FOUB years ago a lady living at Wylde Green, near Birmingham, asked the Prince of Wales to give her six penny stamps as capital to start a business on behalf of the Life-boat Service. The Prince sent the stamps, and a flourishing business, known as the " Little Acorn," has been built up out of them.. It started with the making of rosettes.

Later it developed into the making of woollen socks and gloves, although the original rosette industry is still continued, and now it has also a doll department. The founder and owner of the business periodically sends a balance sheet and the profits to the Institution, and in four years, out of the six stamps presented to her by the Prince, she has made £4 10s. for the Life-boat Service. She writes that she hopes that the " Little Acorn" will some day develop into a British oak..