GREY AND SCARLET CLUB

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 269, 9 August 1943, Page 3

GREY AND SCARLET CLUB

Comforts For Overseas Nurses Its Care New Zealand nurses serving overseas with the Army Nursing Service have a group of “fairy godmothers” working for them in Wellington. The women forming this circle have called themselves the Grey aud Scarlet Club and since war began they have been busy making up parcels that are sent wherever there are New Zealand sisters. All sorts of little comforts, some of which are the product of the inventive minds and clever fingers of the members, have become indispensable items to the nurses in their daily life and work, stationed as they often are where the amenities of civilization are few. Writing from New Caledonia, a nurse said of the club members, “I send a little praver of thanks up to them daily tor their gifts, They have added greatly, to our comfort. Their hanging or travelling wardrobes, pocket hold-alls, gaiters and armlets I now look on as essentials. Another sister, serving with the. Queen Alexandra Imperial Nursing Service, said that all the sisters greatly appreciated a parcel made by the Grey and Scarlet Club aud sent to (hem. They had heard of these wonderful parcels from New Zealand and after thev had settled at their destination theirs arrived. They had great tun in opening it aud drawing lots for the contents, and the eatables were put into the mess. The hanging wardrobe is an ingenious article which can be folded and carried in a suitcase from place to place. A one-piece garment that can be worn under uniforms or as pyjamas in summer time is another idea of the club that has proved useful. Routine presentations are made to nurses and almost every transport receives a case of goods for the nurses use.