AMERICAN
HOSTELS FOR REFUGEES

(With the Foyer Franco-Belge)

Office : 23<sup>bis</sup>, Rue de l'Université, Paris

Clothing Dépôt, 64, rue La Boëtie

Office of the Foyer Franco-Belge :

63, Avenue des Champs-Elysées

**General Committee:**

Chairman : Mrs. Wharton

Mrs. R. W. Bliss

Mr. Charles Du Bos

Comtesse de Bertier

Mr. Boccon-Gibod

Mrs. Edward Tuck

Mr. Henri Dequis

Mrs. Walter Gay

Mr. George Munroe

Miss Spofford

Mr. W. V. R. Berry

Miss Cromwell

Mr. Royall Tyler, Secretary

Miss Hooper

**Committee on Clothing :**

Mrs. R. W. Bliss

Comtesse de Bertier

Mrs. Charles Scott

Mrs. F. C. Lawrance

Mrs. Barton French

**Medical Committee :**

Mrs. Edward Tuck

Mrs. John Garrett

Mr. Charles Du Bos

Dr. Crosby Whitman

**Committee on Collecting Money :**

Mr. W. V. R. Berry

Mr. B. H. Conner

Mr. Henri Dequis

**Committee on Household Management :**

Chairman : Mr. Ch. Du Bos

Mr. Boccon-Gibod

Mrs. Edward Tuck

Mr. W. V. R. Berry

Mrs. F. Shaw

Mr. Ponroy

Mrs. Blair Fairchild

Miss L. Hoopcr

Mrs. Royall Tyler

Miss Cromwell

Mrs. Wharton

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## Sub-Committees:

### Food and House Expenses:

Baron del Marmol Mr. Boccon-Gibod Mr. Ponroy

### General Supervision:

Mrs. Tuck (Hostel No. II).

Mrs. Blair Fairchild (Hostels No. I and III).

### Dispensary:

Mrs. Tuck Mme. Charles Du Bos Mr. Charles Du Bos

### Schools and Nursery:

### Work-Rooms:

Mme. Lee Childe

Mrs. Fairchild

Mrs. F. Shaw

Mme. Van der Vrecken de

Bormans

Miss Hooper

### Officers of the Committee of the Foyer Franco-Belge:

President: Mr. le Baron DEL MARMOL

Vice-President: Mr. CHARLES DU BOS

Secretary: Mr. GROSFILS

Treasurer: Mr. MARTINON

### Office of the Foyer Franco-Belge:

63, Avenue des Champs-Élysées

Hostel No. I. 5, Rue du Colisée

Hostel No. II. 18, Rue Taitbout

Hostel No. III. 4, Rue Pierre-Nicole

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## American Auxiliary Committees:

### New-York Committee:

Chairman: Mrs. Richard Derby

Mrs. George Whitney

Mrs. Willard Srtaight

Mrs. J. Lloyd Derby

Miss Janetta Alexander

Miss Olivia Cutting

Miss Spofford

Miss Rosalie O'Brien

Mr. Henry W. Munroe

Mr. G. Palen Snow

Mr. Philip J. Roosevelt

Mr. Benjamin H. Conner

### Boston Committee:

Chairman: Mrs. Bayard Thayer

Judge Robert Grant

Mr. Dudley L. Pickman

Mr. Allan Forbes

Mrs. Robert Grant

Mrs. Dudley L. Pickman

### Washington Committee:

Chairman: Miss Tuckerman

Mrs. George Cabot Lodge

Mrs. Winthrop Chanler

Mrs. Lars Anderson

Miss Elizabeth Adams.

### Baltimore Committee:

Chairman: Mr. B. Howell Griswold, Jr.

Mr. Douglas H. Thomas

Mr. Edgar Allan Poe

Mr. Lawrason Riggs

Mr. R. Brent Keyser

Mr. Robert Garrett

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The American Hostels for Refugees were founded to work with the Foyer Franco-Belge, where refugees from Belgium and the French provinces are received and looked after.

Between October 27th, 1914, and May 1st, 1915, the following has been done :—

5,672 Refugees provided for.

148,726 free meals served.

Permanent employment found for 1,410 refugees.

32,283 garments distributed.

Three Hostels opened to lodge and board refugees :

Hostel of the Foyer Franco-Belge, 5, rue du Colisée,

American Hostel No. 1, 4, rue Pierre-Nicole.

American Hostel No. 11, 18, rue Taitbout.

Total of expenses to date, Frs. 161,755.

Average monthly expenses, Frs. 30,000.

To carry on the work immediate donations and monthly subscriptions are urgently required.

Frs. 37 will feed one refugee for one month.

Contributions should be addressed to Messrs Munroe & Co.,
4, rue Ventadour, or to Mrs. Wharton, 55, rue de Varenne.

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## THE STORY OF THE HOSTELS

Paris, May 15th, 1915.

An English officer who was at Ypres during the last week of April thus describes in the London *Times* the plight of the 12,000 civil inhabitants fleeing from the latest German bombardment :—

> "The scene along the road strikingly brought home the horrors of war; the thunder of the guns, the bursting of shrapnel, the ammunition columns and motors tearing to the front. The sight of the wounded conveyed by scores of motor ambulances, or walking along with bandaged limbs, was grim enough... but far more heart-rending was the spectacle of the whole population flying for their lives. Carts packed with their human load of refugees toiled along in miserable procession. Nuns driven from their convents were helping old women and cripples. The men were carrying young children or staggering under the weight of mattresses and clothes. Children were crying and running helplessly from group to group to discover the friends from whom they had been separated.

> "Where are these unhappy people going? The seven miles which separate Ypres from Poperinghe, the nearest little town, are not the limit of their journey. All accommodation is filled by our troops hurrying to the front, to say nothing of the wounded. Above all, the fear of renewed bombardment will force them miserably onward, terrified but resigned, across the frontier of their own country, toward unknown destinations in France..."

Such is the situation facing the American Hostels after six months' continuous effort among the refugees. This last influx of fugitives is already upon us. Two weeks ago Poperinghe, a town of 10,000 inhabitants, contained, in addition to its normal population, 10,000 refugees from Ypres, Dixmude and the surrounding country. To-day Poperinghe is being evacuated, and the pitiful ten thousand, some of them already twice fugitive, are again starting out on an unknown road. During the last months they had begun to adapt themselves to their wretched half-starved lives in cellars and among ruins—anything was better than leaving home, and they lived on in the hope of better days. Those days are not yet here; and the renewal of violent fighting is now driving them out of all the crannies in which they have been hiding their misery. The order is inexorable: The civil population must go.

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The plight of the old women and the children is particularly sad. Last week 800 children, orphaned or abandoned, were straying about uncared for in the streets of the bombarded towns; now they are being hastily packed into trains and shipped across the border. A few days ago 105 infirm old women arrived in Paris at a day's notice. They have been provisionally lodged in quarters meant for fifty, while an effort is made to find them permanent shelter.

All the while, fresh crowds are also coming from Rheims and the other threatened towns in Northern France. The condition of these people is hardly less pitiful. Their homes have been destroyed, their business ruined, their families dispersed. Many wives of soldiers have been without news of their husbands since August. Many parents had sent their children to the country before the war, to villages now in the hands of the Germans—and their despair is the hardest to comfort. In a refuge near Paris there is a woman who was at Roubaix when the Germans came, and who saw her husband and three of her four children destroyed before her eyes by the explosion of a single shell. And so the story goes. Hardly one of the people we work among but has such pictures of blood and horror in his thoughts. And their future is as dark as the past. Some day, no doubt, they will go back; but that day seems as far off as ever, and meanwhile the small resources of the better off have dwindled to nothing, and the others have for months been penniless.

These are the problems our American Hostels have had to deal with, and here is an account of the way in which we deal with them :—

When a refugee arrives, he is likely to be told at the station about the American Hostels, or, if not, to be sent to us from the Comité Central Franco-Belge, which acts as the refugees' clearing house. So he comes straight to our office, where he finds rows of fellow-fugitives—piteous, haggard groups of old people, women and little children—sitting waiting for their turn to be attended to.

There, all day long and every day, Sundays included, the indefatigable French committee deal with each refugee's case: examine his papers, see that he receives the government allowance of Frs. 1.25 a day, and then decide if he is to be lodged at one of the American Hostels, to be quartered on some generous person who has offered us free lodgings, or to be given a small allowance and allowed to shift for himself. Finally if he or his family are in need of clothes he is given a card to the Clothing Dépôt, specifying what garments they require.

When this is settled, the refugee is asked to go to American Hostel No. II, 18, rue Taitbout, to pass the medical inspection.

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Here he finds a dispensary, and a small clinic with a doctor and trained nurses. If he is ill, but not ill enough to be received at one of the few and overcrowded hospitals where civilians are still cared for, he is sent to American Hostel No. 1, at 4, rue Pierre-Nicole. Here a portion of the building is fitted up as a simple nursing home, with a matron in charge, and regular medical attendance. If he is married, his wife and children may be lodged there with him, as we always try not to separate the families in our charge.

If the refugee is in good health he may be sent temporarily to the "Foyer Franco-Belge Hostel", 5, rue du Colisée, where we have 60 beds, chiefly for transients, and a restaurant for about 80. If, however, he has found a lodging elsewhere he may still be given a permanent meal-ticket for our big restaurant at 18, rue Taitbout, where 520 are fed daily. When these preliminaries are settled, he will be asked what his trade is, and told to register at our employment agency. Every effort will then be made to obtain employment for him; and the efficiency of this branch of our work is shown by the fact that, in spite of the present stagnation of trade, places have been found since November last for 1,410 refugees.

It is less easy to find employment for the women. Most of them have not learned a manual trade, and they range in class from work-women to shop-keepers and teachers. To give them occupation and enable them to earn a little pocket-money, work-rooms have been organized in all the Hostels, where they work for three days in the week for the Hostels' Clothing Dépôt, and on the fourth day are given materials to make into garments for themselves and their children. In this way they can put aside a store of clothing to take home with them when the day of deliverance comes.

Lastly, we have organized for men and women of the more educated class elementary English courses, which are taught without charge by ladies of the British Y.W.C.A., and also a school for little children; and we are looking for suitable rooms for a children's nursery and kindergarten, so that mothers who can find employment may be relieved of the care of their babies.

In this brief account it is impossible to describe in detail the delicate and complicated work done by our indefatigable French committee :—the adjusting of assistance to the needs of different cases and different classes; the quest for free hospitality in private houses for the better class of refugees; the search for cheap lodgings for others; and the effort to obtain news of missing husbands and children and to reunite scattered families. We try to send to the country mothers with small children, and to keep in Paris those who may be likely to obtain employment. In short, we endeavour in every way to make

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our work both practical and human:—to make our refugees feel that the Hostels are a centre of hospitality for the hundreds of homeless people for whom we have to provide.

The figures given on the sixth page of this report will show the admirable work done by our Clothing Dépôt, which is now partly supplied by our three work-rooms, but which is still in urgent need of gifts of clothing and material. Boots and shoes, stockings for women and children and clothing for men are especially needed.

EDITH WHARTON,
*Chairman.*

Address :

Mrs. WHARTON,
53, Rue de Varenne, Paris.

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Donations Received from October 1914
to May first, 1915

<table><tbody><tr><td>Auxiliary Committee in Washington</td><td>Frs.</td><td>17,000 00</td></tr><tr><td>Auxiliary Committee in Boston</td><td></td><td>15,940 00</td></tr><tr><td>Auxiliary Committee in New-York</td><td></td><td>11,559 25</td></tr><tr><td>Friends in America (through Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss)</td><td></td><td>5,000 00</td></tr><tr><td>The Belgian Legation</td><td></td><td>5,000 00</td></tr><tr><td>Friends in New-York (through Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting)</td><td></td><td>4,652 00</td></tr><tr><td>Comité Franco-Belge, Charleroi, Penn.</td><td></td><td>4,651 78</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. and Mrs. John Garrett</td><td></td><td>4,000 00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Nelson Robinson</td><td></td><td>3,250 00</td></tr><tr><td>“Little Belgium”</td><td></td><td>3,100 00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Clement March</td><td></td><td>2,594 40</td></tr><tr><td>Friends (through Mrs. R. W. Bliss)</td><td></td><td>2,500 00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. R. I. Gammell, Mackay, Comtesse J. de Suzannet</td><td>each</td><td>2,000 00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. B. Berenson</td><td></td><td>1,625 00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. R. T. Auchmuuy</td><td></td><td>1,567 50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ralph Hickox and Miss Kneeland</td><td>each</td><td>1,500 00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. George Fearing</td><td></td><td>1,200 00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ruthven Pratt</td><td></td><td>1,100 00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Carteret Fenno</td><td></td><td>1,040 00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Pickman</td><td></td><td>1,030 00</td></tr><tr><td>The Belgian Minister, the American Ambassador, Mrs. Robert W. Bliss, General Edward Morrell, Mr. and Mrs. Percival Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. Cortlandt Bishop, Mrs. Adrian Iselin, Messrs. Egerton Winthrop, Henry W. Cannon, Mrs. Montgomery Sears, F. C. Lawrance, James Wadsworth, Van Hemert, Wharton, Miss Delia Gurnee, Miss Cromwell, Mr. Ra-boisson</td><td>each</td><td>1,000 00</td></tr><tr><td>Comte Wierzbicki</td><td></td><td>902 65</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. W. A. Luke</td><td></td><td>884 45</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Richard Derby</td><td></td><td>871 50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer</td><td></td><td>800 00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Eleanor Hewitt</td><td></td><td>783 50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ellen Mabel Clarke</td><td></td><td>767 50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Lee Childe, Miss Faith Moore, Mr. le Roy King</td><td>each</td><td>750 00</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>H. E. Mme. Jusserand (collected in America)</td>
      <td>Frs.</td>
      <td>727 98</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Misses S. and E. Hewitt</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>670 75</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Friends in Boston (through Mrs. George Fearing)</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>620 25</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Blair Fairchild, Mr. Ogden Codman, Mr. and Mrs. Max Farrand, Mr. Archibald Cary Coolidge</td>
      <td>each</td>
      <td>600 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>La Société l'Espoir, Charleroi, Penn</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>519 78</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. J. J. Van Alen</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>505 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Dutchess Co. Chapter American Red Cross, War Relief Committee, Dutchess Co. Red Cross, Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting, Miss Marion Richards, Mrs. S. Bridgham, F. M. Wolcott, McDougall Hawkes, Cadwalader Jones, Mme. Grand d'Hauteville, Mrs. Ralph Curtis, John Munroe, Comtesse de Talleyrand-Périgord, Mrs. Percy Pyne, Nelson Brown, Villiers Forbes, John L. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Blashfield, Miss Mary Eno, Messrs. Charles Scribner, W. K. Richardson, Charles E. Mather, Basil Zaharoff, Augustus Jay, Edward H. Hall, John Crafts, "Malakoff", Messrs. W. H. Buckler, John E. Hubbell, S. F. B. Biddle, J. W. S. Brady</td>
      <td>each</td>
      <td>500 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Princess Duleep Singh</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>400 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Alexander Harrison</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>400 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Sara Norton and Miss Bullard</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>365 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Wayne Cuyler</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>350 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Ponroy, Comtesse Robert de Fitz-James, Mr. W. V. R. Berry, Mrs. John Ridgely Carter</td>
      <td>each</td>
      <td>300 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Albert Shattuck</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>265 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. F. Whitridge</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>258 10</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. James Deering</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>256 97</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Howard Sturges</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>256 50</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Elizabeth Perkins, Baronne R. Seillière, Mrs. John Proctor, Miss Spofford, Mrs. Charles Scott, Messrs. N. R. Allen, L. K. Wilmerding</td>
      <td>each</td>
      <td>250 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. George R. Shaw</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>206 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Richard Brooks</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>202 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. W. J. Younger, Tiffany, Mme. Stellwag, Mr. E. Norman Scott, Mrs. Vernon Boynton, W. S. Hilles, Walter Gay</td>
      <td>each</td>
      <td>200 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. W. H. Goldsmith, Jr.</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>154 50</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. J. B. Ames</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>151 90</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

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<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Etienne Ganderax, Mrs. J. T. McGrew, Mr. George S. Harrington, Mrs. C. R. Smith, Comité de la Croix Rouge d'Etampes, Mrs. Moore</td>
      <td>each. Frs.</td>
      <td>150 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. W.C. Brownell</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>129 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Gordon Knox Bell</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>128 75</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Burr Porter</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>128 60</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. George R. Fearing, Jr.</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>127 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Messrs. Henry James, Thomas S. Bradley, Mrs. J. Howland, Miss Virginia Mott, Hon. Robert Grant, Mrs. Charles Robinson Smith</td>
      <td>each</td>
      <td>125 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. de St. André</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>120 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>"Rosemary Hall"</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>118 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss A. Martin</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>104 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. George E. Burgess</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>103 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. A. M. Sheppard, Miss Louise Hooper, Mlle de Bormans, Mrs. L. Van Rinkhuyzen, Kemevs, Crosby, Whitman, Lady Sybil Cutting, Miss Fairchild, Mrs. John R. Edie, Thomson, Mr. Jacacci, Mrs. B. J. Shoninger, J. Woodward Haven, Whitney Warren, Mlle. Gertrude Kinkelin, Miss May Spooner, Mr. H. L. R. Edgar, Mr. Boccon-Gibod, Miss Clarke, Mr. Edward B. Adams, Miss Anna B. Young; In Memory of J. W. B., Mrs. W. W. Vest, Messrs. Demachy & Co., J. Morgan, Mme. Maurice Borel, Mrs. Avignon, Mme. Pierre Cartier, Mr. William J. Thomas, Mrs. K. E. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Coolidge, Mr. and Mrs. Max Scull, Comtesse J. de Kergorlay, Mrs. Elisha Dyer, Allen Curtis, Messrs. Tiffany and Co., Tiffany and Co. (Paris), Mme. Lescoffier, Miss E. C. Winthrop, Mrs. Barton French, Mr. George Munroe</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>100 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Bancel La Farge</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>87 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>L'Alliance Franco-Belge (Woonsocket, Mass.)</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>78 32</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Misses Anna Whelan, F. E. Thayer, Mrs. A. L. Purl</td>
      <td>each</td>
      <td>75 00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Susan F. Brown</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>52 35</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Mary Bagley</td>
      <td></td>
      <td>50 55</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Messrs. Russele Greeley, Paul van den Abeele, Comtesse de Gramont d'Aster, Miss Pauline Young, Messrs. A. Barotte, Ford (Brentano's), Kurzman, Mme. Juana de Devoto, Mr. James, Miss Lufbery, The Parker Children, Mr. Russell Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Curtis, Mrs. J.</td>
      <td></td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

Mrs. WHARTON'S WAR-CHARITIES.

1. AMERICAN HOSTELS FOR REFUGEES.

Founded November, 1914. - Mrs. Wharton, President.

