10 NOVEMBER 1917, Page 15

"A TRIBUTE TO THE NURSES."

(To THE EDITOR or ran "Seto-mos "I

Sm..—The generous public will doubtless subscribe largely to the Pond for Nurses," and this without in the least realising that by so doing they are helping to forge the links which will keep future generations under the power of their employers. How is a poorly paid woman, however independent in mind, to resist the temptation to join the College of Nursing if the power of money is there? If nurses are to have charity, in place of proper remuneration for services rendered, let it at any rate be administered by an impartial tribunal, not by a Committee which aims at being the educational and governing body of the nursing profession with disciplinary powers.—I am. Sir, Ac., 46 Marsham Street, S.W. I.