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Show YOUNG WORKERS ARE TOO EXTRAVAGANT Wrl?t Watcies and Chocolates Come Pirst, r olio wed by Cigarettes aud Hats, Says Report. By International News Service. UXXDON. Nov. :4.Ia th wa ;e-earrur.if child unduly cxtmv.ican; ; "Hoys and cir'.s up to the o: 1; " a correspondent writes to tl.e i'rly hl-press, hl-press, "are recei virn; wi,-., u men m many cases, exceed pre-war adult earn-ms. earn-ms. A i,-reat d-.al of the monev earned is squandered 0:1 svvets. ciareites -Mature palaces and unnecessary clofi r the latter pelr.11. of '-ourse. the l;!r's weakness. Tins overindulgence In !n ne must mean a sreat waste in suar ni arches, cotton an d other n; a t r ; a I in -volvjric much unnecessary labor." " An investiaratlon conducted by a Pady Express representative shov.ed that tlie juvenile wae eiirners's first purcha--- are chocola'e ;md a wrist watch f'r that the boys buy ciiraret'es and" t-e ctrU new huts. Th.- little sirls spend a ereat deal of money on irp.iration s;lk sto-.kin.kis darning heln? union:i'ur inV'e you nicer set. Oheap jew-irv absorbs the fpare earntnirs of both sexes. It is su.c-es'.ed th?.t sptf he taken to Induce parents, children :r.d ervp'overs to make an arraniiement wiiertbv ' tiie employer mav deduct from children'-: wasr-rs each week, say, ri.j put of every .'.3 1 of waxes, and to put these amount-; o-i war-savin? cards, whicu can eentuaily i be exchantred for certificates. |