A SENSIBLE RESTRICTION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 32, 6 October 1915, Page 4

A SENSIBLE RESTRICTION.

( Tlu> Stratford Pstiriotio Committee. alii moot iiijz; hold yesterda y. boldly' grasped the nettle whoii ii resolved that the indiscriminate colleding ot funds h.v all and sundry persons for 1 every kind of patriotic and allegedly I patriotic purpose is—to put the matter quite mildly--very much beside the mark, and that sPme restriction ought to he imposed. People who reside in easily accessible places find very frequent calls made upon them, and ■ n. most instance's give cheerfully, though occiisionally a passing doubt does arise its to the wisdom or desirability of the. particular object for which special funds are being sought. The Stratford Committee has therefore decided ■ that intending canvassers for funds for patriotic purposes had.better place the matter before the Kxeculive ol | that Committee, and if alter due consultation with the Belgian Relief Com- • mi I. tee and the Radies' Patriotic Com- ,j V

mil too, the object is decided to ho a j wise and worthy one. a notiiicalkm re- ' garding it will lie made in the public press. Nobody ought to take exception to such a restriction, and the. Committee is to be commended lor its attitude.