will have an hours session. All fu-
ture plans for the year will be made
All loyal, active Minute Women are
to have pin in recognition of thei!
services to their country. There will
be many regulations placed about the
wearing of the emblem and it is tc
be a mark of real honor. The value
of such pin will increase as the
years go by and the next generation
will value them as We value the
swords of our forbears.
If you love your country, your mer
and children, contribute to the Rec
tCrosS.
Gingerbread No. 1.
Half tb. fat. half cup molasess, hal
cup syrup, half cup hot water, three
quarters tb. salt, one and a half cpu
rice flour, one egg, half tp. soda, three
quarters tp. ginger, half tp. cloves
Mix dry ingregients, add syrup, no
water and fat (melteO. Bake 81
minutes in hot oven.
Gingerbread No. 2.
One cup cOrnmeal, three-quarter
cup oat flour or two-thirds cup barle.
flour, one-quarter cup rice flour. tw
tip. minnamon, 2 tp. ginger, half tr
salt, one tp. baking powder, one tr
soda, one cup molasses, one cup sou
milk. two tb. fat, oen egg. Mix dr.
ingredients, add syrup. melted fat an