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Show IRE CLOTHING IS REQUIRED IT DIE Red Cross Contributions for Salt Lake Needy Are Inadequate. Moderately liberal were responses yesterday, yes-terday, to Red Cross calls for clothing for needy persons in Salt Lake, according to executives of tho mercy institution. It is said that the contributions must increase in-crease materially if the wants are to be relieved in time to prevent serious suffering. suf-fering. At the Red Cross shop yesterday Christmas Christ-mas and general trading was brisk. The demand on the gift and confections stocks was particularly heavy all day. When the shop closed its doors goods were practically practi-cally exhausted. Contributions to both departments are urgently asked by lYLxn-ager lYLxn-ager Mrs. George M. Bliller. Salt Lako stake unit of the Red Cross will meet In the Kishop's building tomorrow to-morrow from 10 o'clock a. m. to 6 o'clock p. m. Besides the regular outline of work the unit will be asked to assume responsibility re-sponsibility for a portion of the chapter' p quoin of refugee garment sewing. This work will be started tomorrow. Amity unit of the Red Cross will be In chat-Lie of a special booth during the '. '"'hristmu, .roll call campaign this week. The beoth will bo located at the corner of Second South and State streets. The Amity unit is composed of a group of colored women, and has been active some time in all lines of Red Cross work. Mrs. Anna McMillan is chairman of the unit Her assistants are: Mrs, Mary Johnson. John-son. Mrs. Etta Quinn, Mrs. Mattie Hatfield, Hat-field, Mrs. Bessie Roundtree, Mrs. Ger-t Ger-t rude La ncaster, Mra. Kleanore Mc-Quirne. |