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Show __ 7 - THINGS THE HOME BASE CAN SUPPLY. Colored post cards, used or unused. Mark them "No commercial value" so no duty will be charged. Colored magazine pictures,- of people or with people in them. The whole page can be torn out and sent, for the printing doesn't spoil the picture for the Chinese and adds to its size! This pictures are used in Sunday Schols. Cloth,-Left-over scraps for patchwork, pieces big enough for bibs, and larger pieces for garments, preferably colored. (White is for mourning in China)- Used cotton or wollen cloth for making or lining garments. Heavy white material for stockings, and heavy material such as denim, serge, etc. for shoes. Handkerchiefs,-Of cotton cloth, white or colored; also cloth for making such. The school children are in great need of these. Yarn,-Left-overs for practice and skeins for making mitts or wristlets and use on the knitting machine. Dolls, - China heads are very lovely but dolls made of old stockings, preferably white, or cloth, are very much enjoyed. No need to make a change of garments for that seems a waste of good clothes to the Chinese! Toys,- Old ones in good condition; tennis balls, old or new, and rubber balls; mechanical tops, etc. Needles and thread,-for the sewing classes in the lower grades and industrial work. We can not use foreign thimbles. Tooth brushes and tooth poste. School equipment of any sort, especially that which is used for the lower grades,-colored sticks, wooden beads, modeling dark colored paper for cutting, shears with blunt points, ruled tablets, composition books pencils, rulers and games. Short ends of pencils are very useful. Books of Crochet patterns, and patterns cut from magazines like the "Priscilla" and "Needle Craft" and hooks. Knitting needles. Soap and towels for the industrial classes. Aprons, of good size, for use in the industrial school. In winter they have to go on over the heavy wadded garments. Bandages and adhesive tape, old sheets and pillow cases, or soft linen for the school clinic. Used things, scraps of cloth, cloth dolls' pictures/etc, have no commercial value and if marked that way will not be dutiable. We sometimes have to pay high duty on things of no marketable value because they have been marked high on the tags. Please send direct to ETHEL M. LONG, Ruth. E. Van Kirk. School of Many Friends Lintsing, Shantung, China. |