Gives permanent care to about 3,500 refugees, chiefly French Women, children, sick and infirm people who cannot earn a living.

Three large Lodging Houses, two Restaurants serving over 600 meals a day, an Employment Agency, a large Work-Room for women, a Day-Nursery, a Clothing Depot, a Coal Depot, A Grocery Depot, a Free Clinic, a Dispensary, District Visitors, two Hospitals (100 beds) at Grosley, near Paris, one Rest-House for 30 people in Paris, and one of 20 beds for anaemic and tubercular children at Arromanches, in Normandy.

What the Hostels have done:

Between October 27th, 1914, and April 30th, 1916, the following work was accomplished:

13,065 Refugees provided for.

12,000 sick persons cared for.

203,195 meals served.

Employment found for about 5,700 refugees.

69,190 garments distributed.

We systematically eliminate all able-bodied men and women in a position to earn a living, after we have put them in the way of getting work.

Total expenses to date ...... Frs. 797,831,59

Gifts of clothing should be sent to the Clothing Depot of the American Hostels, 12 rue Boissy d'Anglas, Paris.

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(through the New York Clearing House).

Gifts of Hospital Supplies and of materials for clothing
to the Bureau des American Hostels for Refugees, 254 Boulevard
St. Germain, Paris (also through the Clearing House).

## 2. CHILDREN OF FLANDERS RESCUE COMMITTEE.

Founded by Mrs. Wharton in April, 1915, at the special
request of the Belgian Government, and working in direct contact
with the Belgian Ministry of the Interior.

Boards, lodges, clothes and cares for over 700 children
from the bombarded towns of Western Flanders (Furnes, Popperinghe,
Ypres, etc., etc.), and about 200 infirm old men and women, with
the Flemish Sisters who care for them.

These communities are established in six large houses:

Le Chateau Vieux, rue Saint-Denis, St. Ouen.

Villa Bethanie, Montsoult, (Seine-&-Oise).

Villa Saillet and Villa Les Bergeries, Arromanches
(Calvados).

Ecole Brazillier, Sevres.

67, rue de la Sante, Paris.

There are two lace-schools, one at Sevres and one at
At. Ouen, where lace-making is taught to the elder girls according
to the methods of the celebrated Ecole Normale of Bruges. Gifts
in kind should be sent through the New York Clearing House to
Mrs. Wharton, Oeuvre des Enfants des Flandres, 254 Boulevard Saint-
Germain, Paris.

L'ŒUVRE DES ENFANTS DES FLANDRES

Il y a un mois environ je signalais à la presse une lettre particulière dont j'avais eu connaissance et qui décrivait la détresse des orphelins et enfants abandonnés errant dans les rues d'Ypres.

Ma lettre ayant été reproduite dans les journaux des départements, les vêtements et les provisions ont afflué avec le numéraire. Il en est venu de bien au-delà des frontières, d'Angleterre, d'Italie, comme des différentes villes algériennes; des collectes ont eu lieu dans des groupes scolaires et jusqu'aux tout petits qui ont vidé leur tirelire pour grossir le total.

Deux fourgon bondés de vivres et de vêtements ont été confiés à l'« Appui belge » pour être expédiés en Flandre, et le contenu, outre une somme de 520 francs pour achats indispensables, a été remis entre les mains de la comtesse van den Steen de Jehay, de l'hôpital Elisabeth de Poperinghe.

Comme il nous restait une somme considérable, nous avons offert au curé d'Ypres de pourvoir à la dépense d'un refuge près de Paris pour les orphelins dont il avait assumé la protection, et qu'il était soucieux d'éloigner de la région dangereuse.

Notre offre agréée, nous obtinmes de M. le curé-doyen de Sèvres, l'autorisation de les installer à nos frais, dans la localité, à l'école Brazillier; mais à peine l'arrangement fixé, nous apprenions qu'il avait été pris d'autres dispositions pour les orphelins d'Ypres.

En attendant, il demeure encore dans la zone ravagée de sept à huit cents orphelins ou enfants à l'abandon affreusement dénués de soins; on les évacue en háte vers Paris, et la semaine dernière est arrivée une bande de quatre-vingt-dix orphelines de Poperinghe, brusquement renvoyées du couvent, leur abri, qui venait d'être réquisitionné comme hôpital militaire.

Le gouvernement belge nous a adressé un appel en leur faveur et vu l'urgence nous avons décidé de leur consacrer tous nos fonds restant en caisse. Les quatre-vingt-dix orphelines, avec les religieuses qui les ont amenées, sont déjà à Sèvres, à l'école Brazillier, et nous espérons que quelques-uns de ceux qui ont coopéré à cette bonne œuvre iront à Sèvres vérifier le résultat de leur générosité.

Les dons apportés chez moi, 53, rue de Varenne, et chez Mme van der Vrecken de Bormans, 11bis, rue de Milan, s'élèvent au nombre de 432 envois en nature (vivres et habillement) et au chiffre 13,060 francs en espèces.

La presse n'a pu publier une liste aussi longue, mais à chaque donateur dont on a su l'adresse a été envoyé un accusé de réception avec des remerciements.

EDITH WHARTON

Présidente de l'Œuvre des Enfants des Flandres.

Le 3 Mai 1915.

Bureau de l'Œuvre des Enfants des Flandres, 23<sup>bis</sup>, Rue de l'Université, Paris.

# LES ENFANTS DES FLANDRES

## DONS EN ARGENT

"Une Amie des Enfants", 1,000 fr.; Mme Wulsin, 522 fr. 20; Le Comité Central Franco-Belge, Mme E. H. Everett, Duchesse de Talleyrand, M. Pierre Lorillard Ronald, 500 fr.; Comtesse du Luart, Mmes Edme Sommer, Vicomtesse de Gourcouff, 300 fr.; Mmes Eduardo de Mora, Moulton, Edme Hichkox, Howard Eells, 250 fr.; Mmes Blair Fairchild, Edward Tuck, Edward Cary, Tower Reilly, Tiffany, 200 fr.; Mme Anna G. Gray, 75 fr.; Mmes Charles Marshall, Jane E. Vail & Miss Vail, Comtesse M. Orlowska, "Fifi et le Criquet", Mmes C. M. Depew, B. Tevis, Beach Grant, Wayne Cuyler, Jules Rueff, Mercy et les Dames du Poste Central des Télégraphes, Mmes Bocon-Gibroy, Ponroy, Mme Wharton, Dr. Hally-Smith, Mmes F. Bohillier, Götz, Julius Kahn, René Simon, Mlle Guillier, 100 fr.; Comtesse Jean de Kergorlay, Mme Lombard, 3 Anonymes 60 fr.; Mmes Anna F. M'Cullagh, Kemeys, Walter Gay, Miss A. Woodward, Miss Reubell, Miss Miriam Fisher, Miss A. Howard, Mmes Jaffray, Griswold Gray, Vicomtesse N. de Vaux, Mmes de Gheest, van Rinkhuyzen, Jane Alphandery, Domange, Paul Bourget, Cochery, Simon, Maurice Borel, F. Henrotte, Isch Wall, de Molin, Louis Strifling, M. et Mme Bourrichon, M. et Mlle Loyal, MM. R., René Bastian, G. Fleurot, Jean Philippe Worth, Paul Jamot, J. B., Didi et Bierrot Brandel, "D'une Grand'mère", Une Mère de Famille, Un Anonyme, 50 fr.; Baron et Baronne de Lesparda, 46 fr. 50; MM. Bobin Frères, 44 fr.; Coudert Frères, 42 fr.; Mme William Sprague, Princesse d'Hénin, Vicomte de Vanfreland, M. André Hallays, 40 fr.; Mmes Lucien Mangini, Alphonse Duvernoy, E. B., 30 fr.; Collège de la rue de Madrid, 28 fr. 10; Miss Burchell Herne, Mmes Foster, E. H. Landon, Whitehouse, Louis Campbell-Tipton, Robert, Th. Spire, André Jacob, Vicomtesse de Lizaranzu, Mlle Alice Nocard, Miss Florence Matthews, MM. L. de Lespine, Billault Lambert, 25 fr.; Mlle Christiane de la Rochette, 22 fr.; Mmes Wend, Coulombeix, Charles Guérin, Mirilet, Maurice Laugier, Gibert, Coulpier, Hem, Combe, Carpentier-Méricourt, Jumelais, A. Devillers, R. Deleuze, Paul Letrosne, Camille, C. A. Hugon, Guilliermet, M. et Mme Albert Comte, M. et Mme Rendon, Mlle E. Mège, Mlle Dauzon et les élèves de la première classe des filles à Batna, Mmes Blanquer Frères et Roche, Professeur Gian Antonio Maggi, M. B., V. F., MM. Strack, A. Léobolditi, Hermant H. Ullmann, Ernest Passez, Paul Oursil, Bonfils, Paul Forsans, Delamare-Deboutteville, Paul Nourrison, Caron, J. Durnerin, Un Dunkerquois, Une Grand'mère, Une Famille Lorraine, Mm. Falkingham, Charles Bartholomew, Cotton, George H. Leonard, Cartier, Kendall, Mappin et Webb, Mmes E. N. Ranney, Gwynne, Miss A. Blackinton, Miss Margaret Johnston, 20 fr.; M. Marc Maumon, 18 fr.; Mmes E. Isherwood, Sophie Cary Storer, de Caters, Jolloy, Reuss et Hartung, 15 fr.; Milles Marie et Madeleine (Maison Camille), 13 fr.; M. et Mme Elisée de Loisy, 12 fr.; Mmes Samuel Long, 10 fr. 30; Mmes A. Vaudrison, Tordis Martin, Mamet, Boudenoot Pradeau, Gandrey, Prevost, Picard, Blanc de Kirwan, Paul Guiton, Lemaire, Louis Larande, Brossard de Corbigny, Jules Borré, C. Cadiot, Galiert, Alphonse Guérin, Mouronne, N. Bastide, E. Goldschmidt, J. Donan, G. Kinen, Aline Lemaire, Guionnet, M. K. Thory, Anne-Marie de la Salmonière, Forquet de Dorne, Elise Chotte, M. et Mme Dupuis, Henriette C., H. S., L. P., X. Y. Z., G. L., Enseigne de Vaisseau, l'Abbé d'Hédonville, Commandant d'Arbousier, MM. Swann, Alfred White, Charles Cook, Boissaye, Derogy, Deshayes père, Georges Alphandery, Morel, F. Robin, M.-J. Cahen, Henri Rodet, B. Barland, Edouard de Keuwer, Recouvrer, Gaston Drucker, A. Faget, Raymond Koechlin, Basquin, Demay, Au nom de Jean, Une abonnée des Débats, 10 fr.; Deux Anonymes, 20 fr.; Mmes Carbonot, J. Campion, Barbonot et Cornu, 8 fr.; Mme Varmer, 6 fr. 25; Trois Employées des Postes, Mmes M. Nicole, F. Jan, 6 fr.; Miss

Edina Carter, Miss Ethel Squire, Miss Fripp, Mmes Colas, E. Hanin, A. Recoules, Gabriel Beytout, Clairin, J. Krantz, Revet, Levy, Groc, Brepton, D. Huchet, Latil, M. Fronteaux, Vallet, Dumesnil, H. Bertaux, Detaille, Berthe Gervat, M. de Bouchert, Sevin, Charles Hermann, Wiss, Jeanne Perier, Bamérias, Bernal, N. Péchèreaux, Pierrey, Davot, N. Gobet, Aubin, Chapuy, Retert, Gu. Égard, Comtesse de Baye de Rayssac, Mmes Chauvière, Siméon, Mongin, Hélène Balloffet, L. Devin, Miles Elise Devinck, Marie Kalf, Marie Berger, A. M. Hussick, Yvonne Hallot, Penin, L. Roy, L. Bouilly, A. Clément, Cimetet, Suzanne et Yvonne Robbe, M. et Mme Bouchery, M. et Mme G. D'Hommée, MM. Georges et Raymond Panther, Chanoine Hyacinthe Poivet, A. C., Lieut. de Vaisseau L. de Toulon, Un Sous-Officier, Un Scout de la Classe 17. Dr. Narfon, MM. Georges Régnier, A. Chréteau, Purlay, A. Breuil, Wend de Lyon, Abel Blanchet, Veignant, G. Thirion, A. Liétard, Devere, Paul-Emile Mangeant, A. Lesprit, Lamagne, Barreau, Zacharie, A. Lelièvre, Jean Larey, Schelle, Renée J., « Gaby et Jeannine », « Philippe et Simone », La maman d'un petit Français, Une Amie Anonyme, Une Cuisinière, Neuf Anonymes, 45 fr., M. B. Chicot, 4 fr.; Mme Alaset, 4 fr.; Miss Perrin, 3 fr. 10; M. A. Bourson, E. Coo, Un Anonyme, 3 fr.; Mme Viteau, M. Cytille Van Hove, Quatre petits enfants de St-Maur, 2 fr. 50; Mmes L. Jan, Mulot, Lenoir, M. Guionneau, Deray, J. Grobel, Genlis, Milles Proxiart, Denise Bechhon, Jane Polasse, Anne et Marie Lecadre, M. et Mme F. Gastambide, MM. Francois Rabouin, Simon Tiraue, Picard, B. Marz, A. Beaumont, 2 fr.; Deaux Anonymes, 4 fr.; Mmes Mercédès Fronton, Louis Laurie, Mles A. Lougnier, Lapointe, A. P., X., Ancien tirailleur sénégalais, 1 fr.; Deux anonymes, 2 fr.

## Dons en Nature: Vivres et Habillement

Monsieur le Ministre des Pays-Bas, Mmes Simon, Avril, Vilbert, Bernheim, Petitjean, Collinet, Fournier, Hicks La Beaume et Comtesse de Ramel, Boyer, Veuve Sully-Bonnard, Soret, Joseph, Rol. Neumes'ér, Zwercher, Nelson, Aver, Tavéres, de Montholont, Etienne, Moutard, Chauvière, Jeanne Talmétier, E. Picard, Carpentier Méricourt, Spork, Fagnani, Rié, Paul Gans, Dupuy, Alfred Cornu, E. Bourcerot, Auguste du Bos, Delamarre, Noguet, Macklin, Eouduard Neill, Lafleur et Piot, Biennait, Desgrey, Eudes, Anseldi, Comtesse Daniel de Broissia, Mmes de Caters, Thimonier, Bernou, Parmentier, Charles de Rouvre, Javault, Raymond Philippe, Burin des Roziers, Voehsboe Cander, Mothey, Le Goff, Desjardins, Castiaux, Louis Joseph, Thomas, Siméon, Talmétier, Joulac-Pelous, Sach, Camus, Flament, Boés, Lefranc, Duchesse de Talleyrand, Mmes Chevalot, Paul Parquet, Sudre, Joseph Maquaire, Labue, Thorens, Posth, Franz Rummel, Emile Billoux, Marguerite André, J. Barbier, L. Spazier, Collard, Sarrazin, Rousseau, Perrée, Boy, Gigout, Beutom, Huchendubler, L. Fleuret, Garnier, Eugene Lecocq, Lhotte, Berger, Lemoine, Baumstark, Parent, Cécile Delamichelle, P. Thévenin, Hédot et les élèves de l'Ecole Primaire, Boucher, Vittenet, Savona, Carbonot, E. Ménager, O'Roy, Metz, F. Farguet, Cuinard, Robert Lhuillier, de la Rochette, Mme et Mlle Bannier, Mmes Eyerre, E. J. Stivers, Durieux, de Bernard, Palude, Blum, Leroy, Achille Kahn, Th. Spire, A. Boudillon, Paquier, Bouchery, Comtesse de Latour, Mmes P. Lemarchand, Loewé, Paul Dupuy, Moisson, Pierre Guesde, J. Vedère, Dufoulé, Michel, Paul Gautier, Cugnot, Francis Boutitie, A. Robert, Tourcade, Reclus, Vedard, E. Ménuyde, Beilin, Bascou, Duchesse de la Mothe-d'Houdancourt, Mmes Guignonneau, Paul de Rousiers, Simone Baudart, Barbonot, Cornu, Mme et Milles Jacoulet, Mmes C. Broutelles et les abonnés de la Mode Pratique, Boudenoot, Levey, Charbonneaud, Sainte-Beuve, Agrion, Koenig, Lederlin, Gabriel Beytout, Kyrkyrides, Vrinat, Schwob, Motte-Rolin, Prevost, Blair Fairchild, C.-M. Depew, Edwin L. Weeke, MM. Ingraham, Mmes Blacque, Macmonnies, Mme et Mlle Johnston, Mmes William

S. Davenport, E.-N. Ranney, Jules Rueff, Mlles Rosier, Dumortier, Solin, Judith Barbier, Elina Weyl, Levasseur, l'Institutrice de l'Ecole Mixte de Saint Clair-sur-les-Monts, Péguret, Marguerite Morlot, Lemercier, Delmas, Madeleine Dubois, Mmes Genlis, Max Krausé, Gadouleau, Deplanque, Mulot, Colson, Weil, A. Pressensé, Charron, Huchet, Clairon, Pradeau, Brepton, Kierdoff, Minoret, Charvet, John Munroe, William F. Grinnell, Kemeys, Lyman B. Stowe, H. Fletcher, Comtesse Orlowska, Mmes Hartshorne, Lew Thwaite, Vail, Mlles Darcy, Marguerite Lorenc, Lapointe, Louise P..., S. Horvilleur, Castri, Gaches, A. Simond, Marie Furstoss, L. Collarde, Eva Gros, Guillerot, de la Balze, The Misses Rueff, Mlles Hale, Jessie Withers, Clementtoy, M. et Mme Tatala, M. et Mlles Bourgin, MM. Péron, Monnot, Barbier, Marquis, Deval, Hansen, Fournol, Le Chevalier de Stuers, MM. A. Cuillard, Marc Maumon, Eugène Tiffeneau, Pajanacci, J. Drucker, le Chanoine Ardoin, Jacob, A. D..., M. Pierre et Mlles Yvonne. Denise, Lucienne Lassailly, la petite Solange Blanc, Simone, Jean, Pierre et André, la Mère d'un Soldat en Argonne, Two friends from Australia, Two American ladies, Ecole communale de filles de Clichy, Maison Foucher, Grande Maison de Blanc, Mlles Liesse, Ory, F.-A. Howard, Alice Rueff, Irène Rueff, Lowry. M. et Mme Bauchon, MM. Henry Friediger, Sar, Poulet, Brandel, J. et H. Eyssan, P. Forsans, L. Morin, Picard, D' E. Sautelet, D' Descamps, Jean-Philippe Worth, Recouvreur, van Leer, Atherton Curtis, Henri et Yvonne, Louis et Françoise, Une Maman, Une jeune Mère, From friends, Un groupe d'employés de la Maison Judith Barbier, Maison Couté, Maison A. Godin, Maison Dobelle-Paris, Maison E. Franck, Magasin du Louvre, Envois anonymes 71, Maison Veuve Mandhuit, Maison Dufresne, Maison du Peuple du VIe Arrondissement.

