The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-21
RED CROSS ASKS Aid
TO MAKE GARMENTS
Call Issued Here for 1900 to
Help ClOthe French and
Belgian Needy.
PLAN A REORGANIZATION
Bandage Rollers Will Lay
Aside Linen to Take Up
Needles. T
Plan A REORGANIZATION

Tho surgical dressings units of the
army Of the Red Cross are ordered to
drop the bandage rollers, etc.. with
which they did their part in winning the
war. and with the needle as a tool TO
aid IN the work Of relief and reconstruc-
ton in devastated France and Belgium.
At meeting last night at the waldorf
Astoria Miss Anna Day, organizer of
auxiliaries for the New York County
Chapter, directed the 1900 women pres
ent, mostly leaders in the local auxil-
iaries, to feorganize these bodies for the
work OF clothing the refugees who are
streaming back to their homes from the
occupied territories.
Hundreds Of thousands OF garments
are required. and II the necessary num-
Der cannot DO obtained through tho
auxiliary workrooms a call will be sent
out for $1,000 women to sign up to make
at least one garment each every week.
Much Misery Seen.
Nothing we read over here gives US
an adequate conception OF the misery
among the rsfugees." Miss Day said.
"As our army goes forward through the
parts OF France lately occupied by the
Germans and into Germany a constant.
pitiful stream Of old men, women and
children 10 coming back into France.
They must be clothed, and that Is our
work. For four years they have been
dressed in our CASTOR garments; now
We owe them some new ones. American
women are going to Europe to do the
hard work OF reconstruction, and the
least we who stay at home can do Is to
back up those women by making the
things most needed by the people. they
60 to aid.
Don't let our men over there, when
they see the victims Of the war, see
them ragged. miserable, neglected by us
don't let our men feel that we on this
s.de have gone back to our old ways Of
living, forgetting our duty. It would
have a very bad effect on the American
soldiers. know many women don't
like to sew. but we've got 70 do t."
Miss Day said that the Red Cross
workrooms hadn't been as full as they
ought TO be since peace was declared.
and that too many OF the workers
seemed to feel that now there was moth
ms for them to do!
I'VE tell all who como that they've got
to go to making clothes for the refu-
gees" che said, land the cry goes UP,
But can't sew i don't want to sew.
During the war YOU made bandages
enough to sink all tho ships: you made
so many banda&es that you had to be
checked. Now put the same energy into
making clothes. There is room in our
work rooms for 1000 moro garment
makers. And the garments needn't all
be made in the workroomsL They can
just as well be made at home. The Red
Cross stands ready to supply patterns"
More Members Needed.
Mrs. Henry Ittieson spoke for the Red
Cross Mendins Shop at West Fifty
seventh street
We need $50 more women TO mend
soldiers clothes" she said. THE Quar-
termaster's Department is cancelling as
| many orders for uniforms as 1t can
without disturbing business too much.
and We are asked to mend the clothes
from the cantonments till they can be
no longer mended We work In shifts,
| and 1000 girls from department stores
arc giving a certain number Of evenings
a month. It isn't picturesque work. but
| It's needed"
A voice from the gallery wanted 20
know IL the uniforms, from cantonmenta
| were dislnfected before being sent TO the
mending shop. The voice from the gal
| lery was assured that this was the case.
Pledge cards were circulated and
many auxiliary chairman signed UP for
the reorganization plan. II lie the In
tention to be ready 80 that II Washing
| ton calls for, say 100000 garments IN
three months, the New York county
chapter will be able to supply them. or
any number asked. A large number OF
garments were made by the women of
this chapter last summer and sent
across to tho devastated countries. but
now the work must be greatly enlarged.
Walter Jennings. chairman Of the
county chapter, presided. Moving pic
turea of the refugees were shown.