Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1923, Page 14

Conditions in Stamboul Pitiful, | PREPARING TO SEND CLOTHING TO RUSSIAN - Mrs. Miles Writes Mrs. Lansing|§ joa T Kvivid ploture of conditions among the sufferers in the near east is drawn, In & letter received Dy Mrs. TRobert Lansing from Mrs. Sherman Mtfes, formeérly - secretary of the Washington committes for Russian refugee relief, who is now {n Con- stantinople. Mrs. Lansing is head of the local committee for Russian refugee relief. Mrs, Miles' letter follows, in part: Text of Mrs. Miles’ Letter. ®Conditions are even worse than 1 Hhad feared. It is impossible to paint 4n sufficiently drab colors the utter misery among these poor people. And the worst of it is that before them Jies the prospect of even more awful conditions, if such a thing is possible, Tor they must all be evacuated now, and no country wants them. Here 1he majority have in one way or an- other been able to find a perch of | has Hospitalised, the invalids and war-mutilés, eté., will be thrown into the street. This léaves nothing but Mra Bristol's oommittee to cope with the situstichs apd they are almost entirely dependent for regular funds on what the Washington branch sends, the only other income being irregular sums from a Boston com- miftee formed by Mrs. Jasper Whit- ing and a few cheoks from personal friends of Mrs. Bristol, Miss Mitchell and Mrs. Stearns. “Do tell them all at home how desperate the need here {s. If they could get a glimpse even for a frac- tion of a second. of the pathetic misery on all sides here and the cour- age and patience of these people, they would give the very clothes off their backs—or. better still, their purses with contents! =W Just must not fail them —— $450 GIFT TO CHARITY. der ausp! be held. by one of Protective Association, un. jces of which the show will ‘The lessons will be offered the exhibitors, a local anufacturer of reed furniture. A model bathroom, showing the ost modern plumbing fixtures and ttings, is planned for the exposition. ATNATIONAL FOOD SHOW 25 it local plumbing hou soap dishes and towel wacks will ve Built-in tubs, Visitors Will Also Be Taught|displaved. Furniture and Basket Work. canned goods. canned goods in the east. An elaborate educational exhibit ot showing graphically | ) = - { the calorific power and nutritive valte | [ o8Sv etuulty ah forma of tinned rouds, | Eanizations 1 will be offered by a Baltimore tirm,| I one of th& largest distrbutors of| House- Free lessons in the making of reed wives will be given a wealth of in- furniture, lamps, baskets and other formation on dainty dishes that may Household articles will be given at|be prépared in 4 Jiffy. the national food show and house- A varied assortment of electric re- | hold exposition to be heid February | frigerators will be demonstrated and l‘ata 17 in Convention Hall, accordin | the housewife wilf be shown how she nnouncement last night by Jonn|can make Wer own ice. 'Brlylhlw, president of the Retail Orchestral concert entertainment = 1 oo N( Y fi)-‘%-—u” 4 —3 will be furnished both afternoon &nd evening. The erchestra will be seat- ed this year on a specially construct- ed platform in the center of the hall, #0 that thé music will not interfere with radie concerts at both ends or the audttorium. Scores of organizations are plan- ning to attend the show in groups on special days. Double: the usual number of organizations have a plled to the management for adrai sfon on these special days. Th include women's housewives’ associations, schools and_domestic science classes Perry P. Patrick, secretary of the grocers’ association, announced la: night that food show headquarters will remain at 12 Warder building 9th and F streets northwest, until several days before the show opens —-_— On the sacred Island of Pu-tu, China ltve more than 1,000 monks. ¢ precarious, and A contribution of $450 has been ?