THE HUNTLY PRESS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1916. Patriotic Work.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 21 July 1916, Page 2

THE HUNTLY PRESS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1916. Patriotic Work.

THE visit of Mrs Gunscn and Miss Spelling should do much to stir up the enthusiasm of the ladies of Huntly in Patriotic work. No one knows better than wo do, how nobly the ladies of. the committee have worked in the cause of. the men at the Front. The work is arduous and trying. The ladies have to put up sometimes with nasty little snubs and often their reception at houses has been most hostile. The great majority of the people give freely and willingly, but some treat the visitors as though they were soliciting ehaiity for themselves, and it is little wonder if sometimes the collectors return home after a round of visits worn out and discouraged. The work having so many distasteful features, it is then more to the credit of the ladies that tiiey have pocketed their feelings and gone on with it. But even so, it will not be contended, that the self sacrificing work of the few, and the contributions of a good many more, satisfies the need for the assistance of all. Even those who have worked hardest would hardly argue that they had done all that is required of them. The quiet chat that the ladies had with Mrs Gunson and Miss Spedding, will do much to bring home to them what is really needed an dhow it is to be got and that the opportunity is for all, not only the few. We understand that it has been determined to form a branch of the Auckland League, and all the ladies of Huntly who feel that they owe their peaceful and sate condition to the men at the Front, will rally round to see in what way they can help to make those men more comfortable while away in the trenches. Any woman who will spend a few minutes thought on what would be her condition if the men at the front failed and the Germans were allowed to break through and land on these shores, will surely come to the conclusion that, no matter how she works her debt of gratitude will never be paid. Let her consider the state of her sisters in Belgium and France, and the horrors they have suffered, and if she is not then thankful to the men who have saved her from the same fate, she is unworthy of the name of woman. But we know that the women of Huntly do recognise their indebtedness and now that the opportunity iias been placed before them, no doubt they will seize it with eagerness, and join in the good work which is being carried on all round.