d also form and do much good. Also
the Ladies could associate with the working Classes as their
Subscriptions could be distinct from ours; as of course our means are
very limited; but surely we could most of us become Subscribers at
twopence per week in so noble a cause that bids fair to drive the
curse of Public Houses from our land--King's Cross wants one much,
and there is room in the open Square also at the Portland Road at the
end of Euston Road. They ought to be round or Square with 4 or 6
places to Drink from, with something of interest to mark to whose
honour they were raised. One Subject could be Prince Edward
suppressing the wine houses in Gibraltar, 1792. I think nothing
could be better for the purpose as we all feel something must be done
to stop this crying evil that is sending thousands to Death and
Madness--the other subject could be Alderman Wood who rose from a
poor Charity School Boy of Tiverton Devonshire to plead the Duke of
Kent's return to England that his child, our present good queen,
should be born on British ground; so we as a people have to thank the
late Sir Matthew Wood for that. I think the wives and daughters of
freemasons will give freely in respect to the late Duke of Kent who
spent I may say thousands to raise the standard of that noble order.
. . . Forgive these few remarks of A Soldier and a Mason's Daughter
who has her country's interest at heart.

J. DUNN x 103 Euston Road Euston Sq. Gentlemen forgive the intrusion
on your time also my bad grammar but remember I hear and see every
Day the Curse of Drink.

As evidence of the filthy nature of London water and of the need of
fountains, let the reader take the following letter from Dr. Letheby, the
City Medical Officer, addressed to the Honorary Secretary of the Drinking
Fountain Association; and let the reader bear in mind that Dr. Letheby's
evidence is confirmed by that of upwards of fifty other medical
gentlemen. Dr. Letheby says,--

"From what I know of the habits of the poor within this city, I am
led to believe that the erection of drinking fountains would be of
especial service to them; for although the average supply of water to
the metropolis is abundant, yet the distribution of it is so unequal
that the poorer classes do not obtain their proper proportion; in
fact, this has become so serious a matte