A LONDON clergyman has sent seven shillings and sixpence to the St. Ives branch and writes : " Behind the gift is rather an inter- esting story. Three children, Vera Harris (aged 11), Pam Harris (aged 6), sisters, and Alan Gibson, their friend, spent a very happy holiday at St. Ives during the summer. Evidently the cause of the life-boat had made an impressive appeal to the children. On their return from holiday they decided they must help. So they arranged a sort of exhibition, to which they in- vited all their friends and at which a collection was taken. As they did not collect as much as they hoped, they decided to augment the fund by making ' flags ' and selling them—not publicly, of course. The ' exhibition ' was quite an interesting thing, with ' umpteen ' sections : photographic (in which snaps and post cards of St. Ives played a prominent part), a home-made model of St. Ives and harbour, and quite a catalogue of items which children only could conceive. Well, here is the result.".