A LIVELIHOOD FOR " MINNIE."
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—" Minnie" is the spokeswoman of a class with whom I heartily sympathise. I am one of a number of ladies—headed by H.R.H. Princess Christian—who have been of late trying with much success to provide one solution of her problem. If she has any artistic feeling combined with energy and industry, let her come to us, and she will be able to feel not only that she, too, can earn money (more or less, according to her ability), but that she is putting her life to one of the beet uses which can be found for it,— that of restoring to its true place and use a precious and beautiful art, which had been suffered to fall into utter degradation. Those who saw the masterpieces of ancient (secular) decorative needle- work at South Kensington last year will know what I mean.
Our school has been founded for the purpose of training educated gentlewomen to produce art-work which shall have real, undisputed art value, being executed by intelligent workers from good designs. Girls like "Minnie," yearning for something to do, and needing it, will hail an effort to which no one could object on any ground, and which involves neither publicity nor "charity."
—I am, Sir, &c., THE HONORARY MANAGER. School of Art-Needlework, 31 Sloane Street, S. W., June 7.
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