BOYS' BRIGADE SEASIDE CAMPS.
[ To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—I shall be grateful if you will once more kindly allow me space to appeal on behalf of the summer camps held under the auspices of the London Council of the Boys' Brigade. Last summer 2,768 London boys out of a membership of seven thousand were able to taste the delights of a week or ten days under canvas, and a larger number still are hoping to be present this year. While the boys themselves, by saving up their spare pence during the winter months, contribute over one-half the cost of the camps, a large sum is needed to supplement their payments. The cost per boy is about fifteen shillings. Thus every pound contributed will enable three boys, who would otherwise perforce spend such holiday as they receive in listless idleness in the hot and arid streets of the Metropolis, to join with their comrades in the joys of a week by the sea. No better method could be devised for teaching the boys the duty of sinking the wishes of the individual in the commonweal, for inculcating the true spirit of comrade- ship, and for putting into practice those principles of manly Christianity for the advancement of which the Brigade exists.
Contributions will be gratefully received and acknowledged by Mr. Roger S. Peacock, London Secretary, The Boys' Brigade, 34 Paternoster Row, E.C. Cheques should be crossed "Union of Loudon and Smiths Bank."—I am, Sir, &c.,
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