Century of the Child

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Filled with sad memories or eager hopes, people waited for the turn Of the century, and as the clock struck twelve, felt innumerable undefined forebodings. They felt that the new century would certainly give them only one thing, peace. -they felt that those who are labouring to-day would witness no new development in that process of change to which they had consciously or unconsciously con tributed their quota.