2 NOVEMBER 1907, Page 32

STATE-FED CHILDHOOD.

LTo MI EDITOR OP TUB "SPICOPATOR..] Sin,—The following remark, made by a working woman some two years ago to a lady visiting her, probably expresses the feelings of a good many other mothers. "The children," she said, "mind us little enough as it is, and if they don't have to look to us for their victuals, what hold shall we have over