WHERE THE CITY CHILDREN GET A TOUCH OF NATURE
WHERE THE CITY CHILDREN GET A TOUCH OF NATURE IT IS related of the daughter of a multimillionaire that after she had taken her only son to the sea-shore for the first time, she expressed herself as...
...WHERE THE CITY CHILDREN GET A TOUCH OF NATURE IT IS related of the daughter of a multimillionaire that after she had taken her only son to the sea-shore for the first time, she expressed herself as greatly relieved at his conduct...
...For," she said, "the child has so many toys and playthings that I was afraid that he would not enjoy the sea, but he ran right down to it and began to play and really seemed to enjoy it...
...Here is a picture of a big sand-pile, or, as it has been called, "A Beach on a Back Lot" which the United Charities Association of Chicago provided last summer for the children of one of the most crowded districts of the city...
...Who is there among us who cannot recall the delightful tickle which is caused by a stream of sand running through the fingers upon the bare foot and who has not a fellow feeling with the boy on the extreme left...
...Too bad that these children cannot know the thrills of excitement that would come with the knowledge that the next wave might wash all their work away...
...It indicates that these children too might condescend to enjoy the sea if they had the opportunity, and it shows that children are much alike all the world over...
...Too bad that their sand-pile is not occasionally washed and made clean by the sea...
Vol. 1 • July 1909 • No. 30
