CLOTHES FOR REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST. [To the Editor
of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I ask if some of your readers would care to send any old clothes they have to spare for the refugees in the Near East before December 1st? 8 Carlton House Terrace, Waterloo Place, S.W., has been kindly lent as a collecting depot by Lady Brownlow, and we should be glad if the clothes, when sent, could be readily packed in sacks, and lists of con- tents, names and addresses sewn on the outside to save time. The sacks will be sent on December 1st (transport free) direct to Lady Rumbold, British Embassy, Constantinople, to distribute. Other organizations will no doubt send consign- ments later on, but the British Embassy Fund would be glad of all those that can be spared immediately to meet the urgent necessity of the moment. The winter has begun, and there are not only thousands but millions of refugees homeless in the Near East. These clothes, if sent at once, may help to save lives from the bitter cold winds of Anatolia and Eastern
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