{:2’%.,‘;'{‘°£nh:§n?'of ?” that is said | received by the Associated Charities from the Cosmopolitan Club. This ainst him, is indlvidually kind - Cosm¢ F =§lr(ed. Also they help cach other :{m‘-unn w voted by the club at Always Right"in Quality and Price Thix Kroup semds $1.000 a mowth and all % b KROEHLER airman; Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, viee chairman) Mrs. Mary Sheridan, treasurer| Miss Gertrude Myer, secretary, and Mme. Walkovaky, a Russian refugee recently arrived from Russia. The open every day from 9 am. umtil 1 _p.m. Mrs. Lansing and her Washington committee for Hussinn relief. flames long Women. and too. huddie to the scant light at the open window Bed Room January Reduction Sale Kroehler Davenport Suites about and when you have them they having bothered You have seen their faces light up when they saw Mrs. Bristol and heard (]mlr chorus of appreciation for American aid. If you give them work the: 7k you as theugh you were con- ferring & magnificent favor, and faey do it in a spirit that i marvelous. All th Americans have Russians as servants. y are of tie upper class and lways had an rstablishment ants of their % there the least ref- former comfo! and | lusuries, h ost | menial work ¥ with thoroughness and devotion that touching. “The harrowing part. though. is that there is so littleiwoTk to give them und more and mére are thrown | out of work as m people are leaving because of the political crisis and all work closing down. The one thing the Near East Relief did for Russians was to give them em- broidery work. on which many man- aged to support themselves, but now this, too, has stopped and those peo- ple thrown on charity. It is a com- mon eight to see men. often armiess going .along the streets a «otton shirt' on and lit- | king from head to foot with and zood second-hand over- | n be bought for a little over a dollar each. Miss Ruggles and Misd Miteheil buy them by the hundred re mnever cnough and; st giving out H i Tuossians Must Go. | “The Turks y the Ru all!\musl\ all go. and certainly it would net be | fe for them to remain under a| Kemalist regime. among whom the bolshevist influence is strong. The league of nations is evacuating seven or eight thousand, principally to Bul- garia, where tho only opening for them is work in the mines at starva- tion wages. “In_Bulgaria there is no relief agency but_the Russian Red Cross and the Union of Zemstvos are swamped. Funds from here will have to be sent to relieve the distress there. The league of nations is ne- ®otiating with Serbia to take 5,000, ( but even with that there will be left | about 00 refugees here with no provision for their evacuatiof. “Red Cross funds are exhausted and headquarters at home refuses to send anything more, which means that long before this will reach you ‘the greatest' mother in the world’ will have closed her doors here on all relief work, and among other things all the sick the Red Cross For COLDS T —————— L — FINEST "HUDSOM EVER BUILT Never Was Such a Car So Favorably Priced All Aluminum Body by a Famous Builder, Custombuilt Quality " at a Quantity Price and the New Improved Super-Six - at a $200 Price Reduction Enamel Medi- Old and famous body builders—Biddle & Smart, Amesbury, cine Cabinet Mass.—devote all their factories to the production of the Hudson OF Sedan body. For almost three generations they have turned out $179 sé;'.’i :““" the finest custom carriage and automobile bodies. They are masters in design, and careful workmanship. Reduced to $1.50 White or $1.30 White Enamel Bathroom Mirror Now these workmen devote their efforts exclusively to the Hudson Sedan. It gives fine car buyers- custombuilt quality at a quantity price. s . (All Models Recentl_y Redhced’ $100 to $200) 2 ritated membranes, || — s Caih ol Spesdster - 425" 7.Pass. Phacton - V1476 Freight and Tex Extra LAMBERT - HUDSON MOTORS COMPANY Service Statien .. 633 Massachuseits Ave. 2 Wintersen-Fhipps A Annapsils, Bd noee, iuu v. oy T Y Ce. fi.‘.’