The Washington herald. [volume], May 24, 1918, RED CROSS EDITION, Image 20

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FOR WARTIME WOMEN 'TIS UNIFORM THAT MAKES "THE FORM DIVINE"
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By BETTY BROWN.
A mere man writer oi editorials for The Washington Herald
took occasion last week to criticise Betty Brown's fashions. He de
clared that by fostering woman's natural desire for the expression
of beauty through dress they cut down the war savings stamps
totals and took her mind off wheatless days. Imagine that!
The only possible refutation of such unwarranted accusations is
to "show the goods."
And in this case the "goods" is khaki!
The seven women photographed in service uniforms represent the
hundreds of women who wear similar uniforms in the second line
of defense in France.
They also represent the thousands of American women still in
civilian dress who would give a year of life for the right to wear
those uniforms.
There Is no one among us who would not, if she could, choose
a uniform in preference to the smartest creation of the most fash
ionable designer in the world.
These fortunate women in the garb of service are, reading from
left to right:
MISS KATY GEORGE, Y. W. C. A. war worker in France,
in her uniform of olive drab with dark green traveling cape. The
insignia on the sleeve and collar is the fai:i*'ar red triangle with the
Y. W. C. A. bar across it.
THE SECOND UNIFORM is that of an official army telephone
operator in France. The costume is dark blue With a brassard on the
sleeve showing a telephone receiver. The wearers are a part of the
Signal Corps and wear the crossed flags on the collar. To qualify for
this uniform women must be expert telephone operators and speak
French fluently.
THIRD, DR. MARY LAPHAM, distinguished physician, a
member of the medical unit for the American Women's Hospital, is
photographed in her olive drab khaki of the woman army physician.
She wears the regulation Medical Corps "caduceui" on her hat.
IN THE CENTER is the best-beloved i... orin of all?the Red"
Cross. Mrs. Robert Maclay, of New York, has been doing organiza
tion and reconstruction work in France for the Red Cross. She
wears the costume of the Red Cross.
THE FIFTH UNIFORM is that of the woman Salvation'Army
worker, accredited to the American army. Jt is of olive drab serge
with red shoulder straps with the words "Salvation Army." The
collar carries the letters U. S. in brass, and the felt hat has a red
and whiy^band.
UNIFORM NUMBER SIX is that of the regulation army nurse,
a navy blue uniform with collar insignia of U. S. and the Medical
Corps. The blue felt hat to match has a strap under the chin.
THE LAST FIGURE is a photograph of Lieut. Caroline Moun
tain, a member of the American Woman's Motor Corps in active
service in France. Like most uniforms it, too, is olive drab, the dis
tinguishing mark being the Sam Browne belt and the khaki cap
with the Motor Corps insignia worn at the side.
WOMEN'S AUXILIARIES HAVE
DONE MUCH FOR RED CROSS
Workers, Active Throughout City at Many
Banks and Other Business Places, Take
In Considerable Sums.
Woodley Park Auxiliary. Mrs. Soule,
chairman?A check for $5*595.50 from
Mr. H. C- Sheridan; $500 from Holmes
Bakery; and $100 from A. Y. Leech,
were taken in by the Woodley Park
Auxiliary. One of the most interest
ing contributions made was by a
newsboy, who has given 2 cents per
day.
Takoma Park Auxiliary, Mrs. Gallo
way, chairu?an?An old newswoman
brought three 10-cent pieces and
when told if she gave $1 she could
get a button, she put in 7 more to
get the button.
Rhode Island Auxiliary, Mrs. Pairo,
chairman?Among other contributions
Mrs. Pairo got $100 in pledges during
the four minute talks at the Colum
bia Theater. All the ladles were taken
on the stage where they were very
enthusiastically applauded. In two
collections at the Columbia 1735 was
taken up. Mrs. Pairo also has a win
dow at Kramer's, where they have
turned out a dozen pairs of pajamas
a day, which shows that the work
of the hospitals is going on at the
/ame time as the drive. The son of
on? of the workers had the banner
made at Anniston and presented it as
his sift to the drive.
Washington Terminal.
Washington Terminal Auxiliary,
Mrs. Wins low, chairman?Among many
other contributions at the Liberty
Hut. Mrs. Winslow received 1100 in
pledges and one contribution amount
to 150 in cash. The Railroad T.
WL C. A. men gave them 1300 in cash.
?w South West Auxiliary. Mrs. Thomp
# son. chairman?Has charge of all the
shells; In one shell she took in $200
tn one day. Mrs. Mitchel gave *
pledge for 110,000 at the National
headquarters, which Mrs. Thompson
has charge of with the National Sav
ings and Trust Co.. and the Home
Savings Bank. The work of her auxil
iary is carried on in the window at
Lansburgh's and they turn out one
dozen pairs of pajamas a day.
