Show CS or 0 TTO u iAn STALE STATUES jk pta f j rr ASSO 1 I i ly NATIONAL UEE BEE red ned cross workers in the pain division califor california nia arizona wid utah are being called upon b t tie e division management to mobil nobil le tor for the Nat national lonal sewing bee t furnish garments for the hundred c thousands of babies aud and anial children in europe are ar oad on ly in meager rags or newspapers rs announcement has teen been sent ou on to chapters in the div ion to shimu late the sewing in III boll boh lucli anc am junior groups the school children have been asked to contribute con tributa buta 2000 2006 I 1 garments and layettes lay ettes for vi 0 june r shipment no quota has been an bounced for the chapter workers worker 3 bu the demand from the whole american red cross Is a stupendous ont one calling for a concerted effort pt all who want to help on this greatest call the red cross has had since war work production ceased american red cross relief bori era just returned from europe orina oric to america tales of acute suffering among these children who walk aare C toot and almost unclad in the bitter winter climate ol of central europe thousands thousands of whom born in Nar wartime time have never known a szije alioe or decent ar aie of clothing with materials furnished by the american red cross native women in abe these e destitute countries today ure are a t work ill ili an all effort to meet the distress tress among their children but their if effort Is in no wise sufficient to meet mee the problem information collected by the red cross in ili europe shows that there is instant need of layettes lay ettes and garments for children up ato the age of fourteen and that an 4 7 larger number number of gar mants can be used before these calill dren would be even decently clothed 1 it is estimated that the garments ear ments asked for will suffice bare are ly to 10 cover 5 0 00 0 0 children while the appeal is directed to tie ane women who served in red cross crosa during the war all women in ter lereste esteil d in the clothing of these childr dren le n are included the project will not be hec launched on anything like the war time scale when each colmant ty had biad its clia chapter lifer workroom where Nv orneil assembled baily to turn out surgical dressings and countless other articles needed for ill the e american expeditionary forces unlike the same service in war time there will be little purchasing of materials but the women will vill be urged to utilize any castoff cast off olt articles of clothing which by the use of specifications of tile the red cross c can a n be converted I 1 into n t useful bec tul garments for these destitute children |