Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-02
CALL TO ARMS FOR
RAILROAD WOMEN
Slogan Sounded at Division Meet
ing Held Yesterday
Afternoon.

~ call to arms" was what Mrs.
Gamble Latrobe, superintendent of De-
partment No >, y. r. r. Women's Relief
called Yesterdays meeting, held in the
assembly room of the Pennsylvania Build
ing II was the last meeting for the sum
mer, and Mrs. Latrobe's message for the
interim, was Come to arms! Get busy
Get readyr' and she had Miss Ellen
Buckaew read a poem of her own compo-
.Ition, inspiring the women to work and
yet more work. entitled The Call. Mrs.
l.atrobe said she would give p pounds of
wool and 100 yards of outing flannel, and
she asked the women to make them up as
rapidly as possible. She wants them to
work all summer and to have great deal
10 report on the first Monday of Septem-
Der She wants 20 sweaters. 20 comfort
bags, 20 muffiers and 40 pairs of socks for
immediate use.
Every member was asked too. TO donate
one Jar of preserves TO Department No.
and one jar to Department No. 1 for
base hospitals
The railroad women were also asked to
go to their own special work room In the
Gawthrop Building to work every Tues
dav and Thursday from O'Clock until 3,
where there is large amount of material
ready for making into hospital garments.
This work is in charge of Mrs. Z. ID.
Dung, who made very eloquent APP
peal for help.
Every speaker at Yesterdays meeting
made an appeal for work Mrs. J. b.
Hutchinson, who is in charge of Depart
ment No. 4. said: Every morning. when
YOU ger up, ask yourself what YOU can do
10 win the war; every night when you 90 to
ned, ask yourself what YOU have done to
win the war. The government is fighting
the war, and we are part of government.
Mrs William &. Spcakman 5 address
had . keynote. and it was Live the war.
and she told the women that IN France, IN
such gathering every woman would be
knitting or would be doing something
with her hands that would help the war
along Mrs Speakman told of her own
efforts TO help, how she Is taking charge
OF her husbands dental offices, with q
Young dentist In charge, how she is trans
latlng dental orders INTO French for
General Georges, how she had sold her car
and rented the garage for war relief, and
how she has filled her house with people
who could not find houses or apartments
In Wilmington. She told, too, many Of
her interesting experience, in France last
summer.
p. r. K. WAR RELIEF.
Mrs. Hutchinson told of splendid work
done, by Depar trnent No. 4 which has
hospital garments for its special work
They have sent eight cases Of garments 10
Red Cross Hospital No /, formerly the
American Ambulance at Neuilly, France !;
two cases to Base Hospital No. L, assigned
TO the p. r. r. women for their care; and
10 cases to the governments reconstruc-
ton hospital at Colonia, \. j., erected on
ground donated by a former P r. r.
officiA Charles B. Freeman, Depart
ment No has 8 work room at Altoona
where work Is carried on from Monday
morning tall Saturday night With the
muslin SCRAPS they make trench mops
and with the outing flannel scraps, mats
Are made to put bonde the beds In the
hospitals.
Miss Ellen Buckalev reported 3,Oes
members for Department No. 2, visiting
the families of ftrrioughed men for it's
special work. There are $50 men gone 20
the colors, and 500 families have been
visited. Mrs P. L. F. Groves reported
$50 members for Delaware Division, and
III men m service.
flag RAISING
DEPARTMENT No . is invited to attend
. flag missing at Todd's Cut ON July > at
10 O'Clock noon. Mrs Latrobe has been
asked to preside and Mrs Coleman du
Pont and Ms, W c. Speakman will
make addresses. The women are TO go out
to Thntieth and Market streets, and then
60 down to the bridge, where they viii
be met BY the men to escort them to the
master mechanics office, where the
ceremonies viii take place.
Yesterdays meeting closed with a very
pleasant tea, served by Mrs. j. c. Auten,
Mrs. Thomas Smith and Mrs. c. D.
Young.