Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-06-30
SUPPLIES FOR BABIES
IN FRENCH HOSPITALS
Clothing and Milk Soon to Be For
warded From Home of Mrs.
John A. Logan.
Letter From Nine. de Sincay Tells
of the Needs of Belgian
Children.

Two large consignments of clothing
and milk and hospital supplies for des-
titute Eeigian children in French hos
pitfalls are being packed for shipment
today at the home of Mrs. John A. Lo-
gan, chairman of the District of Co
lumbia Belgian relief committee, 1928
18th street northwest.
These supplies were prepared by the
women of the District relief commit
tee and the endless chain" of needle
workers. They are to be forwarded
through the American-French clear
ance house. and probably will start
tomorrow. The consignments are going
forward to Mrs. Caroline r. Hill of
Boston. for many months associated
with the relief committee here, and
now in charge of a children's relief
hospital just outside of Paris. and to
Mime. Henri de Sincay, granddaughter
of Mrs. Logan, who is executive di-
rector of the Belgian hospital and con-
valescent home in the old Abbey des
Chartreuse at Montreuil, France.
Supplies Collected.
Mrs Logan as chairman of the Dis
trict relief committee, and Mrs. Mary
Logan Tucker as organizer of the
SHuIeSS cHdlIl, ldSt Weeh pOuSnI Ill
teen dozen sheets, twenty dozen pill
lowcases and two bales of cotton, to
be used in these two hospitals. They
have also received liberal donations of
sheets. towels and pillowcases from
Mrs Gearing and Mrs. Lawrence, and
many women's suits which are but lit
tie worn. There were also cash do
nations of ST from several anony
NOUS sources.
Those who are assisting in the pack
ing of these supplies and the quanti-
ties of women's and children's clothing
provided by the weekly sewing circles
are Mrs. p. 5. Talbert. Mrs. Anthony
Caminetti, Mrs. Bartlett Mrs. Hitch
cock. Mrs, McNair. Miss Curtin. Mrs.
Martin Gearing, Miss katherine Thorn
son. Mrs. Henry Campbell Black, Mrs.
George Buckler. Mrs. ]. j. Wallace.
Mrs. Theodore Tiller and Mrs. Arthur
3. Sperry. These members of the So
ciety have kept five sewing machines
busy all day.
Tells of Hospital Needs.
Mime. de Sincay writes regarding the
need of supplies as follows:
Il am enchanted with your efforts
for this hospital. 1 need such quanti-
ties of things, especially shoes and
boots of all sizes and thicknesses and
trousers. trousersI trousers. besides all
sorts of women's and children's cloth
ing.
AT present 1 am running myself buy
ing tobacco for the men. Do put a
me some. The time is SO long for
these poor wounded men lying in bed
all day with nothing to do. They all
admired greatly the corncob pipes you
sent. Please send me another lot. Your
case of blankets. coats and rubber
boots arrived safely. The blankets
have gone to a lazaret Hospital in
sheds) at La Panne. to be used for
typhoids, and the rubber boots were
jumped on Immediately by the disin-
fecting corps of our administration.
which has very difficult work to do in
all sorts of weather and all sorts of
places, and the coats have gone to the
chauffeurs Of the ambulance corps, also
the waterproofs. Two days after the
cases reached me everything was dis
tributed into very needy corners / am
now impatiently waiting for the cases
Of medicines and disinfectants.
Trying to Save Babies.
babies. Please send me 1ayettes as
fast as you can get people to make
them. Mrs. Watson has sent me some
beautiful ones from the American
Church in Paris. and 1 am trying to get
milk from the American clearing house.
Did / write you that We had many
wounded children? They are SO sweet
and good.
This hospital is under the minister
of the interior, NJ. Berger, and the
head inspector Of the Belgian medical
corps. DR.. Rullot. put me here. and the
nurses are the Franciscan sisters from
Antwerp and Dixmude. They are treas
ures. At present l am changing all the
kitchen and laundry arrangements, and
by the time this war is over ] think I
could run a million bedded hospital
with the greatest ease"
In answer to Mime. de Sincay's appeal,
. lawn fete was held at Oriole Farm.
the county estate of her mother. Mrs.
John A. Logan. jr.. near Youngstown,
Ohio, at which $1,000 was raised.