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Show PI83ECTIN0 Dinoa And AnlmaW Should Not II T1il thlUtraa In Itbmti, Mr. ltd ward I. Olgelaw, naturalist, It opposed to tho ttrrnuoui lite for children, tayt the New York World. He told th New York Mothtrt' club so at the llerkeley Lyceum, with a degree, ot forceful llluatratlon that left the ubiquitous mamma of tho universal uni-versal Infant In a mate of doubt as to whether she wa cultivating ths genius ot an embryo scientist or a prospective murderer. "I bcllevo In naturo ttudy for children," said Mr Iilgelow, "but I protest against ths dlsguttlng features of It In the public pub-lic school. It may be all right to dlttect n chicken at tome ttage of hit educational career, but for a child the object Irtton ot the old hen and her chlckcnt It all tulTlclenL We don't want the dissecting knife and tcalpeL We want tome heart in tho study. You want sour children to love you, don't you!" lie demanded ot the breathless mothers, "well, sup-pone sup-pone they had to tabulate you like thla, for Inatance 'Mother I'lvo feet high, golden hair, allk waist, gray skirt, etc ,' nnd then they were taught to sing a little tong about 'How dearly dear-ly I love mother ' What do you tblnk that would mean to them! Not love, Lovo Isn't an analysis. It Is the dally getting acquainted And I tell you ono live bobcllnk U worth a whole acre ot dead ones In a child's knowledge," One aggrieved mamma, whose offaprlng rejoiced In Bluffed humming birds, stoutly combated Mr. Digelow's statement nnd even went io far a to condone the tltughter of butterflies "because tho butterfly' life waa ao ahort anway." "And would you take that little from him?" cried the Indignant Mr, lllgu low, and the battle waa on. He, however, agreed to th maaiacie of motht and other petta, and the more Under-hearted mother departed with thlt talve for guilty contclencet. |