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Show BRITISH YOUNGSTERS I GIVE VIEWS OF 111 One Says Disadvantage Is That Girls Must Remain Old Maids. Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON, Oct. 9. The interest of children in the war at different ages is the subject of a paper read before the British association by Dr. C. Kim-mins, Kim-mins, who said in order to obtain information in-formation as to the special interests of children at different ages in regard to the war, essays were written by all the children in ten senior departments, five boys and five girls, of elementary schools. No preparation was allowed, and no notice given. The children were told to write as much as they could about the war in fifteen minute6. In all, 3081 papers were written, 1511 boys, 150 girls. The fact that emerged most clearly from the investigation was the bellicose attitude of the girls of 10, the waves of depression at 11, and the establishment establish-ment of normal interests at 12 years of age. The boys, on the other hand, become more warlike at 11, and though a period pe-riod of slight depression follows upon this, it is much less marked than in the case of the girls. FTom the age of 11 onward great anxiety was felt with regard to the price of food. A little girl, aged 11, wrote: The origin of the war was thiB: That when the German emperor was at Windsor he insulted Queen Victoria, Vic-toria, and bo King Edward smacked him round the face. The German emperor said, "I'll be avenged," and hence the war. A boy of 12 wrote: "Tho advantage of the war is that the men have learued to knit." And another boy wrote: "The main disadvantage of the war is that girls must remain old maids, because be-cause there will not be any men left." |