Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-02
PLEA MADE IN BEHALF
OF LONELY SOLDIERS
Washington Women Asked to Write
To and Provide Garments for
Men in Trenches.

Do YOU wish to adopt" Chat is, to
write to and take an interest in) a
soldier of the invaded countries, and
Belgium in particular?
This is a question now being asked
Washington women for the first time,
and Mrs. K. T. Holbrook Of 1926 Massa-
chusetts avenue is asking the ques-
ton.
In this way 1t is hoped by Mrs. Hol-
brook that thousands of women in all
parts of the land will be interested in
the suffering soldiery in Europe and
will arrange to send them many needed
garments for the winters campaign
now approaching in many sections Of
the continent. Already she has writ
ten to many women of her acquaint-
ance in various parts of the country
asking them to take up the effort
planned and follow along the lines Of
many women Of England and France
in writing comforting letters to the
| soldiers and sending them gifts of
| wearing apparel.
Request Comes From France.
Nine. Louis Cons of Sc Rue Geoffroy.
st. Hilaire, Paris, wife Of a French
man and formerly Of the teaching staff
of Bryn Mawr College, friend of Mrs
Holbrook, has asked her to interest
herself in the effort. and has agreed
to translate short letters from Eng
fish into French. Mrs. Holbrook will
also help in this special effort.
In her letter Nine. Cons says:
These poor men receive no letters.
and often have not sufficient wooden
garments to keep them warm.
"a 'godmother's' duty is to write fire.
n ra n
course. and to provide him with socks.
gloves, chocolate, etc. from time to
time. If you know any persons who
would care to have .1lleuI (godson).
guaranteed worthy of help. 1t is a
good work and often people find it
more interesting to help in this way
than to help soldiers in general.
The Belgian soldiers need socks
money for them we should be most
grateful. Or, if ladies care to send
socks ready knit they could be sent to
me here. If money is sent we employ
poor women to knit the socks.
Making Needed Garments.
1--WE are making warm vests for the
soldiers and lining them with old kid
gloves. any color but black. (Tbe dye
is dangerous if the men are wounded.)
We make the outside of good piece
of material. piece together the good
parts of the gloves (Which we clean
before using) to make the lining, and
the result is neat, light garment
which keeps out the dampness, is very
warm and costs but little. The gloves
can be sent to me. foreign parcel posts,
in parcels of eleven pounds each. The
fingers are useless and can be cut off
to reduce weight. For the soldiers in
general the most useful things are, in
the order of their Importance, socks,
high-necked sweaters, long, wide
scarfs, which serve as mufflers; caps
and gloves, mitts or wristlets. Wrist
let's are easy to make for people learn
ing to knit and are much appreciated
''Of course. any sum of money, how
ever small, can be used to great ad-
vantage. But l perceive that 1 am
writing a regular begging letter How
ever, my excuse is that you brought it
on yourself, and perhaps these sugges-
tions may be useful to groups of women
who wish to help and don't know just
what to do"