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V' . - - ,t . t) v . .... .v . - . , : ,- ' o ' , J v. m , - - - ?v s ' i 1 : . i TWELVE. i - - -- 1 ; .. BT I .. National Special Aid Society Weekly Report of Patriotic Work and , Contributions By Wilmington Women. r j, Wqcs like old times; we i Wednesday was iiKe oxu . had a perfectly wonderful attendance. There were between 50 and tu worK a about 100 block messengers, ers an u The workers were amon ;; ( those who used to ao me , r, ftat est work and they have not for gotten how to do it. The tables piled up with dressings and the work flew so that our courage and spirits rose in proportion and we weer very glad when Dr. Milton came and led us in a little service of praise and prayer. The sense of the workers was that as " the Special Aid has some 10,000 yards of gauze and several hundred pounds of cotton on hand, and as there can be only a few more- months' of sur gical dressings at the longest, it is purposed to empty the store room in the time appointed, and finish the irork with more zest, more earnestness than we began it. Our society is to day more efficient than it was in the flrst flush of its enthusiastic begin ling. It is worth more to the city than it has at any time in its history, and it has possibilities of growth as broad as the town. The reaaon is, that it is the peoples' organ of ex oression. it is the peoples'vown effort to help others and to help each other. It is the united voice and desire of the community represented by every community in town and by almost ev ery suburb, and locality in the county. Interest in Block JMeener. At no time has it been so easy to get efficient block messengers. We get requests from motherly, kindly wo men asking to be put in charge of the block on which the live. Gradually we are going to get the relations be ;ween the messenger and the block on the basis of friends and the people mow and the messengers know that .hey have behind them the backing of 11, the common treasury of all. Our Sonp Kitchen. Our block messengers report a num ber of cases of influenza. Most of these are in families where they have all facilities to help and care for themselves, but there are cases similar , to those in the epidemic days where .all are sick at once and no one is well . enough to help the others. Being ap pealed to for soup there was nothing lfor it but to go regularly into the ''business and our Mrs. W. W. Hodges makes it every day and we send it out to families recommended by the district nurses and our block meuseng srs. The Motor Corps. We are beginning to realize what a blessing the motor corps is toN, the '.own and we wish to take this oppor tunity to thank most cordially and sin cerely, the members of the corps and the chairman, Miss M. E. Rankin, who Is always most helpful in assisting with the soup delivery. The corps can . have the satisfaction of knowing that without their very efficient organiza tion, we might not, be able to minis ter as well as we are doing to the ne cessities of the sick. Floor For Tents. When it was brought to our atten tion that the men who are quartered at the armory on Market street were , contemplating a winter tenting on the bare ground, we asked Mr. Hutaff if, without interfering in any way with the plans of the Red Cross, we might have the privilege of giving the lum ber for floors for the tents, he" assur ed us that it would be an acceptable gift to the men and they would appre ciate it. We found that when the exe cutive board acted on this that the men were as pleased as Mr. Hutaff said they would be and the gift was accept ed in the spirit in which it was offer ed. We have worked with Mr. Hutaff so much that we have come to feel thet he belongs to us and yet we have no offltcal connection whatever as there are no male members in our local Spe cial Aid society. The way we look at It is, this, after working with him through the epidemic after having had e. thousand illustrations of the fact that he works for the good of mankind irrespective of their creed or deserts, that he uses every agency . that can help when help is needed that he Is more generous with his own money than he is with funds commit ted to him for charity, that he uses the finest business judgment in the most philanthropic work, we wish to t?o on record as saying that he typl- . fles to us the spirit of the Red Cross as Christ Himself -would heve us in terpret it, and in that work to which . he gives so much unselfish thought we are glad to give him any aid in our power at any time, and in any work of service that he undertakes cither for the Red Cross or. for the sake of numamty tnrough any other channel, we will not only do our utmost to co operate with him, but because we know him and we love him we con sider it a privilege to work with him. Scrap Book to the Porto BJcans. we sent all our, picture scrap books to the fort to the Porto . Ricans be cause we had nothing in ' Spanish to ! send any they canot read English. , Christmas Cards. We ordered a thousand Christmas cards and Miss Elizabeth Cox sold ? more than hajf of them. She sold $40 - worth and we did not have enough left for the baaar and had to order more. This is a most extraordinary sale and we feel that she deserves the hearty thanks of the society. The cards are selling four for a quarter. 