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Show Britain's School of Experience Today the homes of England are "military objectives" and British babes are born and reared in battle lines. 1 he. Gypsy II ill Training college, in southeast London, met the problem of what to do with babies whose mothers and fathers were engaged in war el-fort. el-fort. Pictures show how these children learned to help themselves. i . 'J'"' ' ' ; J - ' . ' T These little fellows are dishing out the breakfast porridge oatmeal oat-meal to you and are so intent upon the task that the photographer might have been a piece oj the miniature furniture. A ArA bJrt " A very low sink enables this little curly-top to fill his washbasin wash-basin without having to stand on anything but his feet. And here is a little laundress using her pint-size mangle to do a job of pressing. Small as it is, it does the ivork efficiently. K ;W,i?'ffo'2f' v A little dinner party in session. The children look after themselves, them-selves, food being served by children to the music of a little piano that plays nursery rhymes. 2 L . Al ' i . y A After play the children go to ivork n ith soap and water and their little scrubbing brushes. The wash benches are toy size. Mother used to supervise the tooth-brushing and gargling of this little lady. Now she does all that solo, and seems to enjoy it. ... JX- 1 - . v '.Vf...M.-.1. LXS,...S.' ' . IMttfMtf - -.-JJ. - |