Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-08


of the organization will devote their
energies to raising funds TO be sent TO
the war zone. In carrying on this work.
sale of home made articles will be held
at some date between now and Christ
mas and the money will be given to the
poor. Plans for this will be perfected
Monday afternoon at o'clock when a
meeting will be held at the Watues Me
mortal Parish house
Members of the Guild of All Saints
church will devote all their time between
snow and Christmas to sewing. They win
make garments for the women and chill
dren, ad will send them to the war zone
no country being given preference. The
same plans will be pursued by the Visit
ing Nurses association.
The Franco Belgian Relief society, of
which Mrs August Mothe Borglum, a
French-American woman is honorary
and Miss Jessie Willard active president,
has already made and sent to France and
Belgium 800 garments for women and
children and will continue their work
during .he winter. The members of this
organization meet each day and sew, they
donating the money with which to buy
material.
Red Cross Booth,
The Red Cross booth on the third floor
of the Brandeis store building, conducted
under the direction of the j. L. Brandes
Sons headquarters for the local Rod
Cross work, in charge of Mrs Dahl and
operated under the direction of the Ma
tional Red Cross association is receiv-
! ing numerous contributions. It has been
| in operation one week and the cash con-
| tributions have reached a goodly sum.
Besides cash. numerous articles of new
wearing apparel have been donated, as
well as cloth and material that can he
used in families. The booth is open at
all times and goods and money will be
forwarded without cost.
The Vassar club, of which Mrs. Arthur
| Guiou is president, has commenced sew
| ing and already something like 200 gar
ments have been made to be forwarded
/ to the war zone to be distributed where
| they are most needd. This club will con-
thu sewing during the winter.
German Women Give Baxar.
The German-Amerlcan Women's Relief
association, the largest organization OF
! the kind in the city, is working I'm sec
llOnb, au unueT tne general SUPERVISION
! of Mrs. Bertha Getzschmann, gives
weekly coffees at the German Home each
Wednesday and thus large sum Of
\ money has been raised To increase the
fund. next Saturday there will be a ba-.
| zaar at the home. at which thousands OF
articles will be on sale. The money
raised by this society goes to aid the
| women and children Of Germany and
! Australia.
! The chdrches of the city will join in
the annual Christmas sale, held in the
rotunda of The Bee building. early in De-
cember Heretofore the proceeds of the
! sale have gone into divisions Of the treas
uries of the churches to take care of
current expenses. This gear. It is more
| than likely that some of the money will
be turned over to the war relief fund
and used In buying necessary articles OF
food and clothing for the needy of
| Europe.
The Trinity Parish Aid society will hold
its annual Christmas sale Saturday, De-
cember 3, at Jacobs hail. from 10 in the
morning until o'clock in the afternoon.
There will be hundreds of articles on
tables and they will be priced from 2I
cents to 81 each, Then, too, there VIII
be market table, from which eatables
will be sold. The proceeds will go ia
| the war relief fund