" Women of Twilight"
Sm,—Your critic of the play Women of Twilight, which deals with the unmarried mother and her child, states that he " is left wondering just what does happen to such girls, who have neither friends nor relatives to turn to and who escape the welfare of the State for some reason." It is easy to satisfy his curiosity. The Church of England Moral Welfare Council has more than 700 trained workers—nurses, midwives and social workers—who deal with this problem as their life's work. Most dioceses in the country have their own homes or use homes in other dioceses, where the mothers are able to stay for several months with their babies both before and after the birth. The Church does, in fact, make more provision for them than does the Welfare State, and the Welfare State, knowing how well the work is done, is content to let the Church do this social work. I have not seen the play in question, but, having read several reviews in various papers, I should very much doubt whether the conditions portrayed exist in these days ; certainly they do not exist in the Church's homes.—Yours sincerely, F. F. RIGBY.
Education Secretary to the Manchester Diocesan Council for Moral Welfare Work.
100 Hall Road, Ashton-under-Lyme.
Previous page
