A convalescent soldier would con
valesce much better, don’t you think
if the cushions he uses are harmon
ious in color and design with the up
holstery and hangings of the room
You should see how the eighteen
cushions just finished by the Seattle
Juniors for the Camp Lewis Conveles
cent House answer these require
ments.
¥ * *
Chapters reporting to date exceed
ing their minimum allotment in the
Red Cross Magazine “Sill Hunt”:
Idaho—Butte County, Lemhi Coun
ty, Lincoln County.
Alaska—Chitina, Cordova, Douglas
Treadwell, Juneau, Kennecott, Ketch
ikan, Latouche, McCarthy Nome
Seward, Tanana valley, Valdez, Wran
gell.
* * *
An instance of great difficulty en
countered in carrying on home serv
ice work in Alaska is illustrated by
the fact that it is impossible to get
any sort of a message through tc
Flat, Alaska, until June 5. The divi
sion office has made several attempts
to get a message into Flat in regard
to a stranded soldier. It can be car
ried through by cable service to Idit
arod, but no further.
* * *
In a little over six week the ehil
dren in 122 schools of Archangel, Rus
si a, and outlying districts have con
sume'd the following amount of food
at the daily luncheons provided by
the American Red Cross: Cocoa, 2,041
pounds; sugar, 4,224 pounds; crack
ers, 7,341 pounds; milk, 8,161 cans
Teachers report a much increased at
tendance and better work on the pari
of the children as a result of the
noon-day nourishment. On being tolc
that American boys and girls con
tributed the money which mude the
daily' feasts possible, the Russian chil
dren sent toys and letters to Red
Cross headquarters with instructions
tc forward them to their brothers and
sisters in the United States.
* * *
Jane A. Delano, director general of
the department of nursing of the
American Red Cross, died at Base
Hospital 69, Savaney, France, Tues
day, April 15.
Miss Delano sailed early in January
for the purpose of making a personal
survey of the nursing situation in
France, Italy, the Balkans and other
countries where the American Red
Cross is engaged in work. She was
taken ill soon after arrival in France
Jane A. Delano, under whose di
rection more than 30,000 nurses were
recruited through the American Red
Cross for service in the army and
navy after the United States entered
the war was one of the foremost fig
ures of the nursing world and recog
nized as one of the leaders of hei
profession in this country.
Miss Delano served the Americar
Red Cross from first to last withoul
compensation—a full-time volunteer.
* * *
Ten thousand persons in Poland are
dying every week of typhus, accord
ing to an estimate made by the Amer
ican Red Cross Mission on field re
ports just completedd. Unless, the
barest necessities such as isolation
soap and clean underwear are pro
vided without delay, says a late
cablegram, cholera and dysenterj
surely will follow with warm weather
and before another winter whole vil
lages will he decimated. Typhus ane
other diseases are especially severe
in the Dobrowa coal-mining region
where the death rate has jumped
from 32 per 1,000 in 1913 to 150 today
Only 20 per cent of the population o
this region is free from tuberculosis.
* * *
Four hundred pairs of socks hav<
been knitted for the Red Cross by thi
firemen of four New York companies
* * #
Ten Alaska chapters have exceedec
their minimum quota for magazim
subscribers. Cordova is named in thi
list.
* * #
Ten thousand and one concerns o
chilhood, serious and playtime crowi
the pages of the May issue of th
Red Cross magazine—the children'
number. There is hardly a phas
of May time of life that does not n
ceive the attention of the corps o
writers that is putting the Red Cros
magazine in the very forefront o
monthly literature.
* * *
A Cordova lady visiting in the Eas
writes home that the Red Cros
workers are wearing service badgei
and wanting to know why the same i
hot done here. Quoting from th
January 15 Issue ol the Red Cross
News Notes:
“Are you entitled to wear a Red
Cross service badge?
“Badges in recognition of loyal serv
ice to the nation through the Red
Cross shall be awarded to all persons
who have given regular service dur
ing a period of not less than six con
secutive months, in which period the
actual work done shall be equivalent
to at least four days a week, or ap
proximately 800 hours; or twelve
months of service of not less than
two days a week, with a service stripe
added for each additional 800 hours’
service.” *
As there was no response to the
communication, no request for badges
was sent in. These badges cost $1
each.
* # *
A statistical questionnaire has been
received from headquarters asking for
total number of volunteer workers in
the chapters, number of hours spent,
number of work rooms, number of
surgical dressings made, hospital gar
ments, hospital supplies, refugee gar
ments, knitted articles, etc., from July
1, 1917, to February 28, 1919.
* * *
The office of chairman of chapter
production was created last fall at
the time of the annual election of of
ficers throughout the country. The
military relief committee now deals
with canteen and motor service of
the Red Cross. This answering a
question ofttimes asked.
* * *
A Red Cross photographer at an
outing given to some of the American
wounded in London was looking
around for pictures which would in
terest the folks at home, when he saw
a good-looking Yank wearing the rib
bons of several decorations on the
breast of his blue flannel hospital suit.
