THE ASSOCIATED SOCIETIES FOR THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE SrECTATOR."] SIR,—The attention of the Executive Committee of these Societies has been called to an appeal which appeared lately in your columns for .25,000 for the maintenance of derelict children. In that appeal the following passage occurs : " Wise measures for obtaining support from the mothers, or in the case of illegitimate infants, by affiliation order from the father of the child, will be taken, but such contributions can often not be obtained, or promo wholly insufficient." An appreciable part of the work of these Societies is to make careful inquiries into these cases, and then to obtain such orders in the Police Courts. Unfortunately, the small income of the Societies compels them at present practically to restrict their operations—unless in most exceptional cases—to the Metropolitan area. May I appeal to those of your readers who are interested in these unfortunate children to help us to give to a larger number of them their most important help? I may add that the experience of these Societies leads them emphatically to endorse what the signatories to this appeal say as to the need for homes for children of this class.—I am, Sir, &e., 60 Haymarket, S.W. BARTON R. V. Muss, Hon. See.
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