Sat--When Mr. Carrington writes that ," an equally important aspect
that of pure efficiency, which coincides, as it happens, with the emands of common decency " he is referring to hotch-potch advertise- ent display at railway stations. But he might also have been referring railway station waiting-rooms. In wartime one expects and gets dis- omfort -at every turn. But even before -the war our railway station aiting-rooms were a disgrace and an eyesore. Foreigners might well ye wondered if the comfort of passengers were the last consideration the railway companies. And the pity of it was that a very modest penditure would have altered the whole face of things. The general plaint was pretty well emphasized in the invariable surprise caused y the occasional discovery of a c'ean, bright warm room in which to -air for a disconnecting or overdue train. The end of the war should ord the companies an opp)rtunity of doing a useful amount of ad-
vertisement for themselves—by the medium of paint, soap and waser.—
Your obedient servant, C. B. J. ATHOE. The Iniorporatod Association of Architects and Surveyors, 75 Eaton Place, London, S.W. r.
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