TREATMENT OF THE V.A.D.'S.
(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—Until I- read Mrs. Carr's letter on this subject in your issue of last Saturday I had not noticed that Lord Rhondda con- templated any such ill-judged and undeserved measure as the reduction of the rations of our invaluable V.A.D.'s. Surely there must be some mistake. No section of the community has done better or responded with greater alacrity to the call of duty. Most of them are highly educated and come from wealthy homes, and have given up all the pleasures and luxuries of life to under- take for long hours, both night and day, and, in most cases, with- out any remuneration whatever, work which the "pampered menials " of their parents' households would scorn to do even for high wages. All this they do most cheerfully even now, when they have barely sufficient to satisfy the cravings of nature, and one never hears a grumble. Surely Lord Rhondda can discover some other section of the community better able to stand the rigour of further restriction of rations than these hard-working and unsel- fish, yet, in a great measure, unappreciated young ladies.—I am,
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