Daughters of Isabella, Mrs. Mar
garet Coope, chairman, have collected
at the Lincoln National Bank, in
cash, $2.j0, not including pledge cards.
Mrs. Coope says that Chinese, Jap
anese and French, Serbians and
Turks have all contributed, some
times at a great sacrifice, all having
a son or sons in the war.
Calvary Baptist Church. Mrs. Bris
tow, chairman, hns in her auxiliary
from forty t<r flffy life fnembers.
Her work room will. keep, open all
summer and she will welcome air
workers. She works every Wednes
day all day. Next Sunday the whole
proceeds of the Sunday school col
lection will go to the Red Cross.
Chevy Chase A axillary.
Chevy Chase Auxiliary. Mrs.
Creyke, chairman?This auxiliary has
formed three companies. Besides tak
ing In a large ajnount of money they
have obtained one $25 pledge. ^
Eighth Street Temple, Mrs. A.
Weyl, chairman?At the Palais Royal,
with other money. Mrs. Weyl has
taken in one $10o pledge, and a check
for $100. Assisting Mrs. Galloway
at Keith's Theater Mrs. Weyl's
I young ladies sold Sl.fiflO in flowers
In three days. At the National,
| which she handles herself, she sold
$400 in flowers in three days. In
I the Palais Royal window she has
| made twelve suits of pajamas a day.
Navy Department Auxiliary, Mrs.
Daniels, chairman?At the McL*ch
14n Bank, a check for $125 was taken.
The ladles worked hard putting out
Army Expects Country
To Support Red Cross
General Biddle Cables
A cablegram from M&j. Gen
John Biddle. of the National
Army, sent from London to the
American Red Crow, Bays:
"I am glad of this opportu
nity to add my meed of warm
appreciation of the work of the
American Red Cross. It is a
credit to the American people.
Primarily, of course, the mis
sion of the Red Cross is the
care and welfare of the soldier,
both in the field and in hospi
tal: and this important work
has been and is being carried
on in a most gratifying man
ner and In closest co-operation
with the army. In England, as
well as in France, the work of
the Red Cross deserves the
highest praise. I am sure I
echo the wish of the whole rank
and file of-the American army
in Europe, and indeed .every
American. *in" expressing the
hope that the present campaign
nt home will meet with the
support It so well deserves.
1,000 stickers for the automobiles in
one afternoon and received $10 in
cash, unsolicited.
Fort Saratoga Auxiliary. Mrs. Chris
tie. chairman?At a lawn fete last
flight Mrs." Christie got $122 in con
tributions, and |78 in sales, and the
children between the ages of ? and
21 years got up themselves the play
of Haensel and Gretel and cleared
$15.50.
Twentieth Century Clik.
Twentieth Century Club, Mrs. Clark,
chairman?Mrs. Clark collected $600
at the Knickerbocker last night A
woman came into the Loan and Trust
Company where Mrs. Clark also has
some of her workers, and g%ve up a
lucky $1 that she had been carrying
since she was a child, making the
sacrifice to help the cause.
STRAND
Your Duty to Country
Done, Do Your Duty
to Yourself by Seeing,
Today or Tomorrow,
the Record - Breaking
Photoplay of the Decade
T ARZ AN t?."e APES
And Then Next Week See and Hear
RITA JOLIVET ? LESTWE FORGET
Miss Jolivet, Whose Realistic Photoplay Spectacle Shows Why
Red Cross Funds Are Necessary and Will Be Shown All of
Next Week, Will Appear In Person at the Strand On Next
Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday and Relate
the Miraculous Ex
periences That Caused
This Photodrama to
Be Made. What Her
Eyes Have Seen, Your
Eyes Shall See.
St. Andrews Auxiliary, Mrs. Di
raaon. chairman?These ladies have
carried out the work of the drive
with great success, working at Corn
well's and the Washington Loan and
Trust Company.
The Needle Work Guild of America
Auxiliary, Dupuy, chairman?
Among many other contributions
these ladies have received three 1100
contributions.
Keith's Theater, Mrs. Ida Galoway.
chairman?Spanish War Auxiliary?
The bazaar has been most successful,
a fan auctioned bringing 175. A five
franc piece picked up on the battle
field in France brought $30, and the
sale of flowers by the young ladies
brought in hundreds of dollars.
The Red Cross Helpers, Mrs. Gar
rison McClintock, chairman, Riggs
Bank?The Red Cross Helpers were
established September, 1914, at the be
ginning of the world war,, and have
been most efiJcient in everything that
they have undertaken. Mrs. Dewey,
the widow of Admiral Dewey, gave
them a check for 11,000.
