New-York tribune., 1914-12-21
PARCEL POST RELIEF AID
Countryside Campaign for Sending DR.. Wileys Boxes
to Belgians Through Mail Begins To-day
Crocers to Sell Them.

High hopes for reducing the number
Of Belglum's starving citizens and as
suring full New Years larders are
pinned to a plan which the Parcels Post
and DR.. Harvey ". Wiley have worked
out and which the Belgian Relief Com
mission will begin to develop to-day.
With this mornings mail circulars
will 90 out TO every part Of the coun-
try, giving the contents of ideal food
boxes for Belgian relief which can be
bought from wholesale grocers and
sent, without cost or trouble TO the
giver, from the point Of shipment TO
its destination in Belgium.
Mrs. Joseph Darling, of Wsshingto 8,
is the originator of the food box
scheme. She went to DR.. Wiley and
had him lay out the conten.s Of three
ideal boxes one for infants, one for
convslescents and one for adults. DR..
Wiley, in making up his boxes, had in
mind providing all food elements neces-
sary to keep a human being in good
condition at the lowest possible cost.
There we're two defects in his plan
his boxes exceeded fifty pounds, the
limit weight for parcel post, and were
arranged to sell for "odd" figures.
The relief commission consulted
leading wholesale grocers here, who
modified Dr.. Wiley's formula 50 that
the boxes for infants and adults came
under the parcel weight and sold at
even figures. The box for infants and
children now will weigh thirty-eight
pounds and sell at So. The box for
adults will weigh slightly under fifty
pounds and cost 81 81. Il will feed d
family Of four for two weeks, while the
infants package will keep il alive for
q month.
The woman's section Of the commits
sio. has workers in the country col
lecting centres who, within the next
two weeks will see the local ROGERS,
arrange to have the boxes packed =.
price and place them on sale.
The Salvation Army shipped yester-
day on La Touraine, Of the French .
Line, its second consignment Of Red
Cross supplies. 1t consisted of 5000 .
bandages, compresses, sponges, slings, F.
and fourteen large boxes and barrels /
Of old clothing, including overcoats, /
trousers, gloves, socks and heavy IN .
derwear The first shipment included .
$1,000 bandages for French soldiers, .
while those sent yesterday we're for
Belgians.
10 prove its perfect neutrality, the
army's next shipment, TO be made with
in a couple Of weeks, will 80 70 Ger
mans. The total number Of bsndsges,
compresses and sponges made by the
army's volunteer corps Of workers 30
far totals $1,000. Colonel Msrgetts, in
charge Of the work, says he can use
100 more workers this week and next
in preparing supplies for Germans. He
hopes TO be able to send them $4,000
bandages and congresses.
The French Red Cross Committee of
y. j., which recently sent
the French Red Cross check for $500.
has received a letter from Count de
Hausseville expressing the society's
thanks. Since the first check was for
Narded TO Ambs ssdor Jusserand, at
the Montclsir organiza-
ton has received another $500, which .
will be forwarded soon.
The American Jewish Relief Commit
.ee's distributing bureau will be in
session this evening at : o'clock at the
Hebrew Sheltering House, 229 East
Broadway, to decide how the $4,000
appropriated by the committee and
other sums may best be forwarded TO
points in Russia, Poland, Austria, Hun