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Show t'plllllnz I lie (lillilrrn. The world, like ludlvlduala, rruwa wlw r aa It growa older. I n the middle egea the children were not conaldtred. rhulnatltullouof homo at It now ex lata waa uuknown. l.utuia waa In fetted with frljblful dlavdvi, cnua,J by lha IriYaponaltlllty of the lt) la. Lovhei for making children finppy, KoodorcuttlvAted wore uuknown. In ile,!.), children were only clothed ton limited extent. Lttar, ovcry contrlv nuca that lareulft, atlioul teachers nnd fellgloua Inatiiiclora could think of to reprtw, torment and frlgntan Ihethll dreii waa rriorted to. Dlckena haa told ill of the tulacrlmof childhood of old Knglind. Hut Ilia hit fifty yiura liaa mm marked change and a wldtei read one. Itliadllallrih In America, which liai recoglilte.1 the fact that thla could not Im tba hoira of the free unit the children chil-dren aim had their llbeily. A f.w will al"layideflno'lll'crty" ua "'lleeuae,' and therefore certain American chll dreii Imte ten ivrmltted to make theinaelvefl obaoxloua. Hut the vail maaaof chllJreii havecxiundcd under thUtreatmeut like libera uudir n Juua auu. A whole literature liai 1-eencieatt-J for thim. The achooU of Aimrlcii for the maaaea are tha laat III the world. The pic turn fur children ara an art In them tvlvca. Tha to J a for children are aa In-gonloua In-gonloua aa the grealtil lut e-Mltleaua.nl by man. And Hie eoclutlea for rottcU lug, educating and giving pliamru lo thlldreii are luimiroua, aud nreauiong the beat luklltullona of llioclll.1 of the 1 wo legoclea inado Public thla ode havo brought all thla forcibly to mind. Mra. Juhii Homer JJIx of lltonl.ll tllluVViO, the loterett of which U to ! expended for the Ik-aiuI'iiI urpne of giving plcnlca and other out door fiv. ireallona to the poor thlldreii of lloatou. And Jonathan Hcovllle uf llullalolcavta lu hla will t),vtxi to Ilia orphan tuylum of that city and .1,bO) to tho aoilcty fjr the j reveiillon of rrueliy tu ililldren. Omo-'m HVrAf Jlcraftt. |