Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-03-25
EnQIand Interested al Last
in Starving Children
INTEREST SHOWS SPREAD
OF THE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT
News and Gossip Of the Greatest City
With a Bit Of Discussion Of
AIfonso'S Bride,
(By Richard Abercorn.)
Copyright 1906 by the International
Press Syndicate)

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Copyright 1906 by the International
Press Syndicate)
London, Mar 24.-'Is the world a
better place than it used to be?" is a
question we constantly ask ourselves.
| would unhesitatingly answer, yes, il
| is a far better place. and the ideals Of
men and women are far higher.
/ Not long ago l was reading me-
moir written in the seventeenth CEN
tury by an English gentleman who
had the opportunity of travelling over
the continent and recorded his inn
pressions The writing was simple, In
many ways illiterate, but the express
sion was perfectly genuine. What
struck me most was the curious man
ner i'm which, directly he reached
town, his mind gravitated toward cer-
tain points, notably the gallows, and
again and again you will find recorded
| that the first visit he paid in any for
eign city was to the place of eXecu-
ton I'm Venice he was especially I'M
! terested by the fact that a man was
broken on the wheel on the Plaza nf
| st. Mark, and that outside Venice pro-
vision was made for executing five
persons at one time.
| In some German town through
which he passed he says, Il noted
goodly gallows well set up" The idea
of there being anything terrible or IN
humane i'm this morbid interest In the
| destruction of human life never ap-
peared to have occurred to him.
| Again, we have to reflect that in those
| days you could not pass through the
streets of London without seeing
gangs of men and women being led
] 3 .srsfNN Fffau
stealing few yards of calico to Il
horse. a leg of mutton or bank note.
Death was the universal penalty.
| Were men more cruel9 1t has been
! said that human life was held more
| cheaply, because there was a more
| definite and defined belief In an after
existence and that consequently It
seemed less terrible to curtail this one;
and yet | do not think that i'm the
skeptical eighteenth century this
could have been the case undoubt-
edly II may have accounted for the
cruelties of the inquisltion. for the In
uuisitors held the place Of the modern
surgeon They operated on the bod
| les i'm order to save souls, just as our
scientific men operate in order to save
! life. but unquestionably cruelty In its
ordinary form, neglect of human life.
the absolute ignoring Of the RESPONSE
| bilty of man to man, emphasized the
past and we must admit that In the
present. with all its faults. there is a
| truer ideal of the value OF every mai
and woman to live we'll II this Is so.
much as we may deplore the sorrow
and the misery and the sin that we
see around us. we cannot but believe
that our nation will go from strength
To strength, and that In the end this
sentiment will strengthen until the
basic teaching of Christianity becomes
a dominant principle that every
mans veal Is each mans care.
This growing sentiment Is more em-
phasized by the fact that our house
of commons yesterday occupied itseif
for many hours i'm discussing the
case of the underfed child. Mr.. Dis
raell truly said that "the youth OF the
country are the trustees OF posterity.
and consequently the question must
be Of undeniable importance. AZ the
same time there are many who be-
lieve that to feed the child Is to take
from the parents their undoubted re-
sponsibility and that In so doing the
state arrogates to itself the obvious
duty which belongs to parental life.
We are told that II we feed one ella =
of children we shall have to feed all
and that this will involve a serious
danger to the working classes, who
will learn to cast the care Of their
children entirely on the state. These
are no fancied perils, but all whp
have any knowledge of economic MS
tory will give them due weight. tn"
diiiculty about the matter Is that we
arc living I'm a society for the most
part organized on lndividuallstic prin-
ciples, and yet the measure proposed
Is one of those socialistic wedges that
are now being so plentifully supplied
on the other hand, II Is Impossible
TO ignore that the principle is already
conceded that PARENTAL authority II
interfered with when we insist on 2
child attending school, and that the
state which thus takes from the pa
rent the option as to how the child
! Is to be brought up must also see that
! the child Is In such a condition that
its education Is OF some use to IT, The
= old idea that the child indubitably
, belonged to the parents II exploded.
for the child has now legal right aui
/ n legal status. In the Partisan schools
there Is system called the Can
| tines scolalres" which works admir-
abty All the children are fed and
where n is possible the school RECEIVERS
! the cost from the parents. The benefit
II this plan lies In the fact that II
; makes no differentiation between tho
I we'll TO do child and the child who y
: underfed and III cared for. No chihl
need feel that the meal Is q disgrace
for the system OF universal feedinl
which makes II impossible for The
r child to ascertain whether he Is pay.
= ing for his meal or not Is calculated
( Ia preserve his youthful self respect
: The school itself must be the centei
? not only Of learning. but of everythlni
e that brings the amenities and the hu
manlzug agencies Of life 70 the child
: and hope that II this system of feed
: Ing the children comes Into vogue !
= will mesfn that many voluntary work
I ers will give tender care ana persona
s..t....t j.. tha. little a4aa and that In