Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

Prefer to Pick and Choose.
Those in charge of the charity and re-
lief organizations have learned that
those with money to give like to pick
and choose. A tale of suffering that
appeals to one. leaves another cold.
One gives less for the wounded be-
cause he thinks those injured in bat
tie are wards of the state, and from
the state should receive relief, rewards
and pensions. But for children orphan
the petitioners dress their shop win
dows.
To the charitably disposed. and over
mere that means every Frenchman,
they offer bargains. They have white
sales. 'rummage sales and fire
sales As at our exposition we have
special days named after the different
states, they have special days for the
Belgians. Poles and Serbs. For these
Their approach is heralded, advertised
all Paris. or it may be the whole of
France knows they are coming.
Christmas day and the day after were
devoted exclusively to the men in the
trenches, to obtain money to bring them
Journees du poilu. The services of the
best black and white artists in France
were Communicated. For advertising
purposes they designed the most APP
pealing posters Unlike those issued
by our fragettes calling attention to
the importance of November >, they
gave some idea of what was wanted.
They did not show Burne Jones young
women blowing trumpets, or those who
might have stepped from the front
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bolical or categorical. they were home
ly. pathetic, humorous. human. They
were aimed straight at the heart and
pocketbook They showed the poilu
returning home on leave. and on sur
prising his wife or his sweetheart
with her hands helpless in the wash
tub. kissing her on the back of the
neck. In the corner the dog danced on
his hind legs. barking joyfully. They
showed the men in the trenches, and
while one stood at the periscopes the
other opened their Christmas boxes
they showed father and son shoulder
to shoulder marching through the
snow. mud and sleet; they showed the
old couple home with no fire in the
CRATE saying, 1T is cold for US. but not
Contributors Receive Decorations.
For every contribution to this Christ
mas fund those who gave received a
decoration. According to the sum.
these ran from paper badges on a pin
to silver and gold medals. The Who'll.
of France contributed to this fund.
The proudest shops filled their win
dows with the paper badges, and so
we'll was the fund organized that In
every town and city petitioners in the
streets waylaid every pedestrian. Even
in Modena on the boundary line OF
Italy, when | was returning to France
and sharing lonely Christmas with
the conductor of the wagon lit, we
were held up by train robbers. who
took our money and then pinned
medals on US. Until we reached Paris
later we learned that in the two days
campaign the poilus had benefited to
the sum of many millions of francs.
In Paris and over all France LOT
every one who is suffering through the
war there is some individual or or
ganization at work to relieve that suf-
fering Every one helps, and the spirit
in which they help is most wonderful
and most beautiful No one is forgot
ten. When the French artists were
called to the front the artists models
of the Place Pigalle and Montmartre
were left destitute. They had not put
by" They were butterflies. So. some
women of the industrious, busy bee
Oruer FORMED Il SOClelS " iOOh dIlei
the artists models. They gave them
dolls to dress. and on the sale of dolls
the human mannequins now live.
Nor is any one who wants to help
allowed to feel that he or she is too
poor; that for his sou or her handi-
work there is no need. The midinettes,
the cash girls of the great depart
ment stores and millinery shops had
no money to contribute. SO some one
thought of giving them a chance to
al, ha col wit haiy
was purposed they should make
cockades in the national colors. Every
French girl is taught to sew: each is
born with good taste. They We're in
vited to show their good taste in the
designing of cockades. which people
would buy for "a franc. which franc
would be sent to some soldier
"Salon in Palace of Art.
The French did not go about this in
a hole -a-corner way in a back street.
They did not let the cash" girl feel her