. izes to fit oguer -or Ttose bads. ‘Upholstered : ot touvill Teguler or bow-foot o e, Sith olean felt and good ticking. Frame is e . rigidly . constructed—eighty /' wire “large barrel springs, double tied with hemp. make for genuine comfort. foreigners here. through | S1StNg of a widow and several chil- Ars. Bris They are all 8real|.Chrigimas opportunity” to its pre- and the wind and beat i | Chgrities with pledges and prospects put together in one huge hall, SIC€D- | just been called to an error which W 8ign of a mattress or blunket—and | the acknowledgment of a gift from Tars for families are made by a grill- | lowing their annual custom, sent a | FO0m at 1208 iSth strect are hung rags of eve nceivable [ Christmas opportunitids. ~ This gift . letter carrlers of the nation 1s r Lo e’ and in this space (1) whole [oficers of the unfon, instead of to o e T e o Illustrated, Breaks Precedent ..o ez o 7. ) \ g e e o atruy scraps of wood !IWOMAN SWOONS 2 | ofl painting in the ofce of the Post- FOR DOPE SELLING Overcoming the dislike of the bu-|then at the government Priuting from 1889 to 1893. . This picture, en- g > ing to do embroidery or painting ment printing office for illustrations| They have officials with powers of in the new publication. retty, became hysterical in Criminal Woman with a year-old baby T ame nysterical in Criminal line Post OfMice Department vesterday | e Mot Ever S0l G e e Dreases | station at Chicago, which has elght lu 5 Postal Guil esterday. packages. nae.stams apariment, the sides all| of three years in thepenitentiary. She | Lrited Btates Postal Guide in a mew |y = T e o, ; the | mail boxes™ recently erected on F street the commandant for giv her a nle Omcors RavIng Jntercepted 2 labout the driest sort of thing in theCoPies of the January supplement to| [OF tesUAE OBt the BOSTIUILen of the {way of government publications, ac- | ng e alven o2 menl & ABYATrom | charged Swth ! aimie oeennar i publication! But there it| The publication contains the latest T i 5 . She was acquitted, and the husband ¥ 1 = |of the eountry. to whom they are dis- | Jime has come, the Walrous| ;. " matier about the mew stamp ana p Gt b selling the drug. it was stated. ° ’“nen up” the bubetin, howev two| And why theésea is boiling hot new supplement is understood to be the and. £wooning, fcil to the floor. car s put the foot forwird ‘or some time after she reached |had made . in the in-| off a spectal artl in the supple- | ner, since the reclamation seryice bulle- H ls Se l shipped in November. On account of their belated arrival, reductions in the regular Washington homes are going to be far more beautiful. Spring merchandise is arriving— NOW 20 9 5 Thecs: picsie s ovenstatrod Three pieces, mahogany tapestry. Reduced to ........ Kroehler Duofold Sui er Duofold duite Three pieces—6-ft. daven- . Genuine Leather Davenport Bed Three pieces, upholstered in $ and covered in genuine leather, chair and rocker and davenport : J ¢ comfortable, durably feet wide—yet it provides comfort- $ 50 $ serviceable imitation o frame; tapestry covered seat and or $1.50 Oak or or D any nas time, and is v e ecrgencies, and ihsre are ‘many | Christmas time, and is to be devoted “The other day I went ¢ith | dren. ~ This gift will enable the As- meveral of the refugee houses With |, ich, oty BT, V1T, enatie the As- agesvat barn-like places in various stages Of{ i, " it of fourteen, and brings the delapidation. The floo are mud, Christmas fund of the ASS‘:)‘(‘:hh‘d * lesa through the crevices and panel to_very nearly $12,000.- s Vlen whhout families ave | “ue¥ BEUE LIRS ity hes Pag on bare boards, mostly without|{t made during the holiday season in }o5 s old here as in Washington.|the Columbia Typographical Union, plus @ penctrating dampness. Quar- [ No. 101, the members of which, fol- work of wire strunx on which | donation to be divided among the v Y ‘rooms ure | ‘. ? the spring pig census by rural kind. In this Way tin oms arelof $60 was credited in the press to “ e formea, "about W b ot o S ittt as U O, Fostal Guude Supplement, |G e live, work and div. and even | the union itself. 