PENNY FUND FOR SICK AND WOUNDED.
[To vas Earros OF T. SPECTATOO:9
Sts,—May I draw the attention of your readers to the Penny House-to-House Collection just initiated by the St. John Ambulance and the British Red Cross Society? Bit by bit, it is hoped to make a penny croons of the entire country, and in many districts work has already begun. In others workers
are still to seek; and offers of assistance from individuals, and especially from associations, will be moat thankfully received by the Honorary Headquarters Secretary, at 84 Eaton Square, S.W. The Societies feel that a special effort must be made, now that the New Armies are about to take the field. They do not allocate the proceeds to any particular object, since the needs of the wounded vary much from time to time and from place to place. Some may think that this is the duty of the Government, and not of voluntary effort. But helpless reliance on the State is the mark of the German, not the Englishman. We assist the Government because the Govern- ment invites us to do so. And we know that our assistance results in supplying the invalid soldier with many little luxuries and comforts which Government would shrink from asking the taxpayer to provide.—I am, Sir, &O.,
ST. CTRES.
1We trust that Lord St. Cyres's special appeal for workers will find a quick response. All letters should be addressed, not to the Spectator, but to the Honorary Headquarters Secretary as above.—En. Spectator.]
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