HOW TO HELP.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPE CTATOR."
Srit,—The letter by "I. B. H." in your issue of July 31st touches a very real evil among us at the present moment. Some of us are, in fact, retarding with one band the cause which we are helping with the other. I was in a bootmaker's shop recently, and was told by the head man that he was very sorry he had allowed so many of his workmen to enlist. The explanation turned out to be that customers were uncompro- mising, one having withdrawn an order because it was not executed with the same despatch as when the full working staff was there to fulfil it. Such people are probably giving largely of time and money, but as your correspondent says, "The little hidden ways of assisting are despised." It is forgotten also that— "Evil is wrought
By want of thought As well as by want of heart,"
even if the evil be no worse than that of adding to the many new difficulties with which the shopkeeping class has to
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