The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
CONTRIBUTE A
BUNDLE, Mr..
NEW YORKER!
MAYORS Committee Wants to
Collect a Million Pack
ages Of Clothing.
NENT THURSDAY DAY
FOR YOU To SEND THEM
Plan Will Alleviate Suffer
inc of Thousands Of Unem-
ployed in the City.

day. That means only an
average Of one bundle from
every one Of the million families
n Greater New York. and that is pre-
C.sa.y what tn. Mayors committee.
which has set apart next Thursday.
February T. as bundle day AID plans
then t. collect clothing for the suffering
unemployed IL New York city. wants
Ind hopes TO secure.
THIS committee Of the Mayors APP
ro.ntmen. IS composed Of Mr.. James
Spcycr Mrs. Cornelius Wand rhiit. Mrs.
Willard straight Mrs. Peter Cooper
Hewitt. Mrs Cabot Ward Mrs. Vincent
Aston and Miss Frances A. kel.or.
New York : response 10 the appeal in
behalf Of th- war sufferers in Europe
has been prompt and generous. but
many people think that the need at
hOme has been IN danEer OF being over
looked They say: why send ali our
sIccor abroad. when " have our own
refugees right AZ our doors? w have
thousands Of unemployed people. thou
sands who are cold and hungry in our
own city. Lct w. think Of our own
first. for charity begins at home"
Here's just the opportunity TO live
W TO tat preachment
This is the time when people give
thought 70 spring clothes. So Of course
Il is the logical time 70 rummage
through wardr0bes and closets. to ban
lsh the old. unnceded garments and
10 make room for tho new.
WHAT tho Mayors committee asks is
that before next Thursday all who can
possibly do so will pick ont the best
c,.hes they can get along without
the best, they ask. not the worst
wrap these up in a paper bundle, tie
securely with a good. stout string and
send them on or before Thursday,
iN5sSS..;,...a...;. :. bundle day. tn 2i0 Fifth
avenue. There are several ways by
which you may send them with little
trouble 10 yourself You may let the
children carry them to the public
school, YOU may send them 10 the
nearest police station; you may patron
izs the parcel post OT--and this Is the
easiest way Of all-you may just hang
an American flag out Of your window
nd wagon the business Of which is
20 make house 10 house collections will
call for your bundles +. Loeser & co.
- Brooklyn and John Wanamaker Of
Manhattan volunteered TO lend wagons
.0r this purpose and the work has al
ready begun.
/, doesn't matter how you send IT,.
only oe sure you get your bundle TO The
Bundle Headquarters, at 2l0 Fifth
GN.uue on or before the official bundle
day. Send anything and all that you
can. overcoats. wraps. suits. dresses,
tkr.s, shirtwa!s,s. shirts trousers. m
Gerwear. collars. hats caps. stockings,
-. 10 l,a
that what YOU send Is wearab'o OF can
Be- made 80 without too much trouble.
Many Of the unemployed. not the
Gown and cutters, arr sadly hampered in
'-s.- search for jobs hy the fact that
'acr clothing 8. shabby and ragged
Is true though hard saying that to he
successful one must look The part a.
ia as possible.
And then there are SO very, very
many poopi" actually IN distress, suffer
from cold and hunger. one need
nu' go out Diugenesw.se with a lantern
g. find them Just walk through tn"
-Ihii. park. through the thickly con-
-o='ei districts near the river fronts, the
.u,m 90 districts. Visit the city lodg-
-- houses any night. tho bread lines,
to missions. oh, j, is tragically easy
'l md them. those who are suffering
men and women and little children with
.u' enough to eat. no fire at which 70
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So now urges .he Mayors committee
l"t Now York remember that charity
loelr- al home. When Won md men
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''1-'' sAa"I ABOUT theT shoulders as
'""f" who have been investigating the
needs OF the unemployed have done,
Then Won realize thar no matter how
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fE md The needs OF YOUR