The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-22
is PACKED At SHADOW LAWN
The Mines. Simmons and Grant Super.
wise Packing - Flags, Postcards
and Pretty Bags Included
In the Shipment.

Shadow Lawn was busy place to-
day. Mrs. Zalmon G.. Simmons whose
pet charity is the American Fund for
the French Front Wounded, had piles
Of fascinating pajamas, cretonne bags,
knitted slippers and other articles de-
sigred for the French wounded ar
ranged in neat piles ready to be placed
in the packing boxes that awaited them.
Most of the articles were the handi--
work of the women who have been en-
gagged in cutting and seing in the head
quarters since they were opened April
8, but the 200 pajamas were procured
al SO low special figure that it seemed
cheaper to those in charge to buy them
than to spend the oir4e necessary to
make them.
The pajamas are. of outing flannel
and of pretty cotton material, 100 of
each. They are well made and there
are but few duplicates in pattern.
Some have dainty lavender, blue or
pink stripes, some are of plain material,
some are bound in one color and some
in another but there is individuality in
each. There are folded with the pocket
at the outside and in each pocket is
put cake of violet scented soap,
post card and a handkerchief with
COLI red border. The handkerchief is
pinned into place with tiny American
flag lounted on a in. It is all very
bright and attractive.
Beside there are puzzles, printed
with French verses, put in small boxes
which are placed in the different pack
ages, and will help while away many
weary hours for suffering, homesiek
soldiers. Then there are dainty "sur-
prise packages, /" all sealed in red,
white and blue and containing hand
Ierchiefs and other SURPRISES.
A letter from the front says the boys
use the outing flannel pajamas as con-
valescent costumes and call them their
walking out' suits which they wear
when they are first able to get out of
the hospital.
One hundred blue gingham shirts are
included in the shipment and as the
soldiers are not allowed to wear their
uniforms except while in service and
when brought to the hospital have to
be fitted up in anything that can be
found, making them motley, i'll clad
lot, these will be particularly accepta-
BILE.
Many other articles are included in
the shipment. There was one CAV pile
of comfort bags" another of bright
cretonnes; and there were pretty COW
cred cretonne pillows; squares of
cheesecloth with bright beads at the
corners for weights. These squares are
made in different sizes and will be
usee as covers to glasses, bowls and the
like in the hospitals where il is next
to impossible to keep the flies Danish
ed; there were six knitted eye pads; a
pile of warm slippers; then myriad
OF surgical dressings including knee
bandages, abdominal bandages, cous
sinet, the one and three metre gauze
dressings, congresses, sponges and 9th
er necessities were neatly wrapped in
packages on which the contents were
plainly stamped.
There were packages Of knit wash
cloths, twenty-four bolts of MOSQUITO
netting and many other things Of value
to those at the front.
1t is interesting to know in connec-
ton with the shipments that not one
penny of transportation is paid after
the packages reach Chicago where thew
are franked to New York. There the
British merchant ships pick them up
and deliver them in France without ex-
peLse.
1t is said that IN less than seventeen
days from the time the previous ship
ments from Kenosha have left this city
the articles shipped have been in use
in the field hospitals. In all the MANY
shipments made from various parts of
the United States by the A. F. F. F.
W., so far not one has been on a ship
thai was lost and every article has
been received on the side that was
listed in the waybilis sent to them.
The exact fist of the shipment for
wasded today is: "a bolts mosouito
netting; "a comfort pillows; 231 paia-
mas; 103 day shirts; eonvalescing
robe; q pairs slippers; 1 pair wool
socks; so bags, each containing puzzles.
handkerchiefs, collar buttons and other
small articles; 3 knitted floor cloths.
brushes; 165 abdominal bandages; IS
knee bandages; 80 knit sponges; 5 knit
eye pads; 6 cup covers; SO coussinets;
Il 3-metre and Is 1-metre gauze dres-
SINGS.