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Show Knew Something. Schoolchildren know a great deal more than they used to do. In fact, some of them, In their own opinions, at least, are quite capable of tutoring their tutors. "Those kiddles I teach are as knowing know-ing as an encyclopedia," said a teacher , a week or two ago. "In what wnyV" asked his friend. "Well," replied the scholastic per- . son. "the other day I set a problem in arithmetic 'A rich man dies and leaves a million pounds. One-flfth Is to . go to the wife, oue-fiflh to his sou, one-eighth one-eighth to his brother, nnd the rest to, the hospitals. What does each one get?' " "Yes?" queried the friend, not very interested. "Back came the reply from the smallest boy in the class: 'A lawyer, sir.' " |