Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-21 | Page 18 | Red Cross Workers in Big Drive Today

RED CROSS WORKERS IN mm. TODAY City Reported Behind the Mark Set for Memberships Member-ships on Roll. The cheery smiles of the Red Cross workers ate beginning: to look droopy and disconsolate. And many of the girls arc consulting census reports to find out just what population Salt bake City boasts of, for it seems strange to them, as well as those in charge of the drive, that out of 120,000 people only 17,2-U have enrolled in the Red Cross. Kailure for Salt Hake City and the county lurks just around the corner unless memberships roll in faster failure because be-cause the American Red Cross has asked that Salt lake's enrollment in the lied Cross be doubled, and up to the present only half as many dollars have come in as were received Jast year. And it will be a most deplorable fact, a stain on Salt Fake's unsminheii record, if her quota is not reached by (he end of the drive. Today will be the big day of the campaign, cam-paign, for the "stunt" committees arc to be out on the streets in full regalia, and many are the novel features that will be pulled off, for it is hoped tiiat today's work will more than doublo the subscriptions already received. Kvery memher of the Red Cross must wear his or her button tomorrow, for those not displaying the insignia of the Red Cross will be approached, and. it smiles and persuasion and pat riotie appeals ap-peals have their desired effect, then every person venturing on the streets will become be-come a Red Cross member before nightfall. night-fall. The latest members of the 1 00 per cent honor roll are as follows: Brigham Street pharmacy, Continental Cleaning and Dyeing Dye-ing company, Deseret Sunday School Union hook store, Philip Dern company. Kimball & Richards, Oregon Short J,ine engineers and public library employees- The booths in the department stores, hotels and theaters are now operating in full force and report fair progress. An avalanche of enrollments is hoped for today, however, as there remain but two more da; a before the drive officially closes.