In May the Harrogate'Ladies" Life-boat Guild ran a life-boat cafe for a week.

An empty shop was got for nothing. A decorator decorated it free of cost. The electric and gas companies lent cookers. The corporation lent tables and chairs.

The members of the Guild supplied china, cutlery and linen, and for weeks before they put aside tea and other things from their own rations. After the cafe was opened, many people came with gifts of food. Mrs. J. Fisher, honotaty secretary of the guild, was the organiser. She had three cooks, three waitresses and a cashier, all members of the guild. They worked so hard that one cf the waitresses had worn out a pair of shoes before the week was finished. The result of it all was a net profit of £330 and many new subscribers to the branch..