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Show I SHOES FOR REFUGEES ARE TO BE COLLECTED IN OGDEN AND SENT TO TIE FRENCH Shoes for European war refugees will be collected in Ogden and for--warded to France in answer to an ap-peal ap-peal made by Mrs. B. W. Shurtleff, wife of Rev. Ernest Warburton Shurt-leff, Shurt-leff, D..D., in charge of war relief work at Paris. France. The shoes will be collected under the direction of tho local branch of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, acting in con-junction con-junction with the Ogden publicity bu- Hj renu, and will be sorted in the Metho- dist church basement, where they Hj should be sent as soon as possible. Gcorgo D. Bennett, superintendent of tho Ogden branch of tho Mctropol-itan Mctropol-itan company and president' of tho in-suranco in-suranco federation of Ogden. has given tho local insurance men instructions to aid the work of collecting the shoes by making a personal appeal to tho citizens of Ogden while making their rounds of the city in connection with their insurance work. Merchants and dry goods houses havo agreed to co-operate co-operate in the work by donating pack-ing pack-ing boxes in which to forward the shoes across tho sea. The need for shoes by tho refugees i"b shown in tho following letter from Mrs. Shurtleff to one of tho women in charge of war relief work in this country: "My dear Mrs. Buckner: I havo Just come in from tho Vestiaire and 1 wish you could look in on the scene I have witnessed. Two American ambulance boys are unpacking your wonderful box of shoes. We are perfectly de-lighted. de-lighted. It is tho finest contribution of shoes we have received since the beginning of the war. They arc ex-actly ex-actly what they are needing. Dr. Shurtleff and our committee join in warmest thanks. It arrived at just the I opportune moment. For at least ten days wo have had to turn pcoplo away on account of not having the required sizes. Now that your box has come we havo exactly what was needed. Oh, I wish you could sec how delighted ill tho ladles are and could know as wc do, from personal experience, how much help your contribution will bo to the poor refugees who are to receive the shoes. Many poor people come to us with shoes which have been loaned to them by their friends, as they have nothing to put on their feet. Shoes in Paris are absolutely priceless. It is impossible for the refugees to buy them. Toll all. the friends who helped send the box how grateful wo aro for their co-operation. "We are simply overwhelmed with calls for help these days. Thousands: are being sent back from the invaded provinces by the Germans; others are coming from the regions recently devastated de-vastated by the enemy in his retreat. These people reach the city in a stato of destitution and must be outfitted with clothing, helped with extra food, provided with furniture, bedding, etc, "As the war goes on the need and suffering increase. Every day brings us more appeals than wc can meet. It is heart-breaking to hear what many! of tho women and children have endured, en-dured, but they are all so brave and! courageous that It is really an inspira-! tion to work for them. (Signed) "Sincerely yours, j "MRS. E. W. SHURTLEFF." ' Ogden Letter The following letter will be sent out tomorrow by the committee in charge of the work in Ogden: "Dear Sir: Official appeals from France for shoes for refugees give op-i op-i portunity for American answer. IN FRANCE SHOES CANNOT BE HAD AT ANY PRICE. "Winter is coming! Think of tho suffering men, women, children! "We can at least send OLD SHOES any sizes all sizes, if wo cannot send newer ones. "Let's all together gather up shoes, even old Bhoes, men's, women's and children's shoes, we would llko our own to have if they were barefoot In the cold. "TIE EACH PAIR SECURELY TOGETHER. TO-GETHER. "Deliver or send them, .prepaid, to tho address written on the bottom of this letter. "They will be shipped to France without expense to you. "Copy this appeal and send to at least six of your friends. Act today if the shoes arc to arrive in France by tho time snow flics. "DO NOT FAIL OR DELAY OR THE CHAIN WILL BE BROKEN. "Yours for freedom and humanity, "OGDEN COMMITTEE." "Basement First M. E. Church, Ogden, Og-den, Utah." |