New Britain herald., 1917-03-22
BRINGING JOY TO WAR WORN HEARTS
Efforts of Surgical Dressings
 Committee Sincerely Appreciated

The secretary of the Duryea conn., mittee of American War Relief
 writes:
 .'The case No. 287S arrived hero today and we want to thank you very
 much for tho donation, which con- tained all the things we have been
 longing for. Tho winter has been and
 still Is very cold, so the demand upon us this y car has been unusually great. Every dsy the refugees come here from 2 until and we clothe quite often during an afternoon one hun dred of them and sometimes more. Our hospital cases are packed in the
 morning and the greatest demand now is for the articles sthat you have
 all been 50 kind to send us. You
 may rest assured that they will be greatly appreciated by all the hos
 pitAls we send to. Mrs. puryea is
 in America and will lecture in Bos- ton, so she will be able to thank you all personally"
 Another note from the Countess of
 Leicester says:
 Please convey my very grateful
 thanks to the surgical dressings com
 mittee for their very kind gift of two cases of dressings for our Norfolk hospitals. which know will be much
 appreciated. I heard from the sur geons that the last cases of dressings were splendid and they were delighted with them"
 One of the nurses at the Hopital Auxiliaire No. 2, Societe de Secours aux Blesses Militaires sends the fol- lowing:
 "Permettez moi de vous exprimer toute ma gratitude pour le don gen. ereux que j'ai recu de vous pour mon hopital par le comite central des secours Americains. Nos, amis d'Amerique comblent les Francais ct particulierement nos chers blesses. Aussi au nom de tout le personnel 6e mon hopitAl je vous adresse mes remerciements. Permettez moi de Hous envoyer quelques cartes de mon Hopital Croyez. chere Madame, ras- surance de mes sentiments dis tinques''
 Mrs. Ratnbone says:
 1T am writing on behalf of our committee to thank the members of the surgical dre6sings committee of Boston for the many cases of surgical dressings which we have received through Miss Hadfield, honorable sec- retary of tho Cunard women's War Service committee. We have felt it | A great privilege to receive these
 beautifully made dressings and to for
 ward them to hospitals in various parts of the fighting area. Our own
 British hospitals have benefited by
 your kind thought and work and we
 have also had the pleasure of sending
 a large quantity to one of the pro- fessors of Liverpool university who is
 now working in the Carcassonne re- gion of France on behalf of the French Red Cross. He finds these
 dressings invaluable and is only too glad to distribute as many as we can
 spare among the French hospitals
 which he visits. I think every hos
 pital, whether British or French,
 which has received your dressings
 must have been struck by the skill
 and care with which they are made
 and packed. We have had most
 grateful letters from all parts and on behalf of all these hospitals we send
 to the committee and it's workers our
 very warmest thanks"
 The local committee Is continuing
 its work with enthusiasm. New work
 CTS are requested to apply for further
 information to the chairman, Mrs. H, F. Humason, 201 Vine street. tele- phone, 1875.