CHARITY OF CHILDREN

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 240, 3 July 1908, Page 5

CHARITY OF CHILDREN

'Whilst -visiting., a friend lately (writes "L.A" in tho "Australasian"), I noticed a money-box upon tho nursery mantelpiece, in which tho children and grown-up members of tho household seemed to, take a. wonderful interest. I inquired if everyone used the same inoney-box, and was informed by one small young woman that if was a . "charitybox," and that overyono in the house contributed to it when the spirit moved them —that when anyone had reason to be very pleased, or thankful, in: any way, ho or sho dropped in a small donation, and that at tho end of tho month, tho box was unlocked, and the first deserving object of charity that canio along got the contents. "This," said tho child, "is what we bought last month, • and sho pointed to a very dreadful carved wooden photo-frame that was placed ill a retired part of tho wall. "It isn t,very nice, and tho glass ■ makes tho photo look ugly, and the back is very wobly, but Aunt Mary bought it, from a poor lame man, who had mado.it himself ; and first sho said sho didn't want it at all, and ho looked very miserable, and limped away down tho avemio. Grandmother saw him going away, and sho made Aunt Mary run after him and buy this frame." I could not help thinking what a good, sterling idea it is to institute a charity-box—a. splondid training for children.