THE NEED FOR CONTINUED EFFORT.
Appeals are being made all over the country for the soldiers at the front, and the sailors on the sea, and for such an object a generous and general response is assured. But there is evidence that not quite so much as in former winters is being done to supply the men with other comforts. There is less enthusiasm shown in knitting scarves and mittens and helmets, and shopkeepers confess that the demand for khaki wool has fallen off. Doubtless many of the women who used to spend their leisure in needlework and knitting are now engaged on some form of war work, but it is to be feared that the diminution is also due in some measure to the novelty of the thing having worn off. If this be so, it is very regrettable, for never was the need more urgent, or the numbers requiring comforts so large. The Queen recently issued a forcible appeal, and when the women at home realise the conditions of trench life, the knitting needles will once again ply as busily as ever.
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