Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-23
CLOTHING FOR VICTIMS
OF THE WAR ABROAD
Interesting and Practical Work
Conducted by the Society
OF Friends.

| Ever since the war the work of clothinf
the people in regions devastated by ths
liuns, and the work Of rebuilding the il
| homes, aud providing the stricken people
| with the whernwithal by which they car
| begin life again, has been taken up and
| carried on quietly by Friends Of both
| branches. In fact the work has grown go
| that Friends IN America propose to spend
| half a million dollars annually on recon
| striIction work, most Of IL in France and
| belgium, and now they are sending about
81 men over every month to engage in this
work
Women Friends havn been gathering
weekly Ia sew and knit for these people
and have done "A vast amount of work to-
ward clothing the French and Bclgians.
Russians and Serbians Until this country
entered the war, the things were given 10
the Enelish Friends for distribution, and
now they eo to the American Red Cross,
which has practically turned over feeon-
struction work in France 10 The Friends
At Fourth and West streets, women
members meet Thursday and Friday
afternoons IN sew, and at Tenth and
Harrison streets they meet Thursday
mornings. Any women who care to 90
there 30 sew are most welcome Materials
sewing machine and all other convenience.
right ~ hand
At Fourth and West they average
about 81 garments per month, and
sincr the first Of November. they have
sent in all 2i6 garments and quilts, all
hand made Patterns arc provided by the
central committee in Philadelphia, and
the clothes are made "a conform as much
as possible with the prevailing styles
particularly IN Russia and Serbia. where
il ia quito difficult 70 get the people 10 try
any other style of garment Some Of fhe
clothes are queer 10 American eyes.
there nu doubt about Il
Fancy an American man clothed in q
bulky. nnhleached muslin shirt with very
wide. long sleeves. and turkey red bands
about the neck fet that is what they
want. and they got IT, There was re-
ulest for red and green hlar stitching by
way of ornament. but tho workers baked
on that. because il took too much time
Tho women like kind of shirtwaist
ycry full too, eewed onto full petticoat
nf unhleached muslin, and over this they
wear a full skirt of material like the shirt
WAIST This ecerne 10 he their favorite
fashion. and although # doesn't appeal
- American women. = ls comfortable and
durable and that Is very well indeed The
rhldren's clothes are more attractive.
little flannel frocks for The
girls. With always a pocket on the front,
and q handkerchief IN the pocket And
the hova' jackets and trousers are good
looking too Perhaps the American clothes
viii put different ideas of dress into the
rhldreu's minds and they may depart
from ths,se affected by their parents
In addition to what was mentioned rs
going from Fourth and West. there viii be
another shipment, next week. ~ three
dozen garments The workers there have
two chsirunn. Mrs Tesse w Phillips
and Mrs Robert : Miller. with Mrs
franklin TAYLOR as treasurer They arc
indebted to the Female Benevolet 80
elety for a contribution of si00 for the
work and ~ individuals for the re-
mainder
The Benevolent Society gave $50 tn
ward the Tenth and Harrison street meet
Ing's work. and other than these their fund
arc from individuals They are now
knitting on sweaters. helmets and stock
inga for the men doing reconstruction
work IN France. and they have KNIT for
the tuberculosis hospitals IN France, and
for the refugee children Their clothing
too IL made for men. women and children
IN the devastated districts. and IN addi-
ton lb lavettea were gwen 10 Associated
{ harities for home relief Mrs George 4.
Rboads and Mrs Franklin Taylor have
charge ~ the sewing there, and Miss
Lydia ~nppeo is chairman of knitting