Show RHODE ISLAND RELIEF WORK smallest state but iced deals direct with government providence TL it T L Is tin the bead headquarter quarters a of 0 the best organized state relief ao a o elation clatton in the country and because little rhody la is so small email the bigger st stairs ati 8 a an not envious ot of her t alon on b eliut ut good bood pat her on the head and sell fend d tier lier an A king contribution no now w and then to show ill that at her patr patriotic lotic spirit Is appreciated arm irb dyer the governors wife la is the tha hono honorate raty president clent or tx 0 aclo be head ad of 0 the org 1 but the working president Is 1 mrs mr livingston also madoo ot of providence who la in now at t he her newport residence on hafldon hill bill overlooking the torp torpedo edo station and th the e boys at fort ada adams thor outlook reminder la jo a constant reminder of the ex cx of war and the needs need of ibo brave boys at the fronts front and the women of newport and adjacent couns tow ns tire arc doing doln everything that the they y eon can think 0 of f to h help elp the soldiers endure their handsh P sit AC home and abroad mrs james hopkins ot of philadelphia for instance entertained the new york for forty t Y in squads at her cummer borre doroe in Jai neston anil and other summer sojourners have contributed in one way or another for the comfort ot of the soldiers nold lers stationed at the tha tort fort MM afro livingston ludlow and mrs C baldwin are conducting the N newport ewh branch of the womans comans auxiliary 0 no o G 6 of the red crons crone relief relict association these two women have together collected some ome toward the funds of the metcalf bliss cot equipment of the be national cited cross rell relict f and are till working for more mor this carnan organization organisation has branches under tile the dir direction t on of mrs airs robert T thompson at S southampton out hampton 1 I 1 mrs afro james jamea T gardmer north morth east harbor me are mr mra 6 robert emmett westchester N T Y sira lewis lenis C biasell II li aBell asell greenwich conn the alpes es thornton Tho ruton eastport East port they art are cool and serviceable and the th poor bos v hlll ill be clad or of even so BO small a gios JO of t femininity finity about them aben hen they hey are lying at al deaths door in the hospital abdominal bands to the number of i 1350 were sent off in one consignment to help the soldiers to withstand the iho attacks of typhoid fever and other virulent diseases these the women do not attempt to make themselves since airs air mason has haa succeeded in getting rhode odo island manefa clurcy to make A ono which cil IF 18 far better than any handmade article could possibly be it Is i aion von in one piece without bearns or fastenings and in 18 simply slipped over the bead or up tho other way as aa pre forred being niada made of thu the finest of stockinet it stretches sufficiently to admit of such euch adjustment mid and only weighs one ounce maj T tornay of aty borny oo rny thu the bellet v emote roce perm personally lly to mrs alason regarding i this band baylog eay say loK log 1 I am glad clad you succeeded in having your band manufactured as all others grow crow uncomfortable after they have been worn aa hit these theae are now being furnished to the II 11 1 I relief relict association at the rate of oc about 1300 per 1000 they are about ton tell inches wide to in front and abid narrow to about tour four or live five inches in the back melon shaped shades of sli kinst for the electric lights on the solace orb are another of biro masons ideas they are made so oo as to close cloae entirely over the infande cent globe or to be opened halt half way or more mor as aa desired an identification medal for every ikeda island volunteer la Is another rest idea ol with these women it hoa has rhode island sanitary relief tion on one side and the mans name with rhode island volunteers of on the other the latest enterprise to Is raising raining money for a to be riven given the th solace and intended to supply charged wi waters 10 an entire fleet on board the solace So locc it ft III be used for charging and will be found a great to those mho m ho bave had no good water since thy they lett ICU home the cost coat LY L Y 41 3 4 I 1 yv ca al A s 4 1 7 64 rw fa y 14 nw N N ra 4 mrs A livingston mason president rhoe island inland sanitary and rollof AF Awol atlon me mrs art a F baker hallston ballston Ball Dall ston lake I 1 N Y miss bliss remsen nei london I 1 conn mrs chester griswold burlington vt mrs Nin gilland scarborough y K Y mrs E IL saltus narragansett