DOMINION STOCKING LEAGUE

Evening Star, Issue 20591, 17 September 1930, Page 12

DOMINION STOCKING LEAGUE

EXHIBITION OF WORK Do not throw out or burn old stockings or seemingly worthless garments which might be considered useless even to the unemployment depot, but forward them to the Dominion Stocking League, which has its headquarters at the Hanover Street Baptist Church. This body, which consists of about fifteen ardent lady workers, welcomes all old material, with wliich it makes articles, which, unless seen, would probably be thought by most people an impossible task. All the articles made afo sent each year to the High Commissioner in London to bo forwarded to the West Ham Central Mission, which distributes the goods amongst the poor childreu at Christmas time. Last year the clothing (which, packed in cases given to, the league and conveyed free of charge) was held in bond for a long time, and unfortunately it was not dis- y tributed until after, Christinas. However, the league has made certain that the cases will reach Home in time this year, and the goods, will be shipped on either Friday or Saturday of this week.

The annual exhibition of work is now being held in the Hanover Street Baptist Sunday School Hall (upstairs). After a peep into the store room, where old material of every description is to be seen, the visitor is shown ' what* articles are included in the exhibition, and they are truly something worth seeing, for there one can see what, with a little patience, can bo produced from scraps of old stockings, old woollen frocks, coats, and other garments. Some of tne woollen quilts call for special praise, as, turned out from oddments of wool, they are certainly skilfully made. A little cot quilt, pieced together from samples of woollen ties, is also very neat. Babies’ outfits are displayed on one of the tables, and have been manufactured from the wool out of men’s underwear. One wall of the hall is taken up with miscellaneous girls’ garments singlets, underwear, and • frocks—all produced from old stockings and underclothing. Numerous patchwork quilts made from cuttings sent iu by clothing manufacturers are also to ,bo seen. Boys’ caps and a bundle of tiny mittens have been made from the tops of fancy sox. Moccasins are to bo seen in large numbers, and are the result of worked scraps of wool, while a largo selection of boys’ jumper suits, made from various garment materials, are also deserving of mention. - Owing to the large amount of poverty in this city the league did not receive much in the way of old garments and stockings this year, but it hopes that more will be sent in during the next year. The ladies connected with the league are very keen, and it is surpr ing how the interest in the work k up, but a good deal depends upon ,v u annual exhibition, which this year is very creditable.