A denial of rumours of the danger: exposed, close as is contained in a letter from the principal of a schoo} at Burgess Hill, eight miles north of Brighton, to the mother of a little girl at the school. Far from being concerned about raids the school has broken up for the holidays and all ildren. The writer str the abundance of food procurable that the children had ample of milk, butter, jam and mea'
to mention vegetable: The letter follows:
"My dear Mrs. M: the holiday ree from orions nature y children themselves immensely Yes-morning while I sat on the Terrace, they were not far from splashing in the paddling poo' and sailing their boats, playing tiers or riding their donkeys hover appealed to them most afternoon I took them by bur to the foot of the Downs at Claytor and climbed up to the windmills on Clayton Hill...
"I had intended to send the chil dren to Brighton today for a picul I planned, but it was not fine enough so they will spamd the day ther tomorrow if nice and sunny, We ere planning all sorts of diversion:
them as they cannot go awa' this year to their favourite little places. This remark so far is th only reference to war conditions, bu living here it is difficult to realize what is going on, except of cours that we read and hear the news.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.