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Show OESoWinf GOODS 1 INCREASE Morey Advises Red Cross Workers to Ship Products Direct to Denver. "DROP IN" ROOM OPENS Appreciation of Christmas Entertainment for Soldiers at Fort Expressed. Direct sending of all knitted goods and other Bed Cross supplies to the division di-vision warehouse in Denver is strongly urged in a letter from Division Man-gare Man-gare John W. Morey, received yesterday yester-day at the headquarters of the local chapter. It is pointed out that when sweaters and other goods intended for the soldiers sol-diers are sent by chapters, branches or auxiliaries direct to camps or cantonments, canton-ments, duplication and confusion must arise, and at the same time failure to meet the most pressing needs in a particular par-ticular camp or section. Mr. Morey says that while the Red Cross workers are now knitting tens of thousands of sweaters, the. demand already exceeds the supply by several hundred thousands. thou-sands. It was pointed out yesterday at the c-iccutivo offices of the local chapter that, the warning and advice of Manager Man-ager Morev had a wider and more specific spe-cific application than to chapters, branches and auxiliaries, the centralization centraliza-tion of individual efforts in war relief through the Red Cross channels also being aimed at. When individuals in-dividuals undertake independently to send articles and supplies for soldiers to camps or cantonments there is small chalice of their learning existing conditions con-ditions and the most urgent needs. At each division headquarters the management, manage-ment, is in close touch with every camp under that jurisdiction, hence is in position po-sition to know how to handle the supplies sup-plies reel in to the. best advantage. l',erv make of knitted garments, every contributor of other articles should deal direetlv with the chapter in his section and "the chapter in turn should deal direetlv with the division headquarters head-quarters having jurisdiction over that section. "Drop In" Room a Success. Establishment of the "Drop In" ruoni at the Amelia palace headquarters ;i week ago has proed such a pronounced pro-nounced success it being a scene of activity during a'1 the Pen hours I hat Ihe advisability of securing another an-other room to accommodate the sewers, sew-ers, apart from the knitters, is now under un-der serious consideration. It is announced that a change is mad" in the plans of Miss Gertrude Mei.irath and that her class in surgical dressings will meet Monday evening at 7 o'clock at Ihe Newhouso hotel, instead in-stead of Ihe main gauze room, as prc- iouslv intended. The' Women of Woodcraft Bed Cross auxiliary will meet at their headquarters headquar-ters in 'the Arcade building, -Tuesday, .1 miliary R, from 10 until 3 o'clock and ail members are urged to be iu attcn-iln attcn-iln nee. The Red Cross unit of the Past Ma-Iruiis' Ma-Iruiis' circle will meet Thursday afternoon after-noon at, ii o'clock at the Commercial cluli for regular Bed Cross work and Ihe .transaction of important general business. Appreciation on the part of the soldiers sol-diers stationed at Fort' Douglas Christmas Christ-mas of what was done for them ,by the Sail. Lake comity chapter and citizens generally in the' function given at the fort Christmas eve is evidenced by a letter from Colonel Alfred llasbrouck, Ihe pest commander, who writes to Paul Rattle, assistant, field director of militarv relief of the Red Cross for I tab. .' Gratification Expressed. Colonel llasbrouck 's letter, which was written the day after the entertainment, nan read yesterday when the various committees' that had the function in charge met to conclude their business. It follows: My Dear Mr. Rattle: On behalf of this garrison I wish to express to you a.nd all those associated with you, our warm appreciation and .thanks for what was done to make our Christmas a happy one and to make us feel that we belonged to one big family and that even if one was far away from home and friends there were warm hearts who remembered him and brought to him his share of Christmas cheer. ' V7e wish to thank especially those ladies w-ho made up the packets and who distributed them on Christmas eve. We also wish to thank especially those artists who so kindly and generously gen-erously contributed -their time and talent and who made the entertainment entertain-ment feature the success it was. Lastly, we wish to thank all those who iu any manner assisted in the celebration and we wish to assure the peope of Salt Lake City and Utah that we will always retain the liveliest gratitude for their kindness and will look on our stay nt Fort Douglas as being one of the most pleasant events of our lives. Director Eattle in a personal letter to all those who aided In the entertainment enter-tainment extended the thanks of the various committees to the merchants, players, moving picture houses and newspapers in particular for the good work done on behalf of the Red Cross chapter in making the entertainment the great success it was. |