Brigham City Bugler | 1891-06-27 | Page 3 | Two Meals for Three Halfpence

j Two Meals for Three Haltpenco- I Dinners at a penuy and breakfasts at a halfpenny seem very cheap, and to those who frequent the Savoy or the Bristol must appear incredibly so; but it has been discovered by the Bpecial committee com-mittee of the London school board, which lias been inquiring into the matter, mat-ter, that wholesome meals can be pro-j cured for that figure for its young pu- i pils. Out of the 340,000 attending scholars, 50.000 do so on what is vul- i garly termed an empty 6tomach the; very worst foundation on which education educa-tion can be built. What is the hardship of compulsory cricket compared with that of the small boy whose learning is poked down his throat under these miserable conditions? Out of this number, though half ore fed by various charitable agencies, 25,000 in round numbers "go home as hungry as : they came." It is for these that the school board makes appeal. The richest city in the world will surely not grudge 150 per diem that its youngest and poorest poor-est olTspiing may have food for mind and bodyl Three halfpence a day for breakfast and dinner! Think of it, think of it, dissolute man, and cloBe not your ears to the cry of the children, lest a worse thing come upon you than dyspepsia dyspep-sia and serve you right. London Illustrated Illus-trated News.