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Show EXCELLENT WORK FDR BED GROSS BY THE ; WOMEN QF OGDEN I The Ogden chapter of the Red Cross I will ship two boxes of finished sets of J knitted goods to the Washington headquarters head-quarters today. In the two boxes arc 110 completed sets. The ladies in charge of the work are greatly pleased I with the results attained so far and also with the very encouraging reports coining in as to the progress of the work in all parts of the city. Besides the completed sets, there are many extra pieces-, such as sweaters, sweat-ers, wristlets and socks. These are matched with other articles as fast as they are turned In and It will be but a short time beforo there Is another box ready for shipment to Washing-ion. Washing-ion. Reports are being circulated '.hat much of the work turned In is not satisfactory sat-isfactory and that the committee in charge has been keenly disappointed with the way the Ogden women have responded to the call of the nation for help in this time of war. There is absolutely ab-solutely no truth to the rumor, according accord-ing to Mrs. T. D. Johnson, of the central cen-tral committee. She said she had heard that someone wa3 spreading the report that out of sixty-eight completed complet-ed sets turned in, but eighteen of them could be used and many of the remaining remain-ing ones had to be unraveled and remade. re-made. "It is untrue," she declared emphatically. emphat-ically. "Every set we have received has been accepted. We arc really surprised sur-prised that so many women who have had .no previous experience in knitting could do so well. It is a tribute to their interest in the work that they have taken the great care their work indicates and I want to emphasize the fact that everything so far received has been most satisfactory." Supply of Yarn. Thirteen hundred pounds of yarn have been received, so there is plenty for all who desire IL There are many women who have not. done any work so far, because of the fact that the yarn has not been forthcoming equal to the demand, and this Is an opportunity oppor-tunity for them to get their supply. Advices from Washington are to the effect that sweaters are In greater need. Then comes, In order, socks, helmets, wristlets and mufflers. The need for sweaters, however, is far greater than the need for any of the other articles. No stimulation of muffler muf-fler production is necessary, as the supply is keeping far in advance of tho demand. Stress is laid on the need for sweaters. sweat-ers. It is urged that the knitting of these be undertaken by the less experienced ex-perienced knitters, as well as of the wristlets, leaving the more difficult work to those experienced In knitting. There is great difficulty in meeting the demand for sweaters, even the government govern-ment has purchased all that are available avail-able in the market for immediate delivery. de-livery. The Washington advises state that when the public is aware of the fact that the Red Cross is doing such wonderful won-derful work along the line of knitting, individual knitters will not be so eager to make sets for individual members of the army or navy, but will turn in all their articles to the Red Cross, thus avoiding duplications in effort, time and expense. The local chapter is also advised to tell of the need of afghans made from i 6-fn by 6-In squares of odds and ends of wool, of any color. These may be sewed togetther into the size of blankets blan-kets I for single beds. They are found to bo very, desirable as they are warm and take the place of heavy blankets. All wool donations will be gladly received re-ceived by the Red Cross, no matter how small. This material is used for the knitting of the squares from which the blankets mentioned in the preceding preced-ing paragraph are made. Owing to the fact that it Is impossible impos-sible to obtain any more books containing con-taining the directions for knitting the garmejits asked for to complete the sets for each soldier, tho Standard will print the directions in full for the sleeveless sweater, wristlets No. 1 and No. 2, and the medium sized sock. It Is suggested that these directions be, cut Xrom the paper, and kept for reference, ref-erence, as it is not known whether any more of the books will ever be available. |