The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-03-15

March 18th TO 25th will be Used |
Clothes Week In America and the en-
tire nation will be called upon to
gather up its castoff and other used
garments. as well as shoes. for ship |
mcnt 20 Belgium and France. carry |
ing comfort and warmth To thousands
and thousands Of destitute men. WOO
mon and children. The work 81 gath
ering at least five thousand tons OF
things much needed by the destitute
across the sea is Co he undertaken by
the American Red Cross. the noun
tain division. comprising Utah. New
Mexico. wyoming and Colorado. has
been called upon Co provide at least
three hundred tons Of used clothing.
shoes. blankets and bed linen. This
will make up approximately fifteen
carloads. which will be sent 60 Bling
hamton. n. ". from where the goods
will be consigned TO seaboard. Safe
passage and delivery has been assur-
ed. according to the belgian relief
commission. The Germans do not IN
tcrcept this class of goods. and have
never. at any time seized the personal
apparel of individuals. All clothing
and shoes must be of the strongest
materials The clothing viii be re-
paircd and made over by an army OF
more than a hundred thousand Bel
Einn and French women. Hundreds
Of yards 81 scrap leather viii be re-
quircd Co repair the shoes.
The startling state ment " made by
tho Iieigian relief commission that be-
rnunc ~ the ahortag, OF clothing and
material. newborn and older babies
arc clothed In rags. In hundreds OF
instances whole families are sleeping
under a single blanket. and sacks
stuffed with dry leaves are serving aH
mattresses Hospitals are sorely IN
need of sheets. The poor. particular
IL. are IN dire need. While clothing
and shoes are wanted az never before
by the destitute behind the allied arr
mics and behind the German lines
there ~ an appalling need Of proper
clothing and supplies Tor infants. bc'
fore the exhaustion 90 nativ" sup
niles prospective mothers were given
Iinycttrr=littlc bundles containing all
the warm clean garments ana Nart-
Gus supplies 30 necessary o. the ha-
Ibiss=With which o. Cluthr and pro-
vide Tor the now arrivals into the
world. pf late these women have
lbrcn turned away from the empty
warehouses 1T thu committee by the
thousands. and their newborn babes
are Hwnddlcd In rag. Light. warm
canton flannel and other kinds oi
cloth are needed from which 60 mako
these things ON the generosity OF
Americans alone rests the responsible
Its ~ thcsh young lives
| ~ h. useless 90 send garments which
lnrr not made OF the strongest and
most durable material, as IN" clothes
lnrc subject a. the hardest Kind of use
This does not mean. however. that the
garments must boz In perfect repair
Much uf the contributed clothing vii
ho made over by more than u hun
dr,d thousand women In belgium and
Northern France who are modified
land trained into q maryclouHly clii'
cirnt organization. There n place
Tor all the clothing that Americana
, can give. Toe relief commission hui
, safe conduct passes Tor its ships and
, the absolute assurance that the cloth
, ling viii be- delivered only 10 those fo'
whom II h. intended. one-third al
, every shipment viii go Ia the people
, OF Northern France. down close be-
hind the German lines, and two-thlrd
, O. belgium,