THE NEWSVENDORS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE 0 SPECTATOR."] Sta,—May r through your columns appeal to your readers on behalf of a very deserving Society, the Newsvendors' Bene- volent Institution, at whose festival dinner on October 12th I am acting as chairman? This institution, by means of pensions from the age of sixty, and occasional grants, assists newsvendors who, often through no fault of their own, have fallen upon evil days. Our chief support comes from the newspaper trade, but we are compelled to seek also the assistance of the general public. Most of your readers owe something to their news- vendor over and above their monthly bills, for he works early and late in all weathers, and the exigencies of his business in the majority of cases do not give him much chance of saving money. It is for those unfortunate members of our trade, who, after a life spent in hard and exacting work, find them- selves in distressed circumstances that I venture to appeal, and I hope that even in these hard times my appeal will not ba in vain. Any donations, however small, sent to me to Strand House, London, W.C. 2, will be gratefully acknowledged.—I am,
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