REST-ROOM FOR GIRLS AT THE FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION.
[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " till'ECTILTOR." J SIR,—A site has been granted by the promoters of the Franco-British Exhibition to a Committee of ladies who represent societies and associations connected with women and girls for the erection of a rest-room for the employees. The building has cost £350, which sum has been collected privately. Furniture is lent by Mr. Sale, of Church Street, Kensington, and books and additional comforts have been received as gifts. Three lady superintendents—English, French, and Jewish—are in charge of the room from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., and voluntary visitors assist them daily. One thousand girls are employed in the Exhibition, and. this room is the only place where there is any chance of a quiet half-hour being spent away from the noise, dust, and glare of the place, or where any, signs of hospitality and friendship can be shown to the many girl strangers who are eager for all kinds of information and encouragement. The aim of the Committee is to keep the room primarily for rest, and they refrain, on that account, to advertise their present need of funds in a daily paper. If, through your kind insertion of this letter in the Spectator, some subscriptions are forwarded to Mrs. Arnold Glover, 10 Leonard Place, Kensington, W., a load of anxitty will be lifted from the minds of the Committee.
[We gladly publish Mrs. Glover's appeal, for the object is a most excellent one, and worthy of the support of our readers. The strain of the long hours on the girls, especially in hot weather, must often be very great.—ED. Spectator.]
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