HOLIDAYS FOR WORKING BOYS.
[To THE EDITOR CDT THE "SPECTATOR."]
Sin,—A manufacturing company with which I am connected has recently decided to try the result of giving its " hands " a
week's holiday pjui1., pay during the summer. We have various difficulties to face, aa, for instance, we cannot stop the works and so give the holiday to everybody at one time. But our chief difficulty is that we, have about a hundred and twenty boys and youths, and we feel thatin the majority of cases the week will be thrown away unless we-can make special arrange- ments to help them to spend it usefully. Can any of your readers suggest. what would. be the beat coarse for us to adopt ? It will be seen that the boys will have a week's wages (from Ss. to 12s. 6d.) at their disposal, and that they will be given leave at about the rate of ten or twelve per week. The company is already doing as. -much as it catrafford in giving [We cannot promise to publish all the answers sent to this question, but all that are received shall either be published or sent to the firm making the inquiry.—En: Spectator.]
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