THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20920, 29 July 1933, Page 12

THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS.

WORK OF WOMEN'S AUXILIARY. DEMAND FAR EXCEEDS SUPPLY•if is with rather a heavy heart that we write this weekly report of our work," writes the secretary of the Women's Auxiliary of the Business Men's Relief Committee, Miss M. G. Havelaar. "We shall have actually reached the limit of the grant from the Business Men's Committee when this afternoon we send out our orders for materials. We still have a very few pounds special gift money in hand, but they are truly very few and yet the need seems as great as ever. "Every day this week the hon. secretary of the Business Men's Committee has asked us to investigate special eases brought to our notice, and in every one of these cases help was urgently required, and the history of each was one of long and valiant struggle to Keep going and to be independent.. _We have had also daily urgent S.O.S. from the Metropolitan Relief Depot for underclothes, more underclothes, and yet more underclothes for men, women, and children. "Our returns for the week ending July 22 were as follows: — Work completed and garments made from material supplied by the Women's Auxiliary, 323 garments total 1194. New and worn garments given to auxiliary, 218 garments—total 2308. The Workrooms. "Our workrooms, both sewing and quilt-making, are going at full speed. In consultation with Mrs C. S. McCully and the director of the Metropolitan Relief Depot, Mrs Edmonds, we have offered to help wives of relief workers to renovate clothes. They will be welcome here any morning, when Mrs McCully will advise them and will rut out for thru). "Twenty.three warm quills havenow been completed by Mrs J. D. Hall and her band of ladies, and no sick or old persons should be without warm bed covering. Cheerful Workers. "L,et no one think that we are depressed or dismayed or even perplexed as to the future—by no means. We have had the most wonderful encouragement this last week. One day the vicar of Lincoln came in: "I want 100 garments to be made by the ladies of my parish!' I wish I could adequately describe the excitement of the cutting out staff. A most welcome and cheering visit this was. Daily letters and parcels are received from all over the province, and each parcel, besides goods made out of materials provided by us, contains some gift as well. Many parcels are entirely made up of gifts. The Citizens' Ball. "The big excitement of the week has been Mrs J. G. Vernon's and Mr H. G. Livingstone's proposal to hold a 'Citizens' Ball' on Wednesday of race week, August 9, all proceeds to be given to the Women's Auxiliary, Business Men's Committee. Calculations were made all day in our rooms as to what the proceeds would be and how much more work we would be able to begin at once, and how many more garments would be available. May we, therefore, ask all citizens to take note of this date, August 9, and this ball, for every ticket sold means warm garments for someone. The newspapers will give the details of the proposed ball. Our report is only so far concerned with it, as it really does mean this: Shutting up of our workrooms or working at double speed to answer the call for help which comes from the depot!?. And in this call let us not forget Mrs Sullivan's part of the work for the mothers and babies. The sun is shining brightly 10-day but the wind is bitterly cold, and there are men, women, and children who truly are not sufficiently protected against it."