Ira the Editor of the "Nomu-Cuaxa. Das. News"
Sm—Mr. SW. Wolfe having returned. and taken over from me the chairmanship. of the Russian SShoof will doublies be accorded the hospitality of your columns from time to time as may be necessary t0 bring. before' your readers the Valuable work carried on under his T have myself of late felt a certain reluctance in appealing through You "Charitable foreigners generally Whilst being fully aware. of the Eillelsm so often levelled' that the Bussian Community. itself shoulders Dut litre of the burden. Despite a growing" defelt—the School" now JSwes over, $2500 "principally "om Sesount of unpaid food. ills—the Gommittee as refrained from ap-Deals until this "reproach could be Pemoved and it is with pleasure that Trecord anew state of affairs..
The School budget has now been prepared to care for 100. boarders—
The approximate cost per head is $24 per month and subscribers of this amount will be fully supporting lan individual child. Smaller subscriptions, and even those of one dollar per month are most welcome, Will be merged to support the Committee's general wards. The Confraternity has in the past undertaken the provision of medical comforts and attendance as well as some of the clothing. This they will continue to the estimated extent of $5,000 per annum in addition to their liability for 49 children. Fifty-two hours free teaching is given by their members and many other things and services are provided by their Ladies' Committee and I think it will now be [Poli agreed that the reproach—it was never altogether a just one—has now been demonstrably removed.
I will not bother you and your readers, Sir, with details of all of our economies—how food has been Jeut from $1,389 in March to $1,013, jin May, classes and quarters amal-gameted, ete; but wotlld ask you to believe that we abandon with the deepest regret our boast, copied from an. older children's " charity, "No destitute Russian Child refused admittance" If funds are forthcoming for individuals in excess of the Eardley and Mrs, Wilson and Grace Gardner, took three straight setts from their opponents quite easily, beating them by 6-2, 6-1, 6-2, and 6-1, 6-3, 6-4,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.