POINTS FROM LETTERS
A NEW SONG.
Sorry I don't know your song " Britannia Rules the Waves."
It used to be :- "Britannic! Rule the Waves."
—R. H. L., The Leeds Club.
LORI, ALFRED DOUGLAS.
As I am writing the life of Lord Alfred Douglas I should be most obliged for the loan of any letters or personal reminis- cences. They should be sent to me at 13 Argyle Square, London, W.C. 1. All documents will be copied and promptly returned.—PATIlleli BnAvanooKE, 13 Argyle Square, W.C. 1.
To Boom on NOT TO BOMB?
I am sure the majority of your readers must have welcomed Mr. Lias's article. On reading the accounts of the bombing of frontier villages the thought nest have passed through many minds : Why are we doing what we so justly con- demned the Germans for doing during the War ? Is there any hope that some strong expression of public opinion may be obtained, protesting against such proceedings ? No amount of economy can justify them. Far better we shotild pay extra taxes, and make operations much more prolonged, than that we should economize by such means. In justice, too, to our brave airmen they should not have inflicted on them the performance of such acts. There is one point which dilTerentiates the present proceedings. from the like pro- ceedings of the Germans. In the latter case professing Christians were bombing professing Christians; in the present professing Christians are bombingleathens, heathens to whom we profess to offer a higher form of religion than their own.—H. S. VERSCHOYLE, Dunkineely Manor House.
HOLIDAYS FOR STEPNEY CHILDREN.
Official statistics show that in Stepney there are 3,818 cases of four or more people living in one room. They also show that Stepney is the poorest borough in the whole of London and that the percentage of unemployment is very, and unvaryingly, high. Such overcrowding, poverty and unemployment com- bine, directly and indirectly, to cause much illness. The East End Mission, of which I have the honour to be the Superintendent, employs the full-time services of five lady doctors. They give medical treatment to 2,500 patients (not eligible for benefits under the National Health Insurance Act) every week. The majority of these patients are children. My co-workers and I, who all live in the district, are sadly conscious of our inability to remove the root causes of so much sickness and unhappiness. We are also conscious -that we can, and must, do our utmost to mitigate the miseries by which we are surrounded. We therefore give a day's holiday in the country or at the seaside to 15,000 slum children each summer and send 500 to 600 of the most delicate boys and girls to a Holiday Home for a fortnight.
Those of your readers who may wish to co-operate in this " Health and Happiness Crusade, can do so by sending their much-needed contributions to F. W. CHUDLEMII, Stepney Central Hall, Commercial Road, London, E. 1.
UNIVERSITY WOMEN AND INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION.
The Council of the International Federation of University Women is holding its session in Prague. This visit has been the occasion of a very generous gift of £1,000 from President Masaryk towards the fund raised by the Federation for an International Fellowship for Research. This International Fellowship Fund constitutes a very interesting experiment in international co-operation. The money is being raised in the thirty-three countries represented in the Federation, and Fellowships are awarded by an international committee. They are open to women graduates of all countries for work in any other country than their own. It is hoped that an annual award of at least six Fellowships will be possible. President Masaryk's gift sets the fund for the first awards on a sound financial basis.
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