A 1907 magazine article by Mary Rankin Cranston criticizing the English "half-time" system, under which school-age children worked outside school hours. It traces the history of British factory legislation from 1802 through the acts of 1876 and 1902-03, and describes the jobs half-timers held (milk boys, newsboys, laundry helpers, domestic servants) and their hours and pay in London, Liverpool, Belfast and elsewhere. It argues that the system harms children's health and schooling and warns against adopting it in the United States.