The Washington War, Mrs. Gibson
Fahnestock, chairman, American Se
curity and Trust?Mrs. Fahnestock
shared her Newport donation with the
District, giving a check for 1500, New
port being Mrs. Fahnestock's home.
Woodward Building. Public Health
Auxiliary, Mrs. Trask, chairman, gave
a $100 check. The president of the
Chicago Board of Trade promised the
ladies to duplicate anything taken up
to 3 o'clock Monday, May 30. The
amount taken in by the ladies was
$119. and he gave a corresponding
amount, making $238.
Reduced Pottage oa Paper*.
"The Canadian government, wishing
to reduce the war burdens so far as it
could, and to encourage the wide dis
semination of knowledge, some time
ago reduced the postage rate upon
Canadian publications 50 per cent dur
ing the continuance of the war," says
the Medical Record. "It has establish
ed no zone rate of postage by which
the printed word is reduced to the
same level as salt, pork and tobacco,
but sends any newspaper, magazine
or medical journal frorfl its place of
publication to any part of the British
Empire?London, Shanghai, Bombay
or Jamaica?at the rate of one-quar
ter cent per pound.
"Publishers in the United States
pay four times as much, or 1 cent a
pound, on their publications to any
part of the counti'y, but on July 1, un
less the burdensome law passed some
time ago by Congress be repealed,
this rate, already four times that of
Canada, will be increased from 60 to
900 per cent, according to the distance
from the place of publication at which
the subscriber lives.'*
SUNBAY VESPERS ON
WHITE HOUSE ELLIPSE
War Camp Service A?ks All Creeds
to Take Part.
High officials of the government. In
eluding Secretaries Baker and Dan
iels. have been invited to attend the
opening service. Sunday, June 2, of
a series of Sunday community vesper
services, to be held under the aus
pices of the District War Camp Com
munity Service, on the White House
Elipse each Sunday evening during
I the summer.
| The full Marine Band will play at
' the opening service, which will be
gin at about five o'clock In the even
ing. As it is the intention of the of
ficials of the War Camp Community
Service that the services be interde
nominational and nonsectarian. clergy
men and representatives of all faiths
and creeds, Protestant, Catholic and
Jewish have been invited to attend
and take part in the first of the com
munity vesper services.
The services will be for soldiers,
sailors, marines and civilians.
Japan Trying to Laprvve Matches
The wretched quality of Japanese
safety matches that have been in the
market recently has led the govern
ment of Japan, to issue a decree for
bidding the exportation of matches
that will not light well, that hav*
sticks less than 1^6 millimetres square,
or of which more than 5 per cent (10
per cent for the first year) have use
less sticks or that are packed in boxes
which draw loosely.
Women of Washington
Hear me, Hear me!
ONE HUNDRED merciful miffiooj are needed, needed to found
hospital* and build rest stations, to send nurses to the front
and refugees back, to forward surgical units and furnish
artificial limbs, to buy medicines and operating instruments and to
re-educate the mutilated and show the blind where Hope still
shines.
Your sons have gone to war?millions of them, and millions
more are going. Across the seas they call from every war-torn na
tion in the allied cause, calling for help from the Red Cross.
. It comes from soldiers sick with fever, pneumonia and tuber
culosis.
It comes from the underfed, shivering, helpless prisoners in
the German prison camps.
It comes from soldiers crippled, qiutilated, blinded, who can
no longer fight and must be taught and trained for useful occu
pation;
A: >thet Hundred Million is needed to carry on the great
work?so give, \nd give to the limit of your ability.
But tit- -* is Ait' another way you can help?by urging all
you know y rive frecV, that your sons may come marching home
to you wh?^ Victory it theirs.
?Ma Bascom
(Ruth Chester)
New Plajrn jm "Tarn to the Rifht" Coapany at the
>NAL THEATER
Put Your Dollars Into the
Coffers of Mercy?
THE RED CROSS
Out of the bleeding heart of Europe there
comes a cry heard above the moan of the
broken body racked with pain. The Soul
of Freedom, at bay with Death, cries out
to save Liberty for the race of men. It is
YOUR Liberty, your nation's freedom,
your children's birthright, that is fighting
for its life.
We cannot all be in the trenches, but every one of
us can?and must?sustain those who are. Give to
the Red Cross every dollar, -very cent. that you
possibly can?give till your .tri say* atop.
HUGO WORCH
PIANOS AND COLUMBIA t.RAP, JPHONES.
1110 G Street N. W.
i I
Come On, ( ater
Washing. jn,
Let's Show the
Whole World
fhat the
Nation's Capital
/ has the
Biggest Heart
Space Contributed to
the Red Cross
by the
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