The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-06-19
PUBLIC FEEDING 0 \.
!. SCHOOL CHILDREN ! | |. En-

!, Extent tos$$ Which The Rule Has
Attained il the Countries
f. Of Europe. Il.
|z5 n q 9bunetinl just issued BY the
United States bureau Of Education
there Is an interesting review fHthe
extent to which public feeding Of
school children IN the foreign coun-
tries has progressed and we quote
from it as follows: - - j.
e.: u Germany. 49,. -
Meals are served to school children
in most of the large cities Of Germany
The money is raised chiefly by pri-
Yate charitable enterprise, but this is
supplementary municipal funds. The
work in Germany may be considered
as relief except in the schools for the
feeble minded children in Leipzig,
where midday meal is provided for
all children In attendance. Milk and
rolls are, given Tia other" schools in
Leipzig; to children who are especial
~ fragile and delicate. These are Sc.
lected by medical sofficers.$>: s>.~:*
~ Austria.
In Austrian cities (Vfenna, Trieste,
Prague) poor children are fed partly
by private charitable associations and
partly by the use OF municipal funds.
The municipality furnishes rooms usu-
ally in the school buildings.
49,. Belgium. -.
In Liege the municipality has fur
nished soup free for many years to all
children in the kindergartens.: The
of{+es ~ hi -
been extended to the children of the
first years course, and to needy chill
dren in the. second and third years
courses. =
In Antwerp food is served to all
who wish to buy. There is charge of
five centimes day in the kindergaf-
ten and ten centimes in the elemen-
tary. ia, - -: 80.
In Brussels, meals are served to in
digent children. J.: .:-,
Denmark. :
In Copenhagen meals are provided
free for all children who wish them.
No questions are raised as to- the eco
nomic conditions Of the parents. One
third of the, children in the free
schools were reported, in 1905, as
taking advantage Of this opportunity.
The work is administered by an as
ISOLATION directly connected with the
municipality and recovering from it
q yearly grant to supplement the pri-
vate contributions. -
49, =. ;. Holland. : -.
Utrecht has since. 1904 provided: free
dinners during the winter months for
children designated by. the head of
the school and approved by the proper
officials. In other cities of Holland
the relief is entirely Ia: the hands of
charitable organizations, lin most cases
without. aid from municipal funds:
- .>sa Norway and Sweden. . l.:
Free meals are provided necessitous
children tby the local authorities. In
Stockholm, kitchens are constructed
in connection with The school build
ings IN all parishes IN Christiania
provision is made fof tie purchase of
tickets by parents Who are able to
pay about 21s cents per meal, and in
some parishes of Stockholm those
who are able to pay are charged about
1 cent: for a meal, Consisting as a rule
of tive dishes: In Some parishes the
poorest are. servedja breakfast of milk
and bread. r; In: the elementary schools
Of Stockholm the food lis prepared by
the pupils in the cooking sections of
the schools ~. c,::..==
" 49,. 4 SPAIN J..
In, Madrid, an association has re-
Gently been organized :.for maintains
Ing ."school canteens:"' This. is under
supervision of the, public authorities
and receives assistance from the min
istry of education, the provincial ad-
min istration and the municipality. It
supplies food to- those qualified for re-
lief, while children. who. can afford
lit: pay 21z to 31z cents per week to-
ward the canteen expenses.
+ Barcelona supplies through religious
charitable associations; breakfast and
lunch to children who furnish certifi-
Gates OF poverty. s,r 49,. 80.
|: ~ Switzerland. !.
I In Zurich the provision of meals is
in the hands OF the school authority
Iof each district, assisted In some dis
tricts by charitable organizations.
Meals are given. to all 'underfed chill
dren: Well-to-do parents pay 3 cents
/ g. meal. ... "a
/ italy. =,
In italy the care of pnfed children
is, as a. rule, in the hands of private
institutions receiving assistance from,
state, provincial and municipal funds.
An exception is Milan, where a cen,
trail organization connected directly
with and administered by, the munich
pality, provides breakfast for school
children, and at a small cost to those
who. can afford to pay. These break
fasts are served to the five elementary