Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-25
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fat and saucy that their poor, hard-work-
ing mothers scarcely knew them.
Many more children than can be handled
under the present municipal arrangements
are noted by the school directors. btu even
now there Is no hardship, for the reason
will tell you.
The names are turned over to the medi-
cal inspectors and ward delegates. These
make final double choice:
1. The doctors, after personal examina-
ton Of the children, certify their need OF
mountain air. All pass-the need Is uni
versal.
3 The ward delegates make a discreet
investigation. This is to prevent the famil-
les that are able ito provide their children 8
outings taking advantage Of the city's "as-
sistance," the word charity is quite ia
booed.
In the eleventh ward. to start with, there
are some $50 families of the poor who have
grandparents .uncles, aunts and SO on liv-
ing in the country. Peasants though they
and languid little Paris relatives. And
then, to complete the list Of children Of
the ward, the delegates inquire Of all the
wellto-do: Where will you send your
scarcely needed. This Is why the eleventh
ward-and Paris entire round it-seems to
be empty. swept and garnishd in midsum-
mer!
Neither the class records Of the little ones
nor even conduct influences the choice Of
who shall go first to the Vosges and stay
longest.
Bad Tots Get Best Places.
There are bad tots, snivellers. story
tellers, shirkers. Stevens, billiards and unin-
terestting. Well. they have the best places.
Why? Because they need them. Because
Paris doctors and school directors are phi
losophers, with the calm and cold Impair
TALLY of gods. They know that these I'M
lovely hearts and minds are very much the
product Of starved bodies and neglect and
bad example. Mountain air, good food, gay,
well-behaved associates-and happiness
will. do more to transform them than
thousand seedlings!
The dull, the naughty and the ailing
profit by the first migrations in June The
bright. the forward and the good must
wait till they have won their school prizes
in the middle of July!
Each child receives It's card-the begin
ming Of the documents in the case, SO be-
loved OF the French. There are columns to
fill up. When they are filled in autumn
they will show the child's weight, height
and other measurements. its strength at
the dynamometer. its breathing capacity,
the microscopic state OF its blood globules
and the workings Of its little kidneys.
pertinent, neatness. gayety and general
character. And-a thousand cases prove tt
the curves of the latter correspond exactly
with the curves of the merely PHYSICAL!
LIE parents Oi Tie CuilO uluSl luTIliSH dill
outfit prescribed in an official list-a
change of linen weekly, wraps, a Sunday
gown or suit, comb, soap and toot brush.
Suppose that parents cannot furnish. say,
the Sunday suit? Well. If they cannot fur
nish it, they furnish 1t, all the same The
school fund is there for the purpose. This Is
why, In the accompanying photographs, you
will observe the seeming contradiction of
poor children dressed In nice new clothes,
starched. ruffled and beribboned!
Surely 1t Is socialism-in all but single
detail. The children whose parents really
furnish their Sunday suits and so on are
not aware Of this application Of the school
fund.
Parents Really Pay for It ALL
1t is the same through the entire year.
The maternal and primary schools give
hearty meat dinners at noon; but the chill
dren pay for them with brass checks, one
and all. Their parents buy them, yes. when
they are able. When not able, the school