The letter from Lady de Saus-mare to-day will be read with interest by many workers for the above Association in Shanghai and the outports, Before last December the Association had sent away close upon 8,000 garments, and it cannot, therefore, be many day: fore the workers of the Association have the same pleasure as other workers in Shanghai have already enjoyed of hearing that their gifts have been received and distributed, Particular attention may be called to the list of articles quoted by Mr. Cavendish as being specially required, the demand for garments for children over eight, and the ever pressing need of socks. The life of a sock at the front is something between twenty-four and forty-eight hours, at which rate demand is likely to tax the most generous supply to the utmost. The British Women's Work does not for' the moment lack the sinews of war.
We are sure that it will not lack workers, for whom the personal interest taken by the Queen is an additional incentive.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.