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 “You seem to be able to count upon your workers. Some days we have seventy-five, and some days only three,” was the comment of the manager of a neighboring committee.

“Yes, we are well organized, our work is systematized, and the true Christian Scientist means to fulfill his responsibilities.”

It was that cheerful response to the call for help that placed in the basement a splendid corps of workers, where all garments, both new and secondhand, were assorted and packed in great cases for shipping. It was not the easiest part of the work, or the most decorative, but the same neatness and exactness were demanded; and the murmur of happy voices punctuated with occasional ripples of laughter, which reached the workers on the floor above, gave evidence of the joy below. What a happy sense of cooperation it all gave rise to.

This cooperation, however, was not limited to Greater Boston. Hardly had the work there taken definite form, before Scientists all over the country, from ocean to ocean, and from Hawaii and the Canal Zone to Alaska, expressed a desire to share in it, and were gladly hailed as allies. One group after another joined the happy throng, until there were seven hundred and eighty-nine. There was no stereotyped method of organization. The units varied in size, some meeting in private houses, while others preferred public workrooms. In some of the larger cities a number of such rooms were opened, in different localities, all uniting in general headquarters for receiving and distributing the garments. Varying methods were employed, too, for the raising of funds, some preferring per capita assessments, others