LONELY ANGLO-INDIAN CHILDREN. [To the Editor of the SrEcraxon.] Siir,—On
September 9th last you published an article on this subject, in which you included a letter received from me informing you that I had been appointed by the Mothers' Union as their correspondent in this matter. My duty, on behalf of the Mothers' Union, is to open a register of homes, approved for registration after sufficient inquiry, and also to receive applications from the parents of children in India who need such homes and to supply them with the addresses of suitable homes. The response to your article in the Spectator has been very encouraging as regards homes, but less encouraging as regards parents abroad seeking homes. No doubt the reason is that it is not easy to convey, all at once, to scattered English families in India the information that their children's needs can be met if they will only communicate with me, or with the Mothers' Union.
As the result of your article, I have now registered, after full inquiry in each case, more than eighty homes in England to which children can be sent with confidence. The charges vary from two to three guineas a week. Sometimes complete charge would be assumed ; sometimes good schools are also available ; sometimes only holiday homes are offered. Some of the homes offered are extraordinarily good. So good that parents would be fortunate who sent their children to them.
. On the other hand, the number of children for whom applications have reached me is only ten, and I have had no serious difficulty in placing all of them. I am left to regret that so many excellent homes should be available and that not enough children are coming forward to enjoy their advantages. I know that the demand exists in India and I am confident that the organization now set up will shortly become better known. I may add that the whole organization is, of course, voluntary. No charges are made and no fees are received. We need no financial assistance, but I am asking every applicant, whose name is registered, to pay one shilling towards the cost of postage. For the present I am inviting only children from India, but I hope soon to be able to deal with English children from all hot countries. At a later date we hope to be able to extend our invitation and assistance to English chilaren from all parts of the Empire. Let me again thank you for the kind and most helpful assistance of the Spectator, without which we eould do so little to make our wants and our organization known. Permit me again to add that letters should be
addressed to the Mothers' Union, Dean's Yard, Westminster, or direct to me at 4 Ashburn Place, London, S.W. 7.—I
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