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Show 8CHOOL CHILDREN WITH MONEY. One Pupil In New York Acted at the Family Bank. PVfl "Whoro do school children get all tho money thoy tako to school?" was askod a New York toachor who was worrying over tho froquont thofts JVJ from tho pupils' In .hor room. "I don't know," sho Bald. "Tho situ- pffl atlon is puxxllng. It Is a fact that almost overy child brings money to Bjfl school. Many ot them havo only a cent to buy a doughnut or a stick of " candy, but others carry surprisingly largo sums. Not long ago tho chargos pjfl ot theft woro so frequent In my room that I tried to stop this universal carrying ot monoy. I askod tho moth- Pjfl ors not to glvo their children monoy during school hours, except In cases whoro It was really needed to buy luncheon. Many ot them promised to pjfl cut oft tho allowance, but the smalt coins continued to clrculato Just tho Bjfl samo. A fow mothors doclarod that thoy gavo tho children monoy for safo kooplng. I Ioarnod that ono girl la my class camo to school day after day with from 920 to $30 pinned in hor JBJ clothes. Tho father spent everything ho could lay his hands on, and as tho Bjfl little girl's garments wero tho only placo whero ho could nover And tho money sho waB convorted Into tho family bank." PjfJ The plan seemed to work, so far as tho spendthrift father was concornod, but It worrlod tho tcachor. Pjfl |