FACTORY-GIRLS' CLUB.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Will you allow me again to ask for help for our club in Tabard Street, South London P It is the third year since the club has been opened, and the work steadily progresses. That the poor girls appreciate the work, the following story will, I hope, go to prove. One girl comes to us every night who has got work at a distance ; her father is hopelessly ill at the infirmary, her mother gets occasional jobs, and there are three boys in the family, one an imbecile,—the whole family being thus practi- cally dependent on the girl's earnings, which are 6s. 6d. a week ; yet she continues to come to the club regularly, often reaching it breathless with running at 9.45, having gone to her work at 7.30 that morning. Especially I would recommend to your readers the Bank Holiday treats; they are absolutely necessary to the work. No one has any conception of what the poorer parts of London are on a Bank Holiday ; the only thing to do is to take the girls right away into the country. If any one would ask the girls to spend one such day in the country, or would give us the money, I should indeed feel grateful.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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