Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917 . Persons in Williamstown andWilliams college who are interestedin work for those rendered blind inthe world war have asked the Wo-mans club to give them what helpit could. , This was discussed at yesterday smeeting of the club and what maybe done will be fully determined lat- 61. It was the opinion of the club that,in such work as may be done for warrelief, such work as the making ofsurgical dressings, be done by mem-ber? of the club through the agencyof the local Red Cross. This suggestion was made by M. Sanford,
Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1917 . Persons in Williamstown andWilliams college who are interestedin work for those rendered blind inthe world war have asked the Wo-mans club to give them what helpit could. , This was discussed at yesterday smeeting of the club and what maybe done will be fully determined lat- 61. It was the opinion of the club that,in such work as may be done for warrelief, such work as the making ofsurgical dressings, be done by mem-ber? of the club through the agencyof the local Red Cross. This suggestion was made by M. Sanford, president of theclub, and was received favorably byhe members. The Red Cross is doing so wellhere at the present time that it isthought inadvisable to increase agen-cies and no better thanif all the effort was made through Hi^e^sa,- *?- iV- X, Give $320 to Fund For MenBlinded in Battle and Enjoy Entertainment. The heart-stirring words of MissWinifred Holt, the charming guard-ian of the Phare de France, in Paris,on Charter Day, bore thru fruit yes-terday afternoon when nearly all thelour hundred members of the Wom-ans Club and as many more of then-friends, filled the Second Reformedchurch almost to overflowing. Theoccasion was a benefit to assist menblinded in battle and give them, as Miss Holt tersely put it, Lightthrough work. The chairman, Mrs. Clement Mooreand Vice-Chairman Mrs. Boyd withtheir committee, have been untiringin their efforts to make this entertain-ment a success and it was with agratified smile that Mrs. RobertBoyd stood beneath the Stars andStripes of America and the tri-colorof France to open the meeting, forshe knew that the sum of $320 hadalready been realized for the benefi-cent cause-Gracefully she welcomed all pres-ent and then introduced William Gor-don, a young Scotch Canadian with amarvellous bari
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