Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-26

GLADLY HEEDED
BY HARRISBURG
SECOND Bundle of Clothing
Is Sent to Headquarters
From Executive Mansion

Harrisburg has been so generous
in gifts of clothing for the Belgians
that the three rooms at Fourth and
Market streets contributed by the
United Cigar Stores Company
through the efforts of Samuel Fried
man, have been filled. Through the
courtesy of William Strouse, large
storeroom at 2S South Fourth street
has been opened for the use of the
committee and Charles Adler has
offered the rooms at 504 Market
street. It is believed the influx of
clothing will be so great that these
rooms will also be filled.
Volunteers Called For
An appeal for immediate aid by
volunteer workers was sounded this
morning by Mrs. w. G. Gipple, re-
ceiving chairman of the campaign.
I'VE need women and men to as.
sist in sorting, in packing, in nail
ing boxes and preparing them for
shipment" The rooms will be kept
open until a late hour tonight while
the workers are busy preparing the
garments for shipment to the needy
Belgians.
Dives. Pomeroy and Stewart. Bow
mans, Kaufman's, the New Store of
William Strouse, Doutrichs and the
other big stores of the city came
to the aid of the workers with
dozens of packing boxes which will
be quickly filed. Incidentally more
boxes are urgently needed.
Mrs. Martin G. Brumbaugh, wife
of Pennsylvania Governor, brought
a second bundle of clothing to the
headquarters this morning. Sew
en- ta1 4,.il .ft
also received
Man Who Slurs Escapes
When a man walked by the head
quarters this morning, slurring the
workers and saying that he'd like
to check up the goods now and
check it up again when it got to
Belgium" AL. K. Thomas boarded
his automobile and rushed to cap
ture the man. The offender es-
capped but police are on the lookout
for him A big truck on it's rounds
of collecting, broke down and Mr.
Thomas commandeered his big Pack
ard, driving it himself. He made a
number of trips coming back with
huge loads of clothing
Actress Volunteers Services
Miss Florence Timponi, who is ap-
pearing at the Majestic theater the
last half of the week, is engaged in
the collection of canes and old leath-
er for the boys in the service. When
she arrived in Harrisburg this aft
ernoon and learned of the clothing
campaign she volunteered her serv-
ices. At every performance she gives
at the Majestic, Miss Tim'poni will
make a straight-from- the shoulder
appeal for clothing. She will work
with the Red Cross women and on
Saturday morning will sing for the
cause
Women who usually help in sew
ing soldiers uniforms Fridays. at the
Red Cross headquarters are request
ed to volunteer for service at the
campaign headquarters. The job of
asserting the clothing is immense
and 1t is important, officials say. that
the garments be sent overseas just as
quickly as is possible. In order to do
this it will be necessary to secure
dozens of workers for service.
Collectors Busy All Day
Motor Messengers and big motor
trucks, assisted by private touring
cars, were kept busy all day under
the efficient direction of Mrs. Will
ham Strouse, collection chairman.
Bell tepehone 1884 at Red Cross
headquarters tangled a persistent
series of calls for collectors and
messenger boys scurried in with
bundles from homes throughout the
city.
II is impossible to estimate the
amount of clothing already received
but it is believed that the city has
reached the halfway mark on the
way to a twenty-ton goal.