Recently a table of such a girl's weekly expenditure was furnished to Lord Londonderry.

Here it is:- s.

d.
Rent, fire, and light 7 6 Board at home 3 6 Board at the office 4 6 Street car fare 1 6 Laundry 1 0 Total 18 0 This leaves nothing for clothes, recreation, or sickness.

And yet many of the girls are receiving, not eighteen shillings, but eleven shillings, twelve shillings, and fourteen shillings per week.

They must have clothes and recreation, and-- Man to Man so oft unjust, Is always so to Woman.
At the Trades Union Congress now being held in London, the Gasworkers' Union moved that instructions be given the Parliamentary Committee to introduce a Bill to prohibit the employment of children under fifteen years of age.