Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . vancamels kneel at eventide and sturdy young nomads dance aboutunder the cooling sky while their Arabian elders prepare supperquite in the fashion of a dozen centuries ago; from Europearound the world and back to Europe we may travel, pausingat all the islands of the sea and exploring every city, findingchildren everywhere, quaint, lovable, interesting:—but of themall those that will arouse our sympathies most are the littletoilers in shop and mine with their pinched and hopeless isnt the heathen who need uplift; it is
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . vancamels kneel at eventide and sturdy young nomads dance aboutunder the cooling sky while their Arabian elders prepare supperquite in the fashion of a dozen centuries ago; from Europearound the world and back to Europe we may travel, pausingat all the islands of the sea and exploring every city, findingchildren everywhere, quaint, lovable, interesting:—but of themall those that will arouse our sympathies most are the littletoilers in shop and mine with their pinched and hopeless isnt the heathen who need uplift; it is the baby slaves to aruthless system of commercialism. And thank Heaven! thisuplift is coming. New laws, new ideals are slowly yet certainlyfreeing childhood of its cruel burden. In our growing civiliza-tion we no longer put our shoulder to the wheel, but press ourfinger on the button. The whirr of the sewing machine hasstifled that pitiful Song of the Shirt, and science has ex-tinguished fires of fanaticism, and the Cry of the Childrenis no longer world PLAY—THE ELIXIROF LIFE NATURE says to boys and girls, play children cannot grow up properly and theyMall be handicapped all their lives. Play is a royal road tohealth, happiness, and strength of character, and to education. But in cities, towns, and sometimes in the country, childrenare not encouraged to play. Often they are prevented fromplaying in the right way and go from bad to worse. Play is so essential in the life of children that the wisestbusiness men and the most progressive and thoughtful educa-tors have united to provide play places, games, and leaders orplay directors. It has been discovered that in no other way can children beproperly prepared for citizenship in a free country, for co-operation, for a useful life and a peaceful old age,—exceptthrough organized or directed play. It is no longer consideredenough to permit children to play as they please. They arecoached by men and women who
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