“There’s a subject,” said the pho
tographer to himself. “Wounded
American hero still smiles,” and he
set out to track down his man, who
had just disappeared in a crowd of
merrymakers.
After a search the camera man was
successful. “Have my picture taken?
Why, sure!” said tbe soldier, and he
obligingly posed for several photo
graphs.
“Now tell me what your decorations
are,” said the camera man; “I don’t
recognize them."
“Oh, those,” said the boy with an
odd little laugh. "I just bought those
at a candy store!”
The photographer laughed as hear
tily as anyone, saying later, as he
produced the pictures. “Well, decora
tions or no decorations, I guess a pic
ture of any one of our boys is good
enough for the folks at home.”
But the next day the photographer
showed the picture to a military man.
“Why, those are no candy-store rib
bons,” said the officer. "Those rep
resent four very high rank French
and Belgian decorations, indicating
that the soldier has distinguished him
self on the French and Belgian fronts.
You want to watch out for those mod
est fellows!”
V V V
...
I Production May Be Temporarily Sus
pended
In conformity with cable advices
that distress throughout Europe is ap
palling, and that conditions later may
compel the American Red Cross to
lay before its members a proposal for
an eveiKlarger foreign relief program
than is now being undertaken, national
headquarters has advised division
headquarters to reconsider plans for
the dismantling of chapter work rooms
and disposing of equipment, as sug
gested in a letter addressed to the di
visions by the general manager under
> date of February 28.
When the circular letter of Feb. 28
was sent out it appeared that there
( were not likely to be any more pro
t duction orders after the allotments
already made had been completed, and
that the necessity for chapter produc
tion practically would terminate aboqt
( June 1. The assumption was based
on the reports from the Red Cross
* representatives abroad at that time.
Since then conditions have changed
f to the extent that it-now seems essen
tial to maintain a preparedness for
emergencies which may call for ac
' tlon at any moment. There is no tell
1 ing what the demands will be, but
s circumstances point to a larger relief
' program than was anticipated.
r Speaking with specific reference to
* the question of chapter production In
( its relation to European relief, Colonel
Olds, American Red Cross commis
sioner for Europe, said in the same
t cablegram in which allusion was made
i to the appalling distress abroad, that
i, if discontinuance of production was
s found necessary it would be wise to
3 announce it as a temporary suspen
sion rather than definite abandonment,
and that the possibility of resumption
of production should be kept clearly
in mind. This is the advice accepted
and transmitted to the division man
agers, to deal with in their discre
tion.
It has been suggested that chapters
be advised: That production work
may and probably will be temporarily
suspended after the present allot
ments have been completed; that
chapters be urged to undertake the
enrollment of all workers in a reserve
force subject to call in time of need;
that as far as practicable work rooms
and work room equipment should be
kept intact, and that where space now
jeeupied for work room purposes
must be abandoned, proper arrange
ments should be made for the storing
af a reasonable amount of equipment
rather than in disposal, as suggested
in the general manager’s letter of
February 28.
The matter in question also involves
the Red Cross policy in regard to the
Imposition of existing stocks of gar
ment material now stored in ware
houses throughout the country. It is
desired that supply and transporta
tion expenses be cut down as soon as
possible, and the supply department
has planned to reduce division ware
houses to a minimum and to concen
trate all supplies in three or four cen
tral warehouses. In view of the situ
atioij that has developed, however, it
is believed that there should not be
too fast a move in this regard, but
that some stocks of garment material
should be kept at division warehouses
t
through the summer, and until the
future can be more definitely deter
mined.
* * *
A little girl in Dos ,Moines, Iowa, is
the proud possessor of a very wonder
ful letter. It comes from an> Amer
ican soldier in Italy, and is in appre
ciation of a comfort kit which the
little girl had made. A copy of this
letter has reached national headquar
ters. Here it is:
“My Dear Little Friend:
“Through the American Red Cross,
stationed in this town in the Italian
war zone, I have received the most
wonderful kit, prepared by you with
others of the Junior Red Cross of Des
Moines, Iowa.
“Since the time that you have writ
ten that letter in the Good Cheer book
we have totally defeated the Huns.
This glorious victory would never
have been possible unless we received
the support of the folks at home.
“You, little girl, have been as great
a patriot as any of us, for, like us,
you also have made sacrifices. All the
little things that you have done have
helped our ‘Uncle Sam’ to bring vic
tory to the whole world.
"It is impossible to tell you the joy
that we have felt when we were pre
sented with the beautiful kit contain
ing such useful articles. It has made
us all so happy and glad, we felt just
like a little girl when she receives
her first big doll. I assure you, dear
little 'friend, that I and my pals have
appreciated them very much and we
are very thankful to all the members
of the Junior Red Cross.
“Thanking you individually and
with hopes that the thought you have
of having made one of Uncle Sam’s
soldiers happy will bring joy to you,
I am,
“CHARLES M. MAYORELL.”
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