LAND AND WATER 
October 2, 1915. 
THE HOSPITAL FOR 
SICK CHILDREN. 
GREAT ORMOND STREET, LONDON. 
Established 1852. 
Patrons : 
THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN. 
HER MAJESTY QUEEN ALEXANDRA. 
The Oldest and Largest Voluntary 
Hospital for Children in the 
British Empire. 
It is necessary now — more than ever 
— to make strenuous efforts to save 
the lives of the 
Children of the Nation 
to continue the welfare of the 
British Empire 
In the Future 
and to prevent the present heavy 
mortality of Babies under one year 
of age. 
This Hospital the Mother of all 
Children's Hospitals — appeals to all 
for the help that is urgently needed 
to continue its 
National Work. 
£3,000 has to be raised this year if 
the Hospital is to be kept 
clear of debt. 
All Donations Gratefully Acknowledged. 
JAMES McKAY, 
Acting Secretary. 
What the Blind Learn. 
Xowliere is more spk-ndid work being done for our 
-ixounded soldiers and sailors tliat at St. Diinstan's, 
Rejrent's Park, London, which has been converted 
intcTa school for the blind under the personal supervision 
of Mr. C. Arthur Pearson. There are now one hundred 
men in residence there who have lost their sight in 
battle and are learning to be blind. Eight ofticers are 
housed at 21, Portland Place, which has been generously 
lent for their use bv Sir John and Lady Stirling. 
Maxwell. Hraille reading and writing are taught, also 
tlie special form of shorthand used by the blind, and 
typewriting. The industries pursued are carpentry, 
boot-repairing, and the making of mats, brushes, and 
baskets. Most of the teachers are themselves blind, 
so that the teaching is thoroughly practical. Since 
Mr. Pearson took over this beautiful villa, with its 
spacious grounds on the tdgt of Regent's Park, which 
was placed at the disposal of the Blinded .Soldiers' and 
.Sailors' Care Committee by the generosity of Mr. Olio 
Kahn. large workshops and buildings of one kind and 
another have sprung up around lite house; and in the 
compoiuid, as they would call it in India, instruction in 
poultry-farming and market-gardening is given. So 
excellent has been the leacliing that already men, who 
could see as well as you and 1 less than a year ago but 
are now in total darkness, are leaving -Si. Dunslan's 
fullv capable of earning their own living in one or oilier 
of half a dozen ways. The duty of the general public 
K)\\ards these brave men now begins. They must lake 
an interest in their work and make a market for iheic 
wares. What is needed, once a blind man has learnt a 
trade, is a little commonsense sympathy and the 
knowledge that there is always a market for his work. 
Self-independence is one f)f the strongest traits in the 
character of the trained blind, and all they ask for is a 
fair held where the}' may work their life out happily fur 
themselves and others. 
Fund for Parcels for Priso:iers of War. 
The many relatives of men who are prisoners of war 
in Germany, in sending parcels on their own initiative, 
oflen fail to comply with the stringent regulations 
affecting this form of benevolence. In order to ensure 
that parcels shall reach their destinations without 
trouble, a fund has been established to deal with ihe 
business of proper packing and dispatch, under the 
auspices of the Countess of Bective and Ladv llenrv 
Benlinck. By means of this fund, anyone wishing to 
have parcels sent to prisoners of war, containing either 
food, underclothing, or comforts of any kind, can have 
the articles required to be sent packed in strong boxes 
and waterproof paper, and all necessiirv forms for 
transport to the German prisons supplied and filled in, 
b\ posting ilieir parcels to the Counless of Bective or U> 
Lady Henry Benlinck, at 53, (Jrosvenor .Street, London, 
W., after which there will be no further expense to the 
sender. The ladies named will be very glad to recei\e 
contributions to assist in their work at the above address. 
In every case ihe name of the giver will be printed on 
the labels of the parcel (no writing being allowed inside 
it), so that the prisoner of war can acknowledge it to the 
giver direct. 
Imp; rial Service Co'lege Trust. 
The Imperial .Service College, the only establish- 
ment of its kind in England, carries on the work of 
educaiing ilie sons of officers of the two .Services, boui 
of Great Britain and her Dominions, at a cost which 
meels as far as possible the needs of each indi\'idual 
<ase. The funds necessary for this purpose have in the 
past been provided by the generosity of contributors, 
and the Council now appeal to the public for means to 
carry on and develop their noble work. Donations (o 
the work of the College niav be sent to Mr. J. Chapman- 
Walker, 25, Do\er Street,' W. 
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