Article July 15, 1911 ISSUE

"OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES."

MAJOR FAITHFULL CUMBERLEGE.

Swayed by human passions of the nature and origin of which she was entirely ignorant, a child of six years turned on her mother with the fretful complaint that the afternoon's outing from which she had just returned had not given her "a bit of pleasure." The incident furnished a remarkable object-lesson.

The child's life had been one of almost uninterrupted sunshine. Brought under the influence of Christian Science before she was able to talk, she knew less of the ups and downs of human existence than do most children, even of her age. Taught to be useful, to think for others, to dress and "do" for herself as much as possible,—keeping her own room tidy for instance, dusting and sweeping,—little had entered into her life of the boredom that afflicts even the youngest when they have nothing to do but to try to amuse themselves, and she was as a rule supremely happy in all her manifold occupations. These were not, however, all of a very serious nature, and included a large proportion of fun and frolic, for her parents had deemed it wise that she should enter into the games and amusements common to children of her age, and had taken care to make opportunities for her to do so. Nevertheless, thus early in life she had witnessed to the inability of the world's amusements to satisfy the heart.

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