pitr H R L mrs dairld thompson Thomp flon manhattan manhart a a beach N y tire mrs leg leff fitt stone ridge N Y mrs irs W metcalf Illet calf ilass and mrs livingston ludlow both bolh of new aorl are respectively ively president and alco dent of the this work however bow evor la Is entirely separate from roro that of the rhode island sanitary and relief association and Is 18 only mentioned in this connection because it la is a part of the extensive relief work done by t tho h C fashionable women who mho are lo in newport supposedly on pleasure bent but actually working hard day after day to let money and comforts for or the alm mason of the state slate association who to Is also recent of the rhode laland island colonial dadea data la Is kept so no busy buny with war correspondence and business ness a ct connected 0 lul ec ted with her office as president d n t that t she actually does doca no nothing thing else elee except to take an aa occasional occasion it afternoon drive twice a eek she meets ale 1 with the newport brauch branch at ill the e c ca els alno that rendezvous ot of pleasure seek ing in in the ine days of pence peace now turned luto into a supply station tor for the wealthy soldiers who havo have danced many st altz on lt its very floors in her capacity as head of the state or sho she acts acta under the direct supervision of surgeon beneral gene rat stern berc slid and la Is in constant con Blaut tion with tho the authorities in charge of the boli hospital Pital chaps colace solace sun and relief it in tor for the solace that the rhode island ifland women have done the mont MOME work ork organizing as aa they olid did nearly aly three weeks weeke before war was deela declared red namely on april bod they ibey were early arly prepared to render assistance stance v shere hero it wap mot needed one of their first contributions unions to tho the solace man aa a i colored ed in three pieces for the upper deck it vaa v aa a made to order under mrs mr maalona own direction t the he threads having been dyed before it was aik woven so no as to insure against f a ding under unar the tropic sun eun the upper deck with its awning was originally intended for convalescents but it was fitter after vard cald d to use ue it il tor or treating con dit olneq the th ladies ladia are all busy making ond and having made surgical nightshirt for which the burgeon benerma ariti hed tap th pattern these at ar maa to lo open almost for w alen in dressing and a r I 1 i w m d with tap abea sen nn n to th pu pit i pajaro pajamas from the th soft bof it ind fw i PC piL ll 11 jaina ains flannel annl fl of if n ri it A I 1 aru arc bolna below auto nit b th ill hun filin dred and bint off tc it c 1 1 1 4 end na plaid dinkl arn lo in i i i for fighting men perhaps but 0 of such an apparatus will be 1500 but the sooner it readies reaches our men the bettor tor for many may die tor for lack of 0 this alone those who wish to help furnish the tarnishing boys v ith ice cream soda and other drinks that can be made it with till it a should send their contri butiong at once to the R 1 I sanitary and relief association 13 building bull dlce providence rl 1 I help in their work to relieve the hardships and sufferings ot of brave soldiers Is earne earnestly atly solicitor solicit od as the need Is constantly growing greater so aa the cruel war progresses mrs mra henry LL L ballow nilow 13 state regent D A H R mrs airs anna garlin spencer Freil dent ot of local council of the th wo mm mea ot of R 1 I allen sarah E doyle president ot of society for or the collegiate education of oc women aless ellen G hunt president ot of R L Wo merill C club ab sira biro nelson W aldrich mrs biro E D benjamin en jamin Andre andrews iRs mrs airs william C baker with mrs biro ellsha dyer ant and mrs livingston mason alason were the women who originated the plant plans for fop state organization which have been so ably carried out by mrs mra mason and her side aids ono one of the latest arts acts of patriotism on the part of there women was to send a fourth of july souvenir in the shape of a money contribution of to the colonel of the first 11 1 I regular volunteers volunteer un to the colon coloni colonel I of the fo forty rt seventh N y volunteers at newport 30 to admiral admoral sa sampson n poor 50 to commodore watson and 39 to admiral miral dewey delcy for the soldiers and sall ore ora serving under their respect respective ivo commands a much more sensible disposition I 1 or of money than ill that at of burning it up jn in fire crackers mind and rockets ANNIE launie WOODS cht IWA by tho ut lit crary and ae r ce |