Evening journal., 1920-09-04
WHAT RED CROSS
DOES in PEACE
Work Will Be Explained in
Lecture Course at State
Fair
FILMS ALSO TO
SHOW ACTIVITIES

What The women OF this country
and particularly those OF DeIswore
are doing in peace times for the Red
Cross Will b! the subject OF lee
lures, demonstrations motion pictures
ana exhibits OF work at the Delaware
state FAR that opens Monday at Els
mere and continues five days.
Experts in many branches Of work
and speakers OF national reputation.
with motion picture films prepared
specially to illustrate some phase OF
4 the work The Red Cross is doing will
make up daily programs. all OF which
are free to the public and to which
every one is invited
There will be special times for GER
| tain lectures and fllms 3nd special
| days for men and women when lee
/ lures and pictures Of particular i'm
/ pOrtance TO them will be the pro-
gram The work among children and
La playlet for their especial beneflt
and education will be another fea-
| ture Of The many that have been as
sembled for the display. 1T will be
/ the most preteniious exhibit ever as
sfmbled by the Red Cross in Delaware
and The frst time that The State Fair
mans cement has invited the Red Cross
| 10 prov dc such an interesting and
| educational display.
Tho entire exhibit is under the
| Bureau Of Hygiene Of which Mrs. Io-
seph Bancroft is the director. Mrs.
Bancroft is. assisted by Miss Miriam
| +. Carson who will act as super
visory character over the entire eX-
| hihit. which for purposes OF conve-
nience has been divided into ihro"
sections-Firsl Aid Tent. Women's
and Children's Burclu and auditorium
where lectures and motion picture
will he shown.
In the First Aid tent which will be
/ In charge OF Miss Caroline Rebelen.
superintendent. Of public health
nurses there will be a complete dis
pensary Installed. in order to care for
any accident cases that may arise or
any patron Of the Fair who may need
medical attention. There will be
physicians and nurses constantly in
attendance so that proper and eill-
client care may be given all who nee
| il. Demonstrations of FIRST aid work
will also be given here.
In the Women's and Childrens
building the exhibit will be in charge
Of the Woman's Bureau under the
direction OF Mrs. Henry p. Scott. Here
viii he shown sample layette out
| nls such as the Red Cross workers
1 OF Delaware are making; knitted
! articles. surgical dressings, many OF
which are being mad. by The ladies
OF Westminster Presbyterian church
| lhis city and articles needed abroad
where although the w3r is over
] there is great demand for clothing
/ for the sick and needy
In a booth d voted TO The work Of
4 the Teaching center in charge OF
/ Miss Mary A. Moran. r. n. who Is
d hrsarf.rsfn rnrnul with
I Olive ID. HarilOve as assistant. also
an r. n. there will be samples Of
| what the home nurse Is doing. Lee
iures on The subject will also be Civ
en- In The adtOrium.
| Miss Syhil Gordon will have charge
/ of The Home Servfre booth. where in
/ formation regarding general Red Cross
/ topics. but particularly that devoted
/ io The domestic problems OF soldiers
families will be given.
Miss Helen VI. Hall in charge Of lhc
health crusade will have an exhibit
/ Of dolls 10 Illustrate school Choir S,
such as the proper care OF the teeth
bv the children and the need for open
! windows in The school room at home
and various other sanitary and ny
| gienic things conducive to good
/ health.
The auditorium will be adjoining
the Womens and Children's building
and many Of the exhibits in the for
mer will De amplfed and form the
subject OF lectures and moving pic
/ lures i'm The auditorium. There VIII
/ be daily lectures on many subjects
and special lectures for men and also
women TO which the opposite sex
viii be excluded on certain days and
/ hours.
Miss Walsh Of Philadelphia will
/ give daily lecture on the Junior
| Red Cross
DR.. Edith Babe will lecture daily TO
women only on Hygiene she VIII
! also lecture on Thursday afternoon
/ which is known as "Moman's Day" at
which time a special motion picture
/ nlm THE End Of the Road" will be
/ shown. TO women only.
There will be special films and lee
lures for men only on days set apart
! ON Tuesday and Friday afternoons.
! Miss Helen VI. Hall will produce an
| interesting playlet in which fifteen
! children are being trained TO portray
and which is entitled king Good
/ Health wins" This playlet was
written by q school teacher Of Okla
homa and produced such gratifying
results in The West. that it is being
reproduced here
on Friday Miss Mary Rose OF New
( York. who is in charge Of the child
! health organization OF New York
CITY will lecture taking for her topic
Child Health
Throushout the week there will
/ ne "A recepiiOn committee OF ladies TO
l welcome and receive the visitors in
/ the auditorium and everything in all
| OF the exhibition buildings devoted to
| the Red Cross are free of charge