Show 25 TONS OF ETHER ONE ITEM only the quickest action imaginable which the shipment of tremendous tuen dous quantities ot oc hospital sup plies from red cross stores la in france BS well ve 11 as largo large purchases in italy tunde rondo the emergency work of tile amerlean american lied cross possible during the recent distress in italy brou brought glit about by tho the rout odthe italian army no such mission for human help has ever er seen the like of this heroic work by the american cited cross in ilnay for the winters needs it t was round found that tons of hospital supplies were nvere required and these were ordered in america Ar for immediate delivery to italy somo soine of the things ordered were rina ana aesthetics s t lietins surgical instruments rubber ber goods enamel ware gauze absorbent cotton and drugs just what uch a shipment means Is difficult for a larinan to grasp if liko to see sec your druggist lose all his senses it at once just tell him in about some of these quantities that were ordered for use in italy tell 11 him that pounds of quinine wore ordered since the war quinine lias bas been absen difficult boget to get at any price it has bus jumped froni froin 1 pound la in prance france to 80 a pound Qa ulrie la is very badly needed 1 in italy aal afas red cross crosa shipment hog has been no 4 short of a boon other items which give a better idea in terms of the things which mean most lost to the wounded a are re I 1 ab rj tons of chloroform and 25 tons vt af ether these items are beyond the power ol of the layman to visualize but he con can come nearer to picturing 2000 bales of absorbent cotton the quantity asked tor for orders for nil all these goods for italy were placed last hist winter in america and the american Arn erlean red cross crom hn ho awn to it that shipments of each item a at ar r in process of delivery right along to relieve the terrible misfortune of the aa people in italy |