THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL SITE [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sia,—Some months ago you had a most delightful article re the Foundling Hospital. As an unknown parson's wife who has lived all her life close to the Hospital, I know only too well the dire need of this beautiful site for the benefit of the crowds of children living round the neighbourhood.
It could be used during school hours for an open-air school, and during play hours as a real playground. It would be a ground for Scout and Guide Rallies, for folk dancing—possibly in the very hot weather a sleeping ground.
This is the last chance of saving such a place with its trees and grass for our children, and we tremble to think that the trees may be cut down and this little oasis handed over to the desert of streets. Surely there are some in England enjoying gardens of their own who can afford to help us obtain this joy for all time for our less fortunate children.
I appeal to readers of the Spectator to use any influence they have to obtain the grounds of the Foundling Hospital as a playground in the centre of the largest city in the world,- I am, Sir, &c., MARGARET A. BEDFORD. St. Andrew's Rectory, Holborn, E.C.
[We wish our correspondent's letter might catch the eye of some well-disposed millionaire. We can imagine no more worth-while act than the gift of the Foundling Hospital site to the nation, the greater part of it to be reserved for the use of children. We hope the efforts of Mrs. Bedford and her friends will meet with the success they deserve.—En. Spectator.]
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