REST-ROOM AND COFFEE-STALL FOR GIRLS AT THE JAPAN-BRITISH EXHIBITION.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sok—For the third and last time may we ask for the interest of the Spectator in welfaring the Exhibition employees ? Before Christmas we expect to see the Shops Bill through Parliament. It holds a clause ensuring provision in all Exhibitions of rest- rooms and places for refreshment, other than the public restaurants, for the women and girls employed. Our three seasons of responsibiliti, of difficult negotiations and daily pleasant intercourse with the girls, will then cease. This year our small working Committee has raised over £100, but with the expenses of painting, furnishing, upkeep, and superintendence we find ourselves without money for the remaining weeks of the Exhibition. The coffee-stall adjoining the rest-room (Building 148) is, as in previous years, entirely self-supporting ; in fact, its profits have considerably assisted the working of the rest-room.- Thanking you for the past encouragement of the Spectator, we are, Sir, &c., LOUISE CREIGHTON, President.
Louisa PELHAM, Convener.
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