Show SUICIDES OF SCHOOL CHILDREN statistics an a alarming Alar can litzou of vital statistics of cities how show that suicide la Is greatly increasing but the worst feature of these statistics Is in the th revelation of an increase la in suicide by children much beyond ahr ratio of in crease among adults says tho the pitta pitts bing dispatch in new now lork city during the ten years incle including Inc luling ling 1870 and 1879 1979 thero there were are 1308 1208 suicide during the ten apara including 1890 and 1893 1899 this gruesome hit list swelled to 3 in the first deca cecale ae the of persons from the age of 15 to 19 were thirty nine during the last dec ado in the time thue mentioned the whole number of sOc Ides according to population tD increased creased 68 per cent but the number of chil ken iren a suicides ulc ldes increased per cent here liere ie Is an ominous fact tor for the study of clans and sociologists the american medicine a high class professional journal says overpressure in scho schools olli Is in doubtless a chief cause in producing the morbid sense of egotism of pi pe ambition and failure which often furnish dotres tor for this th crimo crime of suicide this Is peculiarly true of anemic and neurotic childen it has been laid said that suicide increase depends closely upon the number of school hours required surely ghyst clans should use every effort to prevent tho the present harmful clea in thia this matter |