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Show .JULY MATERIAL FOR BED CROSS ARRIVES Supplies Now Ready for Distribution to Various Auxiliaries? Material to be used in making articles tlcsismiti-d In the July allotment has just readied Red Cross headquarters and is ready for distribution to th? auxiliaries. These supplies should have been on hand July 1. hut were delayed at the factories. The Julv allotment requires the making of 19.500 'articles of wearing apparel of various sorts, principally lor European refugees. The period during which the Salt Lake chapter may work on this assignment as-signment expires September 1. nnd d no to the delay already experienced,, w 01 k will have to he pushed with Staler speed than had been expected. ,!,... The allotment is made up as follows Bovs' suits. 600; helpless case shirts 4o00, Jundaged foot socks, nOOO; pinafores, 2000; girls' dresses, M0; children s dresses 5u0; women's house gowns, oW, , women's morning jackets, 500. men s shirts, 1000; women s chemises, 1000, gills chemises 1000; women's underwear, o00;. girls' underwear. 500; petticoats, oOO; operating op-erating masks, 1000. Thus far onlv desultory response has been made to the Red Cross call for play-in- cards to be sent to training camps and cantonments. The department ran use hundreds of dozens of playing cards, and, according to the secretary, the donations should never cease. large consignment of handsome and little-worn partv dresses was received at the Red Cross shop yesterday. Bet.01'f the day was done a number of them had been disposed of at good profit. The shop has laid plans for an extended campaign for gathering tinfoil. In order to make collections easier, arrangements have been made for installing receptacles in cigar stores and other places where foil is found on the goods dealt in. Hewlett Hew-lett Brothers have donated a large number num-ber of tins of gallon capacity for this purpose. pur-pose. The tins will be painted white and decorated "with the mercy organization s insignia. Collections of foil deposited m these cans will be made at stated periods. pe-riods. ... y. 71 Mrs. G. M. Miller, manager of the Red Cross states there is a need for odds and ends of dishes. The need for showcases show-cases has not yet been fdled. |