The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-23
CLOTHING is CRYING
NEED OF ALL RUSSIA;
CONTRIBUTIONS SOUGHT

Friends meetings of Richmond are
arranging to send shipment of new
and used clothing TO Russia. Any
citizen of Richmond wishing to make
4 contribution may have his package
called by for telephoning L. C. laval.
607 Main street On Thursday and
Friday clothing may be left at the fol-
lowing places: l. c. laval. COZ Main
street: East Main Street Friends
church. Fifteenth and Main streets;
Mrs. Ebert Vickery, I'll West Main
street.
Even a small bundle of clothing may
be the means of saving a life. A
touching incident is reported by one
of the Quaker relief workers in Rus
STA. Among the clothing shipped from
America to the famine zone this work
er found two little gray dresses which
bore the following note:
These two little dresses were worn
by two sisters who lived 20 years ago
in America They were twins, and
they both died when they we're quite
young Their mother kept the dresses,
and just before she died she put them
in a trunk with a note to her son to
give them to two little girls some
where who sometime should be great
~ In need of clothes"
Kept Long Time
The clothes had been kept long
time in the trunk. Then someone
possibly the son, or the sons SON
found them and sent them to the
American Friends Service committee
of 90 South Twelfth street, Philadel-
phia. Pa, to be forwarded TO Russia.
The relief worker who writes of the
incident had the satisfaction of see
ing them worn by two little Russian
girls whose parents starved during the
famine last winter.
The Quaker relief organization has
recently received from it's workers in
Russia the following statement re
garding clothing needs.
THE whole population is INSULT
GENTLY clad even for the summer. The
harvest will not enable them to pur
chase any new clothes. The winter
needs will be great and thousands will
either be forced to stay inside the
whole winter or be frozen whenever
they go out We must do all we can
to get clothes without delay
Busy Raising Food
The clothing shortage is due TO the
fact that during the famine every eff
fort has been concentrated on produc
ing food There has been no oppor-
tunity to plant flax and most of the
sheep have been eaten, so that there is
practically no raw material from
which TO manufacture cloth. Further
more. many of the peasants have had
TO sell their best clothing in order to
secure food. What remains to them
is gradually being reduced to rags
During the worst period of the famine
last winter many of the children who
should have been fed were unable TO
come to the relief feeding stations
because they possessed no clothes.
in an effort TO relieve these condi
.tions the American Friends Service
committee in connection with its other
emergency relief work, is appealing
for funds with which to buy clothes
and clothing materials. and is asking
for contributions of sheets. blankets
and comfortables for use in the chill
dren's homes and hospitals for bolts
of uncut material, for thread and
needles for the use of sewing groups
in Russia; and for all serviceable
secondhand clothing which contains
at least six months wear. 1t is re
quested that donors of second hand
clothing clean and mend the latter
before sending it.