Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
DOES BIT IN WAR

about 29,500 articles were pre-
pared and sent to enlisted men and
war refugees by the comforts for
warding committee, conducted by the
Christian Scientists of the Boston
district and located at 32S Baylston
ST., Boston, during the first three
months of the committees work.
Among the goods forwarded were &c.
600 knitted articles and comfort kits,
$500 articles of new clothing for
French, Italian, Belgian and Serbian
refugee children, and about 5000 Sc
lected secondhand or re-made ar
ticles of clothing.
One American ship has been sup
piled with enough knitted goods, to-
taling $500 pieces, to equip all the
sailors on board. A large number of
the knitted garments and other COM
forts have been turned over to the diff
ferent war relief associations in Bos-
ton, which are in direct communica-
tiOn with the people of their respec-
tive countries, notably the British,
French, Italian and Belgian associa-
tions. Some of the recruits from
Boston for the British and Canadian
forces were supplied with knitting
articles before they left home.
Use New System.
A feature of the comforts forward
ing committees work which has
brought splendid results is the unit
system" of preparing new garments
for refugee children. Ten of the COM
mittee were first instructed in the
making of model garment, each of
the ten instructed ten others and the
latter became captains of teams of ten
others whom they in turn instructed.
Two groups of team captains meet
at the committees rooms every day
to receive instructions and material
for use by themselves and the mem
bers of their respective teams, who
work at leisure moments at home.
Thus LILO sewers are banded together
for this particular part of the COM
mittee's program and they are turn
ing out an average of over 1000 gar
ments a week. In this work they
have been greatly assisted by one of
the patriotic manufacturing COM
panies of Boston, which offered and
has undertaken to do al the cutting
required.
Before beginning to sew for the re-
fugees of any country, the committee
ascertained not only what articles
were needed, but also the form and
| material desired, so far as was pos
sible.
Styles Differ Greatly.
1t was learned, for instance, that so
common an article of general use as
| a inflow caGn WAS in one country for
| which the teams were sewing, very
unlike the pillow case of the American
home. For knitters, wool is sold over
the counter, instructions are given,
and the finished garment is, returned
to the committees headquarters when
ready. In addition, there are four
knitting machines in operation, on
each of which it is possible to knit a
pair of socks in twenty minutes.
Much praise is given to the comforts
| forwarding committee of the Christian
| Scientists by persons associated with
other war relief organizations, for the
high quality of the articles produced
and the systematic manner by their
production Nearly 500 such COM
mittees are conducted by Christian
| Scientists throughout the United
States
The Christian Scientists of Wausau
are also assisting in relief work in
the way of Red Cross work, knitting,
donating money, etc. Much is being
accomplished by the Christian Scien-
fists of our country for the soldiers
and sailors and the needy people of
the warning districts.