AN APPEAL FOR CIVILIAN CLOTHES.
[To THII EDITOR OF TR& SPECTATOR.") SIR,—May I appeal to your readers on behalf of the many patients in this hospital who are invalided out of the Service ? Most of them have lost, or sold, or given away the civilian clothes they wore before the war ; and they do not find that prospective employers are much impressed by the official " reach-me-downs " supplied by the Government. A good second-hand overcoat, or a half-worn suit from Conduit Street, supplies infinitely more cogent evidence of a man's fitness for a place. May I therefore beg the charitable to send me any old clothes they can spare 1 I am grateful for any article of masculine attire, but especially for great-coats of any shape or size, for old lounge-suits, caps, and boots. I will at once gratefully acknowledge any parcel sent to me at the hospital, or to my private address (84 Eaton Square, S.W.). And, Inasmuch as most of our patients are either Guardsmen or exchanged prisoners of war, I would make a special appeal to those interested in the Brigade of Guards, or those who have a fellow-feeling for the poor lade who have spent many a weary month in the hands of the enemy.—
I am, Sir, ho., Sr. CYargs. Census Extension Q.A.M. Hospital, lifillbank, S.W.
[Lord St. Cyres's very modest appeal will, we trust, not go un- answered.—En, Spectator.]
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