Show tintE j ONES AT AI SCHOOL Industrial Inactivity in Berlin Brings Untold Suffering to Poor Families Berlin Dec t The municipality is Istace face tace to face tace with a very serious problem In connection with the supply of at food tood to thousands of virtually starving children attending the primary schools in ih conse consequence consequence consequence quence of the Industrial activity Hith Hitherto Hitherto Hitherto erto the Childrens Canteen society has been able to cope with the ta tark k In a very satisfactory way by means of subscriptions subscriptions from private sources but the calls callson on its funds are this year so great that it will be unable to supply many of the children In the first week of December De ember according to official statistics from 45 out of the m primary schools no fewer than children attended school in inmost Inmost inmost most cases without breakfast and In all cases without the prospect of obtaining a midday meals at home Of these 2498 re receive receive receive a simple dally daily meal from the four tour fourteen fourteen teen canteens belonging to the above abovementioned abovementioned abovementioned mentioned society the other are totally for t Socialist Soci Proposal The question of the responsibility for tor the children has now been raised by In bythe Inthe bythe the Socialists In the municipal council who propose that the council co should in future undertake the task society will be able this winter to dispose of the sum of at and this will all be ta taen hen en up by b the provision of a meal a day dayto to the children who are on Its books Altogether for tor the feeding of the starving little ones on during the win winter winter winter ter will be necessary and the council Is to be asked to vote to tomake tomake tomake make up the amount required and place placeit it at the disposition of the society for tor ad administration administration administration ministration This course is 15 suggested in order to obviate oblate the loss 1055 of civic rights entailed by br the childrens parents should their offspring be fed ted by b the au al authorities Parents who do not send their children to school are fined unless they can give medical al authority for keeping them at home Therefore poor parents send children to school even though foodless and miserably clad |