THE CHILDREN OF FLANDERS RESCUE COMMITTEE

Paris, June, 15th, 1915.

A few days ago, at a drawing-class for children rescued from the bombarded towns of Belgian Flanders, twelve of the little pupils were told to draw a house from memory. *Ten out of the twelve drew a house in flames.*

Such is the picture of home in the minds of the children that the "Children of Flanders Rescue Committee" is trying to clothe and comfort, and bring back to happy forgetfulness of the horror which has darkened their lives.

The work began early in April, when I was asked to appeal for food and clothing for the orphaned or abandoned children who were then hiding in the cellars of Ypres and straying about its bombarded streets.

The response to this appeal was so generous that we were able to send off at once several van-loads of food and clothing; but shortly afterward we were notified by the Belgian government that, owing to the continued bombardment of the little remaining strip of Belgium, the civil population was to be immediately evacuated. We proposed to the cure of Ypres, who had taken the stray children in his charge, to find a home near Paris for them and the group of Flemish nuns in whose care he had placed them. Our offer was accepted, and the house prepared; but at the last moment we were informed that the children had been sent elsewhere, and we immediately put the funds we had collected at the disposal of the Belgian government, who were about to send to Paris one thousand homeless children from the same region.

Of these, 600 have been placed in our charge:—a group of 175 little girls, in a convent-pensionnat at 67, rue de la Santé, Paris; about 90 at the Ecole Brazillier,

Sèvres, and 115 little boys at "Le Nid", Marlotte; and three hundred more are coming in a few days to the Château de St. Ouen, near Paris.

The work has grown so rapidly that the funds, which would have sufficed to support sixty or seventy children for six months, are nearly exhausted; but the children must be looked after, for they are Belgium's chief hope, and we feel sure that the friends who have already contributed to our undertaking will help us to carry it on, and that others will interest themselves in it when they have seen some of its results.

These poor children we are caring for have been rescued from almost certain death—death from disease, from hunger, or from the enemy's shells. On every side destruction lurked for them. Many of their companions died before the work of rescue began; some are still lying in hospitals, maimed by shot and shell; some were found in the trenches with the soldiers, others were living in cellars and picking up their food in the streets like dogs. In one of our houses is a tragic little girl with dazed eyes—a mere baby of twenty months—who, when she was found, had been living for five days, alone and without food, in an abandoned farm-house; and two others, little older, were taken from the arms of their dead father, who had been struck down by a shell while he was trying to escape with them. All these children came away without any clothes but those on their backs, and everything has had to be provided for them and for the Flemish Sisters who have come to care for them. We need, therefore, gifts of garments and boots, and still more of money to fit up the new house at St. Ouen, as well as school-books, brushes, combs, linen, and the innumerable things necessary to equip a busy industrious colony of children. For we are resolved that our pensioners shall not stagnate in idleness till they can be sent home, but that when they leave us they shall take with them useful arts and happy memories.

We have organized French classes (as few speak any language but Flemish), a cooking and house-keeping school, and a kindergarten for the little children. The Sisters are to teach them singing, and one of our committee has lent us a large room in

her park near Sèvres where a school of lace-making is to be established under the direction of a Sister trained in the famous Béguinage of Bruges.

The Committee hope that the houses in Paris and at Sèvres will be visited by all who are interested in the work of rescuing these poor little survivors of the great Belgian catastrophe. We feel sure that every one who goes to see them will come away resolved to help.

The Sisters are delighted to welcome visitors any afternoon between 2 and 6,

Gifts of toys, books and provisions will be gratefully accepted by them, but the Committee most earnestly beg that money, clothing and household linen shall be sent to the Office, 23 bis, rue de l'Université, so that they may be distributed among the different colonies according to their individual needs.

EDITH WHARTON, Chairman,

Cheques and Postal Orders should be drawn to
Mrs. WHARTON, 53, Rue de Varenne.

Letters of enquiry should be addressed to
ROYALL TYLER Esq., Secretary,
"Œuvre des Enfants des Flandres".
23 bis, Rue de l'Université.

Gifts of clothing, &c., should be addressed :
ŒUVRE DES ENFANTS DES FLANDRES,
23 bis, Rue de l'Université.

HERBERT CLARKE, PRINTER, 338, RUE ST. HONORÉ, PARIS

EDITH WHARTON'S
WAR CHARITIES
IN FRANCE

MRS. WHARTON'S GENERAL REPORT
FROM 1914-1918
AND
REPORT OF THE NEW YORK
COMMITTEE

FROM

NOVEMBER 1ST, 1916 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 1917

Hospital for Women and Children at Arromanches

NEW YORK COMMITTEE
FOR
EDITH WHARTON'S WAR CHARITIES IN FRANCE
(AMERICAN HOSPITALS FOR REFUGEES
AND CHILDREN OF FLANDERS
RESCUE COMMITTEE)

MRS. CADWALADER JONES, Chairman

21 East Eleventh St., New York

MR. HENRY W. MUNROE, Treasurer

MISS PAULINE RIGGS, Secretary

MRS. CHARLES B. ALEXANDER

MRS. JOHN INNES KANE

MRS. GORDON KNOX BELL

MISS LUISITA LELAND

MRS. CORTLANDT FIELD BISHOP

MR. CLEMENT MARCH

MRS. JAMES BYRNE

MR. WALTER MAYNARD

MRS. WM. BAYARD CUTTING

MRS. WALTER MAYNARD

MRS. WILLIAM ADAMS DELANO

MRS. HENRY W. MUNROE

MRS. RICHARD DERBY

MRS. CHARLES SCRIBNER

MRS. ARTHUR MURRAY DODGE

MISS ROBINSON SMITH

MRS. MCDougALL HAWKES

MRS. WILLARD D. STRAIGHT

MRS. WILLIAM PIERSON HAMILTON

MRS. GEORGE WHITNEY

MRS. ADRIAN ISELIN

MRS. WHITRIDGE

MRS. HENRY JAMES

HOUSING COMMITTEE

MRS. GORDON KNOX BELL, Chairman

ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE

MRS. WALTER MAYNARD, Chairman

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## FRENCH COMMITTEES

### AMERICAN CONVALESCENT HOMES:

<table><tr><td>President</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>Mrs. Wharton</td></tr><tr><td>Vice-President</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>Mrs. Royall Tyler</td></tr></table>

### Committee

<table><tr><td>Mme. la Comtesse de Béarn</td><td>M. Boccon-Gibod</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. R. W. Bliss</td><td>Mrs. Walter Gay</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Mrs. Edward Tuck</td></tr></table>

Hon. Secretary and Treasurer: Mrs. Royall Tyler

Administrator-General: Mr. J. de Gieysztor

### CHILDREN OF FLANDERS RESCUE COMMITTEE

### Committee

M. Boccon-Gibod
Mme. la Baronne Buffin
M. Brunet (Avocat à la Cour d'Appel de Bruxelles)
Miss Cromwell
Mme. Darcy
Mme. Dumaine
M. François Empain (Sénateur du Royaume de Belgique)

Mrs. Walter Gay
Mr. Walter Gay

Mme. L. Metman

M. Ponroy

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## AMERICAN HOSTELS FOR REFUGEES

(Affiliated to American Red Cross)

### Advisory Board:

President: Mrs. Wharton

Mr. W. V. R. Berry
Mrs. Royall Tyler

### Executive Committee

President: Mrs. Royall Tyler

M. Boccon-Gibod
M. le Baron del Marmol

Miss Winifred Power-Schroeder

Hon. Secretary: Mrs. Royall Tyler

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# GENERAL REPORT OF EDITH WHARTON'S WAR CHARITIES

## From October, 1914, to January, 1918

### American Hostels for Refugees

### American Convalescent Homes (Hospitals for Repatriated and Refugee Women and Children)

### Children of Flanders Rescue Committee

### Mrs. Wharton's Ouvroir for Parisian Work-Women

### Mrs. Wharton's Trust Fund.

### Donations may be sent to:

Mrs. Cadwalader Jones, 21 East 11th Street, New York.

Dudley Pickman, Esq., 98 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

Dr. Elizabeth Mercelis, 19 Plymouth Street, Montclair, N. J.

Mrs. George Cabot Lodge, 1765 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D. C.

### or directly to:

Mrs. Wharton, 53 rue de Varenne, Paris.

All cheques sent direct to Mrs. Wharton should be drawn to "Edith Wharton."

**No donations are needed for the American Hostels, which are now supported by the American Red Cross.**

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## REPORT

(1914-1918)

It has occurred to me that, after helping me for nearly four years, the donors whose unceasing generosity has made my war charities possible might be interested in a summary of what we have accomplished since the start.

I wish to begin with a word of thanks—though no word is adequate. Since August, 1914, my friends at home—many of whom have never been to Europe since the war, the large majority of whom know my work only by hearsay—these friends, by continuing to entrust me with money, have proved to me that they believed I should make good use of it; and their confidence has been a constant stimulus to do better.

I thank them all. First, the devoted and untiring Committees in New York, Boston, Washington and Montclair, who have never let people forget the name of my charities, and whose endless ingenuity in devising sales, concerts and exhibitions has brought us in so many thousands of dollars; secondly, the faithful subscribers who have never let a month pass without sending me their cheque; thirdly, the anonymous givers, to whom I have no other way than this of expressing my gratitude. But, above all, I thank those whose donations have been made at the cost of real personal provision—who have sold heirlooms, laces, jewels, treasures of all sorts to help my work; and also the domestic servants (American and Irish as well as French) who from all parts of America have sent me their savings, and have collected large sums of money for me among their friends. And very specially I thank the children of all parts of America, who have given up treats and amusements to add their mite to the cause, and who have worked their little fingers so hard to make warm clothes for my homeless and destitute children.

Every single gift I have received is treasured up in my heart, and in the hearts of the grateful people whom my friends have helped me to help. And the total I have to account for amounts today to no less than 2,389,621 francs and 15 centimes.

It is nearly four years since Belgium answered "No!" to Germany's insolent demand that she should yield a way through her country to the treacherous attack on her allies.

Let no one forget; that "No!", which very nearly destroyed Belgium, saved civilization for all of us, and as much for America as for Europe. When I hear people grumble about the shortcomings and misdoings of individual refugees—poor homeless, bewildered, disheartened creatures—I always want to remind the grumblers that they would be refugees today, dependent on distrustfully doled-out charity in a foreign land, if Belgium had smiled and said "Yes" on August 3, 1914.

I begin my report with that reminder because the lapse of time tends to dull our memories, and it is good to recall now and then that every Belgian refugee represents the little country which

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American Hospitals for Refugees—One of the Women's Wards at Groslay

gave France and England time to prepare their resistance, just as every French refugee represents the immortal army which has gaily, dauntlessly and unweariedly borne the main share of that resistance ever since.

Pathetic stories? Individual anecdotes? But every one of their stories is pathetic! Even the minority of young strong active people, who have no trouble in finding work and earning money, even they are to be pitied. They have all lost relations at the front, or by illness and privation, all have seen their homes ruined, their

Hospital for Women and Children at Groslay
A Sun Cure in the Park

money and family relics taken from them, all have pined in vain for news that never came of child or wife or husband left behind.

And what of the sick, the infirm, the old, the untrained, who form the great majority for whom America has been helping me to care? Their plight becomes sadder every year, as their numbers become larger.

The other day, the concierge of the Paris house of "The Children of Flanders" came up to me shyly and said: "Do you think you could get me a permission to go back for a day to my little village of L— on the Belgian front? When we had to fly I buried all my savings there. If only I could get back and dig them up!"

Of course, he can't, poor old man; and when he does get there, what chance is there of his finding his little hoard in that ravaged desert?

That case is typical: all of these poor humble thrifty people—Belgians and French—in addition to their grief and their loneliness,

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are worrying over the small savings that have fallen into the in-
vader's hands. How can they begin life again when they do get
back to the heap of black ruins in their blasted fields?

When one is struggling, as we are, to keep 5,000 homeless
people from misery and demoralization, it is difficult to find time
to record individual anecdotes; but if you will picture each of these
women, children and sick or infirm old people as homeless, and
without present hope of returning home, I don't know that there
is much need to add to the pathos of their case.

In August, 1914, "Mrs. Wharton's Ouvroir" was founded to give work to Parisian work-women who did not receive the military allowance. It has not closed its doors for a day.

In October, 1914, the "American Hostels" for French and Bel-
gian Refugees were founded. They have not closed their doors for
a day, but have opened many new ones.

In April, 1915 (at the direct request of the Belgian Govern-
ment), the "Children of Flanders Rescue Committee" was founded.
It has grown from 60 children to 735, and the infirm old men and
women, with the Belgian nuns who care for them, bring up the total
to nearly 1,000 souls.

In November, 1916, the magnificent generosity of two Ameri-
can friends enabled us to complete our refugee work by opening
four Hospitals for tuberculous women and children (refugee and
repatriated), where 440 patients have already been cared for.
These hospitals are officially known as "The American Convalescent
Homes," because the word "Hospital" frightens our poor patients,
and the word "tuberculosis" sounds to them like their death-knell.

I ask my American benefactors, therefore, to remember that when they give to my "American Convalescent Homes" they are giving to Hospitals for tuberculous refugee or repatriated women and children, chiefly French from the invaded provinces.

MRS. WHARTON'S TRUST FUND

During the first year of the war I began to receive donations
from friends at home who left it to me to dispose of their gifts as
I thought best.

I decided to create a separate fund, called "Mrs. Wharton's Trust Fund," to meet unforeseen emergencies; and but for the power to distribute this money where it was most needed I could not have kept my infant charities alive. As they grew up, and became better known, I was able to devote a larger portion of the Trust Fund to those heart-breaking cases which fall under no definite category; to provide nourishing food for sick people, an invalid chair for a refugee child with spinal disease, help for poor ladies stranded and ruined by the war, a typewriter for a girl suddenly obliged to earn her living, a month at the sea for an ailing distress owing to the cessation of so many sources of income. The total of donations to February 1st is 86,594 francs 60 centimes; the total of disbursements 82,798 francs 70 centimes.

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I can never half thank the donors who have so generously
trusted me with the money thus spent. It has never been carelessly
given, and I have managed to make it hold out till now; but the bal-
ance left is small, and I greatly hope that more may come.

As I understand that some of the friends who have been help-
ing me with my war charities are not clear as to the assistance
which the American Red Cross has given us, I wish to add the
following statement:

1 *Tuberculous War Victims:* On the strong recommendation of the New York and Boston Auxiliary Committees of the

Children of Flanders Rescue Committee
Lace School at St. Ouen

"Tuberculous War Victims" (an organization which was founded by me in Paris, in May, 1916, and of which I was Vice-President until its dissolution), our Paris Committee voted in September, 1917, to make a total gift to the American Red Cross of the funds collected and the properties we had purchased. A full statement of the transaction will be sent to all our American donors as soon as the final arrangements are concluded. *This organization has passed entirely out of my hands.*

2. *American Hostels for Refugees.* This charity was founded by me in November, 1914. On October 11, 1917, our General Committee voted to accept the offer of the American Red Cross, which had previously investigated the workings of this organization in all its branches, and as a result of this inspection, had offered, while bearing all expenses, to maintain the existing management. In

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consequence, the Hostels are now managed by a small Executive Committee composed of members of the retiring Committee, and appointed by me. In other words, the active management of the Hostels is entirely unchanged, but *no funds for it are needed*.

3. Dispensary of the American Hostels for Refugees. Shortly after the above understanding was reached concerning the Hostels, the American Red Cross suggested that they should assume the medical management of our Hostels' Dispensary, making it their central dispensary for refugees. Our Executive Committee has accepted this proposal, and at present our ill refugees are cared for by American Red Cross doctors, at the expense of the Red Cross.

4. When the American Red Cross assumed the running expenses of the American Hostels, they offered at the same time to take over the American Convalescent Homes; but their wish was to merge these homes with their general anti-tuberculosis organization in France, and they were unwilling to promise that our houses at Groslay and Arromanches, if taken under their management, should be reserved for refugee and repatriated women and children. As there is literally no other place where this class of tuberculous patients may be sent at the present time, we felt it our duty to refuse the offer, and to make every effort to raise money ourselves for the independent support of the Homes until the end of the war.

The running expenses of the "Convalescent Homes" are about $7,000 a month, and the *American Red Cross has never given me either money or gifts in kind for this charity*.

5. The Children of Flanders Rescue Committee: The "Children of Flanders Rescue Committee" was founded by me in April, 1915, at the urgent request of the Belgian Government, who were hurriedly evacuating children and infirm old people from the bombarded towns in the neighbourhood of Ypres, Furnes, Poperinghe, etc.—in fact, throughout the whole strip of *uninvaded Belgium*.

I am directly responsible to the Belgian Government for the management of this charity, and it cannot be merged with any other charity, or entrusted to any other hands.

*The American Red Cross has never given me any money or gifts in kind for this charity, of which the running expenses are from $2,500 to $3,000 a month.*

## WHAT THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT THINKS OF OUR WORK

I may add that we have received in the last year many encouraging tokens of recognition from the French Government, among which I wish to mention first the fact that my untiring collaborator, Mrs. Royall Tyler, Chairman of the American Hostels' Executive Committee, and Vice-President of the American Convalescent Homes and of the Children of Flanders Rescue Committee, has been awarded the "Médaille Française pour le Dévouement," which has been given only in a few instances to foreigners. The "Assistance Publique" of Paris, after inspecting our model Lodging Houses, has twice given us a subsidy of 12,000 francs, and has entrusted us

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with the creation and management of a convalescent home for children with tuberculosis of the bone at Arromanches. The Belgian Ministry of Labor and Industries accords us a yearly sum of 600 or 700 francs toward the expenses of our Lace-Schools. Lastly, the French Ministry of the Interior has recently asked us to create three Sanatoria (about 500 beds) for tuberculous women and children repatriated from the invaded provinces. These houses, which are to be modelled on our houses at Groslay, are to be run at the expense of the Ministry of the Interior and placed entirely under *our management in all respects*.

Children of Flanders Rescue Committee
Dormitory at St. Ouen

I hope the friends who have not been able to see our results, and who have nevertheless helped me to carry on my work for so long, will understand by mentioning these proofs of the way in which our results are regarded by the French and Belgian Governments.

I may add that the books of the Hostels for Refugees are audited every month by the American Red Cross, and that the French Minister of the Interior has examined *all* our books, pronounced them correct, and has the right to inspect them again at any time.

Lastly, I take this opportunity to thank all the donors (the anonymous among them), who have made my charities possible. We are still very short-handed; it is not easy to find intelligent assistants, equally familiar with French and English, and in many cases my letters of acknowledgment have been long delayed, while in others they have been lost at sea. But my gratitude has never slept.

EDITH WHARTON.

