CHILDREN'S COUNTRY HOLIDAYS FUND.
(TO THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—August, the holiday month, is with us. Many Londoners have left for the moors of Scotland, or the cool seaside, or are seeking change on the Continent, or are preparing to do so shortly. It is the month, too, during which the public ele- mentary schools are closed. Yet for many of the children who attend them the holiday is not an unmixed blessing. They cannot leave London even for a short time without assistance, and they are compelled to pass the hot, exhausting days and nights in airless courts or on sun-baked streets.
Last year 45,980 of them were enabled through the Children's Country Holidays Fund to spend a fortnight in the country, where for a time they could breathe the pure air and live the wider life of the countryside.
The same number can be sent this year if the necessary funds are forthcoming. But I am informed that the sum of £6,000 is still needed if all are to be sent.
May I as Chairman of the Education Authority for London ask your readers before starting for their own holiday to remember the needs of the little ones and to send to the Honorary Treasurer, the Earl of Arran, 18 Buckingham Street, Strand, their gifts, large or small, as soon as possible P Ten shillings ensures one child's holiday.—I am, Sir, &c.,
EDWARD WHITE,
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