PATRIOTIC AND RELIEF WORK 



"In providing comforts for the soldiers, in all the activities that we associate with 

 the Red Cross, in ministering to the wounded, Canadian women have revealed the 

 divinity that lies in the heart of woman everywhere and always appears at the call of 

 sorrow and suffering. Their work has been incalculable, their courage sublime, their self 

 sacrifice touching and inspiring." — Sir John Willison." 



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No man ever begins to give until he has deprived himself of something that he feels 

 the need of having. That is to say,most of our giving, what is taken from our abundance 

 and our superfluities, is not giving at all in any real sense. 



What you do not feel the need of is not a gift. This is what lies behind the fact that 

 it is not the large sums that are the greatest sacrifice, although they are useful, of course, 

 according to their value. But the good that the giver gets out of his gift is to be 

 measured only by the degree of sacrifice he has made in determining the size of his gift. 

 This is the philosophy of the widow's mite. She out of her poverty gave all that she had. 

 Most of us give only out of our abundance, and do not make very deep inroads upon that. 



There is much in this to encourage the man or woman who is able to do only a little. 

 The little so given may be greater in spirit and influence than the splendid gifts of the 

 wealthy. But it has a word for the wealthy also, and each man has to consider his gift 

 not according to its actual value, but according to its value relatively to his fortune. A 

 man with a million does not feel his gifts in any sense at all until they begin to pinch his 

 own life and habits. — The Toronto World. 



CANADIAN PATRIOTIC FUND 



Object — The Canadian Patriotic Fund is organized for the purpose of rendering 

 financial aid, in case of need, to the dependent relatives living in Canada or Newfound- 

 land, of men fighting in the ranks of the Allies, no matter of what nationality they 

 may be or in which army or navythey are serving. It may also assist, should necessity 

 arise, soldiers or sailors discharged from the forces by reason of wounds or sickness. 



The head office of the Fund is at Ottawa, the Honourary Secretary being Sir Herbert 

 Ames, Kt., LL.D., M.P., the Honourary Treasurer, Sir Thomas White, M.P., and the 

 Assistant Secretary, Mr. Philip H. Morris. 



Donations by Provinces to March 1st, 1916 



Amount Additional 



received contributions 



to date for 1916 



$ $ 



Ontario 3,500,000 5,000,000 



Quebec 2,000,000 2,500,000 



Manitoba 500,000 500,000 



Saskatchewan 500,000 500,000 



Alberta 428,000 500,000 



British Columbia 490,000 600,000 



Yukon 20,000 20,000 



Nova Scotia 300,000 500,000 



New Brunswick 300,000 350,000 



Prince Edward Island 38,600 40,000 



$S,076,600 $10,510,000 

 Sir Herbert Ames states that at the present time (March 1) about 30,000 families 

 are receiving assistance from the fund. 



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