Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-18

Please and the Death They Would Choose.
 Tho Rivista Ttaliana di Filosofa con tains an article by Dr. Marpillero on children's ideas Of life and death, de- scribing how he questioned number of young children ou these subjects at an elementary school at Royigo and the answers he received. We quote some of the most curious In answering the question, "What is life?" the boys were much more bold than the girls. Many children, boys, defined life as "a spirit that runs away as soon as we die. J A boy of years philosophically observed, ..Life is sea of troubles, which enc may cross we'll or with great unhappi- ness. '' A boy of 10 said, Life is 8 thing which is never extinguished ]" another, Life is a good work to eat well;" another, Life is an invisible thing, which vanishes when it likes and never returns. A little girl of 10 said, ''Our life is a fluid. A small girl of poor condition. aged s, said, Life is paradise. A very general answer was, Life is beautiful" or the opposite, Life is ugly, and most of the chil- dren who thought life the last were of we'll to do families. To the question, What is death?'' many replied nega- lively, especially the girls. Very few, and these only boys, noted the phenom- enon of death. and one gave as answer: "Death is a pure spirit. The blood dries up; one neither moves nor feels. ;
 Another boy of 8 years gave an an- swer bordering on popular superstition, Death is a thing that, when I die, pulls my feet !" Another boy of 8 had a tinge of medical knowledge and replied, Death is when one has more than 42 degrees of fever. " Another said, Death is thing that one never sees again, never again " To the question. Are you afraid of dying?' 21 children, all boys, gave no reply; 62, of whom were girls, replied negatively; all the others-that is, large majority-said, .'Yes :" A little girl Of 10 of we'll to do parents gave the answer, "I am not at all afraid Of dying because I am tired of living" All the orphans replied in the following sense, T am not afraid of dying because I want to see my parents again. A lite tie girl of 9 said, 1T am not afraid of dying because it is q thing sent by God. '" A boy of 12 replied, s'I am not afraid of dying because I am healthy and have no disease. Another, T am not afraid because I am strong and healthy" A little girl of II said, 'sI fear death because 1t might come at night and pull my feet. " Another little girl said, ''I am afraid of death because it seems that it is my mother who is dead" A girl of 1 1, who had evidently been told some ghastly stories, replied, l am afraid of death because it Is so ugly, and one day Bernard went to bury a dead person, and it got hold of Bernard and gave him kiss. "
 Another boy of s said, II am afraid of dying because I could not play with my sister any more. Another well to do boy said II am afraid of dying be- cause when ono is dead one cannot see the men gathering the harvest of grapes and so many nice things" A little boy of 6 answered, "I fear death because 1 shall not be born another time after. ' The majority of answers to the ques- tion, "Do you want to grow old?" were in the negative. A we'll to do little boy of 9 years answered, s'I should not like to grow old because 1 should have no strength to work and might die of hun ger. y
 A little girl of 9 said, ''No, because l should have to work hard for my ehil- dren, to feed and clothe them. Many girls feared to become ugly, saying, "No, because l should be without teeth, :" and, No, because I should be ugly," CT gray, or stepping. A little girl said she would like to grow old a~d have grandchildren. A boy said, Yes, so that I might go to paradise. " Another of 10 years said, "Yes, because I should have finished almost all my wishes ,, When asked, How would you like to live?'' most of the children were very modest and did not give way to fancy.
 Many poor children wished that they might live Ion broth and breao, "on rice, <" "on polenta ' or said, "I don't Wanb bO SulIef CO1d duu hunger A child of 6, a boy, said II should like to live with my father and mother " Another poor boy of 10 said, 'I should like to live content in my own home, be- cause then am happy" Another poor orphan boy of 10 said, II should like to have enough to live on and go and bs with my father and specially my moth- or of xvbO,4, I an, a lyT-avS tbsplrino t9 Very few expressed wish to live in 6 class superior to their own, but a boy of said, "I should like to live without working and be a gentleman. Anoth- CT of 6 Years replied. "I should like to