. The New England magazine. THE DINING ROOM. tion extend? When a mother has theright to refuse to commit to the schoolher defective daughter, lest it disgracethe family, and then a few years laterbrings her child there for perpetualcustody because she is the mother ofthree illegitimate children supportedin three almshouses in three differenttowns at public expense, has the pub- lic no rights in the matter,—is itpurely an individual question? In actual practice, few of the adultinmates are discharged, and thosewho do leave, capable of self-supportand self-management after carefultraining, are g
. The New England magazine. THE DINING ROOM. tion extend? When a mother has theright to refuse to commit to the schoolher defective daughter, lest it disgracethe family, and then a few years laterbrings her child there for perpetualcustody because she is the mother ofthree illegitimate children supportedin three almshouses in three differenttowns at public expense, has the pub- lic no rights in the matter,—is itpurely an individual question? In actual practice, few of the adultinmates are discharged, and thosewho do leave, capable of self-supportand self-management after carefultraining, are generally under twentyyears of age. But the number ofyoung children seeking admission is. EDUCATION OF THE FEEBLE-MINDED. ii steadily increasing-, so that the state isstill confronted with the necessity ofmaintaining some adequate perma-nent shelter for its feeble-minded,which shall not interfere with the re-quirements of a school; else the edu-cational plan will be merged in thatof a charitable asylum,—which, how-ever, many experts believe should bethe outcome of the original schoolplan. No one is better fitted to cope with
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