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Show IIOIOFREOCir Plans Pushed to Transform Amelia Palace Into Service Serv-ice Center. NEED MORE KNITTERS One of Largest Flags in the Country to Float From Historic Residence. "Salt rkft chapter of the ff! (Toss iUnn lo observe ;inrl celebrate Thanksgiving Thanks-giving day by opening he;tdiiarlers tn the Amelia palace, o genei ously tendered by 1 1 f owners, Colonel ft ml Mrn. Kdwin F. Jtolnif'H." Thl wm the aniioiincMiien t ni;Mn yesterday yes-terday by li. F. Hodman, chairman of the flpfiotnl t:oiuni I r t-e numed by tho exccu-live exccu-live oommhipe to have harye of perfecting perfect-ing the arrangements for t ranHformlrig the I'drnouji, historic residence into the Salt Lake center for Km! 'msn activities. 'I'IiIm ftparlal committee, comprising Mf-Redman. Mf-Redman. Mrs. It- C. Gemmed nnl Mrs. V. Mont Ferry, held two meetings yesterday yes-terday Ht Ihe Amelia pa lac, cnnfeirlng with Mr. Holmes, Mlfl Flla Wicltlund, 1 hp, fxrciil l o wprretary ; M rs. J. L. KrnnKt-n, In charge of t ho surgical dressings dress-ings department, and Mrs. I hi inn Yr I Illusion, Il-lusion, in charge of the supply department. depart-ment. Aw the arrangements re now completed, complet-ed, Mm work ( making ready for the utilization of the pnlace for this service of inpirv will he pushed with oil possible fppd. find In tti minds of those who a re. directing Hip. matter thero is no doubt that Thanksfriving day will Bee the ( tohh In its new home.. The hrst floor of the great building Is ht becoiru the. home, of die headquarters nf tho executive committee, the office of fi;p executive secretary and the Mipply de-I de-I i rt men t . which Is In charge of Mrs. Wm-lhlnsion. The art callory will be trans-fnnned trans-fnnned into the surgical dressings dopart-f: dopart-f: ten I , In charge, of Mr.s. KrHnken. No rtdlnile arniiip'nionl concerning the ulilU .ifion of the f croud floor wbh made yep-lerdsiy, yep-lerdsiy, hut it was officially stated that it would probacy he mml the hondquar-lern hondquar-lern of the Civilian Uellof -corps. d'auze Room. r'arpets for the offices of the executive rmnnitllrc and for the quarters of tho rve.i'titiyp sectvluiy were donated yester-dji- by Mrs. 1 1 I u i o . The eecntie committee having already al-ready accepted the generous offer of the Salt Uihe Commercial chili, tendering the entire third Moor for n-se as a gauze, room, nd estimates having already- been made lucking to the titling up of these quarters, the committee has decided to let this matter mat-ter rest in nbevance for a brief period. It Is believed, however, that within a i Hhoi-t time the prow ih of tho Red Cross t (irk and opportunity will be so great here ! that oven the large gauze room at the palace pal-ace will be inadequate lo accommodate all tho workers in the surgical dressings i department and that the quarters at the Commercial club will be available as an mix illary to diis braiu-h of the service. The present working quarters at 58 Fa st Broad way, donated by the Koith-o'p.rien Koith-o'p.rien company, and the present offices or the. executive secretary at 161 South Main street will be vacated as soon as the Red Cross chapter is established in Us new home. Stories come daily to the desk of Miss 1'lla Wicklund, execut ive secretary, to the effect that gossip in the schools of the city, even in the Utah university, circula les amonc the students, oreat nig ?n impression that recipients of knitted p i t icles ma do by the Rod ( 'j oss workers jire required to pav for them, even though they pass thmuph srovernment channels. Referring to this Misa Wicklund said ves-terday ves-terday : German Propaganda. "We have heard that report srorcie of times, but have been unable to trace it to any definite source. It is nnquestion-n nnquestion-n hly. r believe, a part of the Vienna n propaganda, the oromulgalors of which .top at nothing that might tend to discredit dis-credit or disparage, the work. Frequently tvo jjet a tale of some woman wiio knitted knit-ted a sweater, enclosed a note asking the one who received It to send a line ond, in the course of several months, was informed that the sweater was appreciated, appreciat-ed, but that it cost the recipient jfi. There ir. not an lota of truth In any statement that any goods furnished lv die Red Cms to the soldiers are charged for. "Now, let me tell you one story to tbe point. Illustrating the Re! Cross workings. At tli lime of tbe San Francisco disaster tbe Mormon church was ' verv active throush its Relief societies in sending do-rations do-rations to the sirl.ken in the California Hi v. (ne .Salt I-ake woman, a promi-net promi-net worker here, made a quilt and fmH It on. She sewed into the quilt her name. , address and a. request for answer from the recipient. A few days ;ig.- she received re-ceived a letter from a poor widow in 1-ondon. telling- of receiving th quilt through die london Red Cross. The explanation ex-planation Is that the relief went to California Cali-fornia t as more than was required, but nothing was wasted; it was stored against the time of acute demand. t hen ihe crullt found Irs way to a needful recipient." Red Cross Flag. At the offices of the executive secrets secre-ts rv roncrartdations poured tn yesterday over the- telephone and "in person." there rmp general rejoicing on the part of the workers for the yift of Colonel and Mrs. Holmes. It was officially stated that when the new Red Cross headquarters are opened on Thanksgiving dav there would float over the Amelia palace on of the largest Red Cro? fbtgs in the United States, if the many lov? workers now husilv pnraged on this banner can complete it i ii time. Rut the decision to rush the .great flag to completion lias been reached and it will soon float over the flag's t a tt of the historic resilience. At the Kroadwav quarieis an urgent call was issued yesterday for more "cutters "cut-ters for the surgical dressings department depart-ment ar.d likewise for more kniiters. Hundreds- are now engaged in the task of Knitting, hqt the demand for sweaters, s"h-kf. mufTVrs and wristlets is steadily ) Slowing ,-is the winter's severity continues to grow. |
