WOMEN'S COUNTRY HOLIDAY FUND.
[To TUB EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sxn,—In making this appeal the Committee of the Women's Holiday Fund, of which her Majesty Queen Alexandra has
recently become patroness, are relying upon the generosity of the public to prevent the entire cessation of the work which they have in hand. The object of the Society is to bring two or three weeks' holiday within reach of some of the many tired and overworked wives and mothers of this great city, The chief burden of the home necessarily falls upon the mother of the family, and her need of rest and change has perhaps been hitherto somewhat overlooked. Such rest and change often prevent a complete breakdown, and are therefore of the greatest benefit not only to the mother, but to all the members of her family. The treasury of the Society is literally empty. Arrangements for the holidays of three or four hundred women have already been made for this summer, and applications are daily pouring in. Unless further funds are at once forth- coming it will be impossible to send away any more women. The cost of each woman's holiday averages 25s., of which as large a proportion as possible is paid by the woman herself. The Society is entirely =denominational. Donations will be grateful acknowledged by the hon. treasurer, A. S.
Daniell, Esq., Fairchildes, Warlingham, Surrey ; and all information with regard to the working of the Society can be obtained by applying to Miss G. E. Burt, hon. secretary, 168 Holland Park Avenue, W.—We are, Sir, &c.,
A. F. LONDON, EDW. ROPPEN, JAS. BP. OF EMMAUS, HENRY SCOTT HOLLAND, H. W. WEBB PEPLOS, J. SCOTT LIDGETT, ED. H. DISHING- TON, E. SYMES THOMPSON, M.D., JESS'S P. B. PHIPPS (Chairman of the Executive Com- mittee).
168 Holland Park Avenue, W.
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