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Show INGROWING NNLYj I Important Branch of Red i Cross Work Brought to Front, TEACHING VALUABLEj i Supply Department of Lo- i cal Chapter Breaks All Previous Records. j i A?:or weeks of preparation, coupled with sceminglv tin:1. voidable delays, the j Ickv.1 chapter o:' the Red O'oss has sue- j cossfully launched its class in dietetics, t this branch of the work being regarded ! as one of the most important among the activity presented to women ! --. : y'frTvs ci the organisation. for the present the newly organized : ;" class is meeiing at the NY est high school: kitchen, Monday and" Wednesday aiter-ii aiter-ii eons and Friday evenings, but nogotia-liens nogotia-liens are already Ander way for the securing se-curing of a kitchen with tviual facilities in a "more centralized location. Instruction Beneficial. So great a part does a thorough knowledge knowl-edge of dietetics play in the home lite of women and almost every American woman wom-an is a member of the Red Cross that the officials ot the great organization, j :rom ihe national heads of departments j down to the lenders of the smallest chapter, chap-ter, are virtually a unit in urging the importance of study and training along these lines. ! In the local chapter the class in dietetics is under the direct supervision ; of Miss Nellie Halliolay of Columbia uni- ! versiiy and an enrolled Red Cross diete- thin. The work is neither that of a cook- 1 ir.g school nor a domestic science course, but a thoroughly scientific training in , the principles of nutrition and the nutritive, nutri-tive, values of food. The supervisor says that the work is presented in such a simple manner that, although the classes have had but lew lessons, they are already al-ready able to estimate the amount of tissue-buildir.g material, heat, energy and the kko from almost all the ordinary foods, thus enabling them to collect from different sources materials that will r.curish aiid develop the body. Test Tea and Coffee. At :::e last lesson several different methods were employed in estimating the vSft'e ne precipitate in tea and coffee, and :t w?.s found that it varies as much as i.e and two-Thirds grains in different samples. The dietetics work also afioras valuable opportunity for those who would olur.teer as diet nurses in the r.;s;iy war hospitals. Ail persons desiring to join any of the .lasses in dietetics are requested to call at the headquarters in the Amelia register with the committee jins true t ion, of which Mrs. Belle A. 'Ttcn-.men is chairman. The department is oren during ail tiie afternoon office hours. The supply department yesterday broke -Ljrevious records for a month's work ioJSsending out four more standard cases T?1 arud&s. making a total of forty for January thus far, in addition to the large ouanutv supplied to the soldiers at Fort Douglas. Even should February arrive ar-rive without any further shipments, the big record made last December is far surpassed. The house committee of the local chapter chap-ter yesterday sent out notice to the effect that ail night workers at the local chapter chap-ter were requested to finish their duties for the evening promptly at 10 o'clock, so that the house might be locked at 10:15. There is only one janitor and he cannot work both night and day, and the building must be put in order for the workers who begin their tasks at 9 o'clock in the morning. Much Work Goes Out. Among the large consignments of finished fin-ished articles turned in yesterday, the Sandy Independent auxiliary furnished fifteen pajamas, eight bed shirts, five sweaters and three pairs of wristlets. The Neighborhood House brought in Three bed sheets, one pair of pajamas, three wash cloths, fifteen pillows, one sweater, one pair of socks and one pair of wristlets. . The volume of work material that was 1 taken yesterday from the supply room was enormous, evidence of the "fact that the finished articles record in February promises to surpass even January's record-breaker. The Fast Noble Grand auxiliary took out material for fifteen bed shirts. The Salt Lake primary took twelve bed shirts, the Democratic Women's Wom-en's club auxiliary took six hanks of wool for socks and eighteen surgeons' gowns, the Liberty stake Primary Relief j t auxiliary took thirty-nve bed shirts, the I Y hutier school auxiliary took twelve J j pajamas, the Washington school, two i j bolts of ice cap covers; the First Presby- j terian church auxiliary took six bed ! ! shirts, six pairs of ether socks, one bolt 1 ' of toweling and six bed socks; the Woman's Wom-an's Service unit auxiliary took eighiy hanks of wool for sweaters. The Ensign ' stake Relief auxiliary took six hanks "of wool for socks: the Neighborhood House, kp hanks for socks; tiie Daughters of th-Xigndoart Pioneers, six suits of pa-jamas;N:he pa-jamas;N:he St. Paul's church auxiliary, two dozen bed shirts. All this in addition addi-tion to scores of smaller individual consignments. con-signments. The colored women of the city have or- j ganized a rapidly growing auxiliary which Meets every Friday in the Arias block i .headquarters. I The Daughters of the Revolution aux-' ihary meets evcrv Wednesdav in Whitnev 1 hall, from 9:30 until 4 o'clock. ' j t Manager Frank B. Co"k of the local I 'hapter and the Rev. John Maiick last ' '.y.-zhx. visited the Murray branch and de- j 11'. c-red addresses on Red Cross work. Mrs. w. W, Hitf-r. county organizer, went yesterdays to Garfield for the pur- i no?: of perfecting the organization of the I -'fceni!y organized branch from the auxiliary aux-iliary f here. |