THE TRAVELLERS' AID SOCIETY.
(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—May I be allowed to appeal to your readers for their kind help in raising the sum of ..t3,000 for the purchase of the unexpired lease of the premises occupied by the Travellers' Aid Society since 1896? It is impossible to find another house, and we are fortunate in having the option of purchase.
Since the work was started more than 100,000 girls and young women have been safeguarded from possible danger when obliged to leave home unattended. The work has so grown in recent years that more agents have been required. In one day last year they met more than 100 young " travellers" of whose journeys we had been notified beforehand.
Our "emergency" beds have been a great boon since the housing problem has been acute. They have been of service to the little girl from a charity school and the society lady unable to find accommodation in any hotel; to a blind woman missed at the station by her sister who went to meet her; to the foreign girl speaking no English and quite incapable of pro- tecting herself in a strange country; to some ex-Service girls and many others. More than 1,000 last year found a " haven of rest" at 3 Baker Street.
Our varied and useful work is described in detail in the annual Report, which may be had on application. The present need is to secure our• headquarters for another term, and to this end we ask the help of your readers. Any contributions will be most gratefully acknowledged.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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