12 for 75 cents. Donations to the Bas&iir. Mrs. J. C. Barber 25c;'Mrs. J. C An- derson, 25c; Mr. Walter Blair, l-r a friend 50c; Miss M. C. J2;:Mrs. B. W. IF WOMEfTONLY KHEW What 1 a Heap of Happiness It Would Bring: to Wilmington Homes. Hard to do housework with an ach back. Brings you hours of misery at leisure I or at work. t If women only knew the cause I that Backache pains often come from weak kidneys. "Twould save much needless woe Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak . kidneys. Read what a Wilmington citizen "' says: Mrs. W. P. Bordeaux, 311 Redcross -St., says: "I have had some, expe rience in the past with Doan's Kidney Pills and know them to be a fine rem edy for backache and kidney disor . ders. I recommend this remedy highly and also know others who have re-r . ceived . good results." Price 60c at all dealers. Don't sim ; ply ask for' a kidney remedy. get Doan's Kidney Pills the .-same that ' Mrs. Bordeaux had.' ' Foster-Milburn Co.. Mf gra., Buffalo, N. tY. Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 11 . - r Arington, $1; .buss ' Elizabeth Penny, 50c; Misa Fsmnift M.thes. 25c: Miss Emily Ken an. $2: Week's total ?8.25. Mrs. Hatch brought in some contributions on 'Thnrsrtav which, will be written up f0--t week', paper. . Brnn-n Oft'n. Contribution. We have seen that A. D. Brown Co. is going to give to the sale. It is a beautiful centerpiece and the ,Joveliest rriauve silk sweater with green collar, cuffs and belt. It is priced at $12.50. We know some one is going to get a stylish wrap who buys that one. Merchants' Depots. The stores from the river to Sec ond between Dock and Orange will please send their contributions to Hintz and Davis who have agreed to lend their windrfw for the display in their district. Goodman will display articles in his district which runs from Water to Second between Mar ket and Dock. Honnethas the next between Water and Third and Mar ket and Princess, the Bon" Marche has from Water to Second and Princess to Chestnut. The most northern depot is -Belk-Williams which - takes in ev ery thing else up to Red Cross. Rehder will show the things given by the Brooklyn stores and Yeager will dis play those in the southern part of town. On Monday the solicitors (the majority of which are memhers of the motor corps) will go for the articles on Monday and will take them to the store in the respective districts. The merchants have kindly agreed to ar range them and on Friday 29 they will send them to the room where the ba zaar will be held. Every merchant is asked to put an advertising tag on his article. We want him to be benefit ted by the sale. Many people are not aware of the lovely things sold by the various merchants and this may be the means of bringing demand and supply together. Acknowledgments. We wish we could thank publicly by name every contributor to the bazaar. If we did we could not make any oth er report and there are things we have to say. The articles are beautiful. Wilmington Red Cross Society Record of Surgical Supplies Made and Donations to the National Cause. "The Unity of Humanity." The Red Cross knows no nation, no race, no creed, it knows only human ity, and when that "parliament of man, the federation of the world" shall ar rive, when some reason shall have conquered passion, law triumph over violence, democracy shall have slain the last 'ancient spectre of privilege and the rulers of nations shall have met to take council how to shepherd their people, and not to destroy them. Then above whatever banner shall be unfurled over the assembly dome, there shall fly that flag which first stood for the humanity, the flag with the Red Gross. - '.' Lest we forget, every Red Cross member, and their name is legion, is reminded of the enormous work ahjead, the importance of making refugee gar ments for the Belgians. The conservation committee, ,of which Mrs. Geo. Grant is chairman, calls your attention to the melting pot. Look through your jewelry cases, . col