The Clio messenger., 1918-12-06
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BY HOME. AGENTS
States Relations Workers Do.
Not Hesitate When Called
-s = ~ Upon for Help. :
MAKE Fight ON INFLUENZA
Special Food Prepared by or Under
Their Direction for Sick-open
Hospitals and Supply Nurses
Is In North Carolina.

When the influenza epidemic made
It impossible to, hold meetings of any
kind, the home demonstration agents
all over the country, in response to the
call for trained, intelligent help, went
to. the rescue and have been doing
yeoman service throughout the fight to
gain the upper hand of the "flu."
knowledge OF Foods. ,yE
Particularly valuable has been these
women's knowledge of foods and diets.
Vast quantities of broth, egg lemon
ades, custards and other good things
have been made ready for the sick by
the energetic agents and workers. OF
much importance in aiding TO combat
any disease are nourishlng and proper
foods. S = r-s,
Six hundred and sixteen pounds of
beef and chicken were, In short time,
In the kitchen Of the states relations
service of tie department of agrichll
, ture in Washington, turned into broth.
Dozens of eggs and gallons, of milk
went from the same Kitchen to the hos
pital in nourishing gulses. Volunteers
aided those on the staff. >Ha:s'
The entire charge OF the food sent
those Ill from the influenza from one
of the emergency centers in Washing
ton, as we'll as the feeding Of the doc
tors and nurses there, was under the
direction Of the states relations service'
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Another particularly valuable kitch-
en- was one established in Tampa, Fla.
for the relieving Of influenza patients
there. -@
Splendid Work in North Carolina. =,
Agents In, several counties, 1t is re-
ported from Raleigh, opened and oper-
ated diet kitchens, cooperating with
the Red Cross In furnishing proper
nourishment to the sick. while agents
connected with the department of ag-
riculture In other counties have sup
piled hot broth either directly to the
families Of the. afflicted or by boy
scouts under Y. M. G. A. direction.
A home, demonstration agent for
Cabarrus county, North Carolina,
writes: 81 came to Kannapolis this
morning to turn our cannery building
into a soup kitchen. 1t is ideal for
the purpose. There are over 800 peo-
pie absent from the mill today, which
will show you how. our efforts are
needed, The. Y. M. G. A. director Is
having our soup distributed by the boy
scouts, and we are sending 1t out in
glass Jars, fitted into the pasteboard
boxes in which they were bought
This keeps the soup hot"
Act as Emergency Nurses.
The central district agent In North
Carolina is nursing In the emergency
ward Mt the State College OF Agricul-
ture and Engineering; the eastern dis
trict agent has been emergency nurse
for members OF the extension service
sick In Wilson a specialist is In charge
of the diet at the same institution and
is in close touch with the local Red
Cross chapter, which supplies many
forms of no1rishment.
Emergency diet kitchens have been
established in the domestic science
department in the high scho0. ut. Ashe-
vile, and In the courthouse at White
vile. Washington. c., also has a
kitchen operated by a home demon
stration county agent who reports :
"we keep open until far into the night,
and we have been able To all real
need