The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-09-18
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|YI n ANY women who have been
|INMl deeply patriotic in spirit have
|uUII heretofore been hindered from
SoS active work IN the war service
and in the downtown work rooms OF
the Red Cross because OF their duty
to their children who were too small
To- be left alone. To meet the needs ol
just such women and 10 help the cause
| OF liberty in such way as to produce
| the greatest amount OF benefit Ms.
/ G. {. Boswell OF 4jl East Tenth street
has established a day nursery at her
lpu<, where Red Cross workers may
leave their children during the hour,
devoted TO "the cause" A small fee
per day is charged to cover the expense
Of milk and other necessities which the
small children will require. The
nursery will be every day during the
week except Mondays and Saturdays
and no children will be admitted cx-
cept those whose molh,rS are actually
engage IN Red Cross Worl, q lhi, is
speoiiitallt war measure and not
open to shoppers or idicrs
Tie Red Cross sewing rooms are
gaining IN number Of workers during
the iaN icN days Of cooler weather.
Mrs Ivan T. Reeder and Mrs W {.
Harrington were ~ charge Of the knit
ting desk today where they were count
ing the knitted garments thrned m Tor
Tuesday, work, which included twelve
pairs OF socks. three helmets, three
sweater and ono pair OF wrlstlet'
Mrs n \ Reuter-, Mrs. Stratton Flick,
and Mr., 5. A. V. Howell are asst
ing Mrs. Addie Cupp in folding and
arrangng Tor shipment numberlcSS
trench ltpprr' which the women in
the sewing section are adding TO daily
Here Mrs. J. Urbansky IS in charge
OF the .ork Mrs !. s Qurollo is
knitting instructor for the day
The force q, the Liberty kitchen is
making pear preserve, and pear butter
TODAY This IS 10 iill several special
orders that have recently come Tor
these delicicacieS
On Tuesday and Wednesday Mrs,
Mamie Walker Parks, the home dem
onstratof Tor the county has been en-
Raged with the county lair work Mrs.
Park SAYS that the exhibits here this
ykar represent larger number ot cN-
hibitofs and a better quality OF work
than ever before IN the history Of the
couriy.
Mr. Parks and corps Of workers
ere hu,ilv engaged IN arranging and
|assori ng the Jars oi preserves, canned
,egetahlcs aud fruits for the state eN-
Ibbis NAM oi these women who have
dad th, lihsuy kitchen training dur
iuy ,r .ummer have been chosen by
the fair committee 20 assist In the food
administration exhibit IN the govern
mcnt building at the coming state iair
Al the headquarters OF the Red Gross
Sy2s7S was added TO the fund thi,
morning Tor half days collections
Small checks continue 20 make ~ the
bulk OF the amour, but there were sew
ersl large contributors among whom
were Rorabaugh. Brown for $3.50, 1lc'
Bloch $50 Newton Alvey $40, and }
{. Rudkln, SlS
Collectors for the house-to-bou'C
drive will start their campaign thl'
week. These collectors will call upor
an delnquenis who have not ye, made
any payment on their pledges.
The surgical dressings department oI
the Red Gross wa, assisted today b,
the women OF the U. d. {. and May
wood Presbyterian church. Here th'
workers were making five-yard roll
end wipes OF different sires. There
Upss more than forty worker, presen
- shs tables today. Mrs. Guy Ten
Sjeson. Mrs. Ferry Williams, Mrs. z. X
3hurmond and Mis-, Edna Miller wer'
of the long table the rear where they
were laying and cutting several hun
dfsd yard, OF gaure.
The work for Tuesday amounted tl
- five-yard rolls and . box Of S2S
front line parcel, was assembled snC