New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-25
Lady Paget and Mrs. II. p.
Whitney Place Tragedy
Before u. S. Women.
REPORTS
METHODS OF RELIEF
Arnold Benefits Pen to Help
Committee Raise Fund for
Wounded Allies.

Thousands Of women. bowed BY trag-
edy, arc stretching their hands across
the ocean for help from their sisters
in this country. They are the wives Of
those who will never again be able to
use their eyes. While their husbands
played heroic parts on the battlefield
these women will play the part Of
greater heroism in the years to come.
The appeal issued yesterday to the
women Of America, by the British
French Belgian Permanent Blind Re
lief War Fund and signed by Lady
Paget and Mrs Harry Payne Whitney,
reads:
You have kind. generous heart and
deep. earnest consciousness Of human duty
For this reason We respectfully ask you 10
read every word Of this letter.
Thousands OF wives. mothers and daugh-
tiers in France England and Belgium are
speaking TO you. Their husbands. brothers
and sons, blinded in the war. are helpless
and hopeless They cannot see 70 Work al
their former trades These brave true
women are now OBLIGED 20 assume the entire
burden OF supporting them and their chill
dren. OF supplying an their daily material
needs and OF encouraging them constantly
in their complete despair and continual dis
tress.
Unless YOU act. these thousands Of women
will be condemned. for the rest Of their
lives. TO an existence Of hopeless drudgery
For humanity's sake help these European
women. They are your sisters, even though
you have never seen them.
Six months training will educate the
lol on them trades
not requiring sight. Even your single dona-
ton alone will 20 far toward enabling one
of these sightiess men 70 support himself and
partly support his family for the rest OF his
life
These women stretch appealing hands 70
you from across the ocean. Make al least
one Of them permanently happy. and her
husband. father or son permanently useful
by sending Us a contribution. Notice the
persons who. in four great nations. are in
teresting themselves in this tragic world
situation
The sooner you act. the sooner one brave.
good faithful woman will be rescued from
an existence OF despair and crushing slavery,
and the sooner the man who is tragicaily
anxious 10 support her viii be saved from
life of uselessness and hopeiessness.
This charity. in which we ask you 70 CO.
operate IS endeayOring to relieve condi-
ton. the tragedy Of which passes the barriers
Of race and national prejudice. II Is try
ing 10 give new lie. nope anu luhticNufllNt
to thousands Of Departing. helpless men and
will ultimately contribute benefactions upon
every blinded person throughout the entire
world.
According TO statistics, the world. year
before the war broke out, contained 100000
blind. The number Of blind men who will
be added TO this total by the war cannot be
estimated until years after the war itself IS
over.
In all new buildings erected in connection
~ iii . a
following inscription:
This Is given By the people Of the United
States Of America to the French Belgian or
British who have lost their eyesight in this
war"
Make your check payable to Frank A. Van
derlip. treasurer. and mail 10 the p. +. b.
Permanent Blind Relief War Fund. $50
Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Over the signature Of Ignace J. Pad
erewski, circular explaining how the
money received for the Polish Victims
Relief Fund and sent to its headquar-
tiers, 33 West Forty-second Street, is
finally distributed to the needy Poles,
has been sent out.
The circular is issued in response to
many queries as to the methods Of dis
tribution. 1t is explained that the
money received at headquarters is de-
posted in the National City Bank with
the honorary treasurer of the Polish
Victims Relief Fund, Frank A. Van
derlip. From time to time he RENTS
to the General Committee at Lausanne,
Switzerland, of which Henryk Sien-
kiewicz is the head The General Com
mittee distributes the remittances
among the local Polish committees.
Through the clergy the distribution is
made TO needy individuals. The circu-
lar states that from numerous letters
and from Polish newspapers the com
mittee here is satisfied that the relief
has been both efficient and regular.
Arnold Bennett has put his pen 70
use as press agent for the Wounded
Allies Relief Committee. He has
formed a committee in New York,
among the members Of which are
George Doran, Edgar Selwyn, Crosby
Gaige. Margaret Mayo and Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Herzog. Margaret Mayo is
treasurer Of the local committee, with
headquarters at 1,451 Broadway. The
committee has specialized in helping
the Belgians. 1t is said to have brought
over TO England the first wounded Bel
gian. II keeps a home for disabled