I am busy knitting woollen helmets for the soldiers but of course I have not time to do as much as many people are doing. What I really want to do is to help the families of our school children whose fathers have gone to fight. There are at present five families. One mother has 7 children and there will soon be 8. The eldest child is 9 only. She only gets 1/1 per day and 2’ for each child that does not leave much when rent is paid and all food is dearer. There are many cases like this I want, with my teachers and friends help, to aid them with clothing and food – (a small parcel of groceries a week will be some help and a loaf occasionally).
Aug 28th 1914