Show EASTER CASTER OFFERING Churches women's organizations and lodges throughout the north west states will wU take the lead in a great Easter offering urged by Major Major Major Ma Ma- jor General Leonard Wood of the U. U S. S army heading a special Lenten appeal in behalf of the destitute and homeless victims of war and famine in Armenia and other Near East Eat countries allied with America in the great w world war These hungry and unsheltered people receive nothing from the European relief fund gathered by Herbert Hoover sometime some Bome time ago The present fund for their aid is being raised through the Near East Ease relief committee with Its northwestern northwestern northwestern north north- western western headquarters at u 7 Peyton Peyton Peyton Pey Pey- ton building Spokane Nearly every county in the northwest northwest northwest north north- west has considerable yet to raise for the rescue of the children remaining remaining re remaining re- re for tor among orphans of the Near East assigned to them for relief last fall tall The Easter sacrifice sacrifice sac sac- offerings to which every body Is being prevailed upon to contribute contribute contrib contrib- ute are expected to save the lives of ot th thousands of those not yet yot provided provided pro pro- vided for tor Fear is expressed by Major General Gener Gener- al al Wood and men and women of n national prominence associated with him In the Lenten appeal that most of the children who cannot be fed and sheltered with funds g gathered t by Easter Sunday or shortly after will have to be to their fate by the Near East relief Some Som of these children have already been fed for the last two or three years and are being educated through American charity to become the future future fu future fu- fu ture backbone of the the new Near East East whose friendship and loyalty it is pointed out America needs for forthe forthe forthe the security of her hel own future in world affairs It 5 a month or 60 per pet year per child to provide t food od and care care in one of the orphanages maintained by the Near East relief committee hence ce it is pointed out that for every 60 people of any community com com- giving 1 I to this cause cause one orphan can be cared for one year or i 12 children can be kept from hunger one month I |