sighted people to improve the condition men, the va3t majority of industrial England is quite averse from change, or to the gigantic effort which would be required were the taßk to beats us capable of fulfilment. "We have noticed with amazement, not unmxed with amusement, the eonduct of the best and most skilful of them in connection with war work. Such continuation schools as England posesses are without the indispensable condition of compulsion. It is rare'to find a British working man or woman who reads anything but trash. A wellfilled bookcase is a rarity in a British working home. Since the beginning of the war we have been hearing of the evils which, drink has caused, and from which, seemingly, there is no escape. afraid. Force of c&araclJer, knowledge, temperance, and proud class feeling will always tell in our favour, and until the English working man is your equal iii these and other things you need have no fear."
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Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15340, 1 October 1917, Page 8
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159Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15340, 1 October 1917, Page 8
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