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FRAGMENT OF YARETA. ABOUT NATURAL SIZE. 

 This cut and the one on the preceding page are lent to us by the "Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin." 



branches ; and the fruit is somewhat hke 

 a miniature caraway seed." 



A correspondent says that it is 

 "brought down to Arequipa by the car 

 load and forms the principal fuel of that 

 town." 



The Dangers of Vulgarity. 



The chief peril to which American 

 children are exposed is not immorality 

 but vulgarity. The Outlook has al- 

 ready painted out the various ways in 

 ■which sound taste and healthful views 



of life in children are assailed bv the 



so-called "Comic Supplement," many 

 of the movies, and a good deal of the 

 current literature written especially 

 for them. Americans are extremely 

 alert in some ways and extremely dull- 

 minded in others. One of the most 

 severe comments ever made upon the 

 country was the statement that it has 

 ruthlessly cut down its noblest forests 

 to furnish the material on which the 

 sensational newspapers are published. 

 It has felled its forests to spread vul- 

 garity, exaggeration, and cheapness 

 throughout the whole country. — The 

 Outlook. 



