New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-08
Women and Children Are
Destitute in War Zone
i'm France.
NEED SHOES, TOO,
SAYS RELIEF APPEAL
Supplies Exhausted, Even the
Wealthy Are Forced to Go
Barefoot in Winter.

In the invaded portion OF France
there are millions OF people VINO cannot
obtain clothing. not always because
they lack funds, but because the stock
is exhausted. Mrs. Whitney Warren,
treasurer OF the Sccours National, yes
terday called attention 20 this new
condition of affairs as reported by the
American Relief Clearing House in
Paris Further the report states:
"The German government hss made
an order prohibiting the expectation Of
foodstua from Belgium into invaded
France, making the question Of cloth
ing and feeding the population one Of
serious eminence.
People of wealth and consequence
are going barefoot; women and chill
Grcn are without clothing. This popu-
ation totals about 2,ll2.000, and while
We are unable 20 tell you what proper
lion is women and children. it is e very
large proportion, as the available men
have been modified. We know that
there are $4,000 in the neighborhood OF
Longwy who are without shoes and in
sufficiently clad.
Not Even Wood for shoes.
The situation is made still more
acute by reason Of the fact that every
thing Of any value has been con-
fscated. there is not even sufficient
wood left from which 10 make ssbot,
to replace WORKOUT shoes
In addition 20 these victims there are
in the uninvaded departments OF
France. as shown by the official list
SIS. 799 refugees. of which 2l5,000 are
under fifteen years of age. informa'
ton from the societies sheltering them
shows that when they are received they
are frequently suffering from skin as
eases and with their clothing in rags.
The Secours National has decided 70
forward contributions Of either new OF
secondhand clothing, in addition t.
cash. Gifts received yesterday amount
ed TO $2.5l9. making a total OF Sl3E'
778. Among the contributors were
Moorheld storey. $500; Edward S
darkness. $1,000; Frederick F. Brew
ster. 5000. and 800 each from Ralpf
sheldon. Egerton L. Winthrop snC
Noise Geismar. Mr. Geismar wat
decorated with the Medaille Militsir'
in the war of 1870. -.
At the tea dance and lace exhlbl
Of the Commission for Relief IN Bel
qium. AZ the Ritz-Carlton yesterday
Samuel W. Fairchild, chairman OF th'
New York committee, announced ina
thew were prepared to clothe 10000
destitute women and children OF the in
yaded countries. The laces, which wer'
given by the wealthy women OF BEL
Gum. will be sold for the benent oil
10 900 lacemakers, who are made des
titute By the war
Mrs. Pankhurst to Speak
One Of the speakers was DR.. Horace
Fletcher. recently returned from his
duties as delegate in Belgium lie
"cince 7 have been in America,
have heard occasionally that the raise
reuort had spread that some oil the
provisions sent 20 the Belgians were
appropriated by the invading army y
This has not been the case. Neither IL
& Hoover. nor the self-respectlng Bel
eians thmselves will continue to receive
Tits when the urgent need for then
has ceased.
The total receipts and pledges OF tn
American Jewish Relief Commi''e'
amounted last night, to s2,325'5On II
statement the Relief committee re
norts that more than sl,O0O,OOo ha'
Eeen sent to Russia. To Germany a anS
German Poland has been sent sent go sS9V'VVO
and 20 Austria-Hungary. s43O'OOo.
Up TO the present time the Jew ',l'l
Relief Committee has sent 10 ra'e ~ M,
for SCUM kitchens in Jerusalem. II
addition aSr iOn it contributed sso,5o6 tOwarC
,bc provisioning Of the L. $. ;. Vulcan
mich served as food ship, sent from
this country to Palestine IN March