Show THE CHILDEWfS PALACE At the Worlds fair The Playgrounds Toys Crecbcs and Cradles America has no children 1 says caustic Max ORell only babies and young ladies II la-dies lithe delightful Frenchman pays his respects to the Columbian exposition ho can hardly fail to be convinced that be was mistaken The ground floor of the childrens house has a large square court which serves SB a olavground No grown people except attendants I at-tendants will be allowed to enter it although al-though visitors can look at the little folks at play from a concealed gallery which ovo looks the court and forDs also a screen for musicians Gaily decked booth define the square Within them toys of all nations na-tions may be had for the amusement of the I children Model toys the inventions of mechanics and scientists will also be furnished and I educators fondly hope that after a child has finished playing with his steam engine I or photographic or telegraphic instrument he will not only have at his command some principles of science which may be useful to him during his entire life Who knows Edison but this inclosuro may foster a second I uniqucst features of the Universal Ezpo sitlon Negotiations have been pending relative to installing the exhibition in the museum of the Louvre but Madame Lan drin is desirous of bringing it intact to Chicago and studying personally our system sys-tem of childhood philanthropy If proper measures are taken by the Columbian authorities au-thorities the French exhibit can bo secured se-cured for the childrens bouse In provincial France where much of the labor of the fields is dona by women mothers love devises curious contrivances for the protection and amusement of the young No country no age however can show a cradle like that which Edison invented in-vented for the baby of his faithful mulatto servant Can it not be secured for the childrens house Finding that tho dusky offspring absorbed ab-sorbed the mother to the neglect of his household Edison conceived the idea for no cradle that would vibrate in obedience to the childs cries Above on ordinary cradle he adjusted a phonographic pavilion When the child cries the sound strikes tho pavilion producing vIbrations which eet inaction i in-action a system of extremely sensitive triggers trig-gers which rock the cradle I From the cradle of the wizard back to that of the red mans squswt rush basket swung from a tree over tl 0 ripples of a mountain streamIs no leas a stretch r dfcStSptrdad beSid tEe bed eu sins f l 1 18t1tehtury Cradle f Covered cradle of tevalet StPoIde Lon Anuet 4 In the centre of the court springs a fountain foun-tain Its wide stiallow basin filled with fish affords a place for sailing twoboats The flat roof of tho building which is two stories high forms another playground play-ground Flowers trees and vine screen 0 its sides and the surface affords an admirable admir-able place for flying kites and balloons A strong wire netting covers this roof garden at a height of fifteen feet so that the children cannot lose their toys or be in danger of falling Within this enchanting enclosure birds and butterflies unconfined I by cages will flutter among the flowers making the whole an ideal spot The idea of portraying the development develop-ment of childlife by dressed anatomical models originated with Madame Landrin the first woman and only inspector general of the department of children in France Eschewing dry statistics the usual resort of philanthropic and economic displays Madame Landrin spent many months in the provinces of France and by personal persuasion and persistent research she secured se-cured a chronological collection of the waddling clothes cradles nursing bottles headdresses amulets and curiosities of the infantile world from GalliaRoman days to the present Many interesting stories of her experiences in this work Madame Landrin told me in her pleasant quarters at Paris where she exerts abroad a-broad and wholesome influence Her labor was rewarded for hers was one of the of time than progress within whose ttmita America can assuredly reveal conveniences and comforts of the infantile world that I will astonish if not instruct the nations > LID ROSE McCABi |