Appeal on behalf of THE DISTRESSED GENTLEFOLKS AID ASSOCIATION, by Sir SELWYN FREEMANTLE, C.I.E., C.S.I.
THE Distressed Gentlefolks Aid Association dates from 1897, when a few friends resolved to form an association with the object of collecting and administering funds for the purpose of relieving distressed gentlefolk by grants, or by helping them to get employment. It was able to collect that year about £800. The amount was expended in weekly grants of small amount and in gifts to persons temporarily in distress. Since then, the work has gone on steadily increasing: until last year about £6,500 was expended on relief of this nature. The persons assisted are men and women of gentle birth who in nearly all cases are so infirm, or weakly, that they can do little to help themselves. What aid the Association can afford is given promptly and quietly, the office of the Association being at the home of the Secretary, Miss Finn, [address removed].