Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21
Valuable Assistance by
D. C. Woman Motorists
for Nurses and Doctors

i
out the influenza'in the National Capt.
tai by the United States hospital serv-
ice valuable assistance has been given
by woman motorists in transporting
nurses and doctors from the various
medical stations to the homes of pa
TENTS
|. During the past ten days this work
has been under full speed ahead. Many
lives have been saved as a result of
getting physicians and nurses in at
tendance before the malady assumed
a fatal phase.
The Headquarters for the transporta-
ton division is in the Webster School,
10th and II streets, medical zone No. 3.
where officials of the. public health
servHe are located during the present
epidemic. The cars have been dis
tributed throughout the four zones
Curtis. Wilson Normal. Webster and
Van Ness schools. The cars have been
kent in constant motion from . am.
untii :.lirniEht. responding TO every
call rece. . fO" belp.
Without the aid of. motor ears the
physicians ana nurses would have
been unable to cope with the situa-
ton iii the manner in which they
have. Tie death rate would have I'M
doubtedly continued on the increase.
| The operators. on reporting to
Lieut.. Howard. =. Fisk, Pay Corps.
L. S. N. who is in charge of this branch
| of the work, were scheduled for work
in the various zones and divided into
shifts. The result has been graft
flying to the public health service Of
ficials.
An average of $50 cars are now
at least 200 additional motor cars
for this important work.
Contributors to Service.
Among those who have assisted with
their motor cars in this work are:
Mrs. Cary T. Grayson. Mrs. Victor
Kaufman. Mrs. John l.. Newbold, Miss
Emma T. Hahn, Miss Helen Shea. Miss
Il. Jones. Miss Allie NJ. Payne. Mrs. C.
B. Moore, Mrs. c. G.: Brainerd, Mrs. Il.
II. Carleton. Miss h. q. Moore, Mrs. II.
Z. Jones. Miss c. W. Orr, Mrs. H. II.
BIesee, Mrs Cecil Barnes. Mrs. Franl,
b. Guest, Mrs. S. Stokes. jr.; Miss
Thoron. Mrs. Lucus French. Miss Doro-
thy Cahill. Mrs. Ethel Z. Allocate, Mrs.
II. O'HiGgin, Mrs. o. Z. ~. Brown, Mrs.
c. \. Cutter Miss Helen Gordon Mrs.
Samuel Hunt, Mrs. f. L. .Lukei. Miss
Margaret Minott, Mrs. e. S. Cohen.
Mrs. ]. L. Dodson, Mrs. J. II. Peterson,
Mrs W. F. Hancock, Mrs. Andrew l..
Fa bens, Mrs. Marion Pe.lew.AIr Charles
Myers. Mrs. Robert Duenner., Mrs. Z.
F. Parhanl, Miss Katherine Rice, Mrs.
F.. r. l'reyer. Miss Genevieve Hen
bricks. Mrs. Austin Kautz. Mrs. Charles
T. Steinmeyer, Mrs. Clarence King.
Miss VI. y. Pearson, Miss Saf1ie A.
Geode, Miss Mary Z. and Mrs. A. j.
Collier, Miss Anna Mari. Miss f.
Reeve, Mrs. Charles II. White. Mrs.
Sue NJ. Levy. Miss Eeufah Dickert.
Mrs. William f. Ham. Miss Rosalie
holland. Mrs. III. Seymour, Mrs. Eliza
beth P.ngle, Mrs: c. A. Kingsbury,
Mrs. George A. Weaver. Miss X. c.
Moore. Miss Mary Brown, Mrs. w. F.,
Boulter. Mrs. Kepple Hall. Mrs. W. Il.
Wheeler, Mrs. JOSEPH NJ. Stoddard.
Miss Emma Aimes. Mrs. Robert Tay-
lor, Miss II. Burns, Miss Pauline Lob
man. Mrs. II. Beatty, Airs. Julian Rip
ley. Mrs. T. T. Calf. Mrs. IdssStanley,
Miss Marie H. Adams. Miss Ethel
Ford, Miss Elizabeth Baker. Miss d. G.
Alwine, Mrs. L. NJ. Manley,g Miss Helen
Burns, Mrs. n. NJ. Black, Mrs. NJ. i.
Scott, Miss Belle Ellis. Miss J. Lichen-
stein. Miss NJ. Larking, Mrs. J. S.
Hunt, Mrs. H B. Jones. Mrs. S. W.
Treat Miss NJ. Eberie. Mrs. Kerford
Lupton, Mrs. c. S. Boston, Miss +. Il.
SiZer. Mrs. Thomas =. Gore. Mrs. G. +.
Cottle. Mrs. +. NJ. Silver. Miss May l..
Buckley, Mrs. J. p. Militzer. Miss Fa y
Brennan. Miss c., McRae. Mrs. MarGa-
ret NJ Berry. Miss Henrietta Berens.
Mrs. Rupert Hughes. Miss Ida O'Neal,
Miss r. s. Hay, Miss Mary L. Mer-
sheimer, Mrs Thomas Streeter, Mrs. ].
Lord O'Brian, Mrs. Charles Bell. Mrs.
Fred S. Hopkins, Miss Olivia Green,
NIre & p Rogers and others