Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-27 | Page 43 | Dainty Food Sent to Sick and Nurses Giving Aid

iDainty Pooc Sent to Sid j and Nurses ; Giving Aic vs. ONE of the most practical offerings in aiding the influenza epidemic was inaugurated at Civic Center last week under the directiou of the Worn- an's committee National Council of Defense, De-fense, through the efforts of . Mrs. E. W. Spangler, publicity chairman of the i Utah branch of the council. Hot . lunches and soup wero prepared at the J I center and sent out. to those afflicted '.! with the disease and also to volunteer : nurses. When it has been possible for nurses to leave patients, they have been brought to the center by automobile for their midday meal, thus giving them needed fresh air and relaxation. Miss Leah P. Jennings, government j food demonstrator, with a corps of vol- . unteer assistants, has prepared the lunches and soup, and an automobile corps, including a number, of young society girls under the direction of Miss Mary Mayne, have delivered the food and brought the nurses to the center. It has proven a great boon to those suffering from the malady, who have no means of preparing food at home, as well as to the noble band of volunteer volun-teer nurses, most of whom are teachers in the public schools, who are spending ' the time of their enforced idleness, which will have to be made up by the sacrifice of their Christmas holidays and a part of their much-needed summer sum-mer vacation, in caring for the sick.