Evening star., 1915-06-13
MAKE NEEDED GARMENTS
FOR BELGIAN CHILDREN
D. c. Relief Committee and Endless
Chain Hurry Donations for
Shipment July /.

Members of the District of Columbia
Belgian relief committee and the End
less Chain Society met Friday at the
residence of Mrs. John A. Logan, 1928
18th street northwest. and made many
garments for the destitute Belgians in
France Many unfinished garments
were taken home by the women and
will be returned in a few days.
Every effort is being made now to
ship the collections of the District of
Columbia Belgian relief committee by
July |. to reach Mrs. William H. Hill,
a member of the Washington commit
tee, who is in charge of a Belgian
refugee camp in France, and who has
under her immediate care 500 children.
Dr. John c. Wise. medical director. L.
Is. A.. retired, treasurer of the District
OF Columbia Belgian relief committee.
is arranging to send forward S458
worth of milk to the Belgian sufferers
in France. This money was raised by
the milk committee of the Belgian re-
lief committee. Mrs. John A. Logan
president of the District Belgian relief
committee, and Dr. Wise decided to
send the whole amount at once to Mrs
Hlll, as according to the number of
persons IN this refugee camp, composed
especially of children. it viii not be
more than they require.
The members of the "end1ess chain"
hope to see a number of persons in
terested in this work Friday, June Is,
When they are to assemble again at
2a23 18th street northwest and to re-
ceive in the meantime contributions
OF clothing and money.
Mrs. Hills Diary.
An extract from the diary of Mrs
Hill sent to Mrs. Logan is as follows:
"A group of twenty-one little girls
from Flanders, under the care of three
Flemish nuns. arrived at the Care du
Nord We escorted them to the AsiLe of
the Sisters of the Order of st. Vincent
De Paul, Avenue Monilmontant. where
they are to remain for a few days that
they may be thoroughly renovated be-
Iore gong on to Versailles, where
Nine de Viel Castel and Nine, la
Countess d'Ursel have secured a pic
turesque old church property in which
to establish this group or colony
The sisters and the children had left
thelr houses near Dixmude in October
since which time they had endured
many hardships. moving from place to
place without any funds and depend
ent on the soldiers for food The win
ter months were passed in an unheated
lies crowded in with the sisters and
the little girls, all of whom slept on
straw Because of the constant passing
OF troops and cavalry the children
much weakened by the long months of
confinement and the cold with scarcely
enough food to keep them alive.
Privations of Children.
"As | looked into the faces of these
children ! saw reflected there all the
sufferings and privations endured since
the flight from the tranquil home in
Flanders. The months of fear i'll
nourishment and cold had left their
stamp. Three little faces especially at
tracted my attention. for there | recog-
niZed the suffering which comes from
some grief far greater than that caused
by physical hardship. My attempt to
gain a responsive smile failed utterly
Each time the faces were averted, and
the youngest of the three about four
years of age. lowered her eyebrows
with an expression of pain. even agony.
Later | learned that those three little
girls had lost both father and mother
few days previously. an obus having
killed both parents at the same instant
The nun who told me this said that
little Bertha. the youngest sister. had
clung to her sobbinS all through the
long night journey to Paris.
This is but one example of the many
tragedies we are meeting daily as we
gather in the frontier children"