The Paris correspondent of the Times announces in Thurs- day's
paper that in the coming Franco-British Exhibition in London there will be a "children's week" for French and British children. The British Ambassador in Paris has been authorised by Lord Fitzmamice to signify to M. Pichon the sympathy of the British Government with the project, which has been laid before M. Donmergue, the Minister of Educa- tion, by Sir William Mather, chairman of the British education section of the Franco-British Exhibition. Half of the visitors will represent the elementary schools and the other half the secondary schools. In the British section of education daring the children's week, which will be in July, French and English children will take part in a daily course of education. This will include an exposition of oral instruction in French and English schools by questions and answers. There will be physical exercises, and tableaux vivants illustrating the history of the two countries. A grand finale to the week will be tableaux vivants symbolical of the glories of peace and the good intentions of nations, particularly of the Entente Cordiale. The French children will be lodged in private houses under the care of a committee of ladies.
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