lect all broken articles; motor corps, at your service; mention the time and place, and they will call and colleci. Canteen" is busy with their blue aprons and their caps, Mrs. T. T. Dar den, chairman. Our Motor Corps. What did we do before they organ ized? Some one on duty, every ;day and all day. If you.need them former vice, they are ready. " The captain is May Rankin; adjutant, Ruth Stiles; lieutenants, Elsa Bluethentnal and Mrs. Merrill, phone 997 Murchison building. Civilan Relief. In most capable hands, Jesse' F. Roach, chairman. This is the case with every feature of the Red Cross cals for attention, but we are here to serve, and when service is accom panied with a genial, smile and person al interest, it is a pleasure to ask for help. Mrs. Bluethenthal and her assistants are busy wrapping, tying, weighing, and labeling' Christmas box es for the boys, but not so busy that every one will not receive prompt at tention. The time limit extended to November 30. Labels furnished those who have failed to receive them. Belgian Clothing. . The collecting of Belgian clothing has been one of the most successful campaigns the Red Cross has under taken; 175 tons were asked from the division, and 325 tons have been col lected, and it is believed that the pres ent need for garments, is fully met by the Red Cross. The- annual meeting of the directors .of the Red Cross, sanatarium was held In Dr. Slocum's office; four directors, city council entitled to" two, Mayor Moore appointing W. D. McCaig arid E. A. Metts; the county commissioners, W. A. McGirt arid Addison vHewlett; unexpired terms, one year each, D. L. Gore, J. M. Solky, G. H. Hutaff; unex pired terms, two years. Dr. John C. Wessell, Dr. R: B. Slooum; physicians in charge, Dr, Wessell and Dr. Slocum; secretary, Capt. E. A. Metts; chairman, Mrs. Cuthbert. Martin; assistant house committee, Mrs. W. L. Parsley, Mrs. W. H. Sprunt; chairman of grounds, Mrs. W. B. Cooper; purchasing agent, -Mrs. S. Solomon.; chairman linen and silver, Mlsft Isabel ; Belden ; chairman of china. Miss Flora xopp; chairman of fruit, Miss Lena Beery, Mrs. G. Thomas, G, Hutaff; chairman litera ture, Lyman Delano; Junior Red Cross in charge of Christmas cheer for mem bers of the sanatarium. ' Mrs. H. Woollcbtt, director of wo man's work, has the following letter from Dr. . Guy E. Snavely, assistant manager southern division: f "We ate in recfeiptof your letter of the ,29th in- which you tell, us owing to the' fact that so many persons assist ed In combating the influenza, it will be impossible .to supply a .list' of their names. ; w e enclose . aerewitn a letter to be published to be published in . your daily papers. TECS MOBNING STAR. They aer dainty; and they are very practical. We feel that the Wilming ton people are going to have a great opportunity to get desirable things at reasonable prices and we want them to come and buy. It is all we can do to keep the things from going before the bazaar begins. We could sell ev erything off privately such is the de mand. We shall have a great many things coming in at the last minute and we shall have lots of donations from the merchants so we hope to be able to please every one. We , do not sell anything on commission. Knitting. Mrs. Harriss, chairman of the knit ting committee asks us to say that the need for knitted things for the navy is terribly urgent. The men will be held all winter and will patrol cold northern waters. We need to redouble our efforts to get them provided with warm things. We have a great quan tity of wool and have a demand for sweaters that we cannot fill. Christmas Bags. We are sorry( we could not thank people for their donations of Christ mas bags. There was a flood of them just as the epidemic began and we were so engrossed with the epidemic that we could not note names of giv ers. We sent - them to France and if the donors compiled with our request and wrote , A note placing name and address on- it and sent it in- the bag,, they will doubtless get "thank you" notes from the wounded men who. re-, ceive them. Mr. Pickney sent a beau tiful contribution of cigarettes for American , soldiers in . home - camps which .wa are very grateful fpr. Mr.s. Chad wick brought In a quantity of tin foil from, the young people of, her neighborhood. . ; : Re-Chleken FTnnee. There are .no chickens left in Fran-ce; the Germans took care of that. The American: people are asked to help to re-chicken France. Ten cents will buy an egg from, which to raise a chicken and.rw,; 'inrlll: be, glad to take all such contributions and. forward -them to the society . forr devastated France , which is trying to replace the chickens