THE CHILDREN'S COUNTRY HOLIDAYS FUND. Ito TIM Bosses or Tao
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Srs,—The nation ie now realizing very keenly that one of its most imperative and immediate duties is the care of the generation Cow growing up—a generation to which we must look to make good the heavy lodes of the country's manhood. As Chairman of the London County Council, may I put in a plea on behalf of the children of London? For many years a large number of children from our elementary schools have obtained a fortnight's summer holiday in the country through the medium of the Children's Country Holidays Fund. This your it is not proposed to send away more than about half that number, and lack of funds may necessitate a further reduction.
The increase in the cost of living has obliged the Fund to raise the amount of the weekly payment for board by a shilling per head, and this fact, together with the great number of appeals for purposes directly connected with the war, has made the pet- tish of the Fund more precarious. The children are being selected from amongst those who most urgently need change from the stuffiness and excitement of the London streets, the only acces- sible playgrounds for meet of them during the summer holidays.
I understand that the Fund has had several donations from the front, from men who hope that the children may be the last to suffer through the war. Cheques, made payable to the Children's Country Holidays Fund, should bo sent to the offices, 18 Bucking-
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