The Lord Mayor presided last Monday at a meeting held
at the Mansion House to raise subscriptions and donations for the Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants, one of the most purely useful of all the charitable institutions of London. For, besides the large amount of good which it does, it has the vast advantage over most other charitable organisations that it does absolutely no harm ; while in the case of the greater number of these noble agencies, a very great allowance must be made for an inevitable alloy of mischief. We think we may safely say that while thousands of girls are saved every year from misery, destitution, and loss of character by the help given to them by this admirable Association, and many thousands are improved into efficient servants by the same influences, not a single girl is ever injured, or rendered more indolent than she otherwise would be, by the judicious help which the lady-visitors of this Association give her. But, unfortunately, the work of the Association, excellent as it is, cannot be done without considerable sums of money,—first, to keep the organisation of the central office going ; next, to provide homes for the girls out of place ; lastly, to afford training to the few who absolutely need it. And the money-supply is always falling short. Ta those who can help these poor neglected children brought up in the workhouse, or, worse still, in bad homes, to friends and better influences, let us say that subscriptions may be sent to Miss Poole, 18 Buckingham Street, Strand.
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