The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-28

those from her own members, and in
the Fall or early Winter there is the
annual meeting at which the officers
for the year are elected by the votes
of the directors and the garments
collected are distributed to the vari-
Gus organizations or institutions to
which they have been assigned.
Expenses Very Light.
The expenses of the Guild are not
heavy and consist chiefly in station
cry and postage for the secretary's
correspondence, the cost Of room
if one cannot be obtained free, eX-
pressage, wrapping paper, etc., for
sending out packages, and the print
ing of the local report if deemed
necessary. There are no salaried Of
ficers and the average OF one money
contribution in ten is usually about
sufficient to cover these needs. Each
branch is supposed to reserve from
the money collected from the money
members sufficient to defray it's own
expenses. 1t sends the remainder to
the national treasury to be used for
Guild extension and the support of
the national work.
Little Girls Help.
1t frequently happens that those
who have least to give themselves
are most generous in their efforts.
One poor old lady in a western town
sent twelve little patchwork quilts
for children's beds as their contrib
ution. They represented many hours
of painstaking toll. In Young
Women's Christian association a di-
rector one year secured over three
Il &c, fv.nr nf
young girls who were able to do lit
tie more than support themselves
The director happened to mention
that there was an orphan asylum in
the city which specially desired eat
ing bibs for the smaller children.
Acting upon the suggestion, one
young seamstress toiled good many
evenings making bibs by hemming
squares of cotton cloth that were
furnished her. A semi-circle cut out
at the top was bound with tape with
long ends left to tie. She made
twenty-five of these simple little
garments in the evenings of hot
Summer, thereby greatly aiding the
matron of the local orphan asylum in
keeping her young charges in order.
Other girls made little sacques of
outing flannel for infants and small
children some simple little frocks
and other garments.
Sometimes a woman charitably
disposed is able to collect enough
garments during her Summer vaca-
tion to make her a director. Pleas
ant porch parties can be employed in
the making of garments for the poor
if the proper start be given them.
There is always a demand for warm
knitted articles and many of these
are easily made at odd moments If
the example of Queen Mary is follow
ed. But, while the desirability of
doing personal work for the poor is
indisputable, there are hundreds of
women who find they have not time
to put in a single stitch. For these
the ready-made garments sold in
such profusion everywhere are more
easily obtainable, and, while the
more expensive large wooden gar
ments are in greatest need, the small
est articles of apparel will be readily
accepted. 1t is desired, however,
that the garments are all given in
pairs of like quality and size, as
| where a single garment is given an
extra one to provide for changing is
almost essential to its usefulness.
Any woman who lives in a town
where there is no branch of the
Needlework Guild can readily secure
full directions for organizing one by
! addressing the national office, which
is located at 1716 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia. Through the influence
of American women foreign organi-
cations having the same purpose
| have been established in Scotland,
| Canada and France. The French Or
ganization has the active co-opera-
! ton of the government and is pro-
vided with a permaennt home
Frederic j. Haskin, in Scranton
| Tribune-Republica