2 ’ e Pl aaide: of course. except little fires m | new publication, one made from an| their ¢ i £ | master General. It is & reproduc- the whol 4 e B tio of the photograph of the late WHEN SENTENCED John Wanamaker. Posimaster General | reau of the budget and the govern-|office titled. “In Memorlam,” is the first| big thel Mrs. Evelyn L. Wood. young and - SR ersuasion at the Post Office Depart-| Other pictures show the “world's cold that they can't do mu in government scrvice publications, anl. ho \",‘\,r. and the rpx\:l‘ Uf‘:hmr“‘rg”“ mail terminal, the Van Buren Division 1 vesterday when Justice | abandoned by her husband ¥ > : - miles of belting for handling parcel post :a‘:‘ :2?:;1..“::::1;: :\m.\L e ton Btafond 1 imivaed diginilics s mentence issued its January supplement to the|at the government printing office & & pa P : 2 h Eedsirialioes 3 . e nThe National Capital gets its share of B with “lothes drying. and “she | 1 o'0 kiR o ustrated magazine form. wote “Alice in erland,” ustrations, one being of the “twin i o Sithehiine Tace todhaniel (et heel eonviSucIidove pedmng, | Monthiy supplements used to be| Officials almost- gasped when S Y Jeuy eraulsd o sureet place to herself. thus cnabling her | farge package of morphine directed the Postal Guide were placed in their to earn something. Until recently ( o her address. Mrs. Wood was 2 peknsy Safaration:otinest cording to the opinion of most peo- ‘Alice in Wonderland,” in a gov- Suppléement Now Un fund administered | December, 1919, with her husband. |plo who attempted to read them.|ernment 1P 2 . W S % = i fre ol She was acquiticd. and the husband | Postal officlals, including: postmasters | Wit revisions of the postal laws and regula g only wome ! the penitentiary. She d1a not stop « Itributed monthly, thought the same| To taik of many things: latest changes in post offices. must themsely As ®oon as the sentence had been i“,‘. about it, Of shoes—and ships—and sealing wax— | The pictures used In it were taken, in to cry. and, as was led by deputy Of cabbages—and kings— ment’'s own photographie division. The ma; als out of court, she screamed at 1 walls were encountered, first And whether plgs have wings.” nl; OVY t T et Hntra: | ment catiteds - What's CTour T IE | e tosery wol Moneter e ot pecial Low Irices Tor s Jate rated with her wailings. | tlons in government publications. and ' Crop, Mr. Farmer?” in which the tak- | down to print alone. THESE nationally known Northfield and Kroehler Davenport Suites should have been price are now in order to bring about immediate clearance. Their economy and comfort are well known the world over, and because of the low selling prices many All Aluminum Body : (Reduced $208) room must be made for it—even such handsome furniture as these suites must go! Kroehler Davenport Bed Suite | Northfield Davenport Bed Suite 4 V| cearonn 3 frame with cane panels; up - B bed davenport, armchair and holstered in tapestry, with wing armchair upholstered in loose cushions. Davenport bed, chair and rocker. Re- duced to st Northfield Overstuffed Suite . Three pieces, upholstered in port (Chesterfield '3'"“)' aEnt tapestry,Pmahopgany-finish ey socken mipholsteree irames, cane ends; chair and $ :i“ ;e' BRCHEE Nchour. 3 rocker to match, with uphol- UCEATO 5ovoversvecsansns ' stered backs. Reduced to.... Piece Duofold Sui 3- ofold Suite r 0 Extra long mahogany-finish enuine brown Spanish leather. frame bed-davenport, upholstered ’.hssxve_;o]den oak frames; arm- i superior workmanship and finish. bed. Reduced to Reduced to Northfield Windsor Davenport Oak Frame Duofold Fits into a space less than five A made Duofold of solid oak, able sleeping accommodations for upholstered and covered in two when desired. Mahogany leather. Quickly converted : into a bed. Reduced to .... back, cane sides. Reduced to.. Mah Northfield Day-Bed in T ay-Bed in Tapestry A most artistic day bed, covered in tapestry Mahogany Finish Costumer velour — opens to double bed. mahogany. Unfinished Drop Leaf Table Frame is of Coach = #1525 Sedan - 2095 ~42-inch when open use; strongly made. All ready to be finished the color you desire. top A Go-cart of for style, service and quality — n a tural finish fiber—reed, steel - gearing .and rubber tired wheels. and effective eatment for and Throat, etc. Bot only re- BELMONT Simmons Box Spring One of t-h‘ most luxurious types of bed & 905 g)..v.!w.! WOVI VOO, wes s ]