The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-19

Momsn's Council OF osfsnss, Maple
RED Gro" Chapter, Secretary, Ma.
RED Cross Financial secretary,
Maple 2B62
Civilian Rsllsf Maple 40.
state Red Cross headquarters, Wal
c.n,rsl Red Gro" wOrsrOOm"
Elks HsII Unit Of Red Cross, Maple
pe6.
Registration offices for Red Gro.
classes In first aid, home care OF
the slek, and dletetlcs, Walnut 1900.
Upon the entrance Of a wounded sol
dier into a Red Cross hospital in
France he is supplied with a comfort
bag and patients equipment The lat
ter contains six shirts. four pillow cases
two hot water bags. three suits OF pa
jamas, two pairs OF socks. four hospital
shirts. four pairs OF socks, one pair
Of slippers, one bath robe, four wash
rags. four face towels and. two bath
towels The comfort bag contains one
tube Of tooth paste. one toothbrush, one
cake OF soap. three short studs, one
spool Of black thread, one spool OF
white thread, one package Of needles,
one thimble, six cloth buttons. sixteen
pins, four safety pins, one handkerchief
one pipe, one pencil, one pad OF paper
and six envelope
The total shipment from the south.
-, western divisional headquarters for
February includes 2.b0l,976 garments.
OF this number l,64S70l were surgical
dressings. 1902 were hospital gar
ments, 1900 were knitted garments,
ll8 were refugee garments, and 6,Hj
were miscellaneous.
A salvage bureau for the junior Red
Gross has been called 10 the attention
OF the southwestern division Of the
American Red Gross. The Pacific di-
vision has a salvage bureau, which de-
yeloped from the idea Of saving tin
foil and selling il to smelters 1t now
salvages all sorts OF waste and sells at
the best market prices.
Rubber is in great demand and tires,
tubes, or old rubber in any form can he
collected by the school children and
readily sold There are other things
suggested TO swell the funds OF the
school chapter. Clean white rags, over
ten inches square, can be sold TO gas
companies at 10 cents a pound to be
used as meter wipes. Some Of the pu-
pills in the public schools in some OF the
larger cities have been selling newspa-
pers for two years for the benefit OF
the Red Cross and some months have
netted as high as 81 200
Bottles, especially the pint and quart
sizes, are very scarce. Other things
that have been sold proiitably are last
years automobile tags, collapsible paint
and paste tubes, spools from typewriter
ribbons, tin cans, iron and steel. lead,
brass copper and aluminium waste. This
idea Is advocated by the Red Cross as
II is not only endcavoring to turn the
waste in the oouptry into supplies Tor
the soldiers at the front, but it is also
teaching thrift at home Mrs. J. II.
- Hoskins of the bureau of junior mem
bership Is working out comprehensive
plan in cooperation with the Red Cross
chapters OF the larger cities OF the
southwest division by which collection
points, sales contracts and markets for
salvage will be secured.
According to orders received from the
southwestern division OF the Red Cross,
surgical dressings will no longer be
wrapped in muslin or any other kind
of material, but instead kraft paper bags
all he nseI n euhctttute
All knitters are urged by the south
western division Of the Red Cross TO
keep on their knitting and not to slack
en- their pace on account OF the ap-
proach of summer. Socks, helmets,
sweaters, muiflers and wristets are
still needed in large quantities, espe-
cially for the men IN the navy and the
aviators, who need warm things, both
winter and summer. II is advised that
TO every helmet, sweater, wristlet and
muffler made, there be two pairs OF
socks, and they are twice as much in
demand.
Mrs. Edmund +. Brown, director OF
womens work for the southwestern di-
vision of the Red Cross, says that COM
fort Rits are still in great demand and
that not enough OF them are coming
into headquarters.
Six women working yesterday in the
neighborhood unit Of the Red Cross
which meets in the home of Mrs. A. X.
Nelson, $500 Classen boulevard, made