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necessary in Paris, and the continuance of its administration as heretofore; whilst he hoped that, by her marriage with him, Mrs. Lewis would largely extend the interest and sympathy of her work in the Continent of America.

OUR FANCY SALE.

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UR Fancy Sale was held on the 28th and 29th June, at Surrey House, 7, Hyde Park Place, by kind permission of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Flower. H.R.H. the Princess of Wales was graciously present.

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The Stall-holders were: Her Excellency the Countess of Lytton; Lady Constance Lytton. Excellency the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava; Duchess of Montrose. Marchioness of Tavistock; Lady Alwyne Compton. Lady Wimborne; Lady Randolph Churchill. The Countess of Cadogan; Mrs. Leopold de Rothschild; Mrs. Arthur Sassoon. Mrs. Henry White; and other ladies.

Her Royal Highness purchased one of the beautiful quilts made by our English girls in the Orphanage, 35, Boulevard Bineau, Paris, and the Princess Wagram kindly bought another. . We have a few still left, which we shall gladly dispose of at two guineas each, at the Y.W.C.A. Home, 22A, Queen's Road, Bayswater.

The net proceeds of the Sale were £287 11s. 3d.

NOTICE.

In consequence of a double number having appeared in April, there will be no issue of the "Echoes from Paris" for September. A new year will commence in October (D.V.), under the able Editorship and management of Mrs. Emma E. Hornibrook. Friends wishing to continue it, or new subscribers, will kindly communicate with the Editor, 22A, Queen's Road, Bayswater.

Mr. W. Augustus Morley has been appointed by the Directors, General Secretary of the Association. All communications to him should be directed to 22A, Queen's Road, Bayswater, W.

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS.

We acknowledge the following with thanks :

GENERAL MISSION FUND.-Greville Edwards, Esq., £1; Mrs. R. Gladstone, £2 2s., an.; Miss Birchall, £1 Is., an.; John Maple, Esq., £10; J. J. Griffiths, Esq., £10 10s., an.; Richard Bealey, Esq., for 1888 and 1889, £4; Readers of The Christian, £22; Col. Clarke, £2 25.; Capt. Henslowe, 1; Miss Hall, 8s. ; per Rev. E. Spencer Gough, £6 5s. 3d.; Mrs. Herbert Parke, 10s.; Mrs. McLachlan, 10s. 6d., an. ; [per Mrs. im Thurn, an. : Mrs. Browning, 5s. ; Mrs. Meek Clark, 1 1s.; Mrs. Milbourn Clark, £2; Mrs. E. Clark, £1; Mrs. Champion, 10s.; Miss M. Champion, 5s.; Misses A. and E. Champion, 5s.; Mrs. de Chapeaurouge, 5s.; Mrs. Daniell, 2s. 6d. ; Mrs. Foster, £2 25.; Miss M. H. Foster, £2 2s.; Miss Martha Foster, IOS.; Miss E. Foster, 10s.; Miss Mary Foster, 5s.; Miss Helbling, 2s. 6d.; Mrs. Jones, 2s. 6d.; Mrs. King, £1 IS.; Mrs. W. King, 10s.; Mrs. Kingsford, 10s.; Mrs. Knowles, I IS.; Mrs. Leaf, 3; Mrs. Monkhouse, Ios. 6d.; Mrs. Meyer, 5s.; Mrs. Ray, £1 IS.; Miss Robinson, 10s. 6d. ; Miss B. Robinson, 10s. 6d. ; Mrs. Saxton, Ios.; Mrs. Simmonds, 10s.; Mrs. Sprague, 1 1S.; Mrs. Wilson, 5s.; Mrs. Wotherspoon, 10s. ; Miss Wotherspoon, 5s.; Miss Wood, 1 Is.; Mrs. im Thurn, £2 25. ; Mrs. Conrad im Thurn, I IS.; Donation from late Mrs. Hopkins, IIS.; Mrs. Greenhorne, £1 Is., an.; Miss Emslie, 10s. 6d. ; Lady Graves Sawle, £1, an.

LIVERPOOL CONTRIBUTIONS (May and June).--Offertory, Christ Church, Claughton, £35 8s.; Offertory, St. Paul's, Prince's Park, £9 10s. 5d.; the Mayor (Alderman E. H. Cookson), 10; Miss Smith, Town Hall Meeting, 10s. Mrs. McDiarmid's Drawing-room Meeting: Plate at door, 11 6s.; George R. Cox, Esq., £10; A Friend, per J. Hope Simpson, 10; Thomas Holder, Esq., £5; Mrs. John Patterson, £1; Mrs. William Crosfield, £2; Robert Robinson, Esq., £1 Is. (£40 75.). Mrs. Cockbain's Drawing-room Meeting: Plate at door, £8 2s.; John Currey, Esq., £5; Mrs. Benjamin Darbyshire, S.; Stephen J. Menzies, Esq., LI Is.; George Taylor, Esq., 1; Thos. A. Leigh, Esq., IOS.

