6 NOVEMBER 1915, Page 27

PLAYING-CARDS FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPROTATOR."] Sin,—Visiting our stricken soldiers in British hospitals and cos- valescent institutions, we find how much they desire and enjoy s, game of cards or dominoes. I know that your courtesy will admit this appeal to your readers. Any club or house steward or others, who will kindly send to me used packs of playing-cards no longer required, will earn the thanks of our sick and wounded comrades, whose cheerfulness under suffering is maintained and their recovery aided by the knowledge that the scars of the battlefield are not forgotten in the homes of a grateful nation or in the hearts of a generous race.—I am, Sir, &c., EDWARD ATICIN, Major

(Hon, Secretary, War Workers' sloe), Newhaw, Addlest one, Surrey.