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Show SWAP CHILDREN IN DENMARK Curious System of Exchanging Littla Folk During Summer Months Scheme Works Well. In Denmark there Is a curious system sys-tem of exchanging children during the summer. The country people send their little ones to the city people, and the latter send theirs to the country. The state delivers free tickets, and the schools send the children accord ing to the applications from families. The children travel alone, each one wearing a ticket of identification pinned on the Jacket or bodice. Should any of them go astray they are lodged at the first station whilst inquiries are made. The young travelers are met at their destination by the peasants and their wives. Treated with affectionate care by these good hearted people, the children often enjoy privileges they have never known at home. There is no severe discipline nor Irksome restraint. They return home full of tales about their adventures, and their mothers are delighted de-lighted to find them looking rosy cheeked, fat, and" healthy. The peasant peas-ant women feed them well and often make them fresh clothing. The latter send their children into the towns and volunteer guides show them the monuments and sights. Last year the principal restaurant keepers at Copenhagen gave them a series of feats and organized little dancing parties par-ties for their amusement Both categories cate-gories of children benefit by this mode of exchange, which, it may be noted, is conducted on inexpensive lines. |