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["REPORT OF MRS. ROYALL TYLER", "AMERICAN CONVALESCENT HOMES.—(For refugee and repatriated women and children with pulmonary tuberculosis, or tuberculosis of the bone, or general anaemia with tubercular tendencies.)", "The American Convalescent Homes consist of two groups:", "I. At Groslay (Seine-et-Oise).", "(a) \"Belle Alliance\" (opened November 18, 1916), House for tuberculous women and children pulmonary cases, curable). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

REPORT FOR 1916

63, Avenue des Champs Elysées:

7,277 refugees received matriculation numbers.

53,632 francs worth of groceries distributed.

93,122.40 frs. given in money for immediate aid.

12,512 francs for exceptional help in money (paying rent, etc.)

284,300 kilos of coal distributed.

Employment Agency:

Work found for 4,800 refugees.

Rest-house: 50, rue du Docteur Blanche, (Auteuil):

<table><tr><td rowspan="3">90 patients received:</td><td>{ 12 men.</td></tr><tr><td>{ 34 women.</td></tr><tr><td>{ 44 children.</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">72 patients left:</td><td>{ 12 men.</td></tr><tr><td>{ 27 women.</td></tr><tr><td>{ 33 children.</td></tr></table>

Diet Restaurant of the Rest House: 50, rue du Dr. Blanche (for invalids and children):

29,181 meals served during the year.

Monthly average of 56 people.

Restaurant and Work-room: 18, rue Taitbout:

132,934 meals served, at a total cost of 77,093.70 francs. Average cost of each meal 0.57 francs.

Work-room: Average of 37 women a month.

Day-nursery and School-room: Older class average of 6 pupils.

Little children's class, average of 12 pupils.

Dispensary and Clinic: 12, rue Boissy d'Anglas:

7,385 patients cared for.

4,130 had medical advice.

2,100 patients attended for dressings, massage, etc.

1,155 patients visited by nurses in their homes.

Clothing Depot: 12 rue Boissy d'Anglas:

About 36,300 people received clothing during the year 1916.

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AMERICAN HOSTELS, 1917

13,373 refugees received matriculation numbers.

53,282.10 francs worth of groceries distributed.

66,966.20 francs given in money.

6,495.50 francs in bread-cards (from April 1st to December 31st).

Employment Agency:

Work found for 2,400 refugees.

Rest-house 50, rue du Docteur Blanche, (Auteuil):

54 patients received: { 8 women.
{ 46 children.

35 patients left: { 7 women.
{ 28 children.

The Rest House of the rue du Docteur Blanche is now exclusively devoted to children, but meals are sent to a certain number of sick out-patients in the neighbourhood.

Diet Restaurant: 50, rue du Docteur Blanche:

32,539 meals served during the year.

Restaurant and Work-room at 18, rue Taitbout:

130,473 meals served at a total cost of 77,528 francs.

Average cost of each meal 0.60 francs.

Work-room: Average attendance for the year: 45 elderly women.

Day-nursery and school-room:

Older children's class average of 12 pupils.

Little children's class average of 18 pupils.

15,068 patients cared for.

2,600 for medical advice.

3,475 patients attended for dressings, massage, etc.

2,475 patients visited by nurses in their homes.

Dental department: Dr. Hornung.

Date of opening May 1st.

443 treatments given.

Clothing depot: 12, rue Boissy d'Anglas:

About 36,300 people received clothing during the year 1917. The depot was closed during the month of August.

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# AMERICAN HOSTELS FOR REFUGEES

## ASSETS

<table><tr><td>The assets of the "American Hostels for Refugees" are the following:</td><td>Francs</td></tr><tr><td>A stock of 80,000 kilos of coal of the value of.</td><td>8,560</td></tr><tr><td>A stock of non-perishable food-stuffs of the value of.</td><td>75,000</td></tr><tr><td>Simple furniture and beds to the value of.</td><td>50,000</td></tr><tr><td>A balance at the Bank of.</td><td>78,000</td></tr></table>

The lease of a large modern building at No. 16, Avenue Felix Faure, comprising 54 rooms in 6 floors of 9 rooms each, 2 kitchens on each floor. This lease runs to 3 months after the signature of peace.

The free use of a lodging-house for Refugees at 19bis, rue La Quintinie, for same period.

The free use of a lodging-house at 21, rue Brochant, for same period.

The lease of a lodging-house at 15, rue Gossec, including 34 rooms, for the same period.

The free use of the 6th floor of No. 24, rue Taitbout, including 9 rooms, for the same period.

The free use of a large house at 18, rue Taitbout, for same period.

The free use of the Central offices for Refugees at 63, avenue des Champs Elysées, and of the Groceries Depot, in the same building.

The free use of the Consulting-rooms, Dispensary and Dental Clinic at 12, rue Boissy d'Anglas.

The free enjoyment, for the duration of the war, of an estate of about 12 acres laid out in market-gardens and orchards, with a poultry-yard and farm stock, at the "Children of Flanders" Colony of Montsoult (Seine-et-Oise).

Yearly revenue of this property about 6,000 francs.

A grant from the "Secours National" amounting to about 2,000 francs, dating from February, 1917, of which only one installment has been received.

<table><tr><td>A sum of</td><td>Francs</td></tr><tr><td>advanced to the "American Convalescent Homes."</td><td>10,537</td></tr><tr><td>Monthly rents paid by Refugees lodged at 16, avenue Felix Faure, amounting to</td><td>646</td></tr><tr><td>Monthly rents paid by refugees at 15, rue Gossec and 24, rue Taitbout, amounting together to</td><td>165</td></tr><tr><td>A small motor-van.</td><td>811</td></tr></table>

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## LIABILITIES

The liabilities are as follows:

<table><tr><td></td><td>Francs</td></tr><tr><td>Yearly rent of offices at 21, Quai Bourbon, Paris</td><td>2,400</td></tr><tr><td>Yearly rent of the lodging-house at 16, Avenue Félix Faure, amounting to</td><td>4,000</td></tr><tr><td>Yearly rent of the lodging-house at 15, rue Gossec, amounting to</td><td>2,000</td></tr><tr><td>Taxes on lodging-house at 19bis, rue La Quintinie, amounting to</td><td>427</td></tr><tr><td>Monthly salaries for the various staffs of the 17 organizations comprised under the general title of "American Hostels for Refugees" amounting to</td><td>3,448</td></tr><tr><td>Salaries of employees on the farm at Montsoult</td><td>618</td></tr></table>

## General Information for 1918.

1. Number of refugees lodged in the five lodging-houses:

<table><tr><td>Men</td><td>Women</td><td>Children</td><td>Families</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>105</td><td>132</td><td>72</td></tr></table>

2. Average attendance at day-nursery and school at 18, rue Taitbout: 40 children.

3. Average attendance at the work-room at 18, rue Taitbout: 60 women.

4. Average value of furniture given per month to refugees in their own lodgings:

3,000 francs.

Articles of furniture supplied:

<table><tr><td>Beds and bedding</td><td>Bed-linen and blankets</td></tr><tr><td>Cooking stoves</td><td>Kitchen tables</td></tr><tr><td>Wardrobes</td><td>Chests for linen</td></tr></table>

Toilet articles, pitchers, basins, etc.

5. At the Dispensary: 12, rue Boissy d'Anglas, an average of 1,000 patients were cared for per month. This Dispensary has

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now passed into the hands of the American Red Cross, who intend to make of it a central clinic and dispensary for refugees in Paris.

## LODGING HOUSES

16, avenue Félix-Faure: Furnished rooms, rent from 8-10 and 15 francs per month. 41 families.

21, rue Brochant: Furnished lodgings free. 12 families.

19bis, rue dela Quintinie: Furnished lodgings. Rent 10 francs per month. 5 families with numerous children.

15, rue Gossec: Furnished lodgings. Rent 10 francs per month 20 families.

24, rue Taitbout: Furnished lodgings free. 6 families.

The heating, light, gas for cooking, and the washing of the household linen (once a fortnight), are supplied free of charge in all the houses.

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## REPORT OF THE NEW YORK COMMITTEE

From November 1, 1916 to December 31, 1917

Mrs. Wharton explains clearly the changes in the organization of her charities which became necessary when part of them were taken over, or provided for, by the American Red Cross. The Hostels for Refugees no longer need the help of her friends. For the Children of Flanders she is still responsible to the Belgian Government, and they are still almost entirely dependent on our contributions; she also keeps, and begs for, the Hospitals for Women and Children at Groslay and Arromanches.

It will be noticed that Mrs. Wharton says these Hospitals are called "Convalescent Homes," to avoid frightening the patients. The Committee considered giving them this title, but decided against it, for two reasons, the first being that on account of the many poignant appeals for the suffering, convalescents seemed to be less important, and the second that to change the word "Hostels" to "Hospitals" in our title was less confusing than if we appeared to be starting new work. So they are "Maisons de Convalescence Américaines" in France, and "Hospitals for Refugees" here.

Our first entertainment last year was at the Flower Show, when on the afternoon of March 20th, we divided the receipts of the Tea Garden with the Red Cross. Again Colonel Roosevelt came, followed by the usual throng; he made a short address, and Mr. Quentin Tod and Miss Clarke very kindly danced several times. From that we made $628.17.

From the 6th to the 12th of June, prosaic MacDougall Alley was transformed into the street of a composite Italian village, and the Committee went into the Alley Festa, Mrs. Gordon Bell consenting to be chairman of our entertainment. Mrs. Shattuck gave us the use of her garage, which made an admirable shooting gallery, in which rows of dolls might—or might not—be knocked down by balls; an effigy of the Kaiser was always bombed with especial vigour. Mr. and Mrs. Bell both worked indefatigably; our receipts were modest, but so were our expenses, and we made a net profit of $781.10, not including a little cheque for $18.24, which has come in as a "final payment on account" only lately.

Then at Bar Harbor, on the 14th of August, we had a very successful garden party, with an out-of-doors play, "Young Leonardo," a supposed episode in the early life of Leonardo da Vinci, written by Ruel Crompton Tuttle and given by the Theatre Workshop of New York. The stage was the lawn of Mr. George Dorr's "Oldfarm," stretching down between great trees to the sea; the day was the loveliest of all the summer, and when at the end of the play Madame Gabrielle Gills sang the Marseillaise, in the dress of a woman of the people in 1789, and Miss Marcia Van Dresser the Star Spangled Banner, with its folds draped around her, it was really an enchanting sight. There was a great crowd, all the expenses were met by donations made by friends beforehand,

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and some of the residents of Bar Harbor generously gave their services, so we cleared from that entertainment $1,075.67.

Miss Estella Neuhaus has again been one of our greatest help- ers by giving us one-third of the net receipts from each of her piano recitals; the sum up to the end of the year amounted to $6,450.07, and during the present winter she has brought it up to $10,000.

Mrs. Gordon Bell has continued to receive money for the Housing Committee (to provide decent lodgings for the refugees), of which she is chairman, and raised for it since the last report $6,028.61, which was sent out to Mrs. Wharton through the Farm- ers Loan and Trust Co.

When it was decided that we should have a booth at the Hero Land Bazaar, she was so good as to take the chairmanship of the Bazaar Committee, in which she was assisted by the taste and experience of Mr. Amos Lawrence. The booth was an Antiquity Shop, which also sold lingerie from Mrs. Wharton's workroom in Paris, and so many people told the Committee that it was the prettiest booth at the Bazaar that they hope it was true. Most of the things sold were gifts to the Committee, but some were bought from dealers and sold at a profit, with the understanding that if not sold they would be returned, which was also done in the case of those who had given outright. The Bazaar lasted—and the Com- mittee managed to hold out—from the 24th of November till the 15th of December, and during that time we paid into the treasury of the Bazaar $8,106, from which was to be deducted the total re- ceipts of one day, given to the sufferers from the catastrophe at Halifax. The cost of starting and maintaining the booth was natur- ally more than was spent for any other entertainment. Notices had to be sent out widely beforehand, asking people for contri- butions; the Committee thought it advisable to have the services of an expert cashier, who should be responsible for the cash regis- ter and turn in the receipts each night to the treasurer of the Bazaar; a salesgirl was also engaged, to be there at hours when it was not convenient for the staff of amateur saleswomen, of whom Miss Pauline Robinson took efficient charge, to be on duty; a night watchman was employed, as many of our wares were valuable and easily spirited away, while all unsold articles, among which were several pieces of furniture, had to be carefully returned to their would-be givers.

Before the Guaranty Trust Company, which had charge of all the funds, would pay any part of them out, it very properly in- sisted that the accounts of each charity which had a booth should be audited, and this the auditors did for all, at a merely nom- inal rate. The entry for expenses in the following report amount- ing to $1,147.45 was for disbursements connected with the different entertainments and was covered by special contributions. The total of that Report and that of the list of subscriptions and donations does not tally, nor can they, because some people send the chairman cheques drawn on European banks and payable to Mrs. Wharton, which therefore go out to her direct. All the expenses incidental

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to the Committee, such as clerical work, necessary cables and the printing of this report, have been borne by a member of the Com- mittee and by one of Mrs. Wharton's friends, to whom the Chair- man offers sincere thanks. The Committee is very grateful to the Treasurer for his care and generosity, and the Chairman wishes to thank its members for their untiring support, and to beg that all who may happen to read this report, or to hear of Mrs. Wharton's work, will strengthen her hands and help her to carry it on until that longed-for day, not yet near at hand, when there shall be no more need for war charities, and when those who now bear the weight of them may rest from their labours.

MARY CADWALADER JONES,
Chairman.

MARWICK, MITCHELL, PEAT & CO.

New York, January 25, 1918

Mrs. Cadwalader Jones,

Chairman, New York Committee for Edith Wharton's
War Charities in France.

Dear Madam:

In accordance with your instructions we have examined the records of Messrs. John Munroe & Co., pertaining to the receipts and payments on account of the American Hostels for Refugees in Paris, for the period from November 1, 1916 to December 31, 1917, and submit herewith our report thereon.

The transactions may be summarized as follows:

Receipts—Subscriptions and Donations...$40,656.13

Payments:
  Remittances to Paris...$39,365.13
  Expenses..................1,147.45

  40,512.58

Balance on deposit with John Munroe & Co...$143.55

Yours truly,

MARWICK, MITCHELL, PEAT & CO.,

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<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Francs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>April, 1916</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Phillips B. Robinson</td><td>257.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Johnstone</td><td>595.70</td></tr><tr><td>Miss La Farge</td><td>464.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Mason</td><td>1,160.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>May, 1916</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. W. F. Hildrup</td><td>145.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss S. Fairchild</td><td>300.</td></tr><tr><td>Virginia War Relief Society (through Mr. Henry Anderson)</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Anonymous</td><td>185.</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. Grand d'Hauteville</td><td>300.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. F. G. Griswold</td><td>1,160.</td></tr><tr><td>Sale of the Book of the Homeless (First payment)</td><td>2,975.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. R. I. Gammell</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Dr. Lewis A. Stimson</td><td>5,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John de Koven</td><td>177.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Agnes G. Troup</td><td>290.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>June, 1916</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Bernheimer</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>August, 1916</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Albert Shattuck</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss C. Stimson</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>September, 1916</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Miss E. Mabel Clark</td><td>1,472.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Clement March</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Anonymous</td><td>5,890.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>October, 1916</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Andrew Carnegie</td><td>2,927.50</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Jane Morgan</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>November, 1916</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Miss Jane Morgan</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss M. P. Williams</td><td>600.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>December, 1916</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ward Thoron</td><td>150.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss E. Mabel Clark</td><td>1,457.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. and Mrs. Archibald A. Welch</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Frederick Delano Hitch</td><td>575.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Herman L. R. Edgar</td><td>287.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Mary Bagley and Friends</td><td>116.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. G. C. Lodge</td><td>173.40</td></tr></tbody></table>

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## DONATIONS FOR 1917

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Francs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>January, 1917</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Miss Jane N. Morgan</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Ellen M. Phillips</td><td>128.75</td></tr><tr><td>Dr. Elizabeth M. Cushier</td><td>146.06</td></tr><tr><td>A Friend of France</td><td>1,443.75</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Mary S. Brewster</td><td>57.75</td></tr><tr><td>British American War Relief Society</td><td>5,800.10</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Florence Russell</td><td>115.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Gerald L. Hoyt</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Bertha Dean</td><td>277.40</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Helen Hecht</td><td>57.75</td></tr><tr><td>"In memory of a little boy," Mrs. John J. McEwan</td><td>28.85</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. L. E. Cadwell</td><td>57.75</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Agnes G. Troup</td><td>289.25</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. L. K. Wilmerding</td><td>125.</td></tr><tr><td>Dr. Lewis Stimson</td><td>1,166.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Elizabeth H. Bartol</td><td>5,840.</td></tr><tr><td>Dr. Elizabeth Mercelis</td><td>144.60</td></tr><tr><td>Anonymous</td><td>5,820.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Anna Whelan</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>The British American War Relief Fund</td><td>8,998.25</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. James A. Burden, Jr.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>February, 1917</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Alfred Coats, President Providence Committee of the American Hostels and The Children of Flanders</td><td>8,746.36</td></tr><tr><td>Dr. E. M. Cushier</td><td>291.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. F. G. Griswold</td><td>578.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Jane N. Morgan</td><td>289.20</td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>99.30</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>March, 1917</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Anonymous</td><td>7,490.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Cadwalader Jones</td><td>145.90</td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>3,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Jane N. Morgan</td><td>289.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>April, 1917</strong></td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>899.35</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. H. L. R. Edgar</td><td>564.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Jane N. Morgan</td><td>282.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>May, 1917</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Mr. A. G. Bixby</td><td>28.25</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Francs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>June, 1917</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Louis B. McCagg</td><td>1,425.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Jane N. Morgan</td><td>283.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Leroy King</td><td>1,425.</td></tr><tr><td>A Belgian Lady (through Mrs. Vernon Boynton)</td><td>285.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. G. C. Lodge</td><td>1,035.90</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Anderson</td><td>171.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. William Saville</td><td>56.80</td></tr><tr><td>Miss A. Martin</td><td>400.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>July, 1917</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Miss Jane N. Morgan</td><td>285.</td></tr><tr><td>Boston Committee of "Edith Wharton's War Charities"</td><td>20,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Charles F. Berger</td><td>25.75</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Anna Whelan</td><td>86.70</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Troup</td><td>285.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>August, 1917</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Miss J. N. Morgan</td><td>85.70</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Charles Robinson Smith</td><td>160.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>September, 1917</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Miss Jane N. Morgan</td><td>285.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>October, 1917</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Miss Jane N. Morgan</td><td>285.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss A. G. Troup</td><td>432.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>November, 1917</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Clement March</td><td>5,787.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. George Nichols</td><td>285.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. William Saville</td><td>57.</td></tr><tr><td>A Friend of France</td><td>570.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. George Nichols, for Xmas tree</td><td>57.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>December, 1917</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. W. J. Duane</td><td>1,150.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. G. C. Lodge</td><td>51.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Bagley</td><td>60.</td></tr><tr><td>Students of Wills College, Cal. (through Miss Kate Brousseau)</td><td>75.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. R. T. Gammell</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. George Nichols</td><td>285.</td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>458.40</td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td></td><td>161,542.81</td></tr></tfoot></table>

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<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Francs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>French Donations for 1915</strong></td></tr><tr><td>March</td><td>3,820.30</td></tr><tr><td>April</td><td>2,883.95</td></tr><tr><td>May</td><td>569.15</td></tr><tr><td>June</td><td>3,821.</td></tr><tr><td>July</td><td>4,617.</td></tr><tr><td>August</td><td>5,981.</td></tr><tr><td>September</td><td>7,268.10</td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>1,020.</td></tr><tr><td>November</td><td>945.85</td></tr><tr><td>December</td><td>1,864.04</td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td><strong>32,790.39</strong></td></tr></tfoot></table>

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Francs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>French Donations for 1916</strong></td></tr><tr><td>January</td><td>496.25</td></tr><tr><td>February</td><td>840.</td></tr><tr><td>March</td><td>1,500.</td></tr><tr><td>April</td><td>720.</td></tr><tr><td>May</td><td>2,520.</td></tr><tr><td>June</td><td>1,550.</td></tr><tr><td>July</td><td>1,390.</td></tr><tr><td>August</td><td>700.</td></tr><tr><td>September</td><td>1,350.</td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>3,120.</td></tr><tr><td>November</td><td>1,265.</td></tr><tr><td>December</td><td>1,480.</td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td><strong>16,931.25</strong></td></tr></tfoot></table>

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Francs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>French Donations for 1917</strong></td></tr><tr><td>January</td><td>620.</td></tr><tr><td>February</td><td>950.</td></tr><tr><td>March</td><td>12,335.</td></tr><tr><td>April</td><td>2,540.</td></tr><tr><td>May</td><td>400.</td></tr><tr><td>June</td><td>5,960.</td></tr><tr><td>July</td><td>2,370.</td></tr><tr><td>August</td><td>320.</td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td><strong>24,495.</strong></td></tr></tfoot></table>

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AMERICAN HOSTELS FOR REFUGEES

American Donations Received in 1916 Since Last Report Issued

April, 1916.

