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Show A Word for Drlicra. Ai roou na tho weather Is warm rnongh In tho aprluj; to cnablo children toplft) iu tho open air them uro con atautly record ffil tu tho nowfpnncra of eviry city nnd Infge town inktuntcs of thojoungitera Inlnmn oer, inilmvl nnd, In fnipiont cases, Mllcd outright by pawing ttitmi. Atoticn ft cry goes tip nbont "tho slaughter of tho tnuo-ccnt.H tnuo-ccnt.H tho unhappy driver of tho n(s- chtovoua tonin Is nrreatcd for rechleoi driving, taken to n polko court nml fluM und iiuprlHoncd, nnd huppytf ho iiaifs n com Irtltt of luntiHliuhter. j Whllo every illit minded and lm initio perarm feels thnt really can It drUeratLonld 1 suminntll punished, this matter la not ro 0110 ilde.1 iw it nu-piiirs nu-piiirs In tho ordinary 1m al repurt, 1 ho pit t uro ns given thnt of an Innocent, 1 lulpleea child, harmlo.nly croastug or ditlugln thohtroet. ivnl it brutal, heud-loug heud-loug tuimstcr, cur drivtr orioachnuu, utterly cnroleu and cruel, driving rov Kntli'taly over tho pour Innocent befuro, It Hoatlmo to get out of tho wij, While tin ro nro na doubt soiuo Kid and oven tntemiwrnto drivers, tt Is Just to tiiy tint thU lnoxcusablo thing does not often linpjKU in ciims whero children' nro run over. In many canos tt U clearly clear-ly nnd dUtlnctly tho child's and pri lunrily iU pnri-nls' own fault In tho muto crowded Htroots of every hrgo city, and eepeciill) In tho teuo- meut district tho luui, where must of theso accident occur tho kin tU 1 Mill Mi-ll r en actual!) Iho out of door tho klrccts Kwarm with them from morning morn-ing till Uto nt ulifht. lhebo ihlldnu, gmcrnlly untaught nnd precociously mtKhlovous and vkloui, wxn ilul thnt they can nuuoy cnrriigo nnd cart d rtv 1 11 of nil sorts h running Worn tho horn It is a common thlui to mi ot of the littlomlKnautsliotn wait until u loaded ti am comes along at 11 good iwco, und then suddenl) dart ont from tho sidewalk side-walk nnd pbicu itmlf directly in tho way of tho fctralnlrtg horu, glorj Ing In tho troubloaud stntgc,loof tho driver, who la often oollgotl to pull his horse almost upright tu order to ktip tluu from trampling tho triumphant gamin, who Impudently glories In thu hlndruuio and tetror ho has enured, An ohsetvaut person can hardl) walk thn 0 block on tho rldowulk of any t,rur.diil street without Hieing thl donu more than once. t It U to Ihi hopeil that thoru w 111 boiiio tlmo bo n clt;' wise enough to tn iko und curorco nn ordiimiico lorbtddtug chit dmi to play In Die streets. 1-rt them kctptothusldowalki, they will not bo ruuovtrtlure. |
