Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-04-15
RED CROSS WORK
ROOM TO Be REOPENE:D
Call for Clothing for Children in
Europe to Be Answered by
Greatest Mother"

III overseas, the KeQ cross lOCa
are to be reopened il
Richmond just as soon as a suit
/ able place can be secured. Mrs
! w. H. Order, chairman of the To-
cal chapter, has received an ur-
| gent letter asking that something
be done for the children of Ell
rope who are suffering for the
bare necessities of clothing as
well as food. The Lake Division
| News says this of the call that
has been made:
The Greatest Mother on
Earth" always responsive to the
appeals of her suffering children,
has heard the cry for clothing
which has gone up from the hun
dreds of thousands of little ones
lin Central Europe who are walk
ling barefoot and clad only in the
lmeager rags or newspapers.
! AS this issue of the News goes
to press letters are being sent
out from Lake Division headquar
tiers modifying chapter workers
in a great sewing circle to pro-
vide garments for the destitute
children abroad.
This renewal of production will
take place in common with SINH
lar steps by other divisions of the
Red Cross, the duty which Our or
ganization bears toward the great
body OF helpless children across
the seas clearly recognized.
Every mail brings renewed re-
quests from the Commission of
Europe for clothing for the chill |
dren served by the Child Welfare
Units" w. Frank Persons, vice
chairman in Charge of Domestic
Operations, wrote in urging upon .
Lake Division the vital import {
ance of organizing for the relief
of the desperate needs abroad,
With materials furnished by the
Red Cross native women of the
destitute countries of Central Eu-
rope today are at work in an at
tempt to meet the distress among
their children, but their efforts
are in no wise sufficient to solve
the problem. The Red Cross,
therefore, is putting squarely up
to its members throughout the
country whether or not chapters
shall undertake a production pro-
gram. In" face Of the appalling
overseas it is confident
ly expected chapters will at once
pledge their support and services
towards fulfilling the obligation
which every representative of the
Red Cross who has come in
contact with the tragedy of child
life in Europe feels so keenly.
The letters received by Mrs.
Irider which tells what is urgent
y needed is as follows:
Cleveland, Ohio, April II, 1921.
Red Cross, Madison
County Chapter, Richmond, Ky.
Mrs. w. H. Grider,
Chairman. =:
My Dear Mrs. Grider: An ur-
gent call has come from overseas
or children's garments.
Miss Clara Moves and Mr.. Err +;
lest Bicknell, who have just re-
urned from Europe, bring to ]
America word of the acute suffer
ng among the children, thousands
If whom, born in war time and !
many Of them orphans, have only {:
he most meager rags or news I
'apers to protect their gaunt lit {!
lie bodies; never having known a !!
hoe or decent article of clothingA {
A conservative estimate of the !
resent calendar year of clothing I
eeded for the children who will {
e reached by the personnel OF /
he Child Welfare Units, new es-
ablished and to be established by }
he American Red Cross is as fol- {
OWs: !
$4,000 babies to be provided +
nth layettes. I
$4,000 children, l to 5 years, to !
e provided with dresses, petit +.
oats, undershirts, and night :,
owns. W
125,00o girls, 5 to IA years, pet y
lcoats, dresses, chemises, bloom p;
RS and nightgowns.
$4,000 boys, 5 to IA years, I'M
blouse suits and under
&
The chapters in the Lake Di- y
iSion have been asked to contri- n
ute 100000 garments and $4,000 q
lyettes to meet this demand.
Mrs. w. H. Order was the Di-
ector of Production in your