<table><thead><tr><th>January, 1916</th><th>Francs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Mrs. Ward Thoron</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Boston Committee of the American Hostels (through Mrs. Bayard Thayer)</td><td>5,830.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Eugenia Gardiner</td><td>57.50</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Bartol</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Moncure Robinson</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Clement March</td><td>4,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Ogden Codman</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. W. K. Richardson</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss E. Mabel Clark</td><td>874.50</td></tr><tr><td>Anonymous</td><td>5,840.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>2,900.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>580.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Gordon Bell</td><td>292.50</td></tr><tr><td>Miss M. Carrington Brown</td><td>143.75</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. W. W. Osborn</td><td>25.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Beverley Robinson</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John Bushnell</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Charlotte Barnes</td><td>294.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. J. Adams Brown</td><td>60.</td></tr></tbody></table>

February, 1916.

<table><tbody><tr><td>Mme. Jusserand</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td>Anonymous</td><td>5,850.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss A. Bahlmann</td><td>145.40</td></tr><tr><td>Collected in Washington by Mrs. Geo. C. Lodge</td><td>4,412.60</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Helen Hotchkiss</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>A Friend</td><td>1,450.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Henry Adams</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Dr. Sturgis Bigelow</td><td>5,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ward Thoron</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>587.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Clement March</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ward Thoron</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. G. S. Curtis</td><td>25.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Scott A. Smith</td><td>133.10</td></tr><tr><td>Miss A. Martin</td><td>300.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. T. Harrison Garrett</td><td>580.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Chas. Baldwin</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Blagden</td><td>58.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. R. Van Cortlandt</td><td>580.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Victor Sorchan</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Edith Bowdoin</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td>Anonymous</td><td>5,865.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John I. Kane</td><td>500.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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March, 1916

Francs

<table><tbody><tr><td>Miss Pauline Young</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss E. Mabel Clark</td><td>1,460.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Goddard</td><td>1,250.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Katherine E. Turnbull</td><td>586.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Clement March</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. H. T. Sloane</td><td>2,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Byam. K. Stevens</td><td>500.</td></tr></tbody></table>

April, 1916

<table><tbody><tr><td>Miss Anna Whelan</td><td>138.35</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. R. Van Cortlandt</td><td>590.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Currier</td><td>59.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. J. Adams Brown</td><td>118.70</td></tr><tr><td>Miss M. A. Cutcheon</td><td>29.75</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Sedgwick</td><td>238.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. and Mrs. Bushnell</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. J. A. Mitchell</td><td>588.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. F. K. Stevens</td><td>257.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. H. M. Davis</td><td>147.50</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Wheldan</td><td>10.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Ed Page</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. M. W. Dominick</td><td>590.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Philander C. Fuller</td><td>238.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Geo. A. McKinlock</td><td>595.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Morgan</td><td>297.50</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Bosler</td><td>128.75</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. B. D. Caldwell</td><td>298.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ward Thoron</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. G. S. Curtis</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. and Mrs. Fred. D. Gould</td><td>587.71</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Morse</td><td>29.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss E. Hoyt</td><td>297.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John Cadwalader</td><td>185.60</td></tr><tr><td>Captain and Mrs. Beach</td><td>595.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Chas. Morris Addison</td><td>290.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Philip L. Goodwin</td><td>290.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Lambert</td><td>29.85</td></tr></tbody></table>

May, 1916

<table><tbody><tr><td>Miss Katherine E. Turnbull</td><td>594.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Chas. E. Guild</td><td>103.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Karrick Riggs</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Clement March</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. E. H. Blashfield</td><td>590.</td></tr><tr><td>Boston Committee of the American Hostels</td><td>29,797.35</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Edmond Clark</td><td>200.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Jacob Perkins (through Mr. Edmond Clark)</td><td>200.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Slater</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. P. C. Fuller</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. J. J. Van Alen</td><td>500.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table><tbody><tr><td>Book of the Homeless (Second payment)</td><td>2,975.</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees Relief Fund of the War Relief Clearing House of New York</td><td>1,506.65</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. M. Bedell</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Margaret Gillespie</td><td>128.75</td></tr><tr><td>Anonymous</td><td>5,915.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. M. Ritchie Harrison</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Clement March</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Charles Robinson Smith</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. R. I. Gammell</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>591.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ward Thoron</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. G. S. Curtis</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Richard Corbin</td><td>295.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Underwood (through Miss Young)</td><td>150.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### June, 1916

<table><tbody><tr><td>Misses S. and E. Hewitt</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss E. Mabel Clark</td><td>1,475.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Clement March</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Katherine E. Turnbull</td><td>590.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ward Thoron</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. G. S. Curtis</td><td>50.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### July, 1916

<table><tbody><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund of the War Relief Clearing House of New York</td><td>738.40</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ward Thoron</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. G. S. Curtis</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Clement March</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>589.50</td></tr><tr><td>Club Franco-Belge of Philadelphia (through Mme. Jusserand)</td><td>235.79</td></tr><tr><td>Boston Committee of the American Hostels</td><td>18,348.10</td></tr></tbody></table>

### August, 1916

<table><tbody><tr><td>Miss A. Martin</td><td>300.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>590.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Clement March</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Dexter (for the Chilton Club, Boston)</td><td>1,519.25</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ward Thoron</td><td>100.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### September, 1916

<table><tbody><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>737.50</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>1,547.25</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>1,475.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Katherine E. Turnbull</td><td>588.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Bayard Cutting</td><td>2,356.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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### October, 1916

<table><tbody><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>117.50</td></tr><tr><td>Chilton Club, Boston</td><td>1,524.30</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>1,460.</td></tr><tr><td>Chilton Club, Boston</td><td>1,436.15</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Katherine E. Turnbull</td><td>582.50</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>58.30</td></tr></tbody></table>

### November, 1916

<table><tbody><tr><td>Chilton Club, Boston</td><td>1,514.20</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>1,457.50</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>583.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### December, 1916

<table><tbody><tr><td>Mr. Oscar H. Lichtenberg</td><td>10.30</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Gordon Knox Bell (Dollar subscription for Housing and Hospital Fund; first instalment.</td><td>10,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. T. Harrison Garrett</td><td>800.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>584.</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>2,915.</td></tr><tr><td>Chilton Club, Boston</td><td>1,424.95</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>116.60</td></tr></tbody></table>

### January, 1917

<table><tbody><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>2,920.</td></tr><tr><td>Chilton Club, Boston</td><td>1,430.80</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>584.</td></tr><tr><td>Boston Committee</td><td>5,830.90</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ward Thoron</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>3,593.10</td></tr></tbody></table>

### February, 1917

<table><tbody><tr><td>Mr. Oscar H. Lichtenberg</td><td>25.75</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>105.</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>2,915.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>583.50</td></tr><tr><td>Proceeds of sale at the "Antique Shop," Boston Bazaar (through Mrs. G. R. Fearing, Jr.)</td><td>25,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Chilton Club, Boston</td><td>1,416.70</td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>2,142.60</td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>18,362.05</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Mabel V. Root</td><td>146.06</td></tr></tbody></table>

### March, 1917

<table><tbody><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>58.35</td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>1,871.70</td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>2,463.20</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>Francs</td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>14,763.50</td></tr><tr><td>Anonymous</td><td>1,103.75</td></tr><tr><td>Chilton Club, Boston</td><td>5,840.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ward Thoron</td><td>1,497.95</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>100.</td></tr></table>

April, 1917

<table><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>2,920.</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>58.40</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Oscar H. Lichtenberg</td><td>25.75</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Vernon Boynton</td><td>727.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Clarence Hay</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Ethel McLean (through Mrs. Wm. N. Berkeley)</td><td>287.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Karrick Riggs</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>"Jack Fairchild" (through Miss Anna Fairchild)</td><td>300.</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>2,917.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Bull (through Mrs. E. E. Seeger)</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>5,415.</td></tr></table>

May, 1917

<table><tr><td>Mr. J. K. Loeb</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>57.20</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>563.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>569.</td></tr><tr><td>Chilton Club, Boston</td><td>1,387.95</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Green</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Karrick Riggs</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>2,850.</td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>4,340.</td></tr></table>

June, 1917

<table><tr><td>Mr. Gordon Knox Bell (second instalment raised for Housing and Hospital Fund)</td><td>10,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>2,862.50</td></tr><tr><td>Chilton Club, Boston</td><td>1,468.75</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ward Thoron</td><td>150.</td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>7,041.40</td></tr></table>

July, 1917

<table><tr><td>Mr. H. L. R. Edgar</td><td>285.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss E. Mabel Clark</td><td>1,452.50</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>57.40</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>557.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Charles Joy</td><td>571.45</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>2,875.</td></tr><tr><td>Chilton Club, Boston</td><td>1,387.90</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ward Thoron</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>9,683.</td></tr></table>

August, 1917

<table><tr><td>Mrs. Baldwin</td><td>5,725.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Bristow</td><td>503.35</td></tr></table>

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AMERICAN CONVALESCENT HOMES

For Refugee and Repatriated Women and Children

1916

July, 1916

<table><tr><td>Mrs. H. Villiers Forbes</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. E. H. Blashfield</td><td>1,180.</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. Lee Childe</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss S. Fairchild's sale in Boston</td><td>2,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. J. M. Baldwin</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Two American Friends</td><td>95,000.</td></tr><tr><td>The Lady Sybil Cutting</td><td>561.50</td></tr><tr><td>Maryland Red Cross (through Mrs. Harrison Garrett)</td><td>8,665.35</td></tr><tr><td>Boston Committee of the American Hostels</td><td>20,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Hiram T. Slocum</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. Georges Lespinasse</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Tiffany</td><td>300.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Rufus J. Dryer</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss H. I. Reubell</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Griswold Gray</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. A. Toxen Worm</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. van Rinkhuyzen</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Tevis</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Hilles</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td>Professor J. Mark Baldwin</td><td>100.</td></tr></table>

August, 1916

<table><tr><td>Mrs. Wayne Cuyler</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Ella J. Hoagland</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Neilson Brown</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td>Ctesse A. de Moltke-Huitfeldt</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Samuel M. Nave</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. F. G. Griswold</td><td>1,276.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John Ridgely Carter</td><td>200.</td></tr><tr><td>Comte Jean de Sayve</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Dr. Mercelis</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Ctesse Jean de Kergorlay</td><td>300.</td></tr></table>

October, 1916

<table><tr><td>Mr. Joseph Cooke Smith</td><td>694.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Georges Lesieur</td><td>462.25</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. L. Allen</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Philo C. Fuller</td><td>580.</td></tr></table>

November, 1916

<table><tr><td>Mrs. Russell Sullivan</td><td>58.</td></tr></table>

December, 1916

<table><tr><td>Dutchess Co. Red Cross</td><td>2,910.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Gordon Knox Bell (Proceeds of Housing and Hospital Fund; third instalment)</td><td>30,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss S. Cadwalader</td><td>210.10</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Newbold Rhinelander and Friends</td><td>700.</td></tr></table>

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<table><tr><td>Anonymous</td><td>Francs</td></tr><tr><td>American Red Cross</td><td>10,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. René de Bonand</td><td>2,895.</td></tr><tr><td>New York Committee</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>An American Friend</td><td>8,023.40</td></tr></table>

April, 1917

<table><tr><td>A Friend (through Miss Candace Stimson)</td><td>581.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Joseph Cooke Smith</td><td>280.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Thatcher M. Adams</td><td>2,926.25</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Agnes Troup</td><td>285.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Beverley Robinson</td><td>145.50</td></tr></table>

May, 1917

<table><tr><td>Mr. Flac</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. F. Gray Griswold</td><td>582.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Winslow</td><td>582.</td></tr><tr><td>M. Boccon-Gibod</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>M. Ponroy</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Vernon Boynton</td><td>5,820.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. W. D. Sloane</td><td>5,820.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Power-Schroeder (from 2 American Friends)</td><td>290.</td></tr><tr><td>Dr. Elizabeth Mercelis (for Montclair Committee)</td><td>2,847.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Charles Robinson Smith</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Philo H. Fuller</td><td>568.</td></tr><tr><td>Mlle. F. A. Yves</td><td>300.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Otto H. Kahn</td><td>1,500.</td></tr><tr><td>Women's War Relief Committee</td><td>570.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Oscar H. Lichtenberg</td><td>51.50</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Florence H. Matthews</td><td>550.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. M. E. Olmstead</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Ctesse Micislas Orlowska</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Anonymous</td><td>200.</td></tr><tr><td>Duchesse de Bassano</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td>"Seine et Marne"</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>American Friend (through American Express Co.)</td><td>280.</td></tr><tr><td>MM. L. Huffer & Cie</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. L. Bélugou</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss E. J. Hoagland</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Dr. Edmund Canby</td><td>50.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Bodington (Proceeds of Lecture)</td><td>120.</td></tr></table>

June, 1917

<table><tr><td>Duchesse de Bassano</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td>Montclair Committee of "Edith Wharton's War Charities"</td><td>7,429.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Frederick J. Foulke</td><td>200.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. George S. Jackson</td><td>542.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Vernon Boynton (receipts of concert)</td><td>5,690.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Baldwin</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Kingsbury Waterman</td><td>578.25</td></tr><tr><td>Duchesse de Talleyrand</td><td>500.</td></tr><tr><td>Monsieur de Saint André</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. N. P. Welcher</td><td>100.</td></tr></table>

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<table><tr><td>Mr. and Mrs. S. B. McKee</td><td>Francs</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Bayard Tuckerman, Jr.</td><td>150.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>July, 1917</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Mme. Lee Childe</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>M. Oscar Lichtenberg</td><td>25.75</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Robert Grant (Proceeds of readings)</td><td>1,455.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt</td><td>29,100.</td></tr></table>

September, 1917

<table><tr><td>M. Boccon-Gibod</td><td>150.</td></tr><tr><td>M. Ponroy</td><td>150.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Hickox</td><td>1,500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Clement March</td><td>5,755.</td></tr><tr><td>An American Friend</td><td>40,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Joseph Cooke Smith</td><td>200.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Truxtun Beale</td><td>572.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Morris Chepstow</td><td>286.</td></tr><tr><td>M. de St. André</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. George Goode</td><td>727.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. George Goode</td><td>171.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. R. W. Bliss</td><td>1,500.</td></tr><tr><td>C. F. B. (through Mrs. Bliss)</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>A Friend of France</td><td>572.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. William Payne Thompson</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. Turnbull</td><td>575.</td></tr></table>

October, 1917

<table><tr><td>Mme. Fanny F. de Tuite</td><td>200.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. J. Cooke Smith</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Oscar Lichtenberg</td><td>25.75</td></tr><tr><td>C. F. B. (through Mrs. Bliss)</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. R. W. Bliss</td><td>1,500.</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>2,880.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Hickox</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>578.</td></tr><tr><td>Montclair Committee of "Edith Wharton's War Charities"</td><td>1,735.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. William Saville</td><td>57.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss E. Mabel Clark</td><td>5,775.</td></tr><tr><td>Chilton Club, Boston</td><td>1,418.20</td></tr></table>

November, 1917

<table><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>2,890.</td></tr><tr><td>Princesse V. Duleep Singh</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Hickox</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Fisher</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>173.35</td></tr><tr><td>C. F. B.</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. R. W. Bliss</td><td>1,500.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Vernon Boynton</td><td>997.50</td></tr><tr><td>Chilton Club, Boston</td><td>1,444.30</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. C. Robinson Smith</td><td>170.</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>2,875.</td></tr></table>

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<table><tr><td>Miss K. E. Turnbull</td><td>573.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. Ribot</td><td>200.</td></tr></table>

December, 1917

<table><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>11,400.</td></tr><tr><td>War Relief Clearing House</td><td>22,800.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Hickox</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Fisher</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. R. W. Bliss</td><td>1,500.</td></tr><tr><td>C. F. B.</td><td>1,000.</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>57.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. Jules Montant</td><td>100.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Wharton (toward purchase of piano)</td><td>25.</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Fairchild (toward purchase of piano)</td><td>175.</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. David Cahn</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees' Relief Fund</td><td>2,870.</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. la Comtesse A. Pastré</td><td>250.</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>497,134.90</td></tr></table>

LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS THROUGH
MRS. CADWALADER JONES

(November 1st, 1916, to December 31st, 1917)

<table><tr><td>Mr. Henry Adams</td><td>$25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Roy F. Anthony</td><td>1.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Sarah D'Aubigné</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Auchmuty</td><td>400.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Vallé Austen</td><td>15.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. R. A. Bachia</td><td>20.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Mary Bagley</td><td>20.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Charlotte S. Baker</td><td>250.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Frederick H. Baldwin</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Fordyce D. Barker (Children of Flanders)</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Hon. Peter T. Barlow</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Ellen Strong Bartlett</td><td>1.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John K. Beach</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Anonymous</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. James H. Beal</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Alice Beard</td><td>1.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Anson McC. Beard</td><td>200.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Clarence F. Bennett</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Thomas Gray Bennett</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. R. D. Benson (Children of Flanders)</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Hiram Bingham</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Hugh Blackinton</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. George T. Bliss</td><td>2,000.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. W. H. Bliss</td><td>100.00</td></tr></table>

