2 SEPTEMBER 1916, Page 15

AN APPEAL FOR BELGIAN CHILDREN. [TO THE EDITOR OP THE

" SPECTATOR:1

SIR,—A Committee has been formed under the honorary presidency of the Duchess of Norfolk to assist the Belgian Society called the Vesdaire Marie-Jose. This Society supplies milk, food, and clothes to the babies of the villages in Flanders, behind the firing line. Gifts of infanta' and children's clothes, materials, and wool should be sent to the depot at I Elm Park Gardens, Fulham Road, S.W. The garments are dis- tributed, at the infant consultations, by Mm. Haden Guest, who is attached to the Belgian Health Service. It may be added that the work is officially recognized by the Local Government Board, Whitehall. Subscriptions can be forwarded to Dr. L. Fairfield, c/o London County and Westminster Bank, 217 Strand, W.C.—I am, Sir, &c., W. PErr RrnoE.