New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-04
Aged and Children, Fleeing
Foe, Freeze and Starve
as Winter Settles.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
ASKED FOR SOLDIERS
Cigars, Tobacco, French Books
and Magazines Needed for
Wounded and Fighters.


are in immediate danger Of death from
starvation and cold, according TO trust
worthy estimates which have reached
this country from Greece. Winter
storms have added to the distress,
which is the more terrible since hun
dreds Of thousands OF old men. women
and children have fed from their homes
before the invading armies OF the Cen
trail Powers and Bulgaria.
A letter. which tells Of the need OF
prompt relief. has been received by
Princess Lazarovich Hrebelianovich. OF
Serbia, who is now in New York. IL
was written at Guevgueli, Serbia. Oeto-
Der IT, ten days after Bulgaria entered
the war, by Miss Darinks Grouiteh,
formerly in the service of Princess
Helen of Serbia.
Miss Grouitch writes: 'Tmake haste
to inform you OF the terrible conditions
in Serbia. as no doubt the American
press has informed you. But even so.
that would be unable to give you
true picture of the terrible suferings.
II it were but half true. know how
your heart must ache. Place yourself
in my position-seeing all this and not
being able TO hclp-ohl such little!
1t is no time for expressions Of feel
ings Just now. but active help. Know
ing you are so devoted TO Serbia |
think il enough TO say 10 you the
mothers, wives and children Of the poor
unfortunate Serbian soldiers, dying
shelterless, hungry, threadbare and
cold, call out for help-no answer.
Immediate Aid Needed.
what must be done now is immedi-
ste re!ief-that is, food and clothes.
1t is impossible for me to tell you how
this can or should be done. | leave
that to your knowledge and fine sym
patty Of yours and those Of the Ameri-
can people.
~ have been able to organize q COM
mittee Of some Of the best men in Ser
bia to help distribute quickly and ex-
Actly those things where they are most
Eeeded. All goods or communications
Of any kind must be sent to the Froth-
ingham Children's Institute, care Com
mittee Darinka Grouitch. care Ameri-
can Consul, Salonica, Greece, for
safety.
DO please pardon my sending this
letter TO be forwarded by Mr.. Nicola
Tesla, but In fleeing from one place to
another all my clothes and personal
papers are lost-your address included
In the name of all Serbian sufferers |
thank you and any who may help or
wish to help in any way. Serbian re-
CARDS to you all"
Cable messages received by the
American Red Cross from Edward
Stuart and DR.. Henry Forbes, Of its
sanitary commission in Serbia, reveal
further the serious situation in that
country. Mr.. Stuart asked that cloth
ing and -four be sent for the people
about Monastir. He added that con-
ditions among the refugees in Albania
were very serious, and that the region
was inaccessible, except possibly by
way of Durazzo.
DR.. Forbes said that there was an
extreme lack Of food and clothing az
Monastir, and that many were dying OF
starvation there and along the line OF
retreat Of the Serbian army.
-Four Brooklyn Friends" sent the
Red Cross $4,000 for the immed ate
purchase Of food and clothing for Ser
bia. Donations must be delivered not
later than December II to the Amer
can Red Cross, Bush Terminal. Brook
lyn.
The Red Cross is shipping to Serbia
to-day l,035 cases containing under
wear, socks, blankets, shawls and hos
pital supplies, $4,000 pounds of -four,
1000 pounds of beans, seventy-five
cases of condensed milk, thirty cases
of assorted soups and large quantities
Of salt, sugar, rice and cornmeal.
Inadequate hospital facilities in
France are described in letter from
Paris to Miss Msrie-Louise Provencher,
secretary Of the American Girls Aid,
Pier 81, North River. The writer says:
"One hospital, where they had more
than 200 men, and severely wounded,
too. was an old stable. They had not
a chair or table in this hospital. The
only lighting was by one lamp in the
middle of the room, which was most
dismal, and the soldiers at the extreme
end of the room were in darkness.
They have no nurses, as all the wom-
en- are employed in other hospitals
that have been In existence since the
beginning of the war. Their bandage
supply is nearly exhausted and they
need blankets and shoes and clothing
generally for the soldiers. There was
only one doctor to care for 400 men.
There are many hospitals Of the same
kind"
Cigar Gifts Requested.
Miss Julia Marlowe will be the guest
OF honor at the tea and Christmas sale
of the Polish Victims Relief Fund at
the Hotel Gotham on December .. Miss
Helen c. Moeller will dance
A committee has been formed to col
lect books in French and Flemish and
illustrated magazines for Belgian SOL
diers in hospitals, detention camps in
Holland and prison camps in Germany:
Donations Of money and books should
be sent to Johr. Van Rickstal, Belgian
Vice Consul and treasurer Of the COM
mittee, % Madison Avenue.
Contributions Of cigars, cigarettes
tobacco, pipes or cash for purchasing
these articles arr asked by committee
Of which Bowring e. Co., committee
headquarters, II Battery Place. are
treasurers. All subscriptions should be
sent to reach New York by December
10. They may be wired collect" check
to follow by the first mail.
Contributions received yesterday by
Mrs. Whitney Warren, treasurer OF the
Secours National Fund, l6 East Forty
seventh Street. amounted TO s2os.2o'
making the total to date Sll7,20l.So.
The National Allied Relief Commit
tee. Lee, Higginson g. Co., depositaries,
200 Fifth Avenue. acknowledged these
contributions Of over 500 during 'Hs
week: Waldo E. Forbes. sl,oVV; II; "
Underwood, 5000; Eliot I. Lee sGoo'
and $3.50 each from Ernest c. Bliss,
George v Leyerett and A. N. L..
August Belmont, treasurer OF the
Committee of Mercy, 200 Fifth Avenue,
reported yesterday a total OF s4oo, !,
eIf o. received. including funds raised