Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-09
CHILDREN OF THE RICH.

pared LOT 81
An amateur investigator has dlscov-
cred the following instances OF the way
in which some New York children are
made ready to struggle with life.
.Think of a girl of 49, she said,
''whO has been taught to believe that
all her birthday means is the glft OF
a beautiful pearl from her grandmoth-
er. From her very first birthday that
fact has been the most important thing
that has happened to mark the ami
versary of her entrance into the joys
Of this life. Her grandmother was like
all her family, very rich. 1t occurred
to her that she would like her grand
daughter to have Il pearl necklace that
should be as fine as any that money
could buy. SO she hit on the idea OF
presenting the child with a superb
pearl every year.
IN the meantime all the childish JOY
of the child'S birthday celebration has
been made to lie in the acquisition of
that pearl. 1t has for twelve BIRTH
DAYS been the c~ngrossinG event Of the
celebration.
Almost as singular in its exhibition
Of a parents idea of the right sort OF
influence for a child is the occupation
of a 14-year-old boy that | know. lie
has been entrusted by his family with
the care Of all the social duties OF his
mother and the other members of the
family.
HE takes charge of all the cards
received at the house. sees to it that
a., rIc - SnDt in I.nfn1.1l and acts as
sort of social secretary for his sisters
as well as for the other older members
of the family. They are very much
| amused by the enthusiasm and clever
ness with which he relieves them of all
social responsibility.
lie is now IA. and that is an age at
which seriousness may without too
much emphasis he allowed to play
some part in Il boys life. Yet his pa
rents apparently think that what he is
doing is important enough to be al
lowed to occupy much of the time that
should in fact be spent at his books or
in some more serious "a What he
will think about when he is 81 it is not
possible to say. Perhaps he will out
grow his obseSsion with cardboard and
stationery.
but what will be the future of the
13-year-Old girl who was taken to Eu-
rope last summer for her first cduca-
tional tour? She went with her father
and mother. and there was scarcely a
corner of Europe they did not visit.
They traveled indeed more tina 1900
miles. They are quite sure about that,
for they went in a motor and they have
the record of the trip.
"'Those 1900 miles were so divided
that the usual speed during all thei
journey was forty miles an hour. What
a comprehensive idea Of Europe that
girl must have got ON her first educa-
tional trip to Europe! How must her
Youthful imagination ave been stirred
by the sight of he's strange and quaint
sights she saw in those strange lands,
travelling at the rate Of forty miles an
hour.
with all there is in European trav-
ell to stimulate a child's mind if there
be the opportunity to enjoy what she
sees, think Of chasing her across for
eign countries at such Il ~Dreakneck
speed. nc wonder she is not able to
this day to recall a single scene outside
of her experiences on the steamer,
which are about all of what she re-
MEMBERS
How Wnsps Preserve Fresh Meat.
That remarkably self-sufficient in
sect, the huntress wasp. knew how to
preserve fresh meat for the use of her
children long before man invented his
canning processes. THE huntreSs
wasps'' capture spiders. administer to
them an anesthetic sting that leaves
them alive but unconscious for Il peri
od of about two weeks. ana then
cans" them in the tubular cell where
she deposits her eggs. The preserved
spider lives just long enough to fur
nish fresh meat to the young wasps.
These mother waSpS are not only
skilled in the arts and sciences, but
are most valiant hunters. Even the
dreaded tarantula succumbs in fear
to a wasp OF d large and handsome