LAST year Life-boat Day in Greater London felt on the first day of the General Strike. Over £2,700 was collected, a large sum in such exceptionally difficult circumstances, but not half what it Lad been toped to raise. This year a special effort was made by the Central London Women's Committee of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, in order to make up for the disappointment of last year, and in addition to the Day, on 10th May, a Life-boat Matinee was given on 3rd May. A preliminary meeting of London Life-boat workers was held in April at the house of Sir Philip Sassoou, Bt, The Matinee was held at the Lyceum Theatre, which had been lent to the Institution by Messrs. Walter and Frederick Melville, and it was attended by H.R.H. Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles. A variety programme was given, among those who took part in it being, Miss Gwen Ffrangcon Davies and Mr. John Gielgud, in the Balcony Scene from "Romeo and Juliet"; Mile. Alice Delysia, Miss Marie Dainton, Mr. Billy Bennett, the Savoy Orpheans, Mrs. Edna Leslie, Mr. Fred Dixon and Miss Wendy Toye, Miss Marjorie Claike- Jervoise, Miss T71a Sharon, Miss Alice Nayler and Miss Irene Mawer and Miss Ruby Ginner, in a mime called " A Miracle of Santa Caterina," written and produced by Miss Mawer. In the interval, Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., Chairman of the Committee of Management, thanked Princess Mary for her presence, and the artistes and theatre staff, all of whom had given their services. The Matinee raised over £475 nett, and it is hoped to make it an annual event.

Life-boat Day was carried out with the help of the Lord Mayor of London and the Mayors of many of the London Boroughs. In the City itself the Day was organized by the Duchess of Sutherland, President of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Lady Bertie of Thame, Chairman of the Central London Women's Committee of the Guild, and Mrs. Alington.

There were altogether, throughout Greater London, some 150 depots and some 4,000 collectors. In addition to the lady collectors a number of mencollected, dressed as Life-boatmen.

Life-boats were stationed at the Southwark Town Hall, and in Lambeth and Finchley. Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., Chairman of the Committee of Management, and Mr. George F. Shee, Secretary of the Institution, made a tour of the depots. The Day raised over £4,300.

Five Stories.

Here are five stories of the Day.

A -collector in Charing Cross Road received a penny from an old woman who was selling matches.

A collector in Central London was much touched to see an apparently homeless old man come up to put a penny in her box, and it was with the greatest pleasure that she fastened a paper Life-boat in his tattered coat, A similar incident happened to the same collector last year.

A collector near Sloane Street was approached by a lady who had stepped out of a Rolls-Royce car, and who said, " I would like to put something in the life-boat." She opened her bag and produced—two pennies. She then, went into a shop, and while she was there her chauffeur left the car, came up to the collector and put in—half a crown! A depot-holder near one of the big shops was approached by a lady who said : " I am afraid you must feel very cold sitting there. You look cold.

You ought to go in and buy one of those little cardigan jumpers." The depot-holder said that it was true she was feeling very cold, but that she could not leave the depot with aE the boxes. The lady, a complete stranger to her, then went away only to return, with a cardigan jumper which she gave to her saying, " Please put this on. It is quite cheap." The depot-holder thanked aei and begged to know het name, but all the stranger would say was, " Just nobody." A few days after the Day a member of the London Women's Committee received ten shillings from a lady who wrote that she felt that ?he " did not give enough on Life-boat Day." '.