My Dear Boys—

I was very glad to get your kind congratulations on the relief of Maf eking. lam yery glad to be elected Patron of your Clvb — and I have three reasons for taking special interest in it. —firstly—be- cause I was myself for five years a choir-boy in the Charterhouse Choir. Secondly—Because I am not a -smoker. Thirdly—Because I was partly educated as a boy at Northwich, and used to go over to Runcorn. So you see I feel quali fied to take a morethr i outside in terest in your doings.
