Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-07-21 | Page 30 | Two Waitresses Take Honors in Shoe Donations

Tvo Waitresses Take Honors In Shoe Donations Interested in Campaign, They Contribute 11 Pairs for War Refugees. TT-rERE WERE 1X4 pairs of shoes on hand last night at 76 E-ast First South street for the French and Belgian war refugees. The wife of a local business man brought in a dozen fairs of new shoes. The largest single donation of old shoes yesterday yes-terday was made by two waitresses employed em-ployed in a Main street restaurant. Attracted by the old shoes in the window, win-dow, ihey came in for information and t". R. Sudbury, in charge, explained that ; shoes were unobtainable in France for ! war refugees and the donations collected by j the Insurance Federation were scheduled j to be shipped from the United Stales not later than August lo so that thf;y could be distributed in France before piiow flies. The young women returned with eleven pairs of repaired shoes purchased pur-chased from a second-hand dealer. M r. Sudbury asks that all shoes sent in be securely tied in pairs in order to prevent them from being mismated.