PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Vol. 108. June 1, 1895.
edited by Sir Francis Burnand
"LONDON AND LIVERPOOL—LITTLE AND GOOD."
It appears that the very excellent proposal of amalgamating all the local branches of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in one national association is meeting with some opposition in Liverpool. Says the Courier of that important locality, "It was Liverpool which educated London in the matter of child-protection, and probably the Londoners could still learn in Liverpool many practical lessons. And just when Liverpool is about to be trebled in extent, and have its population largely increased, seems a singularly inappropriate time to subordinate the city to London." From this it would appear that Liverpool in its growth is becoming, to use a colloquialism, "too big for its boots." Surely the benefit of the children should be the first consideration. What the size of either Liverpool or London has to do with that matter, it is difficult to say. No doubt Londoners could learn much from their Liverpool brothers. But the lesson for the moment is to discover how to best protect the little ones. And that subject can only be mastered by a display of goodwill and unselfishness on both sides.
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
[May 20, 1895: Fiftieth Anniversary of the Day when the Franklin Expedition set Sail.]
The North returned thee not to British earth.