1 MAY 1926, Page 11

* * At the annual meeting of the London Society

a speaker asked why our museums and galleries were available only for the leisured people of London. I suppose the answer is expense. To keep our galleries and museums open to 10 p.m. so that they would be available for the workers would mean more expense for staff and lighting and heating. However admirable the suggestion, in these days of economy the authorities could hardly ask for a larger budget. Here is a chance for some public-spirited millionaire to endow our galleries on the understanding that they are kept open two or three evenings a week. * * *