Sale of Bond, sent anonymously to Paris from Liverpool, £3 17s. 2d.
ORPHANAGE. Mrs. Debenham, £5; Mrs. Dods, £1.
EXHIBITION FUND.-Mrs. C. G. Carleton, £4.

ECHOES.--Rev. G. Renaud, Is. 6d. ; Mrs. Butler, Is. 6d.

The following gifts are gratefully acknowledged for the Governesses and Artists' Institute: dinner service, from W. C. B. Hockly, Esq.; salt spoons, from Miss Hale, Pau; dessert spoons and forks, Miss M'Intosh, Pau; books and periodicals, Miss Hall, Mrs. Sweetland, Miss Chetwode, A Friend, and Mrs. Hockly, Pau; two arm chairs, from Mrs. Sinclair, per Miss Davidson; fifty Hymnal Companions, from Charles Butlin, Esq., Bristol; cups and saucers, from Miss Robinson, Beccles; one dozen knives, from Mrs. Stanley, Sheffield.

Cheques and P.O.O. should be made payable to the Treasurer, F. A. Bevan, Esq., 54, Lombard Street, London; to Ada M. Lewis, 77, Avenue Wagram, Paris, or, 22a, Queen's Road, Bayswater, W.; or may be sent to the London Office, 9, Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street; in Canada, T. Wolferstan Thomas, Esq., The Molson's Bank, Montreal; in the United States, H. W. Munroe, Esq., 32, Nassau Street, New York, or 4, Post-office Square, Boston.

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The Association of "The Mission Home for English Women in Paris" is constituted under Articles and Memorandum bearing the date of Oct. 10th, 1876, for the purpose of holding the property of the Association in perpetuity.

The Council in Paris was elected February 7th, 1877, and, with the Honorary and Official Auditors, is re-elected at the Annual Meeting of the Association each year,

The Committee are also re-elected each year at the same meeting.

The Home for British and American Young Women, at 77, Avenue Wagram, Paris, was founded December 20th, 1872. It has had over 5,300 admissions, and is open to all respectable English girls in every class of life, without distinction of creed. The house is branched off into different compartments, as follows:

1. A Home for daily and unemployed Governesses.

2. For Young Women apprenticed in Shops.

3. For Ladies' Maids, Nurses, etc., seeking situations.

4. A Sanatorium.

5. A Free Registry for those who are seeking situations.

The following have also been established:—

Governesses and Artists' Institute, 153, Faubourg St. Honoré, formerly 8, Rue Bastiat. Young Women's Christian Association and Home, 26, Faubourg St. Honoré

An Orphanage and Home for destitute British Children, 35, Boulevard Bineau.

A Nursery and Infant Kindergarten School.

Bible Classes for Men, Mission Services for the Poor, and Mothers' Meetings.
A Band of Hope and Temperance Union.

A Clothing Club for the Poor; Soup Kitchen; Night School and Free Reading Room, are
held during the Winter months at the Mission Hall, 79, Avenue Wagram.
British and American Young Men's Home and Club, 18, Rue de Milan, "Washington
House."

The Mission Church (Christ Church, Neuilly, 49, Boulevard Bineau) has been built to meet the spiritual need of the Homes, and of a large resident English population hitherto totally unprovided for. Services, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Tram from the Madeleine to the Boulevard Bineau passes the Orphanage and the Church.

The Home Orphanage, Young Men's Home, Church, and Parsonage are duly registered as the trust-property of the Association.

The Mission is entirely supported by voluntary contributions.

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Remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, when He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive." Messrs. BARCLAY, BEVAN & Co., 54, Lombard Street, London.

Bankers.

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Messrs. J. MUNROE & Co., 32, Nassau Street, New York; 7, Rue Scribe,
Paris; 4, Post Office Square, Boston.

Cheques, etc., and P.O.O. should be made payable to F. A. BRVAN, Esq., 54, Lombard Street, London; or to Mrs. ADA M. LEWIS, 77, Avenue Wagram, Paris.

London Office (where Reports and Papers may be obtained): 9, Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street.

