Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-09
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mantown. She Insisted that the money
be spent on flour and wheat.
rs this the place where you leave the
money!" asked Nancy Hayward, years
old, OF Wayne, when she walked into the
basement
Here is seven pennies and 1 hope II
will help the kiddies," she said.
Where did you get the money!" asked
one Of the clerks
81 earned the money by pulling weeds,
and here is 50 from mother"
middle-aged woman dressed in real
Quaker attire suggested at the relief sta
tion that every grown-up person In Phil
edelphia go without dinner tomorrow.
II suggest that the price of the meal
which folks will miss should be turned
over towards the relief OF the thousands
OF starving people in Belgium"
Walking four abreast, several boys of
the Brotherhood of st. PauIs Presby-
terlsn Church visited the station. One of
the boys, who acted as spokesman, turned
over SO
rosy-cheeked little girl who proudly
insisted her namo be spelled accurately
Informed the clerks she was going to
tell her little friends TO help along She
said she was Charlotte Faux 3 years
old, Of 1911 Moravian street. She left ".
That the Chinese are also Interested in
the work of helping the starving Bel
gians was proved today when the Rev.
DR.. 8. w. Purvis, OF the 18th Street Meth
odist Church, 18th and Vine streets, vis-
tied the headquarters and left s11.0 which
he snd had been contributed by Chinese
students who attend the Sunday school.
The Rev. Purvis also brought S31 from
other members of the church.
A letter containing S15O was received
from woman who stated that she had
beloved son and another relative fighting
in the war abroad.
"I hope 1t will do some good" the letter
read.
The women's Permanent Emergency
Association sent through a representative
s206S0 The contributors of that sum
were Mrs. Frank Miles Day, vice presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Child Labor
Association; Julius A: Kaiser, Joseph II.
Haines and Joseph Therson.
From Jobstown, N. j., word reached the
headquarters today that all the farmers
In South Jersey were getting ready to
send flour. wheat and rye to Belgium
The barrels containing wheat will be
placed aboard the Thelma before she sails
next Wednesday.
H. v. Holloway, superintendent OF Bor-
dentown High School here, has collected
$50 to assist in the purchase of food and
clothing for the Belgians made homeless
and destitute. The amount was received
today, A permanent organization Is to
be formed in Bordentown, N. j., for fur
ther relief.
BELGIAN CONSUL PLEASED.
Consul General Paul Hagemans sent
the following letter of thanks to the
headquarters of the relief fund:
~ wish to express my feelings of adj
miration and to thank you most sincerely
for the great and noble work Of charity
which was started yesterday in order
to provide food for the starving women,
children and men of devastated Belgium.
1T have lived long enough among you
to know that an appeal for succor never
fell on deaf ears here In Philadelphia,
when the warm-hearted people of this
city were asked to come to the rescue
of suffering humanity.
"Once more Philadelphia has responded
literally, and the contributions which
flowed yesterday to the various stations
where funds are received for tho purchase
of foodstuffs to be loaded aboard the good
steamship Thelma, show that the people
realize the magnitude of the catas-
trophe which befell Belgium. and that
this time again will the City of Brotherly
Love live up to her reputation.
1T regret not to be able to thank all
individually who have sent In their con-
tributions, and I take the liberty. there
fore, to ask you to convey to them, as
we'll as to the members OF the press, for
their magnificent help, the expression of
my deep gratitude"
The contributions received today at the
Lincoln Building headquarters were: