The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-24
LANDLORDS HOLD UP
HELP FOR SOLDIERS
No One Will Lend Empty
Fifth Avenue Store for
Women Workers.
VINCENT ASTOR OFFERS

with many volunteers anxious TO give
their time 20 making hospital supplies.
with equipment. machines for rolling
bandages. &C.. and plenty Of raw ma
terial all ready. tho women's Commit
ten Of the American Defence Society Is
at q standstill because tho empty store
In Fifth avenue for the loan OF which
Il has appealed is not forthcoming.
Mrs. Lewis Il. Woodruff and other
women were out all yesterday securing
the town for a place In which to carry
or the work Of relief and preparation
TO which the committee has set itself. but
were forced to return to the headauar-
tiers Of the society. So3 Fifth avenue. with
a discouraging report
They felt II rather hard. they said.
| that while the numerous organizations
dedicated to the relief Of foreign soldiers
and refugees were housed comfortably
In central places by real estate men
none seemed willing to serve the United
States In Il like way.
Any owner or agent willing to lend
a store In a central location Is urged
TO communicate with Mrs. Goldborough,
303 Fifth avenue.
Vincent Aston has offered TO donate
A store near sixth avenue. and though
the committee will take his " they
| cannot get a more central one. they feel
II is rather out OF the way.
Many offers OF assistance for the fami-
lies OF guardsmen came to 1903 Fifth ave.
nue. yesterday. Mrs. John Hays Ham
mend. an active member Of the commit
tee. gave 500 to start n fund. The
L. I. Horsman Company. toy makers,
sent SIS, and other checks arrived until
the amount reached sl13. a Broadway
hotel informed the committee that II
would be glad to employ the wives oil
soldiers as seamstresses and
maids. and promised to engage no hell
"a that sort except through the womcn's
committee of the A. D.. $. as long AS the
committee can supply them.
A widow who has to work dayt'mes K
earn her living volunteered to make hos
ri,al supplies evenings. several invalid'
wrote that they would roll bandages a.
home. Appeals for aid came also
The wife Of q private in the Seventy-iirs
4 Regiment was left with three young chill
dren and no money. and there wer'
others In like p~redicanents. All these
cases are Investigated before aid Il given
Another thing the committee wants q
make clear. and that is that every penn!
. received sRFN 81 " NAA ~ ''At' - NH''
families. An the work OF the committee
even that Of the stenographers, Is vol
unteered.
Mrs Nelson O'Shaughnessy. wife -
the former Charge d'Araires Al MeXic'
city. Joined the committee yesterday.
The National SPECIAL Aid Society ha
sent i:s first instalment Of money 10 For
Bliss 70 buy comforts for the soldiers
Tie Pennsylvania division OF the orcani
.,,.-- - .Aal.a 80 frNtgla F.gynGh ~ ~ N 4
for all troors passing through that Stat
and is looking after the families II ~
listed men. NJ the New York hcadqua:
ters. $50 Fifth avenue, employment vi
b. found for needy wives NJ guardsine
and other aid given II necessary. classe
are being formed 20 make hospital SUI
plies.
The committee named by the Vacat.o
War Relief Society is holding i'self
readiness 20 serve the soldiers IN Mexico
but Miss Anne Morgan has decided tina
Ii can 6, along without her and "!
not change the plan she made some tim
ago 10 sal for Europe on thu Frtrc
liner Lafayette to-day for a two month
rest
! Following the opening of additions
4 Red Cross headquarters In Brooklyn m
. Manhattan yesterday new wofkrooW
have also been equipped In The Bron'
! quarters nave oeti PRIV ~" !" '' ''
Y. VI. G. \. building, at lblsf street an
I Washington avenue. which Nil be opo
t daily from N 10 I o'clock for the prep.
ration Of medical supplies 10 be FOL
warded to The border.
Among tho life members Joining II
Red Cross yesterday were Mime. Naz
q nova, Mime. Frances Aida OF the Metr'
politan Opera and Mr.. and Mrs, Hari
Hardness Flagler and their three chi
dreu. More than 1000 members we
also enrolled AT the Wanamaher store