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Sometimes there is one child in a family who is not able to take care of himself. This child may be blind, or lame, or ill, and so his mother takes twice as much care of him as she does of the other children, and his father tries to earn more money so that he can support this child when he grows up.

Most of Uncle Sam's children are like you, well and strong, and studying hard in school so that they may become wage earners when they finish. But there are some members of Uncle Sam's family who are different. Something has happened to them so that they are dependent. Uncle Sam, through his town, and city, and state governments is taking just as good care of these dependent children of his as do the parents of a helpless boy or girl.

There is a group of buildings just outside of your town that you seldom think about, and never visit. There is a big dormitory full of small white beds, there is a small school, and there are gardens where boys and girls of your own age, and just like you except that they are dressed Rh