THE following letter, written by Mrs.

Eileen I. McCormick of 5 Craighillgrove, Clarkston, Glasgow, was published by the Scottish Sunday Express on the 31st of May, 1959, and is reproduced by kind permission of the editor: " While buying a flag to support the wonderful work of the life-boats and their crews I overheard a woman who refused to buy, saying : ' / don't believe in life-boats.' I hope she never finds herself in a shipwreck.".