Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1918 — WHAT CAN WE DO? [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHAT CAN WE DO?

The following, from “Important Items,” published by the Southwestern division of the American Red Cross, are facts that are Interesting to all the chapters: Knitting. “The president has called out another army of men. This means hundreds of thousands more sweaters —millions of socks. * Many knitters have slackened their work with the coming of spring. Fall seems so far off that it is natural to think there is plenty of time to get ready, for it —but this train of reasoning is perilous. -The task is a -big one. Only the steady day-by-day work will count —not_thg spurt of enthusiasm when the pressure comes. Utilize every moment. Carry your knitting bags on the street cars or the farm wagons, or wherever you are. There will be a greater need of knitted Jirtlcles next winter than there was ast. It is true that yarn has been hard to get. But much of this shortage can be overcome if none of it is wasted for any purpose for which a substitute can be found. Let everyone who can get any of, the yarn for socks knit socks and let those who can only et the heavy yarn knit sweaters withut charge. An arrangement is now nder consideration for the collecting md refooting of worn socks in order hat there may be no waste. “Chapters should knit in the followng proportions: For wne pair wristlets knit one muffler, ten helmets, 50 jweaters, 100 pair socks. Our men abroad are in constant need of socks. Knit socks. “From now on the making of quilts

and afghans must positively be din continued. No more of either of these will be accepted at the bureau of supplies.” Food. Preserving, canning, drying and otherwise conserving fruits and vegetables may not seem at all romantic, but they are genuine and essential ways of being of real service to our country, and that is all that counts now. They are among the duties that lie nearest to many women. Tons of fruit go to wffste anndfclly where no attempt is made to gather wild berries or save the excess of home-grown fruits. If they cannot be given away for canning, they ought to be dried or saved in some way. It is up to the earnest women in every community to help solve food problems.