The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-04
W6t)ens Var Work

munity service Of Washington, D C..
has appointed a corps OF swimming in
stfuetors Tor the women government
clerks.
Children residing in the 90 block
on West Chickashaw avenue gave a
Red Cross entertainment Sunday eve
ming. collecting 81 l24, which they do
mated TO the support of the Liberty bed
in the United States hospital in France
The children under the tutelage of Mrs.
+. RawlinS of 408 East Twelfth street
will give another entertainment next
Sunday evening for the same purpose
The United States civil service com
mission announces an open competitive
examination June 10, for laboratory ap-
prentice for both men and women, to
fill vacancies in the bureau of stand
ards, department OF conpmerce and in
positions requiring similar qualifica-
tons for duty in Washington or else
where. Salaries range from $40 to
500 year.
Home canning or fruits and vege-
tables has become 50 widespread that
the next natural step in canning will
be the canning Of fish and meats, ac-
cordlng to recent announcement from
the department Of agriculture. through
frantS j Lund, specialist on home can
nlng OF meats and ScafoodS.
1T is possible not only to avoid
waste, but also 10 utilize meat Scrap,
and soup bones" he states. He ad-
yocates the steam pressure canner. as
It is difficult to keep fresh canned meat
in certain regions, as for example in
the extreme south
Among the lists of completed gar
ments turned into central Red Cross
work rooms Saturday we're: Shields
Heights, nine pairs Of paama suits
Choctaw unit, ninety seven bed shirts
Arts and Crafts club, fourteen pairs
of bed socks; Wheatand unit. ten
pajama coats and eight pairs of pajama
pants; Capitol lIill.u7it. thirty hospital
shirts, twenty eight paama suits and
2% bags, Harmony unit, seven paiamo
coats and eight pajama pants; Western
avenue unit, twelve pajama coats
thirteen pajama pants and twelve hos
pital shirts
st Louis women are organizing by
wards and precincts to keep food prices
normal. Mothers circles, parent teach
er associations, visiting nurse associa.
tons ladies aid societies and Other
women's organizations comprise the list
OF working organizations.
The second edition of the cook book
issued by the food facts bureau with
all errors of the first edition corrected.
will he ready for distribution soon.
Plans have been made to place the book
in New York Boston, Philadelphia.
Harrisburg, Pa. and other eastern
cities. A copy will also be mailed
Herbert Hoover One hundred copies
have been sold in Cleveland county
and orders are arriving from other sec
tons of the state.
Laces, lingerie, children's trockS and
fascinating French dolls will come to
America with special patriotic appeal
this year, as the work of victims Of the
war, who are returning to independence
and self-support by this means. Many
of the crippled soldiers who have
created this work, were artists before
the war. They make dolls of ratc
beauty and originality of design the
dresses being made by French women.
Miss Oran Logan of 205 West
Eleventh street, Miss Hattie May Rus
sell OF 100 North Central avenue and
Miss Cora Mlcy Of lllG West Twenty
first street were employed at central
Red Cross work rooms yesterday morn