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 soldier was delighted by the complete layette provided for her baby by the War Relief Fund.

A young Jewish woman from Algiers, with a blind husband and a large family of children, was given much needed assistance.

Some Russian ladies whose home in Rheims had been destroyed by bombardment, were most grateful for financial help.

A Finn whose demands upon the fund were exorbitant and unreasonable, was healed and later frankly acknowledged the help received and secured a good position. Another Finn was given enough money to take him to Switzerland, where he worked among the prisoners of war.

An Austrian in an internment camp wrote to the Committee for a copy of Science and Health in the German translation. One was sent him through the fund and when last heard from he was conducting Christian Science services in that camp.

An old German couple who loved France and had made it their home for some thirty years, were recommended to the Committee as worthy of assistance. Financial aid was given them and they both became interested in Christian Science and were loaned a copy of the textbook. The Committee gave them small sums to buy little additional necessities and they were later returned to Germany. Such was their love for Christian Science that they said their only joy would be to find some Scientists in Germany. Through the Red Cross they sent word that they had found friends among the Scientists who were caring for them.

One Spanish family looked up by the Committee were found literally starving; they had no bedding,