WANTED, A FRIEND OF YOUNG SERVANTS.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."]
Sin,—May I appeal through your columns for personal help in. the work of the Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young. Servants P This society looks after young girls sent out from district (workhouse) schools of the metropolis, and other Mend- less girls.
It is sometimes mistaken for the Girls' Friendly Society. In. fact, its aims are much more limited. It takes only girls of the servant class, and of this class such girls as are friendless, and looks after them only between the ages of fourteen and twenty.
The society has shown that it is possible for persons of all_ creeds to work together. One of the most zealous members of our council is a Roman Catholic, and persons of all denomina- tions work heartily together.
We greatly need the help of some lady who can take the- honorary secretaryship of the Branch at Camberwell, including the postal districts of Camberwell, Peckham, Denmark Rill, Dulwich, Sydenham, &c. Residence in the neighbourhood is not absolutely necessary. Our East-End districts are largely helped by work from the West. At Stepney and Poplar the honorary secretaries come from South Kensington and Maryle- bone. Still, in such a district as Camberwell some one should surely be found on the spot. May I ask you to make known our wants by the insertion of this letter P Further information will gladly be given by Miss Townshend, 14 Grosvenor Road, Westminster, S.W.—I am, Chairman of Connell, M.A.B.Y.S.
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