Evening star., 1914-11-13
Women Plan to Load a Mercy
Ship With Food and
Clothing.
RELIEF HEADQUARTERS
IN GRIPS BUILDING
Miss Alice Card Elected Treasurer
of Committee and Mrs. VIM.
Wheatley Volunteers Services.

All the ministers Of Washington have
been requested by the Washington COM
mittee for the relief OF the Belgians to
make an appeal for funds to help load a
ship with food and clothing from the
National Capital. Their heartiest sym
pathy with the effort was expressed and
the plea is to be made in most Of the
churches Sunday.
One of the women most active In this
committee, which has been organised by
Ms. John A. Logan, with the approval
of the Belgian minister. Is Mrs. William
wheatley Of Rhode Island avenue. a
,nemner Ct one Of the oldest Washington
families She has offered to spend prsc-
tically all her time at the headquarters
Of the Belgian relief committee in the
Cripps BUILDING, 425 11th street north
west
Among the callers at the headquarters
this afternoon was Medical Director John
c. Wise of the navy. retired, who brought
several warm coats, quantity OF other
clothing and a money contribution to tie
fund. Ite advised the women to get a
quantity of soup preparations as an i'm
portant part of the food supply.
Miss Card Is Treasurer.
Miss Alice Card. daughter of Gen.
Card, has been selected as treasurer Of
the committee. The entire committee Of
more than fifty women Is to meet in
the Cripps building Tuesday morning
at IL o'clock.
The Littlefeld & Alvord Company
and the Merchants Transfer and Stor-
age Company have offered to carry all
parcels and crates for the relief COM
mittee. The r. P. Andrews Company
and the Morrison Paper Company have
contributed all the stationery needed
by the committee.
Contributions were generous yester-
clothing $40 in money was donated, and
telephone pledges of much more were
received
One of the donations yesterday was
a barrel of flour from w. w. Mansfield
of the New Bern apartments. Mrs.
Mansfield is also collecting clothing
among her friends.
Donates Attractive Garments.
Honor for donating the most attrac-
tive parcel of woolen garments for
children to the Belgian relief commit
tee headquarters in the Cripps build
ing has been accorded to a waiter in
one of the prominent hotels and his
wife. They declined to give their
names to the women in charge of the
receiving station, but one of the mem
bers of the committee recognized the
man as the one who waited on her each
day in her hotel.
In answer to many requests as to
how checks intended for this commit
tee should be made out, Mrs. John A.
Logan advises that they should be
made payable to the treasurer of the
District of Columbia Belgian relief
fund" She also states that the receiv-
ing station IN the Cripps building is to
be open each day from 3 am. to pm.
Except Sundays).
Among the contri buttons received are:
Frank f. Altemus, Columbia market.
$40, Mrs. Anna Dorsey Williams, $40;
Mrs. Thacher. "a; Mrs. John a. Logan,
So: William V. King, 50; L. F. Gibbs.
SO. and G. S. Brooks, $50.
Members of the committee who
have sent in subscriptions of 81: Mrs.
c. b. +. Price, Mrs. Margaret NJ. Berry,
Mrs. Anna Dorsey Williams. Mrs. r. c,
Dorsey, Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, Mrs.