STRAYS SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1957, 14 January 1914, Page 4

STRAYS SOCIETY.

''.Sir,—WiU'?¥ you , . , kindly'^"'allow' , - , mo, ithroush-'tho'jnedium'.iof your , , columns, 'to make on appeal to'; , ,yoiir. leaders, on ;behalf:yof ';tlie.- Waifs)'and4 Straye\.Socity ?s;;<"■'''\:j t.ti-_ ;-/X;>;V'- .J ''#;?; ; "■' : : ■:"• -IW'-splendid result- of 'jtho , -society's operations: may'- , bo , pntheml'.from the fact that. over. : 18.000 cliildrenhavo boon :'rcceircd'/iiiKlc"r^ i its .enro since tlic coniinoiiecinenf" of operations-in 1881, the majority: of whom. ar>s ing and self-respecting men and : women, and.worthy'.citizens of o-nr EmpirK . At ■present:.tlie■sock'ty's;.family consists of :mon? tliaiiM'-iflO boys and , girls, who nre ■■beinß.fpd.'ilptliod,': nmli.enred for in the boarile.u v out in tlie cfliui4ryfcjvith /resncotablol Foster . paronts. iTneift'tWo in ;brsliK-l\, i'Wliich'jis.cliiofty'iUtilisen chilUlrcn j>s - ho jsitji i- i sf n bsol n tol.v" necessary; lo 'pi![>arate : y;aS'ifaiv : asr.]ioss!bl<vifrom (heir i unwortliy'cijn'd .disreputable relatives,' in .and aliJleiitinny).ps > to'wed:.iiporiylicm.;.lii.ay- : ;iio.l < be '""i'or tiifliniiinToiiriiice'n'sul cxtonsion of .snchiijMVork. funds: must be. !i;i; viow.'lhat. slww

i:wit«Uhbsesi;Uiliep)ld this'' jtime!of:tlio ; yoai';V\vlncl]i'wo;f(-cl justified I J'iiitOTieljratiiigi-.b.yj.niuliial, hospitality, and vgoo(l>JiVi!lJStl!c:()'*Hiiistsv;l)o!o]ian>'rt v w;]io. iwoi'iiHJKKwiliiny/to giv<v"a'.contribution; *if:biily-'iis"aVthaiik-ofl"criiiß for -their- pro'■ioiliiiosiiioiuarid happy hoinn-life;. and ifgifts-'in money mid kind .would be , .'most .'.''Kratcfully'-racpixcd at tho;addrces Rivclj. jbcioiv. :,Ui]]'ortu]iately'j3t-;.-tlio. , present' /tinie'tiicrc is a serious*overdraft on the: ■general \fund,;.\ amounting.Hio '■■■" nearly '£(5000, which ;naturii!ly onuses hindrance, and 'if : the , society's work- is ; not to .ho ■.■onrtiiilcd,;.it.is most necessary that-the, : (iof!oit;,shoii!d,,bi;-:. , exlinguis!iGd ..without: ■delayer- ■■■ ;, -;;:.-«f/4 :i !K&y'■ V'UA' --.•.';■,»!.' tfv Subscript however,, ismall, arc earnestly solicited, and.will be. hiios.ti' gralcfully;yrcepived,r&and. , . , ac.know.-:; ■•lodged- by-.;-vour nuodiont ; servant, ■V^l':, m<^l'-% ,i;K. ffi-'OldiTown- llnli, : K'&sl., London;' En <:H ml,- V ; .^i;?^#;-ri& '. December, IM3^ssf;§Os: