Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1916 — HOMES FOR DISABLED TROOPS [ARTICLE]

HOMES FOR DISABLED TROOPS

Sale of ‘War Seals’ Provides Funds to Endow Flats for British Soldiers. London. —Harry Gordon Selfridge in his strenuous business career never hit upon a happier idea than that of the “war seals,” the little red paper things which are sold for a cent to fasten letters. The money derived from the sale of these seals goes to the new “foundation” which is in the hands of Mr. Selfridge, Oswald Stoll and other leading business men for building blocks of flats where the disabled soldier or sailor can live with his family on his pension without charity. The sale has brought in nearly SIOO,OOO so far. There will be fortyeight flats in War Seal Mansions at a rent of $1.56 a week. The disabled man will get medical attention, heat and light baths, galvanic treatment, massage and so on. There will be a big entertainment room. It costs about $2,000 to'’endow a flat, and people are asked to do so as a memorial to relatives lost in the war. It is hoped that clubs and societies all over the country will collect funds.