EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9798, 7 May 1924, Page 5

EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

DISSATISFIED WAI TRESSES,

WOMEN REFUSE MISERABLE WAGES.

LONDON, May 5

The Daily Herald says a number -,i Lyons’ waitresses at the Empire Exhibition have left owing to dissatisfaction with the conditions. The organiser of tho Workers’ Union states' some received only 15s weekly, from which they had to pay 4s ia railway fares. On the. other hand. Lyons state that many waitresses make 15s in two days, but do not indicate whether this represents tips.

Another effort to obtain labor lor tho Exhibition at wages which disgrace the Empire met with no response. Tho Labor Exchange was asked for thirty-two women and cloakroom attendants, the work hours being from eight in tho morning to eleven at night, with no free meals, and tho pay is los a week. It is not surprising that women emphatically refused such an offer.—A. and N.Z. O.A.

QUEEN’S DOLL HOUSE.

A WHIMSICAL FABLE,

Of all the. wonders of the Queen’s doll’s house, which will undoubtedly he the most popular, of the feature® at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley this year, probably the mostfascinating room of aii, is the Lilliputian libary. which lias been modelled on that of'the King’s palace. The tiny room- is lined with' shelves holding red and grey morocco-hound hooks, less than an inch square, but beautifully tooled and finished. They are actual, M.S. books, written specially for the library by leading modern, authors. One of these is a, poetry book to which Lady Grey of Palloden has contributed the following charming verese: SCALES. (By Pamela Grey). A little sunlit-skein of flics Went sounding on the wind, A tiny crowd of entities, Their joy in life to find, “Heigh-lio! Here we go !”

A groupo of men went travelling, Making maps and charts, Discovering, unravelling Natures distant parts. “Tell tho tale To ‘The Daily Mail.’ ”

Tho man discovered a great lake Unknown to storied fame; The credit of the effort’s sake . Shed lustre on his name. “And found by the ffy Was a cow’s eye.”

The Father of All smiled in His Heart, “My children; each one doetli his part.”

Tho library itself is 28 inches in height and is wainscoted in walnut.