Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-05-10
RED / cross
(Press Committed

A meeting was held Monday evening
of the committee on Educational &C.
tivities, consisting Of Mrs. L. M. Rob.
erts, chairman; Miss Marion Lewis
Mrs. M. w. Zipoy, Miss Clara Guerin
and Miss bessie Dewey. Miss Mettel
is chapter supervisor. The program fol
the course in home nursing was out.
lined. In order to meet expenses fee
of $500 for the course of fifteen les.
sons will be charged. -
This is q course in practical nursing
but it does not mean that pupils hold.
ing certificates are allowed to practice
nursing. 1t is to encourage them to go
into training or to use in their own
homes. Some of these pupils may be
chosen as nurses aids, but that would
require additional training in the hos
pital. All people over 16 are eligible
to enter the class and classes may be
formed among clubs, high schools OF
other organizations. All those desir-
ing to enroll please notify the chapter
at the Red Cross office
Mrs. H. X. Tanner will become chair
man of surgical dressings for the coun-
ty in place of Mrs. Philip Gregory. Mrs.
e. Richie will be chairman Of supplies.
Every soldier and soldiers family
should know that all information, ad-
vice, helpful service or money aid is
available to them by means Of the
Home Service section of their commun-
ity. Home service is the branch of Red
Cross work which is the least known
and yet is of the utmost Importance.
Soldiers have bodies which get cold,
therefore they need sweaters; the get
hurt or sick, therefore they need surgi-
cal dressings; but they have also minds
and hearts that center on the folks
back home, they become anxious and
discouraged about the welfare of their
children, mothers, brothers or sisters.
The knowledge that all is we'll with the
loved ones at home is as vital in main
tanning the morale of the soldier as
socks or bandages. The Red Cross
would deserve as much condemnation
from the public if it allowed any fam
lily which has made the supreme sacri-
fee, to suffer for any Of the necessities
of life or any helpful service that
could be given, as it would if the man
at the front lacked any of the things
which the Red Gross could have pro.
vided. If the man knows that his fam
lily will have someone who will see that
they get their rights as to allowances
and anotments, compensation and insur-
ance and, in short, that they will have
sympathetic friend and adviser in
the Home Service section of their COM
munity he will be able to serve the
country with clearer mind and a lighter
heart.
The Red Cross office is the happy pos
SCISSOR Of a large sign very kindly do
mated by Mr.. Tidd.
All those knitting sweaters are urged
to turn them in at the chapter work
room to be in turn sent to division
headquarters at Minneapolis. This is
at the special request of headquarters
las there they have made arrangements
to pack all sweaters in cold storage
during the summer months, where they
will be protected from dirt and moth.
With yarn so high priced and scarce as
it is now, great care must be taken that
these articles are fully protected and
this can be done to greater advantage
at headquarters than here.
The Northern division is very much
behind on the production of bed jack
cts and bathrobes. The production of
bed shirts must be divided with the
helpless ease shirts from now on. Dur
ing the month of March this division
produced $4,000 bed shirts and in order
to have our proportion right we should
produce $4,000 bed shirts and $4,000
helpless ease shirts.