Paris and Continental Y. W. C. Association and Home, 22a, Queen's Road, Bayswater, W., Hon. Sec., MISS HENSLey. Editorial and Resident Secretary, MRS. HORNIBROOK. Subscriptions for " ECHOES FROM PARIS" for 1888 are now due, and may be paid to the Honorary Secretaries of the different Associations, or sent to MR. W. AUGUSTUS MORLEY, Sec. (Paris and Continental Y. W. C. Association), 22a, Queen's Road, Bayswater, London, W. Post free, 1s. 6d. a year; Canada and United States, 40 cents.

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ASSOCIATION OF THE MISSION HOMES FOR YOUNG ENGLISH AND

AMERICAN WOMEN AND ORPHANS IN PARIS.

Patrons.

His Excellency LORD LYTTON, Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador,
and the COUNTESS LYTTON.

The Right Rev. BISHOP WILKINSON, D.D., Coadjutor to the Lord Bishop of London for
Northern and Central Europe.

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Patrons for the Irish Association.

His Grace the ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN.

Her Grace the Dowager DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.

Patron for Canada.-His Excellency the Governor General.
Patron for the United States.-Mrs. GROVer Cleveland.
Hon. President.-The EARL OF ABERDEEN.
Hon. Lady President.

Mrs. TRAVERS LEWIS, 77, Avenue Wagram, Paris.
Board of Directors.

The Rev. CANON FLEMING, B.D., London.

W. HARRISON, Esq., J.P., 23, Highbury Quadrant, N.
EVAN ARTHUR LEIGH, Esq., Town Hall Buildings, Manchester.
THOMAS ALLEN LEIGH, Esq., 19, James Street, Liverpool.

H. W. MAYNARD, Esq., 34, Gracechurch Street, E.C.

W. W. WILLIAMS, Esq., J.P., 29, Highbury Quadrant, N.
Members of the Association.

F. A. BEVAN, Esq.
B. F. BABCOCK, Esq.
FREDERIC BISHOP, Esq.
Rev. Professor BLAIKIE, D.D.
T. C. DAVIES-COLLEY, Esq.

Captain DENNISTOUN, R. N.

Council in Paris.

WILLIAM FOWLER, Esq.
SIDNEY MAUD, Esq.
J. B. MIRRLEES, Esq.
C. A. ROBERTS, Esq.
Professor YEATMAN.

The Rev. BRAMLEY HART, 4, Rue Roquepine.

The Rev. R. T. DE CARTERET, 51, Boulevard Bineau, Neuilly.

J. T. B. SEWELL, Esq., Solicitor to the British Embassy, 54, Faubourg St. Honoré.
T. K. STRONG, Esq., LL.D., Avenue de Madrid.

Hon. Sec. of Paris Council.-J. H. BARNARD, Esq., M.D., 34, Rue Washington.

Hon. Physician.-Dr. FAURE-MILLER, 28, Rue Matignon, Champs Elysées.

Hon. Phy. of "Washington House."-J. H. BARNARD, Esq., M.D., 34, Rue Washington.
Honorary Secretaries of Association.

Mrs. TRAVERS LEWIS, 77, Avenue Wagram, Paris.

Mrs. F. W. TREMLETT, Belsize Parsonage, N.W., London.
Miss H. G. HENSLEY, Wingrove, St. John's, Sevenoaks.
Professor YEATMAN, 27, Boulevard Victor Hugo, Neuilly.

General Secretary.—Mr. W. AUGUSTUS Morley, 22A, Queen's Road, Bayswater, W.
Hon. Treasurer.-F. A. Bɛvan, Esq., 54, Lombard Street.

London Committee.

President.-H.R.H. the PRINCESS MARY Adelaide, Duchess OF TECK.

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Mrs. E. H. CHAPMAN.

Lady CLAVEring.

Mrs. WILSON CREWDSON.

The Rev. N. J. DEVEREUX, M.A.

Mrs. W. E. FORSTER.

The Hon. G. M. GLYN.

READER HARRIS, Esq.

The Rev. B. M. KITSON.

The Rev. G. P. MERRICK, M.A.

Mrs. W. MILLER.

Mrs. ROBERT MILLER.

The Rev. C. J. RIDGEWAY, M.A,

C. A. ROBERTS, Esq.

Mrs. ALDWIN SOAMES.

Lady SUFFIELD.

The Marchioness of TAVISTOCK.
Miss TUDOR.

Mrs. C. CARUS-WILSON.

Honorary Secretaries of London Committee.

Miss CLAVERING, Harrogate.

Miss CAVE, 17, Palace Gate, Kensington, W.

Hon. Assistant Secretaries.

G. A. MASSINGHAM, Esq. (Messrs. Barclay & Co.), 54, Lombard Street, E.C., London.
C. EDMONDS, Esq., Manchester and Salford Bank, St. Ann's Street, Manchester.

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