that theHuns .stole. vlawt Call for the Bazaar. Please get your food stuffs for the bazaar to us on Saturday morning Nov. 30. The' bazaar lasts. three days. -We will have music, refreshments and amusements. If we sell out by Mon day night we may notkeep it open ibut the two nights so do not put off your visit until the last moment. All. arti cles except food which 'we do not want until Saturday, should come in before Friday, Nov.. 29th. commending those who have served so nobly. "We regret it will not be possible to send to each and every worker the Commendatory card of recognition. "Permit us once more to congratu late you and your chapter most hear tily upon the very splendid work which you have done." The following letter is addressed to all the members of the New Hanover Red Cross by southern headquarters: "It was the desire of the southern division headquarters to ascertain from the chapters in their jurisdiction a list of names of persons who have done ere "'table service during the in- fluenz; 7iic, in order that there might to them a Red Cross card ci lition for this work. This to be su.ta'uie for traming. "In a letter from the chairman of your chapter, we are apprised of the fact that to do this would be impos sible in your case, because so great a number of persons helped. We are, therefore, writing this letter, which is to be given publication in your local papers. It is our only method of say ing to you all that we are most proud of the great work which you have done. "A great change has come over our whole people since our nation enter ed the present war. We have felt, as never before, a kindship with a suffer ing humanity both abroad and at home. Up until the outbreak of the influenza the expression of our services has been most largely confined to work abroad. The epidemic, has furnished us a chal lenge to apply at home as Red Cross memfiers those ideals and activities of service which so nobly have been ren dered abroad. That the people of your community have measured up in so splendid a manner to this challenge is a source of great pride and gratifica tion to us all. "Please accept from the officials at the southern division headquarters of the American Red Cross our heartiest congratulations to each and every one of .you for the work which you have done. We are exceedingly proud of you." , Donations. The following donations are grate fully acknowledged: Miss Enstein, five dozen handker chiefs, and box of scissors; W. L. Walker,? $25; Seventh Day Adventist, $1.17, through Mrs. Bump; Martin Luther Williams, $1; Mrs. A. F. Wea sel, $1; Miss Marguerite Walker, $20. The following donations to the linen shower were also very gratefully re ceived:' St. Andrew's auxiliary $i0; S.- T. S. Bible class, $10, First Presbyterian church; "Miss Annie Kidder, $5; Grace church4 unit, eight dozeri hand towels, seven dozen bath towels; Tempie unit, six and a half dozen bath towels, 14 1-2 dozen face towels; five dozen napkins, seven dozen handkerchiefs; Baptist unit, 12 sheets; Delgado unit, 12 sheets; St, Mary's uni one dozen bath tow els, one dozen face towels, three doz e handkerchiefs, three dozen napT kins; Mrs. Walter Rutland, one sheet; Miss Mary Reid, one dozen handker chiefs; Miss M. E. Cook, one towel; Mrs. Gleaves, one towel; Mrs. R. A. Parsley, two towels;, Mrs. J. J. Low, two towels;, Mrs. W. L. Parsley, seven dozen bath towels; Mrs. J. E. . Springer, one . dozen bath towels; Mrs. Loughlin, two towels. Knitting Room Report. Mrs. M. ' Farmer, one' pair socks; Mrs. Taylor, sweater; Ellen Kure, one pair socks; Mrs. Loughlin, one pair socks; . . Miss Margaret liupp, two sweaters; Mrs., De'L'Aigle, one sweat er; Miss Mamie King, one sweater; Mrs. Gabriel Holmes, two sweaters; Mrs. Cotchett, socks; Donated, Mrs. J, B. Rice, one pair socks; Miss Florence LeGrand, 15 squares. ' Executive Committee, At the regular weekly meeting of the executive committee held on Wed nesday it was announced by George H. Hutaff, director of military relief, that a woman's committee had been or ganized with Mrs. Walter- Parsley as, chairman. This committee will lnnv after the relief work- locallv ' and will WILMINGTON. N. C SUNDAY, of the details and much that have re quired his. attention. Intlie absence of Mrs. Solomon, chairman of extension, Mrs. J. M. Solky has been appointed by her to take oharge of her work. Mrs. Andrew Harriss has resumed charge of the Juniors and is organiz ing them for special work to be under taken shortly. The Juniors will do nate Christmas boxes to the men "over there" who have no relatives on this side to remember them on that, glad holiday which means so mucn to all