MERCY B.—The names of the hospitals for which you ask are as follows:—Newcastle Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds Fever Hospital, and Lincoln County Hospital. For the last-named, over four hundred applications are refused yearly, and about fourteen are accepted. Address the matron in all cases. We could not give any idea of the time you would have to wait, of course. UNHAPPY MAUDE.—We think you will be really unhappy if you do not take your father’s and brother’s advice, and give up a foolish attachment. Do you think that any man who drinks could love you dearly and devotedly? Would he not love drink far better? Gather all your strength together and go away for a change, and try to turn your thoughts to some other subject. If you managed to break off with your lover once, you can do so again, and at twenty-one you will soon forget. * * * * * [Illustration: THE LAUNDRY, BATTERSEA POLYTECHNIC.] [Illustration: THE COOKERY SCHOOL, POLYTECHNIC. STUDENTS AT WORK.] * * * * * [Transcriber’s Note—the following changes have been made to this text. Page 750: flower to flour—“dredge a little flour”.] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 1025, August 19, 1899, by Various