14 DECEMBER 1918, Page 15

CHILDREN IN THE DARK.

(To THE Eorroa Or THE " SPECTATOR•"1

Eirs,—I think the following is a good illustration of valet some children feel about the dark, and also about their elders' pious reassurances on the same. A small child, whose mother was giving it the final tuck-up before leaving it for the night, expressed a wish that the candle might remain. The mother said all the proper things about the invisible Guardian of the nursery, !sc., only to be met at the end by the plea : "Couldn't you take

God and leave the candle ? "—I am, Sir, /cc., X.