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<table><tr><td>Miss Ethel Bolles</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss May M. Booth</td><td>20.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Charles Bottomley</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Brant (Children of Flanders)</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Layton Brewer</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. William T. Brewer</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. S. W. Bridgham</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. E. T. Bristol</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Mary B. Bristol</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Carleton L. Brownson</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. W. M. Bunker</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ella F. Burnham</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. James Byrne</td><td>250.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Frank Irish Cadwallader</td><td>3.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Henry A. Caesar</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Camp</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. W. H. Carmalt</td><td>20.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Miles B. Carpenter (Children of Flanders)</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Beverley Causey (Children of Flanders)</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Frederick S. Chase</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Prof. Stanley P. Chase</td><td>55.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. B. P. Cheney</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Frederick Hosea Churchill</td><td>20.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Alfred M. Coats</td><td>894.70</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Beatrice Cunradi</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. E. B. Cookey</td><td>1.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Caroline T. Coxe</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Edith M. Curtis</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>"A Friend" (Monthly subscriptions)</td><td>700.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting (Monthly subscriptions)</td><td>1,400.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Walter Damrosch</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Edward S. Dana</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Maria Trumbull Dana</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Caroline Day</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Williams Adams Delano</td><td>200.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. and Mrs. J. Lloyd Derby</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Richard Derby</td><td>15.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. C. H. Ditson</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Henry Herbert Donaldson</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Martha R. Driggs</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Denning Duer</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>"A Friend"</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Anna C. Duncan</td><td>3.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Edith Duncan</td><td>3.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Theodora Dunham</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Mary Lane Dwight</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. W. C. Egan</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Mary Johnston Ellsworth</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Maynard Ellwanger</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Edward W. Emerson</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Henry F. English (Children of Flanders)</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>E. S. C. (through Miss Neuhaus)</td><td>100.00</td></tr></table>

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<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Fausette (Children of Flanders)</td>
      <td>1.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Henry W. Farman</td>
      <td>200.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. W. H. Faust</td>
      <td>1.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Bruce Fenn</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Anna Fitch</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Joseph Flint</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Helen Forrest</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Alden Freeman</td>
      <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>French Luncheon Club (Children of Flanders)</td>
      <td>26.25</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Helen S. Garrett</td>
      <td>2.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Gardiner Gayley</td>
      <td>250.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Charles B. Gilbert</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. L. E. Gladen</td>
      <td>1.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. William Goddard</td>
      <td>200.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. George W. Goethals</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Elizabeth E. Goldsmith</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Evelyn Goodale</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Gould</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Anna Grant</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Martha Ford Gresham</td>
      <td>1.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Augustus C. Gurnee</td>
      <td>300.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Harold F. Hadden</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Pres. Arthur T. Hadley</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. A. C. Hall</td>
      <td>15.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. William Pierson Hamilton (Monthly subscriptions)</td>
      <td>420.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. T. H. Hanna (Children of Flanders)</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. William L. Harkness</td>
      <td>40.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. E. A. Harriman</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Frances C. L. Haven</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. McDougall Hawkes</td>
      <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Josephine L. S. Heath</td>
      <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss E. G. Hewitt</td>
      <td>20.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Sarah Cooper Hewitt</td>
      <td>125.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. James H. Higbie</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. W. S. Hinchman (Children of Flanders)</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. H. C. Hollister</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Elizabeth D. Hooker</td>
      <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Thomas Hooker, Jr.</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. E. Brooke Hopkins</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. James Horn</td>
      <td>2.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Helen Hotchkiss</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. E. P. Hough</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Gertrude L. Hoyt</td>
      <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. T. Thornton Hunt</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Clarence M. Hyde</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Wallace Irwin</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. S. W. Jamison</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. John Innes Kane</td>
      <td>200.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Frederic A. Keep</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. R. P. Keep</td>
      <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mme. L. Keller</td>
      <td>3.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Florence Finch Kelly</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

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<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. D. R. Kennedy</td>
      <td>1.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Frederick Keppel (Children of Flanders)</td>
      <td>20.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. C. R. Kimball</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Alice Kingsbury</td>
      <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Edith D. Kingsbury</td>
      <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Florence M. Kirby</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Frank W. Kitchin</td>
      <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mlle. Hélène La Boulé</td>
      <td>40.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Hon. E. Henry Lacombe</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Rev. E. W. Lake</td>
      <td>2.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Rev. John G. Lawrence</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>League of the Eleven Allies (donation)</td>
      <td>1,000.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Carita Lemmon</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. C. M. Lincoln</td>
      <td>2.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Linwood Boul, Christian Church, Kansas City</td>
      <td>157.51</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Elizabeth N. Little</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Frank C. Littleton</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Herman Livingston</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. George Cabot Lodge</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. H. B. Logan</td>
      <td>15.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Seth Low</td>
      <td>20.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. James B. Ludlow</td>
      <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Charles McCawley</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Prof. Nelson G. McCrea</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss M. L. McKay</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. S. MacKaye</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. John McKenna (Children of Flanders)</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Mildred McKibbin</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. W. H. McLeod (Children of Flanders)</td>
      <td>12.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Francis MacNutt</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Mary W. MacNair</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>M. Emile Martin</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. John Means</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Florence Melville</td>
      <td>20.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. W. C. Bontell Mendenhall</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Dr. H. Pereira Mendes (Children of Flanders)</td>
      <td>2.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. F. A. Millard</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Jennie J. Miller</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Pierpont Morgan</td>
      <td>600.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Henry Lewis Morris</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>A Friend (through Mrs. Henry W. Munroe)</td>
      <td>2.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Anonymous</td>
      <td>180.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. George H. Nettleton</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Estella Neuhaus (Share of piano recitals)</td>
      <td>6,450.07</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Content S. Nichols</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Charles W. Ogden (Children of Flanders)</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Lloyd Osbourne</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Howard Page</td>
      <td>15.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. J. A. Patlow</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. W. H. Patrick</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mme. E. Péguiron</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Porter's School</td>
      <td>108.50</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

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<table><tbody><tr><td>Miss Helen Stevens Porter</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Receipts from Alley Festa</td><td>781.10</td></tr><tr><td>Receipts from out-of-doors play</td><td>1,075.67</td></tr><tr><td>Receipts from Red Cross Tea</td><td>628.17</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. E. T. Reed</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Refugees Relief Fund (donation)</td><td>2,000.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. William Gorham Rice</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Julien Ashton Ripley</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Anonymous (Monthly donations)</td><td>7,500.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Frances Rogers</td><td>1.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Viola Roseboro</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Mary A. Sands</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Elizabeth Collier Sargent</td><td>15.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. F. Aug. Schermerhorn</td><td>500.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss A. E. Seibert</td><td>3.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Anna Blake Shaw</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Gardiner Sherman</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Anna H. Shortridge (Children of Flanders)</td><td>6.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. H. J. Slade</td><td>2.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Charles Robinson Smith (subscriptions)</td><td>211.77</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. E. P. Smith</td><td>3.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Herbert Knox Smith</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Philip B. Stanley</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. George L. Stebbins</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. E. J. Stone</td><td>200.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. William J. Storm</td><td>35.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Lucius S. Storrs</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Willard Straight</td><td>500.00</td></tr><tr><td>Dr. W. P. Swett</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. G. S. Talcott</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John Butler Talcott</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Ruth M. Talcott</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ella A. Tiemann</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Henry H. Townshend</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Elford Trowbridge</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Tuttle</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Victor Morris Tyler</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. D. Berkeley Updike</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Anne Michell Upjohn</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Clara Van Vleck (Children of Flanders)</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Jane Van Vleck</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>"A Friend"</td><td>20.00</td></tr><tr><td>War Relief Clearing House (donation for Groslay and Arromanches)</td><td>4,000.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Clarence A. Warden</td><td>500.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Hope Washburn</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Rev. Eliot White</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. C. A. Whitehouse</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Eli Whitney</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Emily H. Whitney</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>"A Friend of France"</td><td>50.00</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table><tbody><tr><td>Miss Katherine S. Wilbor</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Edwin Stanley Willes</td><td>1.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. F. Wells Williams</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Francis S. Williams</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. J. S. Williams</td><td>2.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. L. B. Williams</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. L. K. Wilmerding</td><td>21.41</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Sarah S. Winslow</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Frank I. Witherbee</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Clara de Wolf</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. George Wood</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Laura Woodford</td><td>2.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. A. E. Woolley</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Edith Woolsey</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John Brooks Yale</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Total Receipts</td><td>$39,805.65</td></tr></tbody></table>

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CONTRIBUTIONS IN KIND TOWARDS MRS.
WHARTON'S CHARITIES THROUGH
MRS. CADWALADER JONES

Names of Contributors

Mrs. Egan—1 woman's coat, 1 woman's woollen cap, 1 girl's dress, 2 girl's linen coats, 1 cotton blouse, 3 frocks, 2 vests, 1 pr. overshoes, 1 pr. socks, 4 prs. drawers, 2 prs. woven drawers, 1 pr. corsets, 1 pr. braces, 1 colored shirt, 1 boy's flannel blouse, 1 pr. boots, 3 men's shirts, 2 prs. cuffs, 1 hair brush, 1 comb, 1 small blanket, 1 flannelette nightgown, 1 leather belt, 1 apron.

Mrs. Wickersham—28 baby blankets, 2 woollen shawls, 1 comforter, 1 woollen "crossover," 3 infants' petticoats, 7 infants' flannel petticoats, 4 flannel barrows, 2 unfinished wrappers, 6 men's shirts and 1 muffler.

Mrs. Gardiner Sherman—1 man's overcoat, 3 men's suits, 2 men's coats, 2 men's waistcoats, 1 man's dustcoat, 2 cloth cloaks, 1 woollen cape, 3 flannel petticoats.

Mrs. Opdycke—1 doz. assorted aluminum thimbles, 36 rolls of tape, 20 pkts. best English needles, 60 reels best white sewing cotton, 60 reels best black sewing cotton, 6 doz. white pearl buttons, 1 gross black bone buttons.

(duplicated by Mrs. L. Opdycke)

Mrs. Frank C. Littleton—9 mufflers, 1 long woollen scarf, 1 pr. mittens, 8 baby blankets, 1 woollen shawl, 10 woollen scarfs, 1 infant's woollen jacket, 1 pr. infant's bootees.

Mrs. Tweedy—1 child's sweater, 2 child's woollen bonnets, 2 woollen jackets.

Miss Adelaide White—5 women's cardigan jackets, 6 women's dresses, 6 children's dresses, 7 children's aprons, 24 caps, 13 sweaters, 1 shawl, 1 woman's shawl.

Mrs. Goethals—1 dressing gown, 1 woman's sweater, 1 pair slippers, 1 woollen jacket.

Mrs. Edward K. Dunham—2 boy's woollen bathing suits, 2 boy's shirts, 2 sets pajamas, 1 cloth cap, 1 pr. khaki breeches, 2 prs. woollen pants, 3 woollen vests.

Mrs. C. B. Dix—1 pr. boots, 1 woman's long coat, 1 woman's jacket, 2 blouses, 1 undervest, 1 tunic.

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Mrs. Clark Davis—6 prs. boy's boots, 1 pr. boy's shoes, 1 pr. slippers, 1 child's wrapper, 1 child's petticoat, 1 corset waist, 1 woman's sweater.

Mrs. Pryor—1 woman's sweater.

Mrs. Mears—1 pr. shoes, 2 leather belts, 1 woollen cap, 1 linen suit, 1 linen skirt, 1 woman's sweater, 1 cloth jacket, 1 colored skirt.

Mrs. George Talcott—4 prs. infants' woollen mittens, 1 woman's cloth coat, 1 woman's cloth suit.

Miss Tyson—2 mufflers.

Mrs. Cushman—4 children's woollen jackets.

Mrs. W. M. Chadbourne—5 prs. men's woollen drawers, 30 prs. cashmere socks, 9 prs. thick woollen socks, 1 woollen vest, 4 coloured flannel shirts, 3 suits, 1 pr. cloth trousers.

Mrs. Herman Livingston—1 black marabout boa, 4 woollen shawls, 1 cloth cape, 1 small coverlet, 1 boy's woollen cap.

Mrs. Chase—7 prs. new blankets.

Mrs. Winthrop Chanler—3 boxes of clothing for youths and women.

Mrs. Murphy—1 man's coat, 5 women's cloth jackets, 1 woman's alpaca jacket, 1 pr. child's slippers, 1 pr. bootees, 1 muffler, 2 caps, 9 diapers, 4 flannelette petticoats, 1 woman's cloth coat, 1 woollen shawl, 1 serge skirt, 1 tweed coat.

Miss Fanning—3 women's petticoats, 27 children's flannelette petticoats, 2 children's woollen bonnets, 1 pr. woollen bootees, 1 flannel jacket.

Mrs. G. W. Hill—1 box of clothing.

Mrs. Morris Murray—1 boy's waterproof coat, 9 prs. pajamas, 3 prs. drawers, 2 suits, 1 coat, 1 pr. trousers, 3 sweaters, 3 mufflers, 2 woollen caps, 2 girl's coats, 2 waists, 1 girl's dress, 3 corset bodices, 8 prs. knickers, 2 cloth jackets, 2 cloth coats, 4 woollen sweaters.

Somerville Red Cross—2 boxes of clothing.

Mrs. Hiram Bingham—2 pieces (107 yds.) of outing flannel, 1 package of knitting wool, 2 knitted coverlets, 2 baby's flannel gowns, 1 boy's dressing gown, 2 prs. bootees, 3 prs. new bedroom slippers, 3 prs. stockings, 5 woollen vests, 1 baby's woollen jacket, 2 prs. woollen drawers, 2 prs. stockings, 1 pr. socks, 2 prs. spats, 1 child's drill waist, 2 rompers, 1 baby's cap, 4 prs. gloves, 3 prs. boy's pumps, 2 prs. children's shoes, 2 boy's suits, 1 boy's cap, 2 prs. cloth knickers, 1 pr. serge knickers, 4 blue serge suits, 4 mackintosh coats, 2 mackintosh caps, 2 overcoats, 1 man's suit, 4 prs. man's boots, 1 pr. man's riding boots, 3 neckties, 1 sweater, 1 woman's skirt, 2 women's coats, 9 prs. boy's white knickers, 4 blouses.

Mrs. James Byrne—5 woollen sweaters, 2 silk sweaters, 1 corduroy cloth suit, 1 blue cloth suit, 4 tweed suits, 1 cloth dress, 5 black coats, 4 black skirts, 1 dress.

Miss Steward—2 boxes of clothing.

Mrs. F. H. Churchill—1 woollen wrapper, 1 woollen hood.

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DIRE NEED OF POOR
CHILDREN OF YPRES

Living in Cellars, Under Constant
Shell Fire, Without Clothing,
Food or Warmth.

Paris, March 23, 1915.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :—

SIR,—In the ruins of Ypres, at the present time, over two hundred lost children, from four to ten years old, are living in cellars, absolutely abandoned, without clothing, without food and without warmth. Here is an account of their situation, from letters recently received:

> "These children, either orphans or separated from their parents at the moment of the destruction of the town, are living half naked, feeding on scraps picked up in the streets or on what they receive from the soldiers. Among them is a baby four years old, whose forearm has been blown off by a shell. . . . It is heartbreaking to see these little creatures playing about under the bursting shells or shrieking with agony on hospital beds, without knowing why the big balls are falling or why it hurts so horribly to be hit by them. . . ."

It is clear that not a moment must be lost in coming to the aid of these waifs. An effort is now being made to place them in a French convent near the frontier, in charge of Flemish Sisters (for none of the children speak French) and under the supervision of the curé of Ypres, and money and provisions are urgently needed for the support of this home.

Meanwhile a motor-van is to be sent to Ypres next Monday, the 29th, to carry the most pressing necessities to the lamentable little colony. Clothes, shoes, stockings and underclothes are greatly needed and also groceries of all kinds, condensed milk, fruit, flour, chocolate and preserves.

I ask your readers to remember that the need of these children is desperate and that the smallest gifts, either in money or supplies, will be received with gratitude.

EDITH WHARTON,
53 rue de Varenne.

Donations in money and kind may be sent to the following addresses: Mme. de Bormans, 11bis rue de Milan; Mrs. Wharton, 53 rue de Varenne.

Parcels should be distinctly marked: "Pour les Enfants d'Ypres."

REPORT OF THE

AMERICAN

HOSTELS FOR REFUGEES

AND

CHILDREN OF FLANDERS

RESCUE COMMITTEE

## AMERICAN HOSTELS FOR REFUGEES
IN PARIS

(Accueil Franco-Americain aux Refugiés Belges et Francais)

Office for the reception of refugees:
63, avenue des Champs-Elysées.

General Management: 21, Quai de Bourbon.

