The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-28
l CHARITY IN
~rALSH HOUSE
RFUL WORK THE WIDOW
ING MAGMTE is DOING
I IN WASHINGTON.
IS THE TOLL HERSELF
Il
Quantities Of Clothing cIeverIy
\ Over and Shipped to the Des-
= Women and Children Of the
n Countries
~ EDWARD 3. CLARK,

hi ~ EO"AnO .. NIAHN.
AingtOn-One of the great resi-.
Of this town of the kind that
call a mansion Is given over
0 charity which stands in
jed In Its field. The over
word unique" applies to the
" nd to the things that are done
Massachusetts, avenue stands
eat brick and stone residence
!. Thomas f. Walsh, widow Of
who made his fortune in the
of the west, beginning work as
fby-day miner in his own behalf.
ris +. Walsh was successful.
he had made his money he came
.ashingtOn to live and here he
the great house in which his
wv is now residing. Set into the
.,IN .adatlon Of the residence is stone
II, udered with gilt. 1t was taken from
/, i aof the mines in which Mr.. Walsh
IL ,ored In his early days.
On the ground floor or the residence
!, re four great rooms. In these rooms
al sery day men and women toll In be-
4 llaN Of the destitute women and chill
!, lten Of all the countries Of Europe.
= LIED or at any time allied with the
! laations which were striving to free
: Inc peoples Of the earth from the
!, laamiuation Of milltarism and autoc.
;: Ivy.
At half past 8 o'clock every morn
" Mrs. Walsh goes to one Of the
.krooms and starts at the labor
love. She works with her own
-ds as hard as any one Of the en-
gees and she keeps steadily at 1t
only an interval for luncheon
7:3O o'clock In the evening.
,thins for Women and Children.
earlier days Mrs. Walsh in the
learned the fine arts Of house
She was her husbands help
In the days Of his struggles az
was his companion and helper In
days Of his success. Today she
utting to q worlds use the &C.
plishments, for they are nothing
that she acquired In the days Of
tuggle.
70 the Walsh residence daily are
mtS by the people of Washington
IDterial Of various kinds and cast-off
G1hing. These are taken, sterilized,
If1ed to pieces and made over into
\ kinds Of wearing apparel for the
een and children of the different
u tries of Europe, due regard being
d q to the clothing customs Of the
h tries and to climatic conditions.
liberation Is also given to the
~ ais which certain colors make to
netwomen and children of different
mtbnalities.
/ he boys and girls Of the destitute
Nelpns of France are sent clothing
K the kind which they wore in the
dan Of prosperity and peace. The
|children of Italy get the clothing OF
those color schemes of which south |
I'M people are so fond. The general
plan Of providing not only what the |
people need but what the people like
y carried out in all shipments sent |
y III countries.
Even . silk Hat Used.
Mn. Walsh once said that there
Was nothing which she could not use.
4 Warrington man overheard this re
uark, and the next day he sent her
. dlk hat, known In the vernaculaf
9 ! plug hat, accompanying the gift .
Nth the message. II think have sent
~ something which you cannot use"
What was the RESULT Inside Of IN /
uf or two Mrs. Walsh with her own
znds had turned the silk hat into q :
|uring bonnet, q chic affair which at.
1octed the attention Of q motoring
IMAM instantly and she bought II
~ $50, the money being used BY !,
M Walsh to purchase material from
Nth garments were to be made for
~ children Of the embattled coun-
IT.. Since the day Of that first silk
~ gift other silk hats have been
- In. and now day by day Mrs. ,
Nash Is turning them, with her own
n1ds still, into automobile bonnets !
- which orders are coming in from !
my Of the big cities Of the East.
mere Is dye pot In the Walsh
eonsion. Into 1t 90 many Of the Z
asments, or strips Of garments, to
ne out changed in their colors. The
Nthern countries Of Europe get most 7
! the bright colors. France and Bel I
nm. especially for school children. j
- to blacks. Mrs. Walsh and her :
spers make vests and coats and :
users and caps and all kinds Of
1zhgs. All Of them look as good AZ a
N and the sewing on all of them Is 4
nearly rip-proof as 1t is possible n
expert needlewomen and expert :,
chine operators and good thread :.
make them. Il
The diplomats In Washington take c
Rrest In the work of the WalAh Ii
use. They are day by day visitors h
q BY their interest they show ths ;,
attitude Of the people of the coun- .
- in whose behalf this daily WORK '
b progress. II
g u estimated that 407 airplanee in
q part IN the German raids on E..