"IT IS MORE BLESSED."

Shannon News, 3 February 1922, Page 3

"IT IS MORE BLESSED."

(To the Editor.) Sir,—Our Lady Jellicoe appears to he a woman who is desirous of moving in some generous field of action But surely reflection must convince her that there must be more ■sensible ways than the one presented to her vision. There is many a Mary, sweet and good, to whom a mere trifle from a Mary of the wealthiest fami’y m Europe would mean a dowry or a home for life. Surely the Viscountess would be the ideal recipient and distributress of such a benefit. Or, it we have so neglected the bringing up of our Royalties that they have never been? allowed to learn liow much better it is to give than to receive, there is the work (much needed) of collecting money to help “our boys” as we used to call them, when we needed them. Diimped on lonely farms, with jangled nerves and many a concealed complaint, expected to slog from four m the morning till they fall into bed at last exhausted. And all to no purpose. Why not collect this money, not to give (charity), but as a loan, which they certainly should not be expected to return in their lifetime, but which could be replaced by their children and grand children in such easy instalments that the poorest would find it no burden. Let it be returned to a trustee appointed by Government, with any additions which gratitude or improved circumstances may suggest; but certainly no interest should be demanded. This money could then in those days to'come be used on the same terms to assist others in need, never given, never extorted, always gathering. Can anyone suggest a better recognition of the ..occasion of the marriage of a British princess?—l am, etc.,

SPECTATOR