The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-16
RED CROSS TO
HAVE TAG DAY
TO RAISE FUNDS
Minute Women to Try and
Raise $4,000, Next
Saturday.
MISS DANA WILL
SPEAK MONDAY
Don't for Those Contribut
ing Clothing For the
Belgians.

Every day almost frantic Geographic
messages come into this city for more
and more surgical dressings. The
supply has not kept pace with the de-
mand and in addition to there being
a shortage of workers, the heavy drain
that is made upon the materials from
which the surgical dressings are pro-
duced has made these materials very
expensive. The Bridgeport Chapter Of
the Red Cross has had all expenses
paid. It is thus able to spend every
penny for materials.
The high cost of materials has made
= big hole in the funds of the local
chapter, so much so that it has not
enough to carry it through till May
when the big drive is to come. A call
was sent to the Minute Women to
handle the deficiency which will
amount to about $4,000. Various
plans were discussed and it was finally
decided that so successful was the
recent Tag Day held by the Minute
Women, that this much needed money
for surgical dressing could be raised
in this manner.
Saturday, March % is the date, and
all day long the bands of Minute
Women who have more than proven
their worth as a most essential factor
will be on the streets striving to raise
this urgently needed money. The boys
at the front must have these dress
ings, they are often the means of saw
ing lives that would otherwise be lost.
If every person in Bridgeport gave just
little, the Tag Day one week from
today would be great success.
Miss Elizabeth Dana of the Smith
College Unit who has recently return
ed from active service in France and
who was to have spoken here on
Thursday evening is now announced
to come here on Monday evening,
March IS to speak at the United
| Church at o'clock.
The Woman's Comitte of the Junior
| Republic is to hold it's postponed
| melting on Monday afternoon at 4:3O
O'Clock at the home of it's chairman,
Mrs. H. H. DeLoss on Park place.
1AS IIl0I1lpCIS wall nave Tic plSdSUIS
| of hearing an address by H. F. Rob-
erts, the headmaster at Taft School,
who is also a most active trustee of
the Republic. A number of the mem
bers of the mems committee are also
to be present at this meeting. Mr..
Roberts is to talk on the work that is
| being done at the Republic.
| Mrs. J. M. Tomlinson is at the
| head of the Red Cross drive that the
| Minute Women are to have charge of
next week for clothing for the Bel
| gians. Some one will be in charge
every day in st. Johns chapel to re-
ceive the clothing that is contributed
| There are a number of dont's that
must be observed. No stiff hats for
| either men or women. No fancy slip
| pers, no goods containing rubber
such as suspenders or garters. AS
| leather goods deteriorate shoes that
are given should be free from mud
| No damp clothing should be handed
in. No notes or messages can be
placed in the pockets of garments as
| the commission cannot send any writ
ten message into the occupied ground
| 41C S1OlLA1lS I1IOoL llSGoSO LIZ 1IlSI
is as follows: Shirts of light colored
flannel, undershirts. underdrawers
| trousers, coats, work suits, suits
three pieces. shoes, overcoats, Jerseys
sweater vests, socks. For women:
shirts. drawers, skirts, coats, corset
slips, petticoats, bIouses, suits, two
piece, work dresses, aprons, shoes
soft hats, knitted caps, stockings
wooden and cotton, shawls. For boys:
Shirts, union suits, under shirts
trousers, coats, shoes, overcoats
socks, stockings, jerseys, For girls
Dresses, skirts, coats, nightgowns
drawers, stockings, undergarments
petticoats, suits, blouses and shoes
For boys and girls: Hooded cape:
and aprons and union suits. For in.
fants: Flannel petticoats, shirts
bands, bonnets, slips, bibs, diapers
shoes, sweaters, socks, bootees, hood
ed cloaks. jackets and shawls. Mis-
cellaneous: Bed ticks, sheets, pillow
slips, blankets and mufders
The Business Woman's club will
have charge of the Sunday afternoo
meeting at 4 o'clock at the Y. W
c. A. this week, and has planned a.
interesting program. The speake
will be Miss L. l. Richie, who vii
take as her subject 1.-The Word" /
musical program of solos and duet
, will be given by Mrs. c. H. Platt, so
f prano; Mrs. A. G. Ma1lette, alto, an
Lorenzo P. Oviatt, accompanies. Mis-
: Margaret Branes and a committee O
!. members of the club will serve after
l noon tea following the service. TIL
l club extends a special invitation t
l all business and professional wome
to attend this service.
On Monday evening the Bushes
: Women's club will hold its annua
4 meeting and supper in the Y "
8 G. A. cafeteria. In addition to tn
r regular business and election of off
: GERS there will be a program c
r songs and readings in lighter vein an
S an address by Miss Grace MRrray O
: the Laws of Connecticut u The
i Relation to the Approaching Fran
: chise of Women. The tables will b
n decorated in spring colors by Mis-
e Katherine Fall and members of tn
9 refreshment committee, and the sur
Q per will be served by Mrs. Della ELS
S worth, director of the cafeteria.
Miss Martha c. Whealdon, re
= Gently returned from Bombay, India
d where she worked for several year