7 APRIL 1923, Page 15

THE GERTRUDE PAGE BEQUEST.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

Sm,—Alay I enlist your interest in making known a move- ment which should be of real importance and value to letters ? Under the will of the late Miss Gertrude Page, a certain annual sum has been placed at the disposal of the Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers to be employed on behalf of literary or journalistic workers resident in the United Kingdom, particularly for the purpose of providing a change of air or temporary help in cases of sickness where these needs cannot otherwise be met. Certain forms will have to be filled up and laid before the committee. These forms can be obtained from the offices of the Society, No. 1 Central Build- ings, Tothill Street, Westminster, S.W. 1, and must be

returned by post.—I am, Sir, &e., IAN HAY BEITH.