The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-08

OF knitted articles, surgical shirts.
| pajama suits. pillows and pillow cases,
! having a value of >$2,700. Another
| com mittee of the association made
and shipped 1918 pillows and more
! than $500 pillow cases, valued at
{ $4,000, still another used up nearly
| $4,000 yards of material in making
upwards Of ten thousand garments.
such as surgical shirts. pajamas and
bed jackets. valued at something in
excess OF $1,000; and still another
furnished 1,52S knitted articles, such
as socks, sweaters, wrIStlets, etc,
valued at something over $4,000.
one committee was engaged in col
fectbIg and forwarding second hand
garments which were in condition to
be useful for refugees in the war zone.
and in the year there were. collected
and forwarded 7.340 such garments.
This association has what is called a
British branch, and although most of
the former British residents have been
called to the colors. this section maue
and forwarded during The year I3,4oe
articles, such as surgical dressings.
knitted articles, pajama suits, pillows
etc Since this association was or
ganized it has shipped to the war
stricken zones more IMAM eoo'"oV
articles.
In the campaign for the war WORK
of the Y. N. c. A. Richmond was
asked for 100000 and subscribed
$4,000, which went into the total
fund being spent in the work conduct
ed in the Y. NJ C. A. huts in the war
zones
The Y. w. c. A raised a fund of
$4,000 in the city, which was con-
tributed towards the building and
equipping of the hostess house at
Camp Lee.
The Army and Navy club operated
by tthe Richmond war camp commu-
nifty service maintains club rooms at
the corner of Seventh and Franklin
streets, and since its organization last
Dece m Der it has entertained an aver
age of 5000 men a week By cooper
alton with the Virginia Boat club and
the Red Cross an average of about loo
week were entertained at the poat
club during June. July and august,
being furnished bathing suits without
cost During the winter and early
spring this organization organized anu
conducted what were known as the
Sunday sings, which consisted or mu-
sical program and patriotic addresses
These entertainments ran for eighteen
weeks with average audiences OF about
~
sicians club and other entertainers an
average of from three TO SIX groups OF
entertainers have been sent to Camp
Lee each week for the past SIX
months. giving entertainments In the
Y NJ c. A. hut. the average attend
ance at these entertainments being
placed at approx fmately 1000. Enter
tainments have also been provided
each week to the members of the
training detachment at the fair
grounds The womans auxiliary OF
this organization visits all patients al
the base hospital at Camp Lee con-
stantly carrying dainties. books, mag
azines and games. Thousands OF WIS.,
ting men have been sent to private
homes in Richmond for Sunday din
ners through the fundamentally Of
this club, and on last Christmas day
there were invitations to more than
= 900 men, the invitations running 10
from one to one hundred men for
Christmas dinner
The Soldiers. Sailors and Marines
club. conducted BY the Brotherhood OF
81, Andrew, is said TO be the first club
in the United States organized for the
entertainment of privates only of the
army. navy and marine corps. II Is
entirely undenominational in its hosp!r
-tatttv and it's card of Introduction is
the uniform of a private, FURNISHES
games of ali kinds. stationery, beds,
baths. barber and bootnlack services
at nominal charges. Cigarettes ana
matches are free to their guests. the
authors of this work visit all sick pri-