Evening star., 1946-07-17
FOOD FOR OVERSEAS.

fFron1 Mrs. B. r. c.. Washington .
I am wondering if the generous
readers of RICH know about the nom
profit organization C. A R. E. Co.
operative for American Remittances
to Europe, Inc) which undertakes to
ship parcels by air mail to needy
families in Europe. You simply send
your order, together with a check or
money order for SIS made out to
the organization with your name
and address and that of the indi-
Vidual or organization to whom You
wish the package sent. The address
is CARE, so Broad street, New York
4, N. Y" You get a receipt from
CARE, acknowledging your gift. and
later a signed receipt from the per-
son getting the food. Delivery is
guaranteed. or you get your money
back
You may send as many packages
as you wish, at one time or at inter-
vals-hoWever, each one will cost
SIS. If you haven't special friend,
relative or organization in mind,
designate the package for general
distribution" and CARES European
agent will see that it reaches some
one in need.
Fifteen dollars sounds like a lot
of money, but each package is
planned and packed to feed
family of four an extra meal a day
for two weeks-it includes such items
as preserved butter, solid meat,
stews and haShes, cereals, biscuits.
jams and puddings, vegetables,
candy. sugar, cocoa, coffee, evapo-
rated milk. etc Cigarettes and soap
powders are tucked in, too.
I have sent packages to Europe
for some time. in varying ways. but
have found this one of the most
satisfactory of all
REBUTTAL.
From Mrs. F. NJ, Bethesda
am we'll aware that the purpose
of this invaluable page is not to
provide a debating society for its
readers, but 1 should like to rebut
some of the points made by M w,
Alexandra, and Mrs E. M, Airing
ton, in their spirited acceptance
Of my challenge.
Perhaps I can best achieve this
by giving a resume of my own case,
from which my two very gallant
antagonists can then deduCe what
ever is in support or contradiction
Of their own contentious. Here
goes I have no children, but I held
a Job for 10 years to help my huS-
band get our home together. and
I secretly hated every moment of
that Job but it had to be done.
Our house is in what was, 20 years
ago, the country, although now it
is suburban, and for the first
winter out here, We had no plumb
ing and no heat except what log
fire provided and on many cold
evening I came home from the Office
after marketing with my husband,
and prepared ouI dinner in my
winter coat because it was too cold
to take it off. l also pumped water
for light laundry and household
tasks and baths at one of those
prehistoric hand pumps that had to
be draped in a blanket on cold
nights to keep it from freezing
This was an experience for woman
who had never lived in any place
smaller than London and Wash
ington, D. c.
My husband, as may be supposed.
had much to do around the place,
for it was our proud aim to COM
plete it as far as We could with
our hands, and I never once asked
him nor expected him to perform
single household task, rule I
have stuck to through the years,
even when poorly. He has only
undertaken such tasks when. on
very few occasions. I have been
too i'll TO get out of bed
It is quite true that I did not
have the onerous duties Of mother
hood, but under the particular
circumstances Of our early years
out here, it would have been fatally
easy to develop martyr complex
and to Wallow in enervating self
pity. especially as for the first year
I really hated the country and
only agreed TO give it a trial to
please my rural-minded spouse. But
it is rather stimulating to remem-
ber that, whatever other weaknesses
I may have been guilty of, this was
not one of them. We worked
shoulder to shoulder and I never
for one moment thought that my
Job was one whit harder than his,
Office, house, cold and pump. all