O, let the children romp and play! Of all the people on earth at any one time, a large proportion of them are innocent children. These children are clean-minded, pure-hearted, and as harmless and playful as lambs. They charm our firesides, soften our hardships, enliven our associations, inspirit our undertakings, and help so much in making life beautiful. Children usually have good manners. They seldom need to be criticised. With better adult models, most of them would . turn out better. Some one said, "Boys will be boys." He forgot to add, "Boys will be men," and should have added, "Most boys are chips off the old blocks." Children are usually happy little creatures. They have no |