SIR THOMAS LIPTON declared, years ago, that “if he ever became rich enough, he would help supply good food, at the lowest possible price, to poor people. The Alexandra trust dining-rooms, recently opened in London, prove his sincerity, as his donation to its support was $500,000. Meals, costing from a half-penny (one cent) to four and a half pence, consist of hot soup, steak, pudding, and two vegetables, with a choice of pastry, and tea, coffee, or cocoa. Hot-water carts are provided, to carry meals to sick and bedridden persons, who are unable to walk to the dining-rooms, which can accommodate fifteen hundred persons at a time; and facilities are ample for serving from ten thousand to twelve thousand persons daily.”