The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-04-26
RED CROSS TAKES UP
NEW LINE OF WORK
REFUGEE GARMENTS TO BE CHIEF
WORK DURING THE COMING
MONTH OF MAY

The executive board of the Red
Cross chapter has decided to spend the
next month working in the interest Of
refugee garments. To this end the
town has been divided into six, Sec
tions and numbered as follows:
The northeast section, No. 1, ex-
tends from Main on the west to B
on the south. The committee having
charge of its organization being, Mrs.
Armbruster, Mrs. Robbins and Mrs.
Morgareidge.
The middle east section, No. 2, is
bounded by B on the north, Main on
the west, Fifth street on the south
The committee is Mrs. Hutton, Mrs.
David and Mrs. Owings.
The southeast section, No. 8, has
Fifth street on the north and Main
on the west. The following is the
committee, Mrs. Victor Ramstedt, Mrs
Heckathorne and Mrs. Preston.
The northwest section, No. 4, runs
to B on the south and Main on the
east. Committee, Mrs. Saunders, Mrs
Oldenburgh and Mrs. Reed.
The middle west section, No. s. is
bounded by B on the north, Main on
the east and Sixth on the south. Mrs.
Neidig, Mrs. Clarence Edmundson and
Mrs. ]. R. Collins is the committee.
The southwest section, No. 6, runs
from Sixth street south with Main on
the east Mrs. Won Ende, Miss Talbot
and Mrs. Jain is the committee.
These different committees with the
organizing committee, Mrs. Whittier,
Mrs. Wallace and Mrs. Cozier, the gen
eral committee on Moscow refugee
work, and plan to work exclusively on
this branch during the time the Red
Cross rooms have to be vacated for
the federal court.
These garments, as you know, are
for the suffering destitute people of
devastated France and Belgium, our
allies. To us in comfortable homes
with we'll cared for children it should
appeal in a most personal manner.
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scantily clad and poorly cared for,
and we should and will derive great
pleasure in letting our own plans and
work go for little time in fashion
ing out of material of no great
value to ourselves, complete warm
outfits for cold, pinched and unhappy
little children, always the worst,
most innocent sufferers in the great
tragedies of the world.
There has always been little
prejudice regarding the bestowal of
"rummage" upon people, as it is often
germ laden, musty, dirty and objec-
tionable to handle, but we ask that
all garments be washed, ripped flat,
(that is, take out sleeves and Innings
and rip shoulder seams in coats, belts
and hens in skirts,) iron and have
them ready to be collected and taken
to a central place where the work
will be started by expert cutters and
where the sample garments will be
assembled for help in planning
There is hardly anything you could
imagine too small or worthless, if
strong, as the patterns range from
one to fourteen years. A little un-
derskirt takes "a scrap of muslin for
the yoke and a small piece of out
ing. The underskirts can be cut
from the bodies of old underwear and
a woman from Cedar Creek demon
strated cutting a pair of small trous-
ers from an overcoat sleeve. We
could use mems clothing to splendid
and hope all the good men t
of Moscow will not hang on to their /,
old clothes for fishing trips. t
/ notice in some towns, gifts of I
dark ginghams, percales, muslins, i
etc., (These people objecting to t
bright colors at this time) Perhaps I
some of our salaried, people, having
no time to sew, would be glad to con- {
tribute in this way and we would a
if they would call up their t
committee.
We have a complete infants lay
cite made by the women of Deary i
On exhibition at Red Cross rooms. a
The material for this work must be r
donated, costing in the neighborhood t
If five dollars, and we suggest that a
Ill lodges and women's organizations il
is well as those able and willing to B
10 so, take this matter up, contribu- r,
ing the money for material, the
work, or both. I think the import 0.
lnce of the work, as we are urged h
o rush all refugee garments, would tt
Justify call meetings to decide upon tt
t. e.
], We, plan to have. our first meeting, C
general one, to start, the quitting 81
nd planning of the garments, on "
hn afternoon nf Nav ond at ono ri