<table><tr><td>President</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>Mrs. Wharton</td></tr><tr><td>Vice-Presidents</td><td>Baron del Marmol,</td><td>Mrs. Royall Tyler</td></tr><tr><td>Honorary Treasurer and Secretary</td><td>-</td><td>Mr. Royall Tyler</td></tr><tr><td>General Manager</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>M. de Gieystor</td></tr></table>

### GENERAL COMMITTEE

<table><tr><td>M. Arbelet</td><td>Mrs. Cameron</td><td>M. Harnois</td></tr><tr><td>M. Auger</td><td>Miss Cromwell</td><td>Mr. Charly Knight</td></tr><tr><td>M. Bernard Auger</td><td>Mme. Lee Childe</td><td>Mme. Lacroix</td></tr><tr><td>Mlle. Baudon de Mony</td><td>Mrs. John Coolidge</td><td>Mme. Langweil</td></tr><tr><td>Comtesse de Béarn</td><td>M. Crombez</td><td>Mlle. Langweil</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Walter Berry</td><td>M. Henri Dequis</td><td>M. Le Gouey</td></tr><tr><td>Comtesse de Bertier</td><td>Princesse Victor</td><td>Mlles. Léonino</td></tr><tr><td>de Sauvigny</td><td>Duleep Singh</td><td>Mr. George Munroe</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. R. W. Bliss</td><td>Mrs. Blair Fairchild</td><td>M. Ponroy</td></tr><tr><td>M. Boccon-Gibod</td><td>M. Gatineau</td><td>M. Pousseur</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. Cahen</td><td>Mrs. Walter Gay</td><td>Mrs. Charles Scott</td></tr><tr><td>Mlle. Cahen</td><td>M. André Gide</td><td>Mrs. Edward Tuck</td></tr></table>

### EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President: Mrs. Wharton

<table><tr><td>M. Bernard Auger</td><td>Mrs. R. W. Bliss</td><td>Baron del Marmol</td></tr><tr><td>Comtesse de Béarn</td><td>M. Boccon-Gibod</td><td>Mrs. Charles Scott</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Walter Berry</td><td>Mrs. Cameron</td><td>Mrs. Edward Tuck</td></tr><tr><td>Comtesse de Bertier</td><td>M. Crombez</td><td>Mrs. Royall Tyler</td></tr><tr><td>de Sauvigny</td><td></td><td></td></tr></table>

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## CHILDREN OF FLANDERS RESCUE COMMITTEE

(Œuvre des Enfants des Flandres)

Office: 254, Boulevard Saint-Germain

<table><tr><td>President</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>Mrs. Wharton</td></tr><tr><td>Vice-President</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>Mrs. Royall Tyler</td></tr><tr><td>Honorary Secretary and Treasurer</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>Mr. Royall Tyler</td></tr></table>

### GENERAL COMMITTEE

<table><tr><td>M. Boccon-Gibod</td><td>M. François Empain</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. La Baronne Buffin</td><td>(Sénateur du Royaume de Belgique)</td></tr><tr><td>M. Brunet</td><td>Mrs. Walter Gay</td></tr><tr><td>(Avocat à la Cour d'Appel)</td><td>Mr. Walter Gay</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Cromwell</td><td>Mme. L. Metman</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. Darcy</td><td>M. Ponroy</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. Dumaine</td><td>Mlle. Pouillet</td></tr></table>

### HOUSES

Villa Béthanie, Montsoult (S. & O.)
Château-Vieux, rue Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen
Ecole Brazillier, 21 bis, rue de Bouillis, Sèvres (S. & O.)
67, rue de la Santé, Paris
Maison des Vieilles Femmes, Chaville (S. & O.)

### LACE-SCHOOLS

Pavillon du Château de Brimborion, Sèvres (S. & O.)
Château Vieux de Saint-Ouen, Saint-Ouen
67, rue de la Santé, Paris

### REST-HOUSES

Villa Saillet, Arromanches (Calvados)
Les Bergeries, Arromanches (Calvados)

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Day Nursery of American Hostels for Refugees

MRS. WHARTON'S WAR CHARITIES IN FRANCE*

In the month of November, 1914, the "American Hostels for Refugees" were founded by Mrs. Wharton and a group of American friends in Paris to provide lodgings and a restaurant for the unhappy people who were streaming in every day by hundreds from Belgium and from the invaded provinces of France. A small French committee called the "Foyer Franco-Belge," founded by M. Charles Du Bos and M. André Gide, had already undertaken to come to the assistance of the refugees, and it was decided that the two committees should unite to form one organization. The joint committee started its work with about 1,000 francs in hand, and the loan of a house in the rue Pierre Nicole from Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tuck.

During the first months a small dormitory and clothing depot were established in the Theatre du Colisée, and assistance in money was dispensed at the office, 63, Avenue des Champs-Elysées, which had been kindly put at the disposal of the joint committee by Comtesse de Béarn. From a small beginning the Hostels have developed into an organization which cares permanently for more than four thousand refugees, most of whom come from the invaded regions of France. When they arrive they apply first to the office at No. 63, Avenue des Champs-Elysées, where their papers are examined, and the particulars of each case carefully registered. The assistance given varies; it may be money toward the payment of rent, or clothing, or medical care, tickets for groceries and coal, restaurant tickets, or lodgings in one of the model lodging houses. Often, of course, more than one form of assistance is given to the same family, and in all cases permanent aid is accorded only to the old, the infirm, or to women with families of young children. The refugees are visited by a committee which occupies itself entirely with this branch of the work, each member taking a group of about a hundred families. All men and women capable of earning a living are given an opportunity to do so through the employment agency of the Hostels, which has already found positions for more than six thousand, and when they become self-supporting, or if they refuse to accept the places which have been procured them, they are struck off the list of the Hostels. One of the oldest centres of the Hostels' work is a large house, No. 18, rue Taitbout, which

* From an article published by Mrs. Wharton in the Paris edition of the New York Herald on January 14th, 1917.

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was put at the disposal of the Committee at the beginning of the war by Comtesse de Bertier de Sauvigny, who generously lights and heats it at her own expense. Here there is a restaurant where 500 meals a day are served, at the nominal price of two cents each, and as the food is excellent, the restaurant is very popular. In this house there is also a workroom where about fifty women are constantly employed, under the direction of an experienced dress-maker, in making clothes for themselves and their children or in filling orders which may be given. While they work their children are happy in a day nursery and infant school, and there is also a library and recreation room.

At No. 50, rue du Docteur Blanche, Auteuil, a house in a garden is lent to the Committee by Mrs. Edward Tuck as a place of rest for women and children requiring rest and careful feeding, but not ill enough to be sent to the hospital of the Hostels. Young mothers are received here after the birth of their children, and children are cared for while their mothers are in hospital. The restaurant in this house serves about sixty meals a day, with a special diet for invalids. There is a matron in charge; daily visits are made by the trained nurses of the Hostels' dispensary and several times a week by a doctor.

The clothing depot of the Hostels is at No. 12, rue Boissy d'Anglas, in large quarters generously put at the disposal of the Committee by the Société d'Assurance Mutuelle de Seine et Seine-et-Oise, and under the able management of Mrs. Charles Scott it has distributed nearly 100,000 garments. An interesting feature of the depot or "vestiaire" is the providing of suits of strong working clothes for men who have found work in factories through the employment agency of the Hostels. There is also a constant demand for layettes and for boots and shoes of all sizes.

The dispensary and consultation rooms of the hospital are in the same building, and on an average twenty or thirty patients are cared for daily at the dispensary, which is under the management of a head nurse, with two assistant nurses. Three days a week medical consultations are given here, and a trained nurse visits the refugees who are too ill to leave their homes. Thanks to the generosity of Mrs. Edward Tuck, Mrs. R. W. Bliss and Mlles. Léonino the dispensary is now practically self-supporting.

At No. 67, rue Pierre-Charron, lent to the Hostels through the kindness of Comtesse de Béarn, is the grocery department, where refugees may obtain provisions at wholesale prices in exchange for food tickets dealt out to them at the Committee Office. These food tickets are given chiefly to mothers with large families and to old

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people. So many applicants asked for chocolate in exchange for their tickets that an inquiry was made, when it was found that it was to be sent to the men of their families who were prisoners in German camps, as chocolate keeps and travels better than anything else. At yet another depot coal, which is bought in large quantities at wholesale prices, is exchanged for tickets and distributed at the homes of the refugees.

About a year ago the Committee realized that it was useless to give money or food to many of the refugees, unless cheaper and more sanitary lodgings could be provided for them. Large families were often packed together in one damp and dirty room, for which they were paying an exorbitant rent, and where the ill and healthy were crowded together, often in one filthy bed. To remedy this horrible state of things the Committee hired a large unfurnished apartment at No. 16, avenue Félix-Faure, which was fitted up at the cost of about 200 francs a room, these rooms being let out at rents varying from 8 to 15 francs a month each. This charge included lighting, heating and the washing of the household linen. A resident superintendent is in charge of the building and there is always a long waiting list of refugees anxious to obtain rooms. Subsequently two other houses were fitted up, one at No. 21, rue Brochant, where the rooms are let out at the price of 8 to 10 francs a month, and another at No. 19 bis, rue de la Quinținie, where a group of studios has been converted into free furnished lodgings for very poor women with large families of young children. The Conseil Municipal of Paris visited these lodging houses last summer and sent a letter of approval to Mrs. Wharton with a gift of 6,000 francs toward carrying on the work.

The present cost of maintaining all the branches of this extensive charity does not exceed $5,250 per month. The American Relief Clearing House has been most generous in the support of the Hostels, and its gifts of money, clothing and coal have done much to enable the Committee to increase the range of its activity.

Last year it became more and more evident that no real help could be given to many of the refugees until they had been restored to health. The fact that most of the civilian hospitals in France have been taken for military purposes, and that the others are continually overcrowded, makes it almost impossible for any civilian who is suffering from a chronic disease, or even from an illness likely to last several weeks, to be received in any public hospital, and with regard to women and children the situation is terrible. The Committee longed to open a hospital for these poor people, and last autumn a generous gift from two American friends of

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Children of the Landes Society
Lace School of American Hostels at Montmartre

France made it possible to realize this project. Two adjoining houses in large gardens were hired at Groslay (S. & O.) and originally fitted up with beds for 100, but there are now 104 women and children there. In the larger of these two houses, the Villa Belle Alliance, the serious cases are received, while in the smaller, the Villa Bon Accueil, the patients suffering from chronic bronchitis and incipient tuberculosis are cared for. An English matron is in charge of these two houses, assisted by four trained nurses. One of the objects of the Committee is to prevent the patients from sinking into depression caused by idleness and also to break up habits of laziness and self-indulgence. A young teacher gives the children daily lessons and teaches them various useful occupations, while a lady visits the hospitals several times a week and gives out light work for the women. The houses are surrounded by a large park and the patients are all encouraged to be out whenever it is possible. A solarium is also to be built, in which they may pass their days in the spring.

Many of the children were found to be suffering from tuberculosis of the bone and of the glands. These cases required sea air and sea bathing, and therefore a large villa was hired and fitted up at Arromanches, Normandy, where about thirty are cared for by a matron and a resident woman doctor. They also have a governess who gives daily instruction, but much of the day is passed out of doors, and in summer they are on the sand whenever the weather permits. This hospital is always full, with a long waiting list. The funds given for the fitting up of these refuge hospitals do not suffice for their support, and to carry on this important branch of the work about $4,000 a month is needed.

### (Œuvre des Enfants des Flandres)

The Œuvre des Enfants des Flandres, though it also concerns itself with the care of refugees, is in Paris entirely distinct from the "American Hostels for Refugees." In April, 1915, when the German bombardment of Ypres, Furnes, Poperinghe and the surrounding villages was driving away the last remnants of the civilian population of Western Belgium, the Belgian Government asked Mrs. Wharton if she could receive sixty children at forty-eight hours' notice. The answer was "Yes." A house was obtained at

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should be taught French, and this wish has been carried out. French classes have been organized in the various houses, the Sisters have taught the children French popular songs, and even the youngest understand and speak their adopted language.

The Children of Flanders Rescue Committee has now been in existence for a year and a half. The number of children cared for is 735, and the Sisters and the old people attached to the colonies bring up the total number to about 900 souls. The houses in which

Children's School Room, Refugee Hospital for Women and Children at Groslay.

they are lodged are given, and during the first months of the war it was possible, by the strictest economy, to make the war allowance granted by the Belgian Government, of 30 cents a day for each adult and 10 cents a day for each child, suffice to pay for their food. But the great increase in the cost of living as well as other additional expenses have now made this impossible and the monthly expenses of this Committee now amount to about $1,800.

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## REPORT OF THE NEW YORK COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN HOSTELS FOR REFUGEES IN PARIS

### And Children of Flanders Rescue Committee

### From February 1st, 1915, to November 1st, 1916

As we have read, these Hostels were founded by Mrs. Wharton, in connection with a French Committee, in November, 1914, as soon as the pitiful throng of refugees began to crowd into Paris, and at her request Mrs. Richard Derby, who had been working with her husband in Paris, undertook, on her return, to form a Committee in New York. An appeal was sent out, to which many friends of Mrs. Wharton and Mrs. Derby responded by gifts of money and in kind, and the Committee was also allowed a share in the profits of the Red Cross Tea Room at the Flower Show held at the Grand Central Palace in March, 1915. Except a small bill for printing and stationery, all the incidental expenses of the Committee were borne by its members, and, as may be seen by the account which is appended, $6,645.63 was sent to Paris through Messrs. John Munroe & Co. In the autumn of 1915 Mrs. Derby was not able to go on with the work which she had started so well, and the present Chairman therefore took her place on November 1st, 1915, at her request and with the approval of Mrs. Wharton and of the Committee, to which some new members were added. Mr. Henry W. Munroe kindly consented to act as Treasurer, and as Mrs. Wharton had by that time started her home for destitute Belgian children, the name of the Children of Flanders Rescue Committee was added to that of the Hostels, in order to avoid the possible confusion of another committee.

A glance at the Treasurer's report will show that between November 1st, 1915, and November 1st, 1916, when the fiscal year ended, $20,593.22 was sent out to Paris. The largest sum given by any one person was contributed by Miss Estella Neuhaus, who most generously gave one-third of the proceeds of her piano recitals in many cities, and it may be added that this generosity is being continued, with even more satisfactory results, during the present season.

In the summer of 1915, Mrs. Wharton planned the production of the "Book of the Homeless," to aid her helpless charges, and she met with a ready response from many eminent writers, artists and composers in France and England. She also received an autograph

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Hospital for Women and Children at Grosley. (In the Park)

letter from General Joffre. There were sixty contributors, and nothing which they sent had been previously published, while, with one or two exceptions, the literary articles were really manuscripts. Once in this country Mr. Berkeley Updike, whose Merrymount Press is known to all lovers of good printing, took charge not only of the printing but of the facsimile reproductions of the many coloured drawings. The result was one of the most beautiful pieces of work which has ever been done in this country. Mr. Updike and Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons gave their time and trouble without any charge, and the Book has made a substantial addition to Mrs. Wharton's funds. The manuscripts were sold at auction in the American Art Rooms in January, Mr. Kirby having generously given his services and those of his assistants. The sale, which was under the charge of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Maynard, was a great success. The MSS., etc., brought $6,950, and when Mr. Kirby announced this, a member of the Committee promptly added $50, to bring the amount up to the round $7,000. The expenses for printing, advertising, etc., were only $171, and $6,829.57 was sent out to Paris.

In March Mrs. Gordon Bell became Chairman of a Committee on Housing, because Mrs. Wharton had appealed for a special fund in order to provide decent lodgings for the refugees, many of whom were miserably crowded in unhealthy quarters. Mrs. Bell circulated this appeal widely, adding one of her own, and asking for dollar subscriptions. By the first of November, she had remitted to Mrs. Wharton, through the Farmers Loan and Trust Co. $6,847.00, with a balance in hand of $1,208.33, and since then she has received considerably more.

In April the Committee again had a share of the profits of the Red Cross Tea Room one afternoon at the Flower Show, where the dancing of M. Maurice and Mme. Florence Walton, who kindly gave their services, was a great attraction.

A little later Miss Anna Bahlmann, who had for many years given lessons in New York, and had been for many more an intimate and faithful friend of Mrs. Wharton, died suddenly, and Miss Pauline Robinson, one of her pupils, felt that her memory could in no way be so well honoured as by associating it with Mrs. Wharton's work. Miss Bahlmann's old pupils were therefore asked to contribute toward the maintenance of a bed in the hospital for sick refugees; they responded, almost without exception, and a sum was sent out large enough to keep up such a bed for more than a year.

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The Chilton Club of Boston levies a contribution on its members for certain of the war charities, and in September this was sent to the Treasurer; the amount raised by an exhibition of French and German posters and proclamations was also sent out through him, but once in France it went for the benefit of the tuberculous victims of the war, for whom a separate committee had not then been made.

During the first months of the Committee all money received was sent out directly through Mr. Munroe, so the subscription list and his account tally exactly, but during the last year some deposits have been made directly to him, as in the case of Miss Bahlmann's fund, and therefore do not appear on the Chairman's list. It will be noticed that the Committee has had no expenses except a small sum for M. Maurice's orchestra; the wool sent to Paris was paid for by a subscriber. Clerical help, printing, express charges, etc., have been met from a fund given by a member of the Committee, and never has a gift been more useful or more appreciated.

During the summer Mrs. Wharton became much interested in the many tuberculous soldiers who are now not only sufferers themselves but a menace to their families, and at her request Mr. Walter Maynard became chairman of a committee for their relief, on which this committee is represented, and with which it is in entire sympathy.

But we hope that continued help will not be lacking for the charities which Mrs. Wharton first started, with which she is so closely connected, and to which she gives her time, her strength, and her close personal supervision: the French Government is so fully aware of the value of her work that it has awarded her the Cross of the Legion of Honor, a distinction of which it is chary to women.

The war is long, and the high prices of food and fuel strain her resources to the uttermost. In acknowledging a remittance sent in answer to one of her last appeals, she wrote: "It takes a great load off my mind to feel that people at home will still help me out when my funds run low. All we are doing is developing so much, and its usefulness is becoming so generally recognized, that if I had to cut off any branch of our work it would break my heart."

We must not fail her.

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CHEQUES may be sent direct to Mrs. Wharton, 53 rue de Varenne, Paris, or to Henry W. Munroe, Treasurer, care of Mrs. Cadwalader Jones, 21 East Eleventh Street, New York. Gifts in kind should be sent through the War Relief Clearing House, 133 Charlton Street, New York (or any local branch), addressed to Mrs. Wharton's work-rooms, 254, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris, or else they may be sent by express to the care of Mrs. Cadwalader Jones, who will acknowledge and forward them.

