Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29
Clothing tor Women
Life From This Count-Co
dSrlpo Have Accom-

1.-TWO ships sailing about December 10;
He will be personally In charge o. Ns
these ships, just as some years ago he
was in personal charge OF a similar
relief expedition to Russia.
| In nine days Mr.. Edgar had 100000
of 9"r the one Banks of
Minneapolis guaranteed to cover the
$4,000 cost of transportation. work,
/ ing with James ]. Hill, the railroad
magnate, these two in three days Sc
cured free transportation on all the
lines through the northwest and the
adjacent Canadian territory TOT th ean
flour shipment. SO that the Sl2.ooo
guaranteed for freight will be clear
| contribution with which to buy more
| flour.
! James ]. Hill. besides membership on
the central committee, has been actlNe
with the Minnesota state committee
and sent personal contribution of
| $4,000 to the King of Belgium, with
| whom he is personally acquainted ana
whom he entertained in his home when
! as heir apparent Albert visited the
| United States some years ago.
| Larz Anderson of Washington and
| Boston is doing a big work as leader
| of the Massachusetts committee IN q
few days he raised more than $4,000
| in Boston.
John Wanamaker. in Philadelphia. is
| working independently of the central
committee. but has done effective work
/! In fitting out one big ship and IN
| freighting another which is expected
| to sail about December 15. The Phila-
delphia civic committee will contribute
about $40. 900 to this shipload. Edward
W. Box is also doing important work
| with the Philadelphia committee.
| Theodore Marburg. former minister
| to Brussels. is in charge Of the Balti-
more relief collections, and that city
is now preparing to supply a ship
load of food and clothing about Janu
airy ].
In Washington two individual con-
tributions of $1,000 each have been
made. one by Truxton Beale and the
other Anonymous for whom the Bel
gian minister has given the initials
&c. NJ Mrs Charles W. McFee.
Washington woman on the central
committee. has collected $1,000 among
her personal friends and Or NeNil
Monroe Hopkins, who at the outbreak
of the war spent six weeks IN the
Red Cross service in France and Bel
GUM gave two lectures here on his
experiences. which Melted more than
S. 900 for the relief fund.
Mrs. John A. Logan, widow of the
famous general, whose granddaughter
is doing Red Cross work among the
refugees. while her Belgian husband,
an officer, is in the trenches with his
troops, has organized d District of Co
lumbia committee which in the first
week of it's work collected more than
s1,10O and a dozen large cases of
clothing Mrs. Ellis Logan. president
of the District Federation of Women's
Clubs. is also leading an energetic
campaign of the clubwomen to get to-
gether all they can for the relief of
distress among the Belg'ans.
| Many individuals and organizations
are practicing self-denial in order to
swell the fund for those in dire want.
| Children are bringing in pennies that
! thew have earned themselves or saved
J by abstaining from candy or the
movies One child sent a letter with
| SIS inclosed to the Belgian legation.
saying he wanted to do without Christ
mas gifts that the poor children might
have food to keep them alive. and in
| the same letter the child's father in
closed a check for 800. Another child
sent in 1S9 pennies to the Belgian min.
| lister, every one of which had meant
| self denial.
| AS an instance of how elders are fol-
| lowing this good example a telegram
l was received last Saturday night at