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Show DID YOU KNOW ! that in Portland. Ore., last week the Red Cross shop opened its doors for j active work in organized business? It reads like a fairy tale and it is unique in its mission field. , No one, it seems, is too poor to give something to sell in this shop, and by I the same token is too poor to buy there. The list of articles given reads I in places like a list of wedding'lpres-; wedding'lpres-; enls and Interspersed among tablo j silver, cut glass, and tea sets aro articles arti-cles like these: 16 pounds of onions, 1 canary bird, apron, knitting bags, : furs, clothing, brushes. canned peaches, rare old English chlna( and many nrtlcles too numerous to mention. men-tion. I Only a few of these articles included in the great list of articles which have been lovingly given to tho cause of liberty. The variety of things bought I and sold are endless. ' "It is a pleasant idea that things j you do not need will ease some wound-j wound-j ed boy in France. That something j useless to you may help to save some boy in France." i On its first day the shop took in ! $3 62 and every cent is clear gain for i space was donated for the shop and i patriotic citizens, society maids and I matrons alike have donated their serv-' serv-' ices to this patriotic cause. |