On Christmas day there is a great feast in Dublin. This, you know, is the chief city of Ireland. The for the children. There are in that city a great many little ones
who are very very poor. kind people there, also, who look after these poor children. They have what they call “ragged schools,” of them are taught to read, and to sew, and other useful things.
Dr. Nelaton is a famous Dublin, and every year he, with other good people, gets up this great feast for the children. of them came last year. Some of these were only half-clad, and all were very ragged. They long, narrow tables, which were covered with a white cloth, The children from the ragged schools wore bright colors, to hide their rags. Each school had a color of its own. These aprons were them for the day, and the children felt very fine in them. But there were two long aprons. These were little ones who had been picked up along the streets. Each ragged scholar had bring all the children he could find. And, oh, how ragged and dirty these two rows were!
But just like the children with aprons, when they saw the feast. A huge mug of steaming tea bun to each child! Rarely did they have such a treat as this. And how they did had all he wanted. It would have done you good to see their poor, pinched faces beam During the meal a large throng of orphan children in the gallery sung some sweet songs. Then, feast, there were small gifts, and little speeches and prayers, and more songs. The little ragged ones beings in this atmosphere of love. Such a glad day as that Christmas was a rare event in their who live in happy homes know little about the sufferings of the poor. Perhaps, if they knew little ones would try harder, by gifts and kind acts, to carry sunshine to sorrowful hearts.
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