https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/40803
title: Gold Tooth Given Red Cross Shop: Other Odd Gifts Include Gaited Pony, Saddle And Some Live Chickens: Customers Want Violins: Trunks, Suit Cases And Inexpensive Party Dresses Are In Continuous Demand. Northwest History. State History. Red Cross, Cont'd. W.W. Red Cross Act. Misc. Towns. Relief. 1907-1931. Red Cross Cont'd.
subject: Red Cross
subject: Gift
subject: Shop
subject: Violin
subject: Dress
subject: Suit
subject: Donation
subject: H. Farlow
subject: D. S. Thompson
subject: Northwest Pacific--History--State History--20th Century
subject: United States--Red Cross, Cont'd. W.W. Red Cross Ac W.W. Red Cross Act. Misc. Towns. Relief, 1907-1931.--20th Century
description: Gold Tooth Given Red Cross Shop: Other Odd Gifts Include Gaited Pony, Saddle And Some Live Chickens: Customers Want Violins: Trunks, Suit Cases And Inexpensive Party Dresses Are In Continuous Demand.; Gold Tooth Given Red Cross Shop: Other Odd Gifts Include Gaited Pony, Saddle And Some Live Chickens: Customers Want Violins: Trunks, Suit Cases And Inexpensive Party Dresses Are In Continuous Demand. Many sacrifices have been made on the altar of patriotism, but probably one of the oddest was the giving yesterday of a gold tooth by a woman to the Red Cross shop. This auriferous molar will go into the melting pot. Other unusual gifts include a pony, named Billy, gentle and gaited, and some live chickens which are sold almost before they reach the shop. A saddle and riding trousers given the shop were quickly sold. When one of the salespeople upset the melting pot the other day, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses dropped out. A bargain-hunting old lady seized upon them, tried them on, said they fitted her eyes better than any she ever had and purchased them. A little girl was elated at her reception at the jewelry counter. "You'd have thought I'd bought $100 worth, instead of a 10-cent hat pin," She said, "the way they treated me." There was a demand for violins yesterday, also trunks and suitcases, so any donations of these articles will find a ready market. Inexpensive party dresses are wanted, as they are sold as soon as they are hung on the racks. There is also a continued demand for tuxedo coats, knitting bags, piano lamps, sweaters, women's suits and blouses. Two unusual donations arrived by post from Canada yesterday. One was a pair of embroidered felt slippers made by a private gassed at Ypres. Another from a soldier wounded at the Somnie and at Vimy Ridge was a tidy made entirely with the wounded man's left hand. The contributors were Privates H. Farlow and D. S. Thompson.
creator: Spokesman Review
source: Northwest Digital Heritage
date: 2/7/18
type: text