Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . BOEN TIKED. PM a S S 02 « <1 T3ooO CO © CHILDHOOD IN MANY LANDS 225 pickaninnies have nothing to do, when school is not keeping, andthey do it to perfection. Even the small ones can sing, and manyplay the banjo; they make whistles out of green bark, and ham-mocks out of the ropy Florida moss which hangs from thetrees in the swamps. Much is said and written about the raceproblem in the United States, about the need of educationamong the colored folk who were left stranded and helplessafter our Civil War, but meanwhile the litt
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . BOEN TIKED. PM a S S 02 « <1 T3ooO CO © CHILDHOOD IN MANY LANDS 225 pickaninnies have nothing to do, when school is not keeping, andthey do it to perfection. Even the small ones can sing, and manyplay the banjo; they make whistles out of green bark, and ham-mocks out of the ropy Florida moss which hangs from thetrees in the swamps. Much is said and written about the raceproblem in the United States, about the need of educationamong the colored folk who were left stranded and helplessafter our Civil War, but meanwhile the little dusky elves intheir gay calico garments and bare feet go on filling our South-land with laughter and with song, with frolic and the joy ofliving. THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDREN There are still other quaint little boys and girls living inthe United States, whom we must not forget to visit,—the onlyreally real Americans we have; the Indian papooses. Theaborigines of America, these so-called Indians, are probably asold as any race on the globe. The Indian girls are
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