The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-26
Women's Activities in Max
ing Hospital Supplies to
Be Continued With
Greater Effort
nv ETHEL GILLEN

One needs only to visit the central
workrooms of the Birmingham chapter
of the American Red Cross on the ball
cony of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb's store
to see what splendid work tne women
of Birmingham ana vicinity are doing
in the way of making surgical dress
ings and hospital supplies
Mrs. John Jordan IS the efficient
chairman of the wornan's work and will
be found at her desk In the office
where she hears the reports of the
workers of each division Mrs. A. w,
Porter is the secretary and stenogra-
pher and looks after the giving out OF
supplies and receiving finished gar
ments, as well as looking after the
stockroom, where completed garments
and materials are kept waiting
to be packed or needed in the work
room. Her efficient assistant is Mrs
Mark B. Eiseman. Mrs. Frank Clark is
chairman of the supply department and
she is assisted in this work by Mrs.
CASTOR Terrence. Mrs. Thomas Wing
field, Mrs. Thomas Berry, Mrs. C. M.
Tardy, Mrs. Houston Davis, Mrs. NJ S.
Hitcock. Mrs Will Brown, Mrs. Carr
Mccormack Miss Mary Parke London,
Mrs. Margaret Coleman, Miss Elsie Nc
Intyre, Miss Gustrine Miner, Miss Mar
tina Bradshaw, Miss Mona Miller and
Miss Agnes Walters.
INSPECTION OF SUPPLIES
Mrs Joseph McLester is chairman of
the inspections of hospital supplies and
she is assisted in this important work
of inspecting every bandange and hos
pita1 garment by Mrs. J. w. Bruce,
Mrs, S. d. Cole, Mrs. J. L. Chisolm, Mrs.
Sid Lett, Mrs. j. G. Johns, Mrs. May,
Miss Latimer, Mrs. Everett Meade, Mrs.
w E. B. Davis, Mrs. Robert Woodrow,
Mrs. Vassar l. Allen, Mrs. George Clark,
Miss Sallie Black, Miss Frances Wood
row, Miss Lanford and Mrs. Van Ma
son.
The shipping committee is composed
of Miss Amelia Worthington, Miss Mary
Parke London, Miss Mildred Ray and
Miss Leila Griggs.
Mrs. Alex London, Mrs Mortimer
Williams and Mrs R. K. Houghton are
the buyers for the Birmingham chap
ter, and each month they make out an
estimate of the materials needed by the
chapter, which is sent to the gulf divis-
ion and the goods bought.
Mrs. Thomas B. Parke is chairman oil
the membership extension, while Mrs.
e. H. Cabaniss and Mrs. George Hughes
instruct the Red Cross classes. Mrs.
Morris Marx is chairman of the pub
licity committee and is assisted in this
work by Miss Jean Adler.
The workroomS are very spacious, yet
are not large enough for the number
of workers, and several of the units
have other quarters modernly equipped,
where surgical dressings are made. Mrs.
w. f. Wilcox, Mrs. Crawford Johnson
and Mrs. Baldwin are the chairmen of
the workrooms, each serving several
days a week in this capacity. There
are in addition to the regular work.
ers a number of cutters who do nothing
but cut out garments, while in one
workroom at central headquarters there
are 10 sewing machines and these are
kept constantly busy.
The gauze dressings are rigidly in
spected after being made and those
falling to come up to the requirements
are made over. Several different units
meet and work at the central work
rooms daily in addition to their regu-
lar meeting days, and more than 1000
surgical dressings are made here daily.
Mrs. John London states the number
of workers on Saturday and Monday at
the central workrooms are small and
she requests that every woman who
can spare an hour or two to come and
make dressings and hospital supplies,
as this work is most necessary and
must be kept up.