1 MARCH 1919, Page 13

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN.

ITS TIM Emma or THE " SPECTATOR "I

Sur,—At this moment when the question of the after training of educated women about to be demobilized from the various Government offices and war-work centres Is a trAter of great urgency, may I bring before the notice of your reyders the work of the Society for Promoting the Employment of WoZleth 23 Renters Street, W., of which I am President P This Society advances loans, free of interest, for fees, to suitable candidates, to enable them to train for professions and spheres of useful- ness. Amongst the careers which our grantees have taken up during the past year ore such varied occupations as those of accountancy, dentistry, dispensing, domestic economy, garden- ing, massage and electrical treatment, maternity nursing, medicine, secretarial work, and elementary, secondary, and kindergarten teaching. During the last fifty-nine years the Society has done excellent work on these Linea. With the view to increase our scope of work at the present time when the need for training is greater than it has ever been before, the Committee would gratefully welcome contributions to the funds, eo as to enable them to meet the present urgent demand.

—I am, Sir, &c., 1.110H, President Stoneleigh Abbey, lienilicorth.