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the most satisfactory for small Chapters where allotments do not run more 

 than 10,000 pads a month. The drying trays (plate 43, Fig. 3) are con- 

 venient where floor space is a consideration. In the room for making the 

 pads, besides the ordinary tables and cutting table to be described shortly, 

 there should be the following: (1) a sufficient number of moss frames 

 (plate 43, Fig. 5) of appropriate size for gauging the amount of moss; 

 (2) dry moss trays (plate 43, Fig. 4) for holding moss while pads are 

 being made; (3) spring clothes pins for holding the zorbik envelope in 

 place; (4) a few yard sticks; (5) a polished foot ruler (3dm.) for each 

 worker; (6) large clothes basket for carrying pads and moss; (7) a con- 

 venient place for storing the sorted dry moss; (8) a clothes wringer 

 (plate 44). 



Making Sphagnum Pads 



When the moss is perfectly dry it is ready to be made into dressings 

 which are composed of gauze, a thin sheet of wood pulp paper (known 

 as zorbik or Scot tissue), non-absorbent cotton and Sphagnum. Plate 

 45 is a photograph of a class of University of Washington girls working on 

 the first 50,000 sphagnum pads made by the American Red Cross for 

 overseas. 



PLATE 45 

 A class of University of Wasliington women worlting on tlie first 50,000 

 sphag-num pads. 



