Victory is and generosity with which Americans in those of British descent are joining in reserves of clothing for refugees and blitzed ig described in a letter written by the wife in Sh i who was evacuated and is now the letter was written to her parents in "All over this great country," she says, "men and women are working and praying for your victory."
"Here in California," she writes, "although the war is remote in dis-never far away from the city Other people, far better qualified can tell you of the great work "But I want particularly to tell you about the work we do in the Used Department of the British Relief, because in this depart. 1 ment, you will not fipd the rich, nor if the famous, nor the film stars, nor the socialites, but only ordinary.
folk who, not having much money to spare, can donate only their time and their energy to the common cause, "The majority of us who work in this department are Britishers, or are of British descent, For example, our secretary comes from New Zealand, our manager from London, the heads of the various sections hail from as far apart as Glasgow, Man-Both on end Canada are well chester, Cardiff and Land' End.
represented, with Yorkshire and Lancashire coming a close third, Some of our workers come every day, some only for a few hours, but all come willingly and receive no money for the work they do, Mend and Send "Our job is to collect used clothing. sort it, mend it, clean it and send it off to England as expeditiously as possible, Without the Senerosity of the American public we could not function, and once again the man-in-the-street of one country is doing his best to help the man-inthe-street who is going to win this war, "When the clothes are fetched or brought tọ our depot—a large house on the edge of one of the city's busiest thoroughfares—they go first to the sorting-room where they are carefully, inspected for signs of wear and tear, since we send nothing which cannot instantly be worn, The clothes in need of repair are then sent upstairs, where a constant band of workers spend all day patching, darning, and sewing on buttons and "Should a garment be beyond re-
or tremen's gloves. Should down ipio children's it be even this it is classed as tags, and sold by the pound, the money going to defray our numerous expenses.
Nothing Wasted "Having been examined for rey pair, the clothes are then looked over for suitability, as we dare not waste an inch of any valuable shipping space on something which might prove useless at the other end, All garments discarded on this count are sold as jumble—or rummage as they call it over here, "Finally the clothes are inspected for dirt, @hd if found to be grubby, that are placed in a large bin from which they are later taken by some of the workers and washed and ironed or zi di
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.