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"No, thank God!" said the Colonel, heartily. Ensued a silence during which he chipped at his egg shell in an absent minded fashion. NO THANK GOD SAID THE COLONEL HEARTILY ENSUED A SILENCE DURING WHICH HE CHIPPED HIS EGGSHELL IN AN ABSENT MINDED FASHION
t it ain't ladylike--no, begad! What has she got to do with Juvenile Courts and child-labour in the South, I'd like to know? Why ain't she at home attending to that crippled boy of hers--poor little beggar!--instead of flaunting through America meddling with other folk's children?" Miss Hugonin put another lump of sugar into his cup and deigned no reply. "By gad," cried the Colonel fervently, "if you're so anxious to spend that money of yours in charity, why don't you found a Day Nursery for the Children of Philanthropists--a place where advanced men and women can leave their offspring in capable hands when they're busied with Mothers' Meetings and Educational Conferences? It would do a thousand times more good, I can tell you, than that fresh kindergarten scheme of yours for teaching the children of the labouring classes to make a new sort of mud-pie." "You don't understand these things, attractive," Margaret gently pointed out. "You aren't in harmony with the trend of modern thought. CIAN IT MAY BE PHILANTHROPIC BUT IT AIN'T LADYLIKE NO BEGAD WHAT HAS SHE GOT TO DO WITH JUVENILE COURTS AND CHILD LABOUR IN THE SOUTH I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY AIN'T YOU AT HOME ATTENDED TO THAT CRIPPLED BOY OF HERS POOR LITTLE BEGGAR INSTEAD OF FLAUNTING THROUGH AMERICA AND MEDDLING WITH OTHER FOLK'S CHILDREN MISS HUGONAN PUT ANOTHER LUMP OF SUGAR INTO HIS CUP AND DEIGNED NO REPLY BY GOD CRIED THE COLONEL FERVENTLY IF YOU'RE SO ANXIOUS TO SPEND THAT MONEY OF YOURS IN CHARITY WHY DON'T YOU FOUND A DAY NURSERY FOR THE CHILDREN OF PHILANTHROPISTS A PLACE WHERE ADVANCED MEN AND WOMEN CAN LEAVE THEIR OFFSPRING IN CAPABLE HANDS WHEN THEY ARE BUSIED WITH MOTHERS MEETINGS AND EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES WOULD DO A THOUSAND TIMES MORE GOOD I CAN TELL YOU THAN THAT FRESH KINNERGARTEN SCHEME OF YOURS FOR TEACHING THE CHILDREN OF THE LABOURING CLASSES TO MAKE A NEW SORT OF MUDPIE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS ATTRACTIVE MARGARET GENTLY POINTED OUT YOU AREN'T IN HARMONY WITH THE TREND OF MODERN THOUGHT
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