Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-02-05
Asks clean, disable Clothes For
Needy.
Miss Willie Green Day.

| Rockville, Maryland.
My dear Miss Day:-The MONTGOMERY
County Federation of Women's Clubs always
want to cooperate with the League in every
possible way to increase efficiency, lessen
work and help coordination. So, will you
please tell me just what the Home Welfare
Department considers disable clothes and
the condition they should be in to make
them really useful without work from your
department. tb.
feel. If we actually are told in definite
words, we may help you considerably by
elimination before sending.
Sincerely.
MRS. EDITH G. WHALEN,
President M. C. F. W. C.
Mrs. B. Peyton Whalen,
President M. C. F. W.C.,
Bethesda, Maryland.
My dear Mrs. Whalen Miss Day, the
Executive Secretary of the League, has
handed me your letter relative to the new
policy concerning old Clothes.
After mature consideration extending
over some months. the Home Welfare
Committee. of which am chairman, rec.
commended TO the Executive Committee of
the Social Service League that In the future
we ask for clothes that are clean and use
able"
l think everyone knows what clean
NI0fhac" I Al fotu
amples of what "clean clothes" are not
dirty Bingham dresses. worn underclothes
and stockings. mems shirts unlaundered.
Such are the things that your Home Wei
fare Committee feels it is no longer called
upon to handle and either burn or have
washed at the personal expense of some
committee member.
Wool and silk dresses that are not clean.
but are practicable to give out to the clients.
we will gladly take and have cleaned. We
do not want the silk dresses that are in
shreds. or minus half the skirt. or have no
back. or Of any other of the distressing
conditions in which some of the things
have come in. AS you can see they are
absolutely useless to US as to the donors !;
and we who are volunteer workers must
handle these things as well as the useable
things. 1t is likewise waste of time for
either the worker to call for such things
or for some person to take the time to bring
them to Rockville.
What we want is clothing that children
can wear to school. faded but good bingham
dresses. boys shirts aud trousers are most
acceptable. also used underclothing and
shoes. All we are asking. really, is that
the person cleaning her attic Twill look over
the things she sends and give only that
which is useable. We have an unlimited
need for all ages of school chiIdren's clothes,
and think everyone knows what children
can wear. Of course. we need the less
good clothes. the faded things have spoken
of, but we do want, the garments to be
whole No boys or mems shirts that are
positively SHREDDED. We need mems suits
and overcoats and underclothing. and COM
plete outfttings for women. but do not
need satin or chiffon evening dresses. nor
can we use hish-heeled slippers. satin or
kid. My suggestion would be that CON-
munity pool its things, picking out the
clothing that the League can put to imme-
date use, and of the remainder hold rum
mage sale and turn the proceeds over to
the Home Welfare Committee to buy mate
rails from which we have substantial school
clothes made. or else buy boys pants. ETC.,
that we cannot have made.
do not want any one to get the idea
that the Social Service League does not
want or appreciate the clothes that are
seLt in. We could not function as we do
without this marvellous contribution. but
am asking that each donor go over her
bundle and send US the things we can use.
II she is in doubt and will call the office,
am sure that some member of my COM
mittee will be only too glad to 60 over any
suspects" with her.
When tell you that the League is now
clothing $50 children month in addition
to the So wards who are our entire respon-
sibility. and also the children who are
members of the families under care, you
will see that our demand is always in
excess of our supply, and we really need
many things. shoes are always very neces-
sary, but clothes that will let the children
90 back to school fill just as needed place.
1t might be interesting to you to know
that it is only about one-quarter of the
cases that need this material help. but
how they need it
Trusting have answered your inquiry and
thanking you and those whom you repre-
sent for your always unfailine support in
the work of the league, am
Cordially yours,
ESTELLE 7. MOORE, JR.