The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18
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80 thC1I HdtlNc StochS u ID" md {
terial3 long since exhausted, and no {
commercial imports since the first dew
astation of their country need-and
need promptly relief in their des-
tuition. The quantity of raw ma
ter1als which we have been permitted
TO import for manufacture into cloth
ing III these parts of Belgium and
France has never been sufficient. Even
the well-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, of raw
materials. We cannot purchase what
IS needed; we must put our spare gar
ments TO the service of the world,-a |
measure of pure economies, conserya-
lion, and patriotism.
One-third Of every shipment will go
70 the people of the north of France,
nlose behind the German lines; two
thirds will go to Belgium
The commission for relief has the
ships-vou 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 vou can give. The commission
for relief has safe conduct pass for its
ships, and the absolute assurance
through its own representatives. in
| Brussels that the clothing will be de-
ivered only to those for whom it is
intended. The Germans have never at
any time seized the personal apparel
Of individuals
Before the exhaustion of native sup
plies prospective mothers were given
avettes-little lunches containing all
the warm clean garments and various
supplies so necessary to the babies
it'll which to clothe and provide for
he new arrivals into the world. OF
late. these women have been turned
away by the thousands from the empty
; +crnhouses of the committees, and
their newborn babies are swaddled in
-ags. Light warm canton flannel and
thor kinds Of cloth arc needed, from
which to make these things. On your
enerosit5 alone rests the responsible
;ty fer these young lives.
Last year in Belgium one paid s. TO
have a pair of Shoes rcsoled The com
: mission for relief was soling them with
( sections of discarded material stamped
out to fit the various sizes; tens OF
I thousands of pairs of these cut-soles
+ we're thus produced. We must have
shoes, and we must have scrap leather
r with which to repair those you give
+ and the other shoes now being worl
q over there.
i It is useless TO send a garment which
t IS not made of the strongest and mos
n durable materials, as the clothes ar
= subjected to the hardest kind of use
r Bat this does not mean that all gar
/ ments must be in perfect repair. Their
are upwards of hundred thousan'
women in Belgium and northern Franc
who will DO anything for 4 little work
and who were modified and traine'
into a maryelouslv efficient organiza
IS ton for the making OF new clothing
while there we're still raw materials
or the rcpaising, ripping up and re
: making Of old clothing.
:, These women are happicst when a
II work, having less time to dwell upo
- their misery and they look forwar
" with dread TO the dag when, their ms
terial exhausted and the garments iii
ished, they must lay down their wor
and await their turn to receive tn
next supplies.
As TO the bedding: In the north c
e France sacks stuffed with dry leave
" serve as mattresses; everywhere tn
lu need for blankets is tremendous; hos
It, pitfalls ard other institutions suffer fc
Oh want of sheets. DO not forget that |
40 some places whole families sleep Il
gether to share single blanket.
- While the Rcd Cross il caring *
?, the HELPLESS and the destitute IRENE
n and Belgians behind the allied armie
b the commission for relief Is caring II
h the helpless and tho destitute Frene
III ee3 Raloians Gin there behind tt
r. German lines.
The cry for clothing comes from Il
II commission for relief. The clothin
"a to be sorted and packed, must 90
81 the warehouses of the commisslo
b From there il goes to the docks al
n thence by slip to Rotterdam.
~ Four or FIVE times a month gener
n largo vessels will take hundreds
q IONS of this clothing; every week t
E Grain ships will carry as much more,
n To meet the situation, and the o
m nortunitv. the week of March IS
M should see not less than 5000 tons
4 clothing collected and on its way
81 the commission warehouses.
81 Garment Needed
Mems wear-Shirts preferably
n light colored fannels), undorshirts, |
G 4erdrawers, trousers, coats, work-su
b (overalls1, suits g piece, shoes, ov'
n coats, jerseys, gweatervests, socks, sii
n l0h and II.
B Women 5 wear-Shirts, drawe
+ u co~set-8 slips, pettieoats, blouses, ski
q overcoats. suits q piece. plnafor
h shoes, cloth hats knitted caps, sto
b mos (sizes and 81, shawls.
n Rovs' Shirts, union suits,
dcrshirts, trousers, coats, suits, she
vereoats, jerseys socks (sizes to
Girls wear-Dresses, skirts, on
coats, niehtdresses, drawers, stockll
! to g.. undergarments, pettlco;
81 suits g piece, hlouses, shoes.
Bows and Girls wear.-Hoo