Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1917 — RED CROSS NOTES. [ARTICLE]

RED CROSS NOTES.

The Red Cross workroom is now open every afternoon from 2 o’clock until 5, and on Tuesday evening from 7 until 9. The women of Rensselaer are urged to give as much time as possible to this relief work. If you cannot spend an afternoon come in for just an hour or set aside one or two afternoons a week as your contribution. The work is of various kinds, so that each person can do what she wishes. All workers making the sufgical dressings should wear cover-all aprons of light-colored material and cheesecloth head gear. These can be purchased at the Red Cross room, aprons 60c and head covering sc, or each woman can bring her own. The money received for the aprons will be turned into the Red Cross fund. Each worker will be provided with a box in which to keep her apron and cap. If each woman will bring her own pair of clean scissors, time will be gained. Contributions of clean, old sheets will be very On Thursday afternoon Miss Mary Washburn will give an informal talk on relief work. Miss Washbum has spent a great deal of her time during the past two years in the Chicago headquarters of the American fund for the French wounded and is thoroughly familiar with relief work.