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Show Jananrta llilldraa, From ono end of Japan to the other a child It treated llko a Mtred thing. &tch little one 1 put at birth under "tho protection ot the public." Kach Uttlo one carries It name tad addrcti clearly marked on a tlekct worn around tho neck. Tblt U uteful not only In cat tho child It ot or wander wan-der t nwar, but In rate of the conflagration! confla-gration! which auddtuly y low tho modern village) ot Japan. In (is0 of the outbreak of a fire, It It eattomary for tome ote to go from bouto to houte, calling out the Unit tolka, who are then removed In a body to'aomo placo of eafety. leaving toe elder a to protect their property UBitammelled by the harrowing thought that tome child It misting In a corner of th houte. The flrat duly In cato of flro U to protect tho llttlr, folka. Tho bcaU-tlful bcaU-tlful behavior of Japanese children la alwara commented upon br Engllth nnd American traveler!. It the re-ault re-ault of a aratem of careful education, which clothea boya and glrlt. rich and poor, with "a garment of perfect cour-tetr." cour-tetr." The tctaon la Inculcated without with-out robbing Infancr of a moment ot thoughtlen happlneva. A great deal can bo aald In praise of thla iritcm of domctllc education which gatna tho detlrcd end without tnubbtng, wcarr ecoldlng or punlthmrnta. |