Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-25
PATRIOTIC WOMEN
URGED TO COMPLY
Rules Governing Christmas Pack
ages To Be Sent The
Soldiers
MUST BE OBS ERVE D

All patriotic women are urged to
comply to the letter, TO the regula-
tions sent out by the Red Cross, gov
erning the Christmas packages intend
ed for soldiers, sailors. marines, avia-
tors and all service men overseas.
In a letter to Mrs Weems Ridout,
chairman of Public Information, of
the Council of Defense, the State
Chairman of Public Information, Mrs.
Julia Rogers, says:
"The Maryland Council of Defense,
Women's Section, urges on its mem
bers and on all patriotic women the
strictest compliance in regard to
Christmas shopping with the latest
and final instructions of the National
Council of Defense. The regulations
have been arrived at after conference
with representatives of leading indus
tries and retail interests concerned,
Shoppers who follow these regula-
tions will be in cooperation with the
interests represented at the confer
ence as well as with the Government.
1.-THE first proposal of the National
Council of Defense to give up Christ
mas shopping altogether has been
modified because it has been pointed
out that the manufacture of goods for
the coming holiday season has been
substantially completed, that the
transportation of goods to the point of
sale is also largely done, and that
much of the material used for Christ
mas purchases, especially in the man
ufacture of toys, is the waste mater
ial derived from prior processes of
manufacture.
"The retail dealers have agreed to
comply exactly with the program as
outlined by the Council They will not
increase their working force by rea-
son of the holiday business over the
average force employed by them
throughout the year, nor will they in
crease the normal working hours of
their force during the Christmas sea-
son. They will also make announce
ments in their advertisements of their
intentions upon assurance of the loyal
efforts of the National and State
Councils in urging upon buyers their
share of cooperation in the welfare
of the nation
1.-The Women's Section of the Mary
land Council of Defense can therefore
not put too strongly before every wo-
man in the state and counties the SER
iousness of her responsibility. She
should not only make it a point to
buy early, but she is also in honor
bound not to allow her Christmas
packages to congest the transporta-
tation facilities during the early fall,
in view of the fact that our transpor-
tation system is already overburdened
with essential war business. If she
is patriotic, she will not, under any
circumstances, send bulky articles by
express, freight, or mail, nor should
she burden local deliveries, since all
merchants have expressly promised
the Government to keep down deliv-
cry services in connection with Christ
mas trade Garry as many of your
own parcels as you can" is the slo-
gan for the woman to whom no detail
that can help to win the war is too
small
1.-THE Council of National Defense,
finally, excepting toys, urges that use
full gifts only be bought. Its def
milton of useful in the only sense
which is proper in war time is that
/ an article must not only be useful in
Itself, but must be Immediately use
full to the person who gets it. 1t has
set November 13 as the final date for
/ the finishing of Christmas, buying
and December as the latest date for
sending packages by mail or express.