Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-23
TO APPEAL FOR CLOTHING
 FOR NEAR EAST CHILDREN


 mittee which has been very active in se- curing contributions and clothing for the relief of the suffering, starving thousands | in the near east issues through | its chairman. Miss Louise c. Howe l an urgent appeal for children's clothing. Miss Howe said Wednesday evening that the Hugh Osgood Memorial Parish House will be open Tuesday. We'd nesday and Thursday of next week to re- -ceive contributions of clothing for the unfortunate children. Of Armenia.
 Notwithstanding the fact that 800 pounds of. clothing were gathered togeth- CT in Norwich and. sent to the Near East in July there Is still need for more con- tributions of this kind.
 In an appeal to the local committee received Wednesday from Mrs. P. H McDonough, state director, Mrs. McDon- ough says:
 k In, view, of the fact that you rank next to. Hartford in contributions of clothing, it seems too bad that we must again call from the generosity of the people. but in. accordance with the S.. O. s. call from Constantinople T must needs request an- other effort towards securing a large con- signment of clothing before October 18th To date Norwich has to her credit BOA pounds which on the estimate of 50 cents per pound (there being no way of know ing how much new material you had) amounts to $402 to apply on this years quota.
 The S. 0. S. can received by Miss Howe is as follows:
 The state director has just received a csblegram from the general secretary of the Near East Relief, Charles V. Wick rey. who is now in the Near East mak- ing general survey of existing condi- uons. The cablegram reads q follows: Constantinonie Sent ' 1nan Need for old clothes in Caucasus sim ply indescribabie. Quality needed unlim-
 ited If necessary, issue new call. 'VICKREY."
 In view of this urgent plea we must l again ask that every effort be made to
 secure warm clothing before October 18th. 1 which is the very latest date clothing l can be sent to be of use this winter. l People throughout the state have been | exceedingly generous in donations of | clothing; at the same time Connecticut
 has never refused an appeal from Ar
 menia and she will not do so now. | We have peace and plenty. We cannot | appreciate the gift of either unless ou;
 of our bounty We give to those who lack
 If you cannot afford to adopt one of the 100, GOO orphan children in the Near Eas-
 oy sending q small sum every montl
 70 the Near East Relief, you can afford
 to donate your old clothing to help keeI | this army of orphans from freezing U l death next winter.
 They come 10 us" says worker 1T l the Neast East. these hungry. ragged | refugees in Armenia. some in rags anC
 some in tags but there are no gowns a
 all, in fact-nothing that elings to then
 could by any chance be called q gar 'nent."
 Mrs. Edith B. Hoffman. formerly of tn
 American Red Cross. now with the Nes East Relief. says: Last spring childrel
 came to us faster than we could care fo 3 nhem. We began wilh50 we soon ha ! l4O0 They came to us pitiful piles o : rags and bones. dying. and we saw ther
 vas no use trying but We tried and the
 live. You can't hear the wall of q chil , that always ends in mamma and tur
 away from It."
 Refugees are constantly arriving at th l relief centers in the Near East in tn Inerest shred of flth-open to the doubi danger of disease from exposure and dir l Nothing that America has to give tbes = people is too out of style or too unlovel
 10 use, providing only that the garment V iient be warm.
 . Miles of children have plodded throug P snow to their waists. in zero weather t 10 reach the city and inc haven. of ih S Near East Relief orphanage where var r clothing would = given them. Alexar a dropol more than 5000 feet above SC e level is cold even in summer. Many < a the children who set out to reach if. nevs IF :rrive-they die of exposure, in the 8. Q fere winter, on the way 1t Thousands will have no other cloth. e for the winter save those which are no
 being collected by the Near East Relic n The greatest need of all. children ar Q i.rown-ups alike. is clothes-any sort a clothes that will wNrm a naked hums l. being; old clothes worn clothes. patchs ,f and darned. unIovely clothes-but warr l. Near East Relief is collecting them no- It When men and women and children a r. dying of exposure in a frigid clima l. the most diespised. out-of-date, ungracef Id garment is priceless 10 them-it becom
 inc deciding factor in a chance 10 liy le Any clothes-old clothes, new. clothes s. that American can produce are wanted. 10 wanted now by the Near E%st Relief SC Every garment given now to Near Fla is,l Relief means life for some child. Thou Is ands perished in Armenia last winter h es i cause of the cold. No household is t Id humble-to have a share In this.
 Nothing is too old. too worn. too ia es ed to be of use. single garment m; h. mean the difference between life al h. death Anything that is wearable b ul comes a direct factor in saving humi in life. if it is sent now to the Near Fla le Relief
 ot In the past two years the Norwi
 committee of which Mrs. Clarence ca the Near East for relief work. ]