three clubs now organized for these men in London.
We feel sure your readers will be interested to know of the progress of the Victoria League Club, which has been opened since last June at 16 Regent Street. So great has been that progress that now, largely at the request of the men themselves, the League has taken extra premises close by in Jermyn Street, where comfortable bedrooms and several bathrooms will soon be ready.
The Victoria League Club has evidently met a real need amongst the overseas men, who appreciate its comfort, the friendly atmosphere which all say that they find there, their own news- papers--often so hard to get in England—and the meals " like what mother gives us at home." There has been a steady increase in the number of meals served weekly, which reached just over a thousand in the first week of November ; and, with the approach of winter, it is pleasant'to see big circles round the fires on wet, cold days exchanging experiences from Flanders, Gallipoli, or South-West Africa, full of keen interest and generous apprecia- tion of one another.
The expenses of the existing club have been fully met by the generous contributions made to the League last summer. But for the extension to a residential house a further sum must be raised. 'rho Committee appeal with confidence to all who sympathize with every effort to give of England's best to her gallant sons from overseas.—I am, Sir, &o., Meltzer, L. TALBOT, Secretary.
Millbank House, 2 Wood Street, Westminster, S.W.
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