Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-28
) RED CROSS WORKERS
PREPARE FOR ROLL CALL
Receive Instructions on How
Membership Drive is to be
Conducted.

A large number Of women met yes
terday noon at the Hotel du Pont TO
receive instructions for the Red Cross
roll call, which will take the form of
n house to house canvass the after
noon of November IL. The workers
were the guests of friends of the Red
Cross.
At the speakers table were seated
Mr.. Iindley of the Y. NJ. G. A.. Miss
Mary Moran. Father Temple. Dr.
Joseph IL. Odell. Mrs. Henderson Weir.
Mrs. r. w. Wilson, DIR. Robert Watt,
Mrs. Henry p. Scott, Judge George
Gray. Henry p. Scott. Bishop Philip
Cook. Miss Draper, DR.. Patten, DIR.
Charles l.. Candee. Miss carp. Mr..
Holloway, Mrs. Pierce and Rabbi
1evinger.
Mr.. Scott gave the women instruc-
tions for the campaign, and after the
meeting supplies were given out TO
the workers.
DIR. Odell spoke eloquently of the
work accomplished by the Red Cross.
mentioning the 1856 nurses enrolled
for another world emergency; the
work done in home nursing centres,
including one and one-half million
visits TO the sick; examination of
children in 100000 schools: classes in
first aid. hygiene. home nursing and
life saving, as we'll as the four million
school children enrolled In the Red
Cross
For us the war may be over" he
said. but today 1.04S Red Cross
nurses are caring for the men shat
tered and broken in this war. FoI
those men and nurses the war is not
over" He called the Red Cross the
only manifestation Of the heart OF
the nation in active exercise In any
catastrophe he said that Red Cross
workers are the first TO arrive, last
To- leave. and the busiest and most
helpful persons there.
DIR. Patten also spoke in praise OF
the Red Cross, calling It a true league
of nations in uniform. and declarinl
that IL its universal service was suf
ficiently extended II would hrint
about world peace and cooperation
He declared that 1t had been distinct!
woman's movement since the day:
of Florence Nightingale.
The women attending the luncheon
displayed great enthusiasm In thu
movement and pledged their suppor
in making the annual Red Cross rol
call in Wilmington n great success.
\ luncheon meeting of the New
Castle county workers was held sim
ultaneously in another room.
Annual Meeting.
The Delaware Chapter held its an
nual meeting yesterday afternoon.
Henry z. Scott presided a. the meet
ing and called first for the report q
Miss Emily L. Bissell the secretary
Mss BisSen reported 6. 6S1 member
Of which Goal were annual. 80 con
tr!buiing and 10 sustaining. The stat
chapter now has 4S active branche
throughout the state. The report {
Henry VI. Candy. the treasurer wa
received and filed.
Mrs. Henderson Weir presented
mos; complete and exhaustive repor
on the work OF the Bureau OF Hygiene
One OF the most interesting depart
ments Of the bureau is that devote
10 medical inspection. Mrs. Weir stat
ed that the results obtained in III
past year had been most gratifying
First the interest of the public schoC
teachers was won and then the pre-
1udice of the parents against the
children being examined for defeCt
was overcome and that in all rur;
sections in New Castle county exceJ
in one. the parents were wiling :
have their children examined for dc
fecte. There We're 6.6S3 examination
by nurses and 5.540 by physicians an