The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-09
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womsns Council Of Defense, Maple
h:s Gross. Chapter secretary Ma.
,n.e o!o". FlnaneH 5se',irr
Civilian R,llst Maple 40
o.ntr. RED Cross Worsfooms,
Wslnut ss2
az. Hail Unit Of Red Cross. Maple
Rsplstrston offices for Red Cross
classes In first aid. home care of
the sick, ana dlststles, Maple iNe
Red Gross units holding meetings to-
day include West Fourth street knitiiil
unit with Mrs J. G.. Harris in the
4Tfayelefs' hotel. Fourth and Robsson.
tat ) o'clock West Thifiy.firN street
unit in Mrs. Harry Hawkins home. lao
West Thirty-iird street. Whittier unit
IN the Whittier school building at .lS
O'clock franklin hospital unit in tho
Franklin school building at lsW
Fo'cloek; Culbertson Height, hospital
supply unit IN the Culhertson Heights
Presbyterian church at o'clock West
i1weniy.second street hospital supply
unit IN Mrs. Homer SmYhe's home.
Nl2lS West Twenty-second street. Tenth
and Robinson hospital supply unit in
the First Christian church al Q o'clock
Those holding meetings tomorrow IN
olude the Willard W {. I. o. in the
iWillard school building AZ Q o'clock .
tthe haywood hospital supply unit IN
Ithe MaywOrd Christian church AZ q
lo'clock. ST. LukeS Methodist Episcopal
\ hospital supply unit in 81 Lukes church
al Q o'clock, the Western Avenue hos
pltal unit in the First United Evan
heellcal church al ! o'clock. and the Re
beeoa hospital unit in the Odd Fellows
! hall at 9 o'clock
Bean oufd Is taking a bic place in
the diet OF food conseryaiionists II is
one OF a number Of products derived
] from soy beans The nuiritye value OF
/ the bean eurd is equal to that Of meat
= and It's cost is much less and when
\ properly cooked its flavor compares
, fayorably with meat
( DR. Esther Loveioy Of the Red Cross
: commission who has recently returned
10 the United States after a survey OF
conditions among the people Of the war
! territory, IN report 10 the womcns
4 committee Of the council OF national
4 defense says. about 50 percent Of the
4 repatriates are children between ) and
\ II years old Sometimes whole or
phanages are emptled in the land gained
Z BY the Germans and train loads OF
children sent back TO France alone
Some OF the children have been lost by
4 their mothers in the confusion that at
4 tended the invasion three and a half
! years ago and they have all suffered the
! war blight, are undersiled, III nouriShei
; and afflicted with communicable dis
eases. The French government and
} the American Red CtoSS are co-OpcTat-
/ ing in caring for these people In
|, twenty places in France there are dele
gates to receive oonvoyS and help them
10 begin life again in a new place,
Is Girls IN the sewing branch of the
:, domestic science department of the high
school have completed refugee gar
.nnents for the children Of Belgium and
France. They include 7-year old boys
nits and girls dresses, made Of blue
: bingham, as we'll as underclotheS These
clothes will he donned by the children
Of the Mckinley school kindergarten
= and will be exhibited by them during
: the regular assembly in the high school
on Thursday morning. This is a
sample OF Junior Rcd Cross work done |
3 in the school, and will demonstrate 10
the students the style OF clothes worn
by the children of France.
: Each teacher in the cooking branch |
oi the domestic science department OF |
the high school is experimenting with !
the making OF different kinds OF foods |
without the use OF white flour and so
FAR their experiments have proved very |
successful. Lcno Osborne domestic
science supervisor, says that the time
will come when no white flour will be
used and she believes in preparedness.
Yesterday Miss Lillian Griiiith's class
made oat meal cookies minus the white
flour, and in its place rye flour was
used. The preceding day the same
recipe for oat meal cookies was tried
out with corn flour as a substitute, but
the rye flour has proved to make the
better cookie. Tomorrow Miss Flora
Wild's class will experiment with max
ing pie cruSts with all kinds OF substl-
tute flours and which ever proves to be
the best will be made known The girls
OF Miss Helen Louise LYONS class made
wartime candies yesterday, including
vegetable candy and candied vegetables.
The vegetable candy is the term used
when the vegetable is used as the
foundation The potato candy was
made by working sugar into hot mashed
potatoes until il is formed into loaf
then it is favored Candicd nuts.
rsisins, carrots, beets, mint leaves and
orange quarters were made by the girls,
prtnes stuffed with potato fondant, and
fruit loaf made by grinding dates, figs
and rasins together and cutting into
different shapes.
The Women's War Relief unit met
yesterday in the Knights of Columbus
hall Twenty present in the knitting
unit finished three pairs Of sox anil
three helmets Thirty present in the
sewing unit finished twenty-four gar.
ments. II was decided that instead OF