The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-06-06
Vacation for R. C. Workers

Vacation for r.. C. Workers
The following letter received
from headquarters this week ex-
plains the status of Red Cross
work at the present time:
ut has been decided that the
women who have served so faith
fully and at such sacrifice in
many cases are entitled to va
cation. The sewing and knitting
will therefore be suspended dur
ing the months of July and Aug
ust. Please remember that the
work is not to be discontinued
permanently, but simply suspend
ed for two months.
"A few of our chapters have
given up the work this snring.
but we hope they will be thor
cughly rested by fall, and will re-
spond with redoubled efforts
when the call comes for work
in September.
Please do not stop before July
lst. We wish to appeal to those
individuals who have been lett
ing down the past few months to
support their chapter now, and
make a big effort to help this
Division go over the top. We
have 100000 garments to make by
the first of July and it will re-
quire good team work to ac-
complish this, as over one-half Of
this number is still unalloted. If
you can take any additional work
please let us know and it will be
sent promptly. Can you not get
permission to send a woman
four minute speaker to your
movie house at intervals dur
ing the week to make brief ap-
peal to the women of the town to
give their support to the work !?
Such a speaker might also make
an appeal at the evening church
services.
This is an enforced vacation
The need in Eastern Europe is so
pressing and so immense that we
greatly regret suspending the
work, but we feel that vacation
is necessary at this time, as our
women are very tired and have
worked under great difficulties
the past few months, on account
of-sAie Influenza epidemic of las15
fall and winter.
"The present prospects are
that it will be necessary to re-
sumo work in sewing and knit
ting next fall. Our work in Italv
and Belgium is finished and
there is not a great deal to do in
France, but Eastern Europe is
sending us appeals that cannot
be denied. Poland and Roumania
are a suffering with typhus, and
this is sure to be followed by
cholera. We were unable to help
these people during the war, and
their condition is beyond our inn
aglnation. Herbert Hoover is trv
ing to solve the food problem
there and our commissions are
going into these countries with
physicians, nurses, medicines.
etc., out our job is clothing.
Many ask why they cannot
make their own clothing. The
Red Cross has sent abroad since
December lst 25lH2 million yards
OF materials to be made by those
who are able to make their own
Clothes, but we are working for
the multitudes who are not able.
The women of Europe have al
ways helped their men in the
fields and it is necessary now
more than ever on account of
their depleted man power. There
fore they are not in position to
sew and knit. The American Red
Cross is the only agency that can
do this work and it is not on1, NV
the duty but the privilege of our
to do it.
Every Chapter will solve ac-
cording to it's local conditions
the problems which will attend
suspension of work. 1t is abso.
!utely essential that equipment
be kept intact, even tho it must |
be stored.
A plan for enrolling the work.
ers will be sent to all CHAPTERS
in a very short time, so that thew |
can be called together again.
This plan is to be applied to the
branch and auxiliary workers
also.
please pass the news of va.
cation to your Branch and AuA-
lliary workers with an appeal
that they make a good record
between now and July 1st."