. St. Nicholas [serial]. CHILD LIFE IN GERMANY. By Charles Walter v^.y -—-OUBTLESS Mi&Zi you would liketo hear aboutHans and Gretchen,children of the Fa-therland, as the Ger-mans fondly call theirkcountry. If so, let usbegin with theirTievery-day outdooramusements. In almost everypark a certain plotof ground is set apartfor the use of youngchildren, and there thecity officials cause great pilesof clean sand to be ground thus occupied is generally a circle,with the sand in the center and benches aroundthe circumference. Here, on a summer after-noon, one may chance upon a pr
. St. Nicholas [serial]. CHILD LIFE IN GERMANY. By Charles Walter v^.y -—-OUBTLESS Mi&Zi you would liketo hear aboutHans and Gretchen,children of the Fa-therland, as the Ger-mans fondly call theirkcountry. If so, let usbegin with theirTievery-day outdooramusements. In almost everypark a certain plotof ground is set apartfor the use of youngchildren, and there thecity officials cause great pilesof clean sand to be ground thus occupied is generally a circle,with the sand in the center and benches aroundthe circumference. Here, on a summer after-noon, one may chance upon a pretty sight: thenurses in their bright, clean gowns,— many ofthem dressed in the showy peasant costumessuch as they wore in their country homes,—sewing and chatting on the benches, while theiryoung charges, safe within this magic ring, arebusy making forts, piling up mountains, play-ing ball, or doing whatever their fertile imagina-tions may suggest. In poor quarters of largecities, where there are no parks, long, low bedsof sand are put in some out-of-the-way s
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