The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-13
Red Cross Makes Appeal to Public;
Work Conducted by Commission
for Relief of Sufferers
GIFTS NOT HELD
TO NEW GARMENTS
Any Article Not Actually in Use; To Re-
IieVe Situation in Country Held
by Enemy

On behalf of the Commission fol
Relief in Belgium, the Red Cross ap
peals to the public for all spare
clothing for the suffering people OF
Belgium and northern France under
the occupation Of the enemy. The
collection of these garments is not to
be regular activity of the Red
Cross, so the week from March 1S
to March 25 only will be devoted to
this purpose.
Five thousand tons of clothing, a
quantity almost beyond imagination,
Is the minimum amount asked for
and needed to meet the pitiful situa-
tion in the invaded territory. Such
a figure means that it will be neces-
sary for each patriotic citizen to go
through his stock of clothing and
give the garments which are not In
actual use. AS the world is short of
clothing, Of raw materials, what is
needed cannot be purchased and for
every true American to put his
auare garments at the service of the
world is a measure of pure conserva-
tion and patriotism.
The Commission for Relief has the
absolute assurance through its own
1W rcsentatiyes III Brussels that the
clothing win be delivered only to
those for whom it is intended one
third Of every shipment will so to
the people of the north of France
down close behind the German lines,
and the remaining two-thirds will go
to Belgium, These people need re-
lief and need it promptly. The poor
are in dire need and even the we'll
to-do are short OF necessities. Before
prospective mothers were given lay
ettcs. little bundles containing all
the warm, clean garments and yari-
GUS supplies SO necessary to the ba-
MES, with which to clothe and pro-
vide for the new arrivals into the
world. OF late they have been turn
cd away from the empty store rooms
Of the committees and their new
orn babies are swaddled in rags. |,
The responsibility of these young
lives rests on the generosity of the
lmerican people.
Sacks stuffed with dry leaves
serve as mattresses in the north of
Frame; everywhere the need for
blankets is tremendous; hospitals !
and other institutions suffer for want
OF sheets; in some places whole fam
lies sleep together to share a sin !
gle blanket.
Only clothes made of the strong !
est as well as most durable material
are wanted, as they are subjected !
to the hardest kind of use. How
ever, they need not be in perfect re-
pair. A list of the garments needed |
follows:
Mems wear, shirts, preferably of
light colOred flannels, undershirts, /
under-drawers, trousers, coats, over
alls, S-piece suits, shoes, overcoats,
jerseys, sweater-vests, socks, sizes
1OlA and IL.
Women's wear: Shirts, drawers,
corset slips, petticoats, .2-piece suits,
pinafores, shoes, cloth hats, knitted
caps, stockings. shawls.
Boys wear: Shirts, union suits,
undershirts. trousers. coats. suits.
shoes, overcoats, Jerseys, socks.
Girls wear: Dresses, skirts, over
coats, night dresses, drawers, stock
ings, under garments, suits, blouses,
shoes.
Boys and Girls wear: Hooded
capes, pinafores, woolen union suits.
Infants wear: Swanskin swed-
ding clothes, cradle chemises, bod
ices, cradle dresses, bonnets, bibs,
nickerchiefs, diapers, shoes, baby
dresses, hooded cloaks, jackets,
shawls, sweaters, socks.
Miscellaneous: Bed ticks, bed
sheets, pillow cases, blankets. muf-
flere.
Articles not Napted are mems stiff