14 AUGUST 1909, Page 18

THE CHILDREN'S COUNTRY HOLIDAYS FUND.

[To THE ROITOR OF THII "SP EUTAT011.1

Sin,—The glorious weather that has ruled over England during the opening weeks of August has brought long hours of happiness and enjoyment to thousands, but there are thousands to whom the hot days are no blessing. As the temperature rises to extreme summer heat the children of the poor whose lives aro spent in narrow streets flag and lose all vitality. The Children's Country Holidays Fund has helped many of these children to leave London, but the Fund is now 41,000 behind its usual total of subscriptions. I feel sure that your readers will not wish the children to suffer when they realise this, and will not be behindhaud in helping to make up this deficit.