The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-16
BELGIAN REFUGEES
WRITE TO COLUMB|ANS
Professors Wife Thanks Mrs.
ScOggin and Helpers
for Garments.
CHILD WRITES TOO
Circle Has Been Sewing for
Belgians for 3 Years
Workers Needed.

nue.. who has been sewing for b,
gian refugee children since the Sc
Ond year of the war. has received t
following letters from recipients
garments she and her circle sent.
Mende, October 10. 1918
Dear Madam:
Yesterday | received a pretty
night shirt made by you with a
very pleasant letter from you.
Thank you, dear madam, l have
three little girls, six. five and
three years old. We have been
forced out since the eighth of Sep
tember 1914, for my husband who
was a professor, is a native of Al
SAGE. He has been in the service
for the past two years and put on
special duty as a member of the
department of education. He is
general supervisor to the College
of Mende. This situation is not
equal to that of professor from
the point of view of salary, but
after four years of this we have
become slightly habituated to all
sorts of privations.
With the help of our good Amer
lean friends our courage has come
back and | believe that complete
victory is not far distant. An
American Army is, as it happens,
in our territory toward Nancy,
our town from which we were
exiled and far away.
Mende is a very small town lost
in the mountains toward the south
of France and it gets very, very
cold there. Since you have been
so kind, | am going to ask you
to send me, if you can, one or
two pairs of wooden slippers for
six and five year olds. cannot
find any here, or very little wool
so that | could knit them, for |
work a great deal. / am the one
who is doing everything for our
little girls. If you have another
nightgown l should be very happy
to receive it and a flannel vest for
my husband. Here they are too
dear for us. (He is very tall, size
l meter)
Please, dear madam, tell all
your friends how thankful | am
for all the gifts which they are
making with such generosity for
us all, poor exiles. The Ameri-
can Red Cross is so great assist
ance and thanks to it, | have been
able to obtain for myself at rea-
sOnable prices the necessities of
life. Once again many thanks, my
dear madam, and l shall be happy
to receive a letter from you. Be-
lieve in my sincere gratitude,
Your PrOtegee,
Gabrielle Zimmerman.
The letter from her daughter is as
flows:
Dear Madam:
Thank you for the nightgown
which l received yesterday with
your kind letter. Unfortunately
the pretty doll was not there
which | am sorry for because |
love dolls so much. | have two
little sisters. | am six years old,
Suzi is five years and Andree is
three years old. | have been 60
ing to school since October with
Suzi and we are very happy.
Receive a big kiss from your
little friend, JEANNE.
Mrs. Scoggin, in sending garments
the Belgian children, has sent notes
Ong with them asking that the reci-
ent write her and tell what they
eded. These letters are the first
e has received. In nearly every
ckage Mrs. ScOggin has added some
Y or other that would be enjoyed
the children. In this one she
t a doll, but evidently it was TAX
out for the little girls says she
not receive it.
Christmas box will be sent to this
nily and in it will be thee night
WINS, stockings, slippers, remnants
wool goods for the vest which the |
sband needs, two dolls and yarn so
It the mother may knit things her
+.
Yrs. Soggin says more women are
eded to help sew for the Belgian
ldren. At present there are only
zee sewing regularly each Tuesday.
ey are Mrs. F. L. Martin, Mrs. H.
Almstedt, and Mrs. Scoggin. The
'ments made by the circle are sent
ough the Society of Protection OF Il
Children of the Frontier. This
iety, according to Mrs. ScOggin.
very friendly with the Red. Cross
they often exchange garments
help each other in various ways.