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Show MS 10 DUTLINE work one cross John W. Morey and Henry Swan Will Talk at Hotel Utah Tonight. RECEPTION PLANS LAID Leaders Will Spend Tomorrow Tomor-row in Ogden and Logan; Here Again Saturday. John V. Moror. general nijuiHgor of tho mouutuin division of the American Rthl Cross, accompanied by llejiry Swan, director of tho bureau of publicity, acting director of the bureau of development de-velopment and temporary director of tho woman's bureau, "will arrive from Denver this afternoon and will address ' a mass meeting of Red Cross workers sf; and citizens in tho ballroom of the Hotel Utah at. 8:30 o'clock tonight. The coming of these two prominent and influential leaders in the great -work which the Red I'msn ia accomplishing nationally has boon eagerly anticipated bv the h'un. reds of zealous and active workers in tho Salt, Lake county chapter chap-ter who are anxious to Icam at first, hand nioro of the scope and magnitude of the organization aud to receive, as it were, inspiration from the directors who are in daily communication with the national officials of the Red Cross. Although the visit of these heads of tho mountain division of the Red Cross has been previously announced, tho fjiuis-tion fjiuis-tion of Ihe big mass meeting was given the attention of the executive ofticers of tho local chapter yesterday, every auxiliary in the city ajid county was directly notified and plans laid for the reception and accommodation of a e.a-pa.c.ity e.a-pa.c.ity audience tonight to hear the distinguished dis-tinguished speakers. To Visit Other Cities. Mr. Morey and Mr. Swan will meet this afternoon with officers and members mem-bers of tho Utah county chapior, will spend I'Viday in Ogden aud Logan anil ' will return to Salt lake Saturday morning morn-ing in time for en extended conference with the executive committee of the local chapter. Tonight's mass meeting will be called to order by K. O. Llowiird, chairman of the executive Pommilt.ee, Salt Lake county chapter. As both Mr. Morev and Mr. Swan voluntarily devote all of their time to the. work they havo undertaken and are thoroughly familiar with the 'manifold phases of the subject, sub-ject, it. is planned- that then? shall be iio delay and the mass mooting is to lie called to order promptly at tho hour designated. One phase of Red Cross work to which little publicity has been so far given was mentioned yesterday by Major C. S. ManchestoT, officer in command of the Pacific division, British recruiting stations. The major called upon Frank B. Cook, general manager of the local chapter, to discuss the question of Red Cross aid for the dependent families of Britishers who were recruited here. The Cnited States government has made provision pro-vision for caring for these dependents, not as a charily, but as r part of the duty of the American lied Cross, a fact, that Major Manchester said was not generally clear to many who desired to enlist. Major Manchester will hold a conference this morning with Joy II. Johnson, chairman of Ihe civilian relief department of tho Rod Cross, and will lay before him the existing situation. Helpful Suggestions. Helpful suggestions in the. national work toward saving and general conservation con-servation are received almost daily by the local executive officers. One thai met with general approval came yesterday yester-day from Joseph W. Tucker of the Arthur Ar-thur plant, Garfield. He points out that dailv thousands of pencils, approximately approxi-mately four inches ill length, find their way to the waste basket, suggests that these "stubs'' would be much appreciated appre-ciated bv the boys in tho trenches who desire to write letters and asks if the local chapter will receive and forward such pencils. Mr. Tucker was heartily thanked and the promise made that the local organization w-ill attend to the forwarding of all such contributions. It was slated yesterday at the executive execu-tive offices that it. was contrary to the regulations of the national organization for anv society or club to announce a function in whole or in part for the benefit of tho Red Cross without, authorization from the executive com- . mittee of the chapter under which its jurisdiction would naturally fall. Tt -was stated that W. A. TJixon. auditor of the mountain division, insists upon the enforcement of this regulation. Seal Sale Begins. Sale of the Red Cross Christmas sPals was begun yesterday at the Hotel Utah, tomorrow will he "stamp sale day" in the various pnblie schools of the city and state and the sale will be opened Saturday in the uost offices, according to KYank V. LeClere. executive secretary secre-tary of the Utah Public Health association. asso-ciation. The first- meeting of the transformed Luncheon club into merely a bridge club with a membership of twelve, now a. Rod Cross auxiliary with a membership of thirty, will lie held today at the Amelia palace headrpia rters from 10 until 4 o 'clock. The Hermion Pythian Red Cross auxiliary aux-iliary will meet in the ladies' parlor of the Commercial club from 10 until 4 o'clock- this afiernoon. The lr"irst f nngrcgational rhurch a.ux-iliarv a.ux-iliarv will inept in the church parlors Friday afternoon from 10 until 1 o 'clock. Miss Virginia Bean, formerly a nurse in the Provo general hospitti! and a native na-tive of Utah, a postgraduate in massage mas-sage and orthopedic 1 reatment, has received re-ceived a special appointment from tho National Red Cross official in Washington Wash-ington to take charge of a corps of trained masseuses for service in the reconstruction re-construction hospitals of FTance. Miss Klla Wicklund, executive secretary, said last night, that Miss BeaD was thoroughly thorough-ly competent and would be a credit to the service. |