‘So what seems to me best would be to have a small band of wise and calm leaders; and not to invite a general public to give any pledge, only trust to the working of such leaven as these would form. ‘Some of the points to which they direct attention should be the abolition of the frivolities of the marriage ceremony.... ‘As regards material measures, I would still urge the formation of a body of women-policemen, who could safely do work which could not be done by men-policemen or clergymen. These should undertake to watch over registries for women, shops where women work, to establish labour registers themselves, and take care that women were not paid starvation wages; to enter (under protection) suspected houses; to watch railway stations and ships, etc. etc. ‘So you see, dear Mrs. Grey, tho’ my heart is altogether with you, my judgment does not quite go with the recommendations. I do not fear your misunderstanding me, because we are so truly one, and can only differ about the best modes of work....’ As time went on Miss Beale’s continued sympathy with this particular work was evidenced in larger subscriptions to the National Vigilance Association, to which she also left a legacy. The letters of the last years show her interest in it, and that her horror of a worldly marriage was as great as ever. She wrote to Miss Ellice Hopkins in 1903:— ‘I meant that marriage without the spiritual ideal was intolerable, but the body is transfigured; there is a “metamorphosis,” as the New Testament insists so often; but the Scripture teaching is so different from the mere sentimental. I don’t like the tendency of _Lady Rose’s Daughter_. I dislike, of course, much of Sarah Grand, but the end of the _Heavenly Twins_ does bring before people the horrors of such a marriage as the Bishop’s wife promotes. It is a long and ever-renewed struggle with these wicked laws.... It is sad to see that this new Education Act is shutting out women, and making the hope of the suffrage less. Here the Town Council and the County Council both asked me to nominate a woman—and four of our staff here have been asked to be managers of schools—but of course two or three women will be able to do very little.’ Cheltenham pupils who in course of time took up the cause of the poor and degraded, found the greatest sympathy and help from Miss Beale. She was always specially ready with sympathy for those who were engaged in an unpopular struggle for good. Among them may be specially mentioned Miss Annette Bear, whose labours in 1894 were instrumental in getting a clause dealing with children employed on the stage added to the Act, afterwards known as the Children’s Charter, and who after her marriage worked successfully for the women’s vote in Australia. A short account of Annette Bear Crawford appeared in the College Magazines for 1899 and 1900.