Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-12-21 | Page 8 | 3 Rooms in Capitol Turned over for Red Cross County Workers

3 Rooms in Capitol I Turned Over for Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross County Workers Three light and commodious rooms in the state capitol have been heen turned I over to the Salt Lake county chapter of ot the American Red Cross Cro S for workrooms workrooms work work- I rooms for women of the city Two of these rooms will be fitted up I as sewing rooms and one as a surgical dressing room according to Manager Frank B. B Cook These workrooms will be a great in incentive incentive incentive in- in for further Red Cross work because they are centrally located in a thickly populated portion of the city according to officials of the chapter The women who wish to do work for forthe forthe forthe the Red Cross at these rooms will be beI organized into Red Cross auxiliaries I under the direction of Mrs W. W W. W Riter state organizer Rooms for similar purposes located on the west side of the city are still I needed by the chapter Arrangements for the purchase of a aI gauze cutting machine for the Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross chapter are being made by John I W. W Morey and other mountain division division division divi divi- sion officials at Denver according to Manager Cook Cool These officials are inspecting the various makes of these machines and when fully decided upon it will be In In- In stalled Twenty-five Twenty dollars donars toward the purchase of one Of or these machines h has s been received at Red Cross headQuarters headquarters headquarters head head- I quarters from Mrs Charles Kimball Bannister of Berkeley Cal Cat Cati This machine is used for cutting the i material which is to be folded into dressings and eliminates all hand handwork handwork work which may be devoted to some seine other phase of the work worl Manager Cook reiterated that the report that knitted articles for the could be purchased from the local Red Cross chapter which has hindered the Christmas membership drive in some of the city Is untrue and absolutely not permitted by the Red Cross The Ladies Ladies' Literary club has completed completed completed com com- six ninety-six towels sheets forty pairs of ether socks eighteen surgical gowns eleven bath robes and six fifty-six knitted articles They have been turned into Red Cross headquarters for shipment According to Mrs W. W I. I P. P Culm Culmer r chairman of the Red Cross work worl fifty or more women report each week for I 1 I I 1 work and as a result huge supplies of I hospital garm garments and nd surgical dressIngs dress dress- Ings are being turned out I A largo large number of girls of orthe the L. L D. D i j S S. S university aided the Primary association association asso asso- elation of the Church of Jesus Christ Christof of Latter-day Latter Saints today in finishing finishing finish finish- ing the Christmas stockings which are i being made by the canteen unit of the I association for the Christmas celebration celebration tion at Ft Douglas I