Connecticut western news., 1918-03-21
RED CROSS DRIVE TO
SECURE WORN CLOTHING
Will Collect 5000 Tons Of Useless and
Worn Clothing This Week for,
Relief of Belgians.

keep up Canaan's reputation" Is
the slogan adopted by the Red Cross in
the drive this week to secure useless
and worn clothing with which to clothe
the Ieople of Belgium, who have and
are suffering terribly from the want of
sufficient clothing. --.t4 - ~e- N
The Commission for Relief in Bel
GUM, in connection with it's relief
work III occupied territory of France
and Belgium, has asked the Red Gross
20 collect for it certain amount
more than five thousand tons at the
least of selected used and surplus
clothing throughout the UEited Slater.
The Red Gross has agreed to do so. In
order that this work may not become
a regular sctivity of the Red Cross, or
be considered precedent for a contir-
ual collection of such articles, the
week of March 18th to March 25th
only will be devoted to this purpose.
The following is an extract OF the
appeal made TO the members of the
Red Cross Oil benaIf of the Commission
for Relief in Belgium:
You spare clothing for the suffering
people of Belgium and Northern
France under the occupation of the
enemy.
These Allies of ours behind the Ger
man lines-the rich as we'll as t. poo.
with their native stocks of raw ma
terials long since exhausted and no
commercial imports since the first de-
VISITATION Of their country need-and
need promptly-this relief in their
restitution. The quantity Of raw ma.
terials which we have been permitted
to import for manufacture into cloth.
ing in these parts of Belgium and
Fracne has never been sufficient. Even
the we'll to do are short Of necessities;
the poor are IN dire need.
As the world is short of SO many
things it is short of clothing, and of
raw materials. We cannot purchase
what is needed; we must put our spare
garments to the service of the world
a measure of pure economies, conser-
walton and patriotism.
One. third of every shipment will go
to the people of the North of France,
down close behind the German lines;
two thirds will go to Belgium.
The Commission for Relief has the
ships-you have the clothing. In these
vessels carrying cargoes of grain and
other foodstuffs to the Belgians and
the French in the territory occupied
by the Germans there is room for all
the clothing you can give. The Com
mission for Belgium has safe conduct
passes for its ships, and the absolute
assurance though its own representa-
tives in Brussels that the clothing will
be delivered only to those for whom it
is intended.
Before the exhaustion of native sup
plies prospective mothers were given
layettes-little bundles containing all
the warm, clean garments and va ious
supplies so necessary to the babies
with which to clothe and provide for
the new arrivals into the world. OF
late, these women have been turned
away by the thousands from the empty
storehouses of the committees, and
their newborn babies are swaddled IN
rags. Light warm canton flannel ano
other kinds of cloth are needed from
which to make these things On your
generosity alone rests the responsible.
ity for these young lives.
All contributions of clothing for the
Commission of Relief may be left at
the basement of the Methodist church
on Thursday and Friday afternoon
from 2 to 8.