Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . de. Primitive farm-ing both boys and girls learn. All can knit and spin, and manyare skillful cooks and packers of the silver sardine, which theirfathers catch at sea. The Breton child believes in witchcraft,charms and antidotes and spells. The little girls are greatlovers of lace, and many a dainty peasant maid who lives onbean soup has at least one bit of real lace treasured against herwedding-day. No Breton boy will stone or harm a robin red-breast; for he believes that all the robins are descended fromthe one which, with its
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . de. Primitive farm-ing both boys and girls learn. All can knit and spin, and manyare skillful cooks and packers of the silver sardine, which theirfathers catch at sea. The Breton child believes in witchcraft,charms and antidotes and spells. The little girls are greatlovers of lace, and many a dainty peasant maid who lives onbean soup has at least one bit of real lace treasured against herwedding-day. No Breton boy will stone or harm a robin red-breast; for he believes that all the robins are descended fromthe one which, with its beak, plucked from the cruel crown ofChrist a thorn. CHILDREN OF ITALY Italy is a countryfamed for kindness toits little ones. Yet thebambinos are gentle intheir manners, neverimpertinent. No chil-dren learn more quick-ly than the Italians do,and few learn morethoroughly and re-member better. Butthe laws on educationare very lax, and al-though a child is ex-pected to go to schoolfrom its sixth to itstwelfth year, yet thisis only a ox-eyed young-. A CHILD OF MILAN CHILDHOOD IN MANY LANDS 233
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