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Show tlins f Tf Tn.r LMIJrtn. Tho children In thf free kindergarten la Went lifty fourth atrrot rrirtved an object loMwin In thantyon T tank giving day Mostoflhwo children are of poor parintage, some of thcmivrn drstltute Adtyor two before ThinWglvlug dny their teachcin talked to them In n kindly way about the real purpose And rplnt of the day They had nurtured the lira that It was a feast day, an 1 that they ought to l-i ve a nice dinner In the school The Jeachora told thetn that they could best manlfctt Ihstr thankful net ft r the blessings they enjoyej by contributing tamo little gift to make others, poorer than theuiMlres hapiy There was no urging that tho children sboul 1 give but merely the t ingestion On ThatikNgivlng day an nutumn fetl vnl was hild at tho frtA" klndergnrten, anloneof Itsni'Vt Intereotlngand bean tlful finlureswas the oderiugof gifts for the poor by thew poor childmn They inarched In trucewion around a large table and deposited their little tokens. One rery small boy brought Ablgrl aipKanuther u snnll paper of candy , still another a mnch worn I Icturo book nnd a fourth U 1 n set of jackstones on the table. Hut It was tho offering of a poorly clad an 1 pale ficed little girl that touched thelearttof the obwrunt most Lernly Bhu inodettly Jilaccl upon the table a single sprig of geranium, which ha 1 donl tie Urn plucked front n carefully care-fully nurtured home lanU Thero were ether more pretentions and valuiblc gifts, nnd all were gilbert d up nn 1 distributed dis-tributed among tho ronr latlenU In the various city hwj Itals. New York Times. |
