BLIND-ALLEY OCCUPATIONS.
(To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."'
Sin,—May I ask if any of your readers have had experience (1) of inducing lade- just leaving school to begin some. work in which they could continue instead of becoming errand-boys, a blind- alley occupation, and (2) in providing substitute's for the familiar errand-boys? These two questions have just come up for discus- sion in an Educational Committee to which I belong, and the first: does not seem so difficult, or perhaps so novel, as the seeond. A "carrier" common to a number of shops seems to me a possible. solution of it in country districts; i.e., a cart, horse, and man to be maintained by several shops, so.that customers would have their provisions and parcels delivered (not necessarily the day of order- ing) by the carrier. This is merely, a suggestion, and may not be practical I should- be extremely grateful if any reader can. advise me. We have a population of four thousand, and- are six
miles from the nearest large lown.—I am, Sir &c., M. Gls C.
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