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Show HELPING HAND FOB BOYS Scheme That Promises to Be of Much Value About to Be Launched , In Engiand. Before long there vrill fc established establish-ed on the Thames, at Londoa, of! Temple Tem-ple rlvtr, it the government Is sympathetic, sympa-thetic, a training ship In which boys In "blind alley" work errand boys, messengers, Jnnlor clerks, etc. wll2 learn the rudiments of some skilled trade. Lord Northampton's scheme Is novel and attractive. The ship when it has been procuredwill pro-curedwill be fitted with reading rooms and gymnasium. Workshops will be fitted up on hoard, and the boys will be taught such useful trades as carpenter, wheelwright, coach Guilder, Guild-er, blacksmith, saddler and harness maker. Friday win be an off night, and will be given up to concerts and lectures, while on alternate Saturdays . th,ere, will be route marches on shore. It is proposed to form the boys Into a corps to be known as the "imperial marine artificers," and the first year it is Intended to limit the number to 300 noncommissioned officers and arti,-ficr arti,-ficr apprentices, although It is possible pos-sible that provision may be found for 100 more boys. It is estimated that the annval cost of the corps, Including wases, maintenance main-tenance of the ship and all' other expenditure,,: ex-penditure,,: will be $7,000. Already half the money required for the initial outlay has been privately promised, and an appeal has been made to the citizens of Xondon to provide the balance. bal-ance. It is hoped that the government will assist the scheme to the extent tit supplying a ship. |