The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-19
Garments Needed


Women's Wear-Skirts, drawers,
corset-slips, petticoats, blouses, shirts
overcoats, suits q piece), pinafOres,
shoes, cloth hats, knitted caps, stock
ings Isles and g..
Boys Wear-Shirts, union suits,
undershirts, trousers, coats, suits,
shoes, overcoats, jerseys, socks (sizes
1 to 81.
Girls Weaknesses, skirts, over
coats, nightdresses, drawers, stock
ings Isles 1 to 81, undergarments,
petticoats, SUITS e pieee), blouses,
shoes.
Boys and Girl's Wear Hooded
capes pinafores, wooden union suits.
Infants Wear-Swan-skin swad-
ding clothes, cradle chemises, bodies,
cradle dresses, sweaters, bonnets,
bibs, nickerchiefs, diapers, shoes,
baby dresses, hooded cloaks, jackets,
shaWls, socks.
Miscellaneous - Bed-ticks, bed
sheets, pillow cases, blankets, mufiers
Wooden goods of any kind Whatso-
ever are acceptable; soft hats and
caps for all ages, and sweaters of any
kind and size.
Mems shirts and pajamas, so worn
or shrunken as no longer to be ser
Yiceable are particularly welcome,
since the material can be utilized for
making children's garments
Do Not Send
Garments of f1imsy material or
gaudy coloring, ball dresses, high
heeled slippers, etc.
Stiff hats, either mems or women's
straw dress or derby.
Anything containing rubber, rain
coats, rubber boots, etc.
Note: Rubber heels can easily be
removed from shoes.
Books, toys, soap, toilet articles.
Notes or communications of any
sort or description must positively
not be sent.
A Hurry up Call for BeIgiums
Here is a chance for the South
western Divisions Chapters to demon
strate their usefulness and efficiency
IN prompt and hearty response.
The destitute Of Belgium and Nor
thern France need your spare cloth
ing.
Back of the German wall that has
hemmed in Belgium and a part of
Northern France, ten million human
beings look to US for clothing as well
as food. We, who are we'll clothed,
can hardly appreciate in what dire
need these people are for lack of ne
cessities- Stocks of clothing and raw
material are long since exhausted.
There are no imports other than those
the Commission for Relief in Belgium
has been permitted to make, and these
never have been sufficient. The world
is now short of both clothing and raw
material, so the Commission can no
! longer purchase what is needed. But
- can give It.
Every household in the land has
some spare clothing, worn or out
grown, of little use here, but desper-
ateIy needed by the destitute there
This extract from letter of a we'll
TODD lady of Brussels shows the con-
ditions exactly.
Perhaps you will laugh when you
hear that 1 wear a cloak made from
my husbands garde civique overcoat.
a waist made from his football shirt,
and skirt made of dyed bed-sheet.
Mother had suit made of the table
cloth. J. and NJ. have cloaks made of
wooden blankets, and S. a dress made
of burlap. But all this is only amusing
in comparison with the wretchedness
of the population. After all, we re-
main calm and confident of victory.
a recent Brussels advertisement
says: 81 will give up to 125 francs
| ($25) for new, or worn bedsheets"
There is an immediate need for every
sort of garment, blankets, sheets and
shoes.
The very wonderful results of the
clothing campaign of last March as
sisted IN helping to meet the demands
but when we realize that there are
ten million inhabitants in the occu-
bpied regions, most of whom must look
70 the outside world for protection
against the rigorS of winter, it is seen
that we cannot send too much. As
| long as the war lasts, Belgium and
occupied France must depend chiefly
on America for aid. To insure the
steady supply of garments which are
so much needed, we appeal again to
the generosity of the American Pub
| lie to give and give largely.
Nurse Aides Announcement
1t has been decided by the War
Council that the Red Cross shall un-
dertake at once the training of a
sufficient number of nurses aids to
meet the demands of the Red Cross
in Europe. They are not intended IN
any way for service in the Military
Hospitals, but to supplement the work
now being carried on abroad in the
care of refugees, infant welfare work
and similar activities conducted IN
der the auspices of the Red Cross.
The division headquarters has been
asked to select hospitals throughout
the Division; these hospitals to be Sc
lected as schools for instructing ap-
plicants for this work. 1t is calculat-
ed that not less than fifty women
should be admitted each month foI
the required period of hospital ex-
perience, making 600 women being
prepared as Nurses Aids each year
in the Division. AS these Aids vii
be used for service abroad under the
auspices Of the Red Cross, largely In
France, they should have a CONVEX
sational knowledge of French. It is
therefore, suggested that as far as
possible a tentative selection of WON
en- in your community be made even
before they begin the course of IN
struction in Home Care of the sick
and that they be urged to review and
perfect their knowledge of French II
order that they may be eligible fol-
admission to the hospitals for the
completion of the course IN Home
Care of the sick.
The committee of nursing activi
ties OF the chapter will be held re
iSDOnSibla for this work IN their chan