The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-09-19
APPEAL FOR CLOTHING
FOR WAR SUFFERERS
Lynden Red Cross Will Collect Gar
ments For Stricken People OF Bel
gium And France

The Lynden Red Cross next weel
will undertake to collect huge ship
ment of clothing to send to the i'm
prisoned people in occupied Franc,
and Belgium. All over the country
the week of September 23 to 80 will
be devoted to this work of clothinf
these sufferers.
In Lynden, garments may be lef
lat the Masonic Hall. or at any of the
stores.
The Lynden Red Cross today ISSUED
the following appeal to the people ot
the district:
Back of the German wall that has
hemmed in Belgium and a part ol
Northern France. ten million human
beings look to us for clothing as well
as food. We, who are clothed. car
hardly appreciate what dire need
these people are for lack of necessi'
ties. Stocks of clothing and raw ma.
lterial are long since exhausted. There
are no imports other than those the
Commission of Relief in Belgium has
been permitted to make. and these
never have been sufficient. The world
is now short of both clothing and
raw material. so the Commission can
no longer purchase what is needed
But you can give 1t.
Every household in the land has
some spare clothing, worn or out
grown, of little use here, but desper-
ately needed by the destitute there.
This extract from a letter OF we'll.
to-do lady of Brussels shows the con-
ditions exactly.
perhaps you will laugh when you
hear that l wear a cloak made from
my husbands garde civique over
coat, a waist made from his football
shirt, and a skirt made of a dyed
bedsheet. Mother had a suit made OF
the table cloth, ]. and M. have cloaks
made of wooden blankets, and S. q
dress made of burlap. But all this
is only amusing in comparison with
the wretchedness of the population
After all we remain calm and conf
dent OF victory"
A recent Brussels advertisement
saws: 81 will give up to 125 francs
($25) for new or worn bedsheets. y
There is an immediate need for ev-
cry sort of garment, blankets. sheets
and shoes.
The wonderful results Of the cloth
ing campaign of last March assisted
in helping to meet the demands, but
when we realize that there are ten
million inhabitants in the occupied
regions, most of whom must look to
the outside world for protection
against the rigors of winter, 1t if
seen that we cannot send too much
As long as the war lasts, Belgium
and occupied France must depend
chiefly on America for aid. To in.
sure the steady supply OF garments
which are SO much needed, we appea
again to the generosity of the Ameri
can public to give and give largely
Every kind of garment, for all ag
es and both sexes, is urgently need
ed. In addition, piece goods, light
warm, canton flannel and other kinds
of cloth from which to make gar
ments for new born babies, ticking
sheeting and blankets, woolen good!
of any kind and shoes OF every siz'
are asked for. Scrap leather is need
ed for repairing footwear.
Since the clothes will be subjected
to the hardest kind of wear. onl.
garments made of strong and dur
able materials should be sent. 1t Il
useless to offer to any afflicted pop
ulation garments of fiimsy materia
or gaudy coloring. Make the gift
practical.
Garments need not be in perfec
condition. A hundred thousand des
titute women in the occupied region
are eager to earn a small livelihood
by repairing gift clothing and max
ing new garments adapted to need
with which they are familiar.
Garments Needed
This list is merely suggestive.
Mems Wear: Shirts (preferabl'
of light colored flannels), under
shirts, underdrawers, trousers, coats
work-suits (oyeralls), suits, shoe
overcoats, jerseys, sweaters, sweat
er-vests, socks.
Women's Wear: Skirts, drawers
eorset-slips, petticoats. blouses, shirt
coats, suits (2 piece), shoes, clot
hats. knitted caps, stockings.
Boys Wear: Shirts, union suits
lundershirts, trousers, coats, snits
shoes, overcoats, jerseys, stockings
socks, sweaters.
Girls Wear: Dresses, skirts, ov
ercoats, nightdresses, drawers. un
dergarments, stockings, petticoa's
suits. blouses, waists. shoes.
Boys and Girls Wear: hoode
cans. pinafores, wooden union suits.
Infants wear: baby blankets. bab
shirts, sweaters, bonnets, bibs, dia