ST. MONICA HOME OF REST, WESTBURY- ON-TRYM, BRISTOL.
[To the Editor of she SPECTATOR.] .511t,—I am anxious to bring to the notice of any persons who may be described. as gentlefolk in poor circumstances the benefits which are intended for them by my late husband. Mr. H. H. Wills, the founder of this Institution, and should be very, grateful if you would enable me to do this through the medium of your columns. The object of the St. Monica Home of Rest is to receive as inmates gentlefolk who are members of the Church of England, suffering from certain chronic or incurable ailments, being in needy circumstances and having led honourable lives. The Council of the Home have alsopowersto give financial assistance to a limited number of persons who cannot be accepted as inmates. Preference will be given, in both cases, to those having family or resi- dential associations with the City of Bristol or the Counties of Somerset, Gloucester and Wilts.
Persons mentally afflicted, epileptics, sufferers front an infectious or contagious complaint or from cancer or other forms of malignant disease are not eligible for admission to the Home. Persons mentally afflicted, beneficiaries of other Charitable Institutions—so long as they are in receipt of such benefits—recipients of State Aid (other than earned pensions) or of assistance from the Rates, are ineligible for financial assistance. The home will probably not be ready for the reception of inmates till the end, of this year at the earliest, but, in the meantime, the Council are prepared to grant financial assistance to a limited number of qualified persons prior to the completion of the Home. All inquiries should he addressed to W. W. Ward, Esq., Merchants' Hall, Bristol, the Treasurer of the Institution.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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