THE CHILDREN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 296, 3 September 1918, Page 6

THE CHILDREN'S WORLD

Sir,—l take it that one of the most pronounced features of the change that is surely coming will be the amount oE care that is given to-promoting tliei interests :oi the children's wlorkl., Theirs at any rate we shall try to make' beautiful and elevating, praying that, they may escape the ugliness and vice, into which their elders have fallen, and' so lead us out of darkness into light.< There will bo a children's department' composed of the most enlightened citizens, and one of tho first things they will give their attention to will bo tho class of entertainments provided for children. And then' their remorseless glances will fall on tne_ picture shows—not. provided fo> children, or course; Jio provision is made for them but for their parents to wallow in--For this is an' age. of selfishness. We care not if the children are bored, or shocked, or vulgarised, so long as wo see the enthralling sixpenny novel acted before our eyes, need picture palaces for children, where, undented 1 by tho tastes of their seniors, the lite' of the ideal child is depicted; not doin<r extraordinary and marvellousthings, but quite ordinary tasks in an, extraordinary and beautiful way. En-! teiprising people in the U.S.A. already attacked the picture problem with their, characteristic energy and re-, source;' the result 'being that in twenty cities special programmes aro provided full of interest for the young, people. Charming fairy stones aro depicted, deeds of heroism enacted,; and films historical, geographical, botinical, and industrial are shown, lign-, tened by others of refined mirth. We, ; exclusive chosen people of the eartly who fatten lambs for the London mar-, ket in God's Own Country, must wake, no It becomes increasingly evident to the thoughtful, that in spite of our •edifying-occupation God's fiown is. upon ois. and if we do not want to go down a mass of corruption,'we must cleanse ourselves, and work nut ou , own salvation m fear and tiembl»i& just like any other pcoplo.--l im, el:c.,, GEORGE CLYDE THOMSON. Auckland, Sept. 1, 191S