SERVANTS' HOME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6148, 1 August 1881, Page 3

SERVANTS' HOME.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —May I ask you to insert the following :—When the Young Women's Institute was merely a suggestion many people were of opinion that a Servants' Home ought first to be established in Auckland, and they expressed readiness to help such a work. The former is now an existing and most successful institution, and.'an opportunity offers for the furtherance of its usefulness by the opening of a home for servants in connection with it. An appeal for funds for this branch of the work was made to the public a short time ago at a conversazione held in the hall of the Young Moil's Christian Association. .Notwithstanding the expression of interest in this scheme, and the reiteration of the phrases, " What a good thing it would be," and "What a boon to servants, and to the public at large," the sympathy of those to •whom'such an institution would be a comfort, in'the probable supply of good'and 'efficient servants, has not yet been shown by a response to the appeal. The registry, whichha3 been some time in operation, is working

tad! ba * >•> order to Ucomo fl,o w ' lk mast be supplemented by £ 5 ?T B , n SK«ted. The opportunity 1? vot °™ to be lost > 80 the committed of the Young Women s Institute would now ask those who are interested in this important work to come forward with offers of assistance. The institution, as it now exists, 5™ - y !" e j® lve ? {row - tho public the sum of . ' deluding hon. members' fees, and it is in need of donations for an additional amount of furniture. From £150 to £200 are required for this, and for the fumishinc of the Servants' Home. X shall b» glad to receive, as soon as possible, subscriptions for the supply of this urgent need.—l am > &0 -> Lapra c. Smith, July 21, 1881. Sec. Y.W. Institute,