THE WOMEN'S HOLIDAY FUND.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Once again I bring the wants and claims of the Women's Holiday Fund to the notice of your readers, whose generous response to my appeal in past years has been of such inestim- able value.
The high prices now paid for lodgings and food make our Work very difficult, and we cannot assist half the numbers we formerly sent away. May I say that a somewhat prevalent idea that there are no more-poor now is a fallacy? There are quite as many as when wages were lower, besides those who have no regular wage, but live from hand to mouth and get terribly worn out by the strain and struggle of living at all. We are all inclined to cry poverty on our own account, but somehow man- age to pay for three or four meals a day and a summer outing. While taking the latter, let us remember that by travelling third instead of first class, or by cutting of a day or two in an expensive hotel, we can spend the money thus saved in helping some poor woman—perhaps with her ailing baby—to get the holiday she so badly needs. All donations will be gratefully acknowledged by Miss Cooper, Secretary, W.H.F., 76, Denison House, Vauxhall Bridge Road, or by Mrs. Frank Pownall, 6, Ashley Place, S.W. 1.—I am, Sir, &c., Haze A. Powema (Chairman W.H.F. Executive Committee).
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