The Cecil House at the northern end of Gower Street,
opened by the Lord Mayor on Tuesday, perpetuates the name, not of the noble family associated with Hatfield, but of Cecil Chesterton, the lesser but by no means undistinguished brother of G. K. His widow, Mrs. Cecil Chesterton, is known for a variety of interests and activities, but for none of greater social value than this residential club, where seventy-two working girlt (" work " in this connection is a very comprehensive term) can, get admirable accommodation for 3os. a week. The building, white and glittering without, is excel- lently designed within, and the fortunate seventy-two who have got in will justly stir the envy of ten times that number who want to. This is something immensely worth while. So, if the necessary finance is forthcoming, will be Mrs. Chesterton's next enterprise, a similar residential club for the old and homeless (feminine).
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