Show BRING YOUR OLD SHOES TO THE FREE PRESS Local Paper raper Asked to Collect old Shoes Sh s for tor French Destitute D Great Need Needa a Many wo works ks of war relief have been heen undertaken In Utah and all o or of them with success Ono One of the latest lat hat est eat Is especially commendable and 1 It ItIs itis Is a work that most of us can assist in without much strain on our time or our purees purses A committee In Salt Lake representing representing representing an organization which 1 Is spreading all over the country Is co cot col letting worn shoes to help supply men women and children In France Leather is short all over the worland world worl world and prices are high In a way ol old shoes are better than new ones fo for the they particular purpose to which the theare they are being put Old shoes represent labor done months ago By utilizing off cast shoes the French people ar are making use of labor which otherwise would be wasted If they used only I new shoes it would be necessary fo for factories to Increase output and thaIs that tha thatIs Is something which cannot be don just now Moreover It would Inter fer with war work Thus we see that economically the giving of the theold theold theold old shoes Is a most valuable way o of helping our allies without InterferIng Interfering interfering Ing with war w work rk From the humanitarian standpoint it Is even more admirable Thousands Thou sands of men women and children who otherwise would go unshod will wil have shoes Granville Howard writ writing writ ing lug of the work describes some of the ts to which the French resort In ord order r to obtain some serviceable protection for the feet He says I I saw at the war relief office a shoe sent over from France made of rough leather fastened with iron nails to a sole and heel cut out of a solid block of hard wood The shoe is lined with brown felt for warmth I suppose and toe had hada a bla black k Iron strip across the front of It somewhat like the copper toes we e used to wear on our boots as boys hoys In Vermont This shoe would be he so uncomfortable that I should say that most any old shoe from this country would be a welcome Im- Im provement Mrs E. E W W. Shurtleff writing from Paris to the the New New York branch of this war relief work describes a touchIng touching touching touch touch- ing scene I I have just come in from th the and I wish yo you could look lookIn lookIn lookin In on the scene I have sei Two American ambulance boys bos are are unpacking your wonderful hl hog ox o or of shoes We are perfectly delighted It is the finest contribution of shoes shoe we have received since the beginning of the war The They are e what they are needing Dr Shurtleff and committee join In warmest thanks It arrived at just lust the opportune mo ment For at least ten days a we e e have had to turn people awa away on account of not having the required sizes Now that your box has come tome we hav have exactly what was needed Oh I wish you could see how delighted all the ladles ladies are and could know as we do from personal experience how much help your contribution will be to the poor refugees who are to receive the th shoes Many poor people come to tous tous tous us with shoes which have been loaned loaned loaned loan loan- ed to them by br their friends as the they have nothing g to put on their feet leel Shoes In Paris are absolutely price price- less It Is impossible for the refugees refugees refu refu- gees gees to buy them Tell all the friends who helped send the box how gra grateful we are we-are are for their opera co tion |