19 JULY 1946, Page 4

• * * * Some scores of M.P.s who gathered

at to, Downing Street on Wednesday at Mrs. Attlee's invitation to hear something of the work of the Y.W.C.A. came away considerably chastened after listening to two speeches which, they recognised, put most of their own efforts considerably in the shade. One was by Miss Curwen, the General Secretary of the Association, one by Miss Janet Toms, speaking as the secretary of a normal and typical branch—as a matter of fact, Guild- ford. By clear exposition, conveying the maximum of information in the minimum time, combined with admirable diction and choice of words, both speeches in different ways inspired disturbing reflcc. tions (for the M.P.$) on.the quality of feminine oratory.