may secure practical experience by doing clerical work for the patriotic organizations in their community.

A careful study of the possibilities of Red Cross work is recommended to all teachers of sewing. The variety of articles needed is so great that the productive skill of all grades of pupils may be utilized. Under careful supervision much of the emergency sewing may be substituted for the regular domestic art work without sacrificing educational values. Pupils will produce more and better work because of this new incentive and interest. The following list of urgently needed supplies is suggestive of the great variety of work which can be done:

Muslin bandages (such as slings, T bandages and body binders)
Hospital linens

Operating room linens

Clothing for patients

Knitted articles of all kinds (from wipes to stockings)

Comfort bags

Snipping pillows

WORK THAT SCHOOLS HAVE ALREADY DONE

The following instances have been selected from the many schools in the State already doing Red Cross work:

JERSEY CITY-DICKINSON HIGH SCHOOL

In the seven weeks ending June 30, six complete boxes were filled, containing 3,120 items, as follows:

Tinfoil is being collected in all grades to sell at 42 cents a pound.

HACKENSACK, BERGEN COUNTY

The pupils of the State Street School, in addition to sewing and knitting, made a house to house canvass for old linen, and from the material collected made 360 handkerchiefs, 240 napkins and 192 tray cloths for hospital use.

ESSEX COUNTY-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

In addition to making garments and bandages, the Essex County Vocational School loans its workrooms, equipment and teachers for use by the Red Cross outside of school hours.

LYNDHURST AND BERGENFIELD, BERGEN COUNTY

Lyndhurst has made over 100 pillow slips.

Bergenfield has been very active, making two or three hundred articles required by the Red Cross, varying from knitted sweaters made by the older girls to handkerchiefs, etc., made by smaller children. Work has also been done for the comfort of Camp Merritt, which is near.

GLASSBORO, GLOUCESTER COUNTY

The following articles have been made or are in process of making: 40 triangular bandages with tape, 32 bedsocks, 5 hospital shirts, 85 pillow cases (ticking), 9 pairs pajamas. Several high school girls have made sweaters outside of school but with the aid of the teacher.

The Red Cross membership is made up of both boys and girls. Naturally the girls contribute most of the work. This school year they have made 75 garments, shoulder capes and socks. The girls are divided into three groups and are working under a Faculty Adviser, who receives her instructions from the Red Cross authorities.

There is also a committee of about thirty girls who have agreed to act as collectors for the local branch of the Red Cross during the year. These girls visit each house in their district and secure the pledges and collections and turn them over to the committee under whom they are working.

MERCHANTVILLE, CAMDEN COUNTY

It was decided to have the sewing classes here do Belgian Relief work rather than Red Cross work. The number of pieces completed or nearly completed is as follows:

The Red Cross wishes to enroll 15,000,000 members in the United States by Christmas Day. New Jersey's quota of this number is 1,000,000.

For this Christmas Membership Drive a special organization has been created in each of the twenty-one counties of New Jersey, to carry on an inspirational and educational campaign, from Saturday, December 1, to Monday, December 17.

The drive for members will be started Monday, December 17, and will end Monday, December 24.

The preliminary campaign will be for the purpose of informing the general public as to the exact needs among soldiers for Red Cross work on the battle front of Europe. For every American soldier there should be ten Red Cross members. Every man, woman and child of New Jersey who can afford $1.00 for Red Cross membership should enroll for the year ending Christmas Day, 1918.

This preliminary campaign will be conducted by means of public meetings, distribution of Red Cross literature, and other publicity, so that when the Membership Drive opens December 17 every person in New Jersey should know what Red Cross membership of those at home means to the brave boys in the trenches.

The State Board of Education, at its monthly meeting held December 1 at Trenton, endorsed this Christmas Membership Drive.

As a part of the public school system of New Jersey you are requested to bring to the attention of pupils of appropriate age in your district the fact that 1,000,000 Red Cross members will be sought in New Jersey from December 17 to December 24.

The Red Cross Christmas Membership Drive Chairman in your county will place in your hands all the literature that is necessary to explain this campaign. Teachers are requested to coöperate by bringing this literature to the attention of each class of children, the teacher to urge the children to carry the information home, to the end that between December 1 and December 17 full details of the campaign will be in every household in the State.