Women's Holiday Fund
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Sir,?May we once more through the columns of your paper call attention to the valuable work that is being done by the Women's Holiday Fund on behalf of those whose lives are passed in dismal surroundings and weighed down by heavy responsibilities and anxieties ? It is not sufficiently realized how great are the demands made upon the strength and courage of the working woman, and that she is worn out in the never-ending struggle to maintain merely a decent standard of life. She is a stranger to any form of relaxation or recreation, and is seldom, if ever, free from the burden of household cares. As has been truly said : " She combines in one tired personality the careers of mother, wife, nurse, cook, housemaid, bargain-hunter, laundress and dressmaker." It is
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