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MESSRS. JOHN MUNROE & CO. IN ACCOUNT WITH THE
AMERICAN HOSTELS FOR REFUGEES IN PARIS

February 1st to November 1st, 1915

<table><thead><tr><th>Receipts:</th><th>Disbursements:</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>By subscriptions and donations</td><td>Remittances to Paris</td><td>$6,645.63</td></tr><tr><td>From tea at Flower Show</td><td>To stationery, printing, etc.</td><td>80.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>$6,725.88</td></tr></tbody></table>

HENRY W. MUNROE, Esq., TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH
THE AMERICAN HOSTELS FOR REFUGEES AND THE
CHILDREN OF FLANDERS RESCUE COMMITTEE

November 1st, 1915, to November 1st, 1916

<table><thead><tr><th>Receipts:</th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>By subscriptions and donations</td><td>$ 8,963.75</td></tr><tr><td>Profits from sale of MSS. (less expenses)</td><td>6,829.57</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Estella Neuhaus, share of proceeds of piano recitals</td><td>2,855.00</td></tr><tr><td>Share of profits at tea room of Flower Show</td><td>576.57</td></tr><tr><td>Anna Bahlmann Memorial Fund (through Miss Pauline Robinson)</td><td>825.00</td></tr></tbody></table><table><thead><tr><th>Exhibition of posters, etc., at Bar Harbour</th><th>479.00</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>From the Chilton Club, Boston</td><td>245.00</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>$20,773.89</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>Disbursements:</th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>To remittances to Paris</td><td>$20,593.22</td></tr><tr><td>To the Vacation War Relief, for wool sent to Paris</td><td>150.67</td></tr><tr><td>To musicians at Flower Show</td><td>30.00</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>$20,773.89</td></tr></tbody></table>

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DONATIONS MADE DIRECTLY TO MRS. WHARTON IN
RESPONSE TO APPEAL IN NEW YORK TIMES,
NOVEMBER, 1915

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Francs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Mrs. Auchmuty</td><td>1,725</td></tr><tr><td>"Anonymous"</td><td>5,000</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Bagley</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Francis C. Barlow</td><td>500</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Elizabeth H. Bartol</td><td>500</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Mary Bedell Bradbury</td><td>500</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Gordon Bell</td><td>500</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. J. A. Boronocker</td><td>28 75</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Laura H. Bowers</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Anna S. Boyd</td><td>5 15</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. John W. S. Brady</td><td>575</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Stanley P. Chase</td><td>103</td></tr><tr><td>Children of the Rogers School, Fairhaven</td><td>200</td></tr><tr><td>Children of the Oexfer School, Fairhaven</td><td>108 38</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Fr. H. Foster</td><td>25 75</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. William Goddard</td><td>500</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Ed. Nancy</td><td>575</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. G. Haraguchi</td><td>15 45</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Augustus Hemenway</td><td>5,840</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Paul A. Isler</td><td>500</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Le Roy King</td><td>580</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Kate Lawson</td><td>58 85</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Annie Leach</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. G. C. Lodge</td><td>86 45</td></tr><tr><td>Dr. Elizabeth Mercelis</td><td>120</td></tr><tr><td>Judge Harrington Putnam</td><td>100</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Karrick Riggs</td><td>500</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Douglas Robinson</td><td>144 20</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Edward Robinson</td><td>500</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Nelson Robinson</td><td>5,800</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. William Saville</td><td>57 50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. J. F. Schamberg</td><td>51 50</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Norman Scott</td><td>1,000</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Albert Shattuck</td><td>1,000</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Fred A. Snow</td><td>1,000</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer</td><td>1,500</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. William G. Weld</td><td>575</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Robert E. Westcott</td><td>287 50</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Francs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Miss Mary Livingston Willard</td><td>581</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Arthur Winslow</td><td>575</td></tr><tr><td>Miss S. S. Winslow</td><td>144</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Egerton L. Winthrop</td><td>1,462 50</td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td></td><td>33,399.98</td></tr></tfoot></table>

DONATIONS RECEIVED BY MRS. WHARTON FROM MAY 1st,
1915, TO JANUARY 1st, 1916

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Francs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The New York Committee of Mercy</td><td>13,740.10</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Allan Forbes</td><td>5,633.80</td></tr><tr><td>"Anonymous"</td><td>5,300.00</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>5,000.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. and Mrs. John Garrett, Mr. Nelson Robinson</td><td>5,000.00 each</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Richard Derby (New York Committee)</td><td>15,000.00</td></tr><tr><td>Shop of Vacation War Relief Committee through Mrs. W. S. Delano)</td><td>3,933.45</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. W. D. Sloane</td><td>3,360.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. McDougall Hawkes</td><td>3,000.00</td></tr><tr><td>The French Ambassador in Washington and Mme. Juserand</td><td>2,240.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Augustus Hemenway, Mrs. H. Ruthven Pratt</td><td>2,138.15</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. C. B. Coxe, Mrs. C. C. Harrison and Miss S. Cadwalader</td><td>2,000.00 each</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Wharton, Mrs. Mackay, Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting, Mr. Frederick A. Snow</td><td>1,500.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Frederick A. Snow</td><td>1,000.00 each</td></tr><tr><td>Miss S. Cadwalader</td><td>4,000.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer</td><td>1,000.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Blair Fairchild</td><td>750.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss A. Martin (through M. Dequis)</td><td>750.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Wm. Hamilton Harris and Friends</td><td>661.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Slater</td><td>655.62</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Francis M. Jenks, Mr. Arthur Winslow, Mr. Le Roy King</td><td>580.00 each</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. E. J. Hancy, Mrs. Auchmuty, Mr. John W. S. Brady</td><td>575.00 each</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table><tbody><tr><td>Mr. B. Berenson, Mrs. John H. Hammond, Mrs. Ralph Hickox</td><td>560.00 each</td><td>1,680.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Edward Hall, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Felder, Mlle. E. Mabel Clarke, Mrs. Edward Tuck, Mrs. Charles Baldwin, Mme. la Comtesse Charles d'Ursel, Mr. S. F. B. Biddle, Mr. Norman Scott, Mr. Edward Robinson, Mme. la Comtesse de Chambrun, Mrs. Hughes Hallett, Mrs. Thomas Wilson, Mrs. Cushing, Mme. la Comtesse des Monstiers Mérinville, Mrs. Bertiram Webb, Mrs. H. Percival Dodge, Miss Ella F. Hoagland</td><td>500.00 each</td><td>9,000.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Moore</td><td></td><td>450.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Douglas Robinson</td><td></td><td>411.70</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Wayne Cuyler, Mrs. John Jay Chapman, Miss Williams</td><td>400.00 each</td><td>1,200.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss A. Spofford, Mrs. John Cushing, Mrs. Tiffany, Mr. Jacques Seligmann</td><td>300.00 each</td><td>1,200.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John I. Kane</td><td></td><td>290.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Randolph McKim</td><td></td><td>289.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Hayford Pierce, Mrs. Gordon Bell, Mrs. Ridgeway, Mr. Spencer J. Biddle, The Hon. Henry van Dyke</td><td>250.00 each</td><td>1,250.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. F. C. Lawrance, Mrs. Wiltsee, Mrs. Charles Payson, Mrs. Charles R. Shephard, Mrs. von Hemert, Mrs. John Munroe, M. de Saint-André, Miss Fairchild, Miss M. R. Ware, Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner Coolidge</td><td>200.00 each</td><td>2,200.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Robinson Smith</td><td></td><td>159.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. A. Clifford</td><td></td><td>145.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss S. S. Winslow</td><td></td><td>144.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Griswold Gray</td><td></td><td>140.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John B. Morgan</td><td></td><td>135.62</td></tr><tr><td>Miss W. W. Vest</td><td></td><td>125.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. R. S. Minturn</td><td></td><td>112.00</td></tr><tr><td>"La Société de l'Espoir de Charleroi"</td><td></td><td>111.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Stanley P. Chase</td><td></td><td>103.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. la Comtesse de Sayve, Mme. René de Bonand, Mrs. Walter Gay, Mme. la Baronne de Vaufeland, Mme. van Rinkhuyzen, Mrs. G. R. Shaw, Mrs. David Cahn, Mrs. J. V. Mason, Mrs. Frederic Allen, Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Edward Spencer Mead, Mrs. Thomson, Mrs. Chadbourne, Miss Anna G. Gray, Miss Matthews, Miss Miriam Fisher</td><td>100.00 each</td><td>1,600.00</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Francs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Mrs. G. C. Lodge</td><td>86.45</td></tr><tr><td>Miss C. D. Belt (through Philadelphia Comm.)</td><td>61.80</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. W. R. Farquhar</td><td>54.25</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Hugh B. Rowland (through Mrs. B. H. Rowland)</td><td>53.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Mary W. Keyer</td><td>51.60</td></tr><tr><td>Mlle. Madeleine Rolland, Mr. George Ranak, Miss Pauline Young, Mr. Hostater, Mr. Benjamin B. Moore, Mrs. Jaffray</td><td>50.00 each</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Ella A. Knapp</td><td>48.82</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. M. Hecksher (through Philadelphia Comm.)</td><td>30.90</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. J. F. Musselmann (through Mr. B. H. Conner)</td><td>30.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Frederick H. Foster</td><td>25.75</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Augustus Ammermann (through Mr. B. H. Conner)</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. James E. Kinsella</td><td>15.45</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Welch Hampson</td><td>13.50</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. H. Maclin (through Mr. B. H. Conner)</td><td>10.00</td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td>Total</td><td>132,181.94</td></tr></tfoot></table>

MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Francs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Mrs. R. W. Bliss</td><td>1,000.00</td></tr><tr><td>C. F. B. (through Mrs. R. W. Bliss)</td><td>1,000.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. R. Hickox</td><td>1,000.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tuck</td><td>1,000.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Katherine Turnbull</td><td>520.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Cromwell</td><td>500.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Charles Scott</td><td>500.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Etienne Ganderax</td><td>150.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Joseph Cooke Smith</td><td>125.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mme. Paul Dupuy</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>H. H. Princess Duleep Singh</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Boccon-Gibod</td><td>100.00</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Francs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Mr. Ponroy</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. B. H. Conner</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Archibald Coolidge</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. W. V. R. Berry</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. H. D. Chapin</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>" Un Réfugié"</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Ward Thoron</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Bancel La Farge</td><td>40.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Griswold Gray</td><td>20.00</td></tr></tbody></table>

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS TO THE HOSTELS,
FEBRUARY 1 TO NOVEMBER 1, 1915

<table><tbody><tr><td>Mrs. Charles B. Alexander</td><td>$100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Janetta Alexander</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. James Lloyd Derby</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Anonymous</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>5.20</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>3.00</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>9.50</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>9.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. George Gordon Battle</td><td>5.20</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Sadie H. Belloni</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. E. P. Bicknell</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. C. L. Brownson</td><td>5.20</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Andrew Carnegie</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Frank Carew</td><td>20.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Donaldson Clark</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Cress</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Bayard Cutting</td><td>500.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Olivia Cutting</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Walter Damrosch</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Chamberlain Dodds</td><td>5.20</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table><tbody><tr><td>Mrs. G. A. Draper</td><td>$ 5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. William R. Farquhar</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Henry Clay Frick</td><td>500.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. John W. Frothingham</td><td>52.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. H. F. Garrison</td><td>10.40</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Henry W. Gillett</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Harold Godwin</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. William Grosvenor</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. L. Gordon Hamersley</td><td>500.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Charles W. Harkness</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Charles Leigh Hadley</td><td>5.20</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Robert Hoe</td><td>6.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Roger F. Hooper</td><td>20.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Gertrude L. Hoyt</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Walter Jennings</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John Innes Kane</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss L. H. Kean</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Elizabeth Kean</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Susan Livingston Kean</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Louise L. Kean</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Messrs. Kohler &amp; Campbell</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Edward L. Keyes</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. N. Lattard</td><td>5.20</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. J. Edgar Leaycraft</td><td>5.20</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Edward J. Loughman</td><td>5.20</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Janet R. Marean</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. William V. Martin</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. F. W. McCutcheon</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. John A. Mitchell</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. John W. Minturn</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John B. Morgan</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Henry Alexander Murray</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Morton C. Nichols</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Emerson Opdycke</td><td>5.20</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John E. Parsons</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. William Barclay Parsons</td><td>5.20</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. George W. Perkins</td><td>1000.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Harold Pratt</td><td>5.20</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John Pratt</td><td>500.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Hugh Rankin</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Dr. Rudolf F. Rabe, Jr.</td><td>5.20</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Fergus Reich</td><td>10.40</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. P. M. Rixey</td><td>5.00</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table><tbody><tr><td>Miss Anne S. Richardson</td><td>$26.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Douglas Robinson</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Philip J. Roosevelt</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. &amp; Mrs. Herbert Satterlee</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Arthur S. Sedgwick</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. W. Watts Sherman</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. E. Amedee Spadone</td><td>5.20</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Abram D. Stein</td><td>10.40</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. Albert Strauss</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. and Mrs. Francis Lynde Stetson</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Willard Straight</td><td>500.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Eleanor Swan</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Mary Taber</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Thomas D. Thacher</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. T. Pearsall Thorne</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Allen Tucker</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Vanderbilt</td><td>500.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Appleton Wade</td><td>10.40</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. George Henry Warren</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. George Whitney</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Harry White</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Gertrude M. Young</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Ethel Zabinskie</td><td>250.00</td></tr><tr><td>From Tea at Flower Show</td><td>551.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>$6,725.88</td></tr></tbody></table>

(November 1st, 1915, to October 31st, 1916)

<table><tbody><tr><td>Mrs. Charles Robinson Smith</td><td>$ 320.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Whitridge</td><td>250.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Shattuck (1,000 francs)</td><td>172.41</td></tr><tr><td>Dr. Richard H. Conway Gibbons</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. J. G. Morrison</td><td>1.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Gertrude L. Hoyt</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Florence A. Bruen (work-room)</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. William M. Lawson</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. M. C. Ricketson</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss J. E. Nuston and Miss C. W. Pitkin</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. F. N. White</td><td>2.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Scheidecker</td><td>2.00</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Caroline E. Cait</td>
      <td>$5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Lydia E. Pilmore</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Henry Hellman</td>
      <td>2.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. F. S. Williams</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Emily V. Clark</td>
      <td>20.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. A. H. Gallatin</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Ellen J. Stone</td>
      <td>200.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. C. A. Post</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. William Barnum</td>
      <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. John W. Blodgett</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee (Children)</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Vallé Austen</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. A. M. Redington</td>
      <td>1.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Helen B. Turner</td>
      <td>3.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Howard Russell Butler</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. George Sanderson</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Helen G. Swett</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Frank H. Taylor (Children)</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Edith A. Thorpe</td>
      <td>2.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. J. H. Greene</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Anne Grant</td>
      <td>15.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. H. B. Hall</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Hon. E. Henry Lacombe</td>
      <td>30.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. William G. Stanard</td>
      <td>1.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Richard H. Whitehead</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Charles Strauss</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. George F. Randolph (work-room)</td>
      <td>20.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Hope Knight Hodgman</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Francis C. Carr</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. W. H. Truesdale</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Harold B. Mason</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. William H. M. Austin</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Annie Bacon</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Frederic Dexter</td>
      <td>20.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. A. E. Ives</td>
      <td>1.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Agnes Cowing</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Juliet McMaster</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. C. D. Herron (work-room)</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Pierpont Morgan</td>
      <td>20.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>"A Friend of France"</td>
      <td>200.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Pupils of City Hospital Training School for Nurses</td>
      <td>45.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Edith M. A. Phillips</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

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<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. William H. Bliss</td>
      <td>$100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. S. M. Ilsley</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. D. Burke</td>
      <td>4.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. William M. Brundage</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss E. G. Hewitt</td>
      <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. H. L. Phillips (Children)</td>
      <td>20.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting (donation)</td>
      <td>1,000.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting (subscriptions)</td>
      <td>700.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Edwin L. Horner</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Francis Halpin</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt</td>
      <td>26.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. John N. Hazard</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. William Pierson Hamilton (subscriptions)</td>
      <td>270.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Estella Neuhaus (Share of proceeds of piano recitals)</td>
      <td>2,855.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Dorothy Salisbury</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Ella Watson (Children)</td>
      <td>2.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Agnes Graham Troup (Children)</td>
      <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Sarah H. Blanchard (Children)</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Elizabeth D. Putnam</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. F. U. Paris</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Proceeds from sale of manuscripts of Mrs. Wharton's "Book of the Homeless" (less expenses)</td>
      <td>6,829.57</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. McDougall Hawkes</td>
      <td>200.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Charles R. Flint (Children)</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Helen Tompkins</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. H. E. Huntington</td>
      <td>2,000.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. F. G. Curtis</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss E. S. Hoyt</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss S. McConnell</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>"A Friend" (monthly subscriptions)</td>
      <td>350.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. LeRoy King</td>
      <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. James Alfred Roosevelt</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell (Children)</td>
      <td>1.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Lucy Cate Abercrombie</td>
      <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Adrian Iselin</td>
      <td>50.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Anonymous</td>
      <td>2.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Anonymous</td>
      <td>2.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Leigh Hunt</td>
      <td>5.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. Fulton Cutting</td>
      <td>25.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mrs. James Byrne</td>
      <td>168.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Share of profits of Tea Room at Flower Show</td>
      <td>576.57</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

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<table><tbody><tr><td>Miss Elizabeth H. Williams (Children)</td><td>$1.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. M. J. Karpeles (Children)</td><td>2.00</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Alice M. Monk</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>A Friend, through Mrs. McDougall Hawkes</td><td>2.00</td></tr><tr><td>Anonymous</td><td>500.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Gardiner Sherman</td><td>200.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Walter Damrosch</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>M. Emile Martin</td><td>10.00</td></tr><tr><td>E. J. Hancy, Esq.</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>"A Friend," Bar Harbor (Children)</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Morgan Barnwell (Tuberculous soldiers)</td><td>5.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. John W. Riddle (Tuberculous soldiers)</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Carnegie</td><td>500.00</td></tr><tr><td>N. E. Harbor War Relief Association (Tuberculous soldiers)</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. F. H. Churchill (Tuberculous soldiers)</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>Exhibition of posters, etc., at Bar Harbor, including some gifts of money towards it (Tuberculous soldiers)</td><td>497.00</td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td></td><td>$19,767.55</td></tr></tfoot></table>

The distribution of money sent to Mrs. Wharton is left to her discretion, unless givers specify some particular branch of the work.

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CONTRIBUTION IN KIND TOWARDS MRS. WHARTON'S
CHARITIES

Number of Articles Contributed—3658

NAMES OF CONTRIBUTORS

<table><tbody><tr><td>*Anonymous</td><td>50 articles and 1 package of old linen</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Cortlandt Field Bishop</td><td>2 boxes of clothing (not counted)</td></tr><tr><td>*Mrs. W. A. Black</td><td>1 dozen pairs of socks</td></tr><tr><td>*Mrs. A. W. Burchard</td><td>1 table cloth</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. J. A. Burden</td><td>51 articles</td></tr><tr><td>*Miss Kate Carey</td><td>222 articles</td></tr><tr><td>*Miss Davis</td><td>1 scarf</td></tr><tr><td>*Mrs. Grey</td><td>252 articles</td></tr><tr><td>*Mrs. Hencken</td><td>25 baby kits and 5 rolls flannel</td></tr><tr><td>*Mrs. M. Hirme</td><td>20 articles</td></tr><tr><td>*Miss Hoyt</td><td>6 girls' drawers and 8 puzzles</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Jenkins</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>*Mrs. A. H. Kissam</td><td>3 knitted caps</td></tr><tr><td>*Miss L. Norin</td><td>12 negligee shirts</td></tr><tr><td>*Mrs. W. Phillips</td><td>1 box of compresses</td></tr><tr><td>*Mrs. Post's Sewing Class</td><td>4 pairs socks and 3 caps</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. W. H. Power</td><td>8 knitted caps</td></tr><tr><td>*Miss H. L. Randell</td><td>1 knitting machine</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Roosevelt</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>*Mrs. P. Sands</td><td>23 articles</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Sherman</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. J. T. Thompson</td><td>24 pairs new shoes</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. G. Montgomery Tuttle</td><td>9 infants' kits, each containing 18 articles</td></tr><tr><td>*Mrs. F. J. Wadsworth</td><td>4 articles</td></tr><tr><td>Mrs. Wesson</td><td>2,602 articles</td></tr><tr><td>Miss Adelaide White's Knitting Circle</td><td>125 articles</td></tr><tr><td>*Mrs. M. S. Winslow</td><td>1 blanket</td></tr><tr><td>*Miss Wisner</td><td>18 articles</td></tr></tbody></table>

* Indicates that articles were sent through the Vacation War Relief Committee.

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