" MON SOLDAT. "
Pro en Elyrt0i Or Tax .BrterATOAn Bra—May I bring to your notice a newly formed association for dealing, on the French side of the Channel, with the case of the "lonely soldier," whether French, British, or Belgian? "Mon Soldat," as the organization has been christened, places those who are willing to give the sympathetic help of a fort. nightly letter in communication with some soldier to whom the feeling of the friendly hand thus outstretched is found to be of real assistance and value. The appreciation shown in the men's letters speaks for itself ; and their simple accounts of daily incidents, their hopes and fears, and the little touches that bring home the realities of war to those who have never been exposed to them make the correspondence fully worth the small trouble it involves. If so disposes], the correspondent can send his or her soldier an occasional parcel or money order for the purchase of small luxuries, but no regular sub- scription to the association is required. Among the thousands of English men and women for whom Franco is more than merely a foreign country there must be many who would readily help her noble soldier sons in this manner, and to these the prospect of composing an occasional letter in French will not, I hope, prove an insurmountable barrier. "Mon Soldat," which is under the patronage of the Feench Minister of War, has offices at 8 Avenue Velascprez, Paris, where all communica- tions should be addressed, but I will readily answer, 118 far as I Con, any inquiries that may reach me on the subject.—I am,
15 Cranley Place, S.W.
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