A Pretty School Custom

A lady in this city has made a suggestlon that is ■vvOTthy of thought. She Bald : "While visiting a neighboa-ing city recentïiy I learned af a custom that existís in the se focedle there which it seems to me can be copted with proïit by other citieis. 'On the day preceding Thanksgivimg, Cforistanas and New Years, the teachers have each pupil in the schooi who cam do so, brilngi. an apple or a potato, and deposit in baskets provided ior the purpose. These oflering-s make much more in the aggregate than ooie imagines, and beihg given to tjie poor and needy, have helped many a family. "The gift of a ptotato may seem imsignificant of iteeM, burt it Ilias woaked out much good in two ways. "In the first piiace it has taught the childreai to be thoughtful of others- It has tauight them charity, a a grand tesson for any one to learti. It has done more tlian that, fit has taught them the va-lue of little things. One poitato seeaned to be of no valué in their eyes, bi1-by putting the single potatoes togethei' they soon have a tuuahiil. "Asicle trom the actual service rendcreil of relitiving the wants' of the poor, this custoin has given. many a ch#d their first ideaa of what happiness comes from a kind act, attthough tlnat act was a sniail one. "I wish you wooillld advocate the ;ulu[iU'ou of that custom hea-e in Ann Acrbor. The takiing of a email articie vouid not be a hardshiip to mamy ; the giving woui'd jnake the children happy, and the things given would make otliers happy. If I vrae ediltlng a paper it seems to me that I could present thlis thing in such a manner thiat it woxiid be adopted at once." ' The above are, iin effect, the words as spoken by thós lady. She is very enthueiastlc, and believes that the custom would, as she says, result In good to the childrera, and to the poor aïüke. It is certain that the lmpresalon inade upon young minds lasts a HiTe-tlme, anti some little event like thds has been known to change the entire course of a man's aft-er life. We leave thesuggestion to work ita on-u way, beltevtog tbat it had suf-, ficient merit to do that very thing.