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Fish Nets Made From Spider
Web.
Native to New Guinea is a giant
spider, its bode as big as a head -nut,
with hairy lege two inchee long, It
epins a web ale feet in ajameter and
very strong.
Advantage of this fact le taken by
the cannibals of tho island, who set
'up lung barnboo sticks, In places fro;
%tented by the fielders, thereby offer-
ine
an Invitation to the arachnids to
Spin webs across them,
)3y this means Of o,ne is to belieVe
the stery) ready-made netsare ole
Mined whieb the cannibals nee for
catching hell.
Lettca GI of areirich °Here.
Tbe detme of the letter comes
from the larenell "mieue,' illealthie a
lalasttO the: lettior. fa! 0 FM it t4fik
cointpