The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-03-28

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The object OF this Buction is 10
raise few thousand collars for ma
terial used In the Canon City Red
Cross headquarters.
Was there ever greater need.
Was there ever greater organiza-
tion for the relief OF suffering in the
worlds history than the Red Cross /?
Let's SEQ -
Last year the Red Cross raised In
America over 500 200. goo. OF this
rum about $4,000 was contributed in
Fremont county The great bulk OF
this rast sum Of money went TO Eu-
rope for relief OF those wounded in
battle. II has. no doubt. b4en wisely
spent and has been OF great benefit
20 the cause OF our Aiiies and our
soldiers In battle. But you folks ut
home have not seen the money ut
work.
This money you viii help the Red
Cross to raise thru this auction. Will
be spent here at home. Your wives
and sisters and women friends Will
work up the material II will buy.
You can 20 into the Red Cross head
quarters and look at and handle the
garments. sheets. bandages and dress-
ings these women are making
The women OF Canon City have
been doing = wonderful work Go by
the Red Cross headquarters any after
noon and look in the windows at the
4th street side and you ~iii see a
unHorrn.. sewing and cutting and
working on hospital garmen,s. sur
gicai drcssinEs. etc These garments
and dressings are for use In n Red
Cross bopiial in France
Eor osss yesr tncsp women have
bcsn busy. Day BY day there has
been an average OF about 80 women
Al work. Many women 40 three days
a week. others take their place on
the other days OF the week. The at
tendance shows an average OF IS
women daily In the sewing rooms and
30 women In the gau,c room.
All about town the women have
been knitting and the yarn they use
is furnished by the local Rcd Cross
The yarn alone has cost thousands OF
dollars and all the money for this
local work must be supplied by local
people.
The product from this little work
shop and from the hands OF loyal
earnest women about town. Is some
thing marvellous.
Look at n few figures:
The Canon City hnittcrs have knit
for the soldiers in France. $50 sweat
ers: as3 wristicts; 36 helmets: 239
pair of socks: 53s munIcrs. These
garments for the personal comfort of
our soldiers in France. have gone
over. Most OF them In time 20 make
the past cold winter in Northern
France a little rnorc bcsrable. In all
there were i.7s3 OF these sarmeDts.
not biz total but when added to the
hundreds Of thousands sent from the
ather branches, they must have tenn
pered the soldiers winter in France
and Belgium.
hut the work accomplished in the
sewing and gauzc rooms In greater
revelation.
Over $1,000 surgical dressings have
been made up and shipped. and 7.o4s
hospital garments.
Peep into tho rooms and let's sec
what these dressings and garments
look like. Pick them Up and pass
them thru your hands. What are
they all for! How will they be used +?
Who will they be used for and ong
Your boy? Maybc--but II not. they
will be used for some mothers' boys--
and these boys mothers may be
working somewhere. east or west. on
surgical dressinge for your boy.
We have nov about 500 boys from
Fremont county. in Franco. or pre-.
pairing 10 10 TO France. Our boys
win soon be In n place where hospitai
garments and surgical dressings are
used by the thousand. And there Is
great scarcity OF thcse thinss along
tho France 'front.' A little picca Of
cotton gauss u a precious thing In
many sections aiouk this battle line
where wounded mea come back from
the firing line.
Look In ths kause room where the
canon City women have ..complese&