Item of Interest March 14, 1936 Issue

Item of Interest

The European Bureau of The Christian Science Publishing Society and The Christian Science Monitor, having removed from its charming old-world quarters in Adelphi Terrace, where it had been for thirteen years, sends out an attractive folder telling of its new offices in Clarence House, located midway between the Foreign Office and the House of Commons in London; that is, directly in the heart of the news district. Clarence House is of Georgian design, and is well equipped to serve the manifold activities of the European Bureau of an international daily newspaper. From its windows one looks toward the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, in which are its bells headed by the famous Big Ben, which has been heard by radio across oceans and in all the British lands.

This removal to new quarters reminds one of the earlier history of the European Bureau in London. When the Monitor was established and its first issues had been brought out on November 25, 1908, it had no foreign bureau. Its news of affairs outside of the United States was obtained from news agencies, supplemented by newspaper clippings supplied by the London office of the Committee on Publication. This work of the Committee on Publication grew into a London Monitor news department, to which were attached correspondents working in the different capitals of Europe. Later, an advertising office was added, and then a circulation department. It was not until 1930 that the office was named the European Bureau of The Christian Science Publishing Society, and its scope enlarged to include activities of the Publishing Society other than those of the Monitor.

The total floor space now occupied by the European Bureau is over eight thousand square feet. The offices are divided into three main departments—editorial, advertising, and circulation. A library is maintained, an emergency book supply department, and a department for accounts and bookkeeping; likewise, an information department for visitors, especially for inquirers regarding Monitor advertising. Visitors are advised in regard to travel, accommodations, and transport, as well as on many other questions.

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