mankind. Hygiene and Home Care. Tuesday the class which has been taught by Mrs. Morriss Caldwell will complete the course and will meet for examination. The questions will be sent from ISOUthern rilvlainn hooflnnnf-tRra nnri will be half written and half oraL . It has been a joy to attend as. well as very instructive under the leadership of Mrs. Caldwell who besides being an expert in her line is a splendid teach er and those who have taken the i course feel that a great deal has been aaaea to their education which money cannot buy, a vast amount of 'know ledge that can be put to practical use and which will also mean much to the community . shouid another epidemic ever visit the city.' It will be- better prepared - than,. ever before on. account of this courses having been -undertaken to meet, the, situation. Nurse for the Porto Ricans. Members of the woman's local relief committee ' secured for . Col. .A. W. Chase'-at Fort Caswell a nurse "who had experience in the city during the epi demic, who nursed" at Dr. Parrish's sanitorlum and 'who speaks fluently the Spanish' language. Her father was a missionary to the Porto Ricans and she lived among them for fifteen ( years, coming' to the' state to complete her education. , She voluntered to the gov ernment her services, but not ' being a graduate nurse was not accepted and lef after the epidemic for Scotia Col lege, Concord, -to continue her educa tion. .in answer to a telegram sent by the women, of the military relief commit tee, she left and came to Wilmington, and is now at Fort Caswell and is do ing splendid' work both as an inter preter and' nurse. Lena Jason Is doing this as a service to her governirient at the risk of losing the time, at school thereby losing the credits necessary to finish her course. She has made a noble sacrifice but is satisfied in the knowledge that she is performing an invaluable service to the government and to the unfortunate Porto Ricans, some who are paying with their lives the fearful penalty of leaving home also in the service of the government unprepared for the change in the clim ate and who contracted pneumonia from exposure. Music Is Good Medicine. London, Oct. 19. Music has been found to be beneficial in the treatment of soldiers suffering from shell-shock and now singing is to be tried on a systematica scale with the approval of the army authorities. It has been found that singing has both. directly and indirectly a wonder ful curative effect, and there are a number of cases on record in which a man who has been unable to speak, suddenly joined in with the singing and so recovered his speech. An effort is being made to organize regular singing training In all hospitals where there are shell-shock cases. A caterpillar eats four time? its weight daily. III Wear The Shoes Mm n -v V ip .1 K. Phone 800-J. F NOVEMBER 24, 1918. 4- . Tar Heels In Washington Washington, Nov. 23. Among the North Carolinians visiting the capital city this week were: R. C. Lawrence, a lawyer of Lumberton; Hugh G. Break a First doe of "PapeV Cold and grippe misery Relief comes instantly. A dose taken every two hours until three doses are 'taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either in the head, chest, body or limbs. It promptly opens clogged-up nostrils-and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose running, relieves sick headache, dullness, fever - Beaufont Helps Some people say that you can't 'come back but "yours truly" did and you'd never guess how unless I told you. Got into a game of tennis with one of the youngsters the other day and nearly chased my tongue out trying to put up a decent showing against him. Between the second and third set I sent into the bar for something to drink, did not care what it was as long as it was cold, but the bartender did not send me out "any old thing" he knew that we old fel lows needed something to help us "come back" so he sent me Beaufont Ginger Ale and talk about putting the "pep" into me, you should have seen me go out and put a "whollup" on that young ster that thought he had a "cinch" with the old man. Here's a tip next time you feel that your old time punch is gone and that you are slipping, try Beaufont Ginger Ale It s there all right. Beaufont Ginger Ale is Real Ginger Ale. Tours truly. Jack Wise T" i TRAIN THE FOOT RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING Foot Form Shoes For Baby's Tan, Black, White, Kid or Buck and combina tion Tan and Grey. LADIES' COMFORT SHOES The nurse Panacea, as comfortable as a mattress to walk on. A complete line of Ladies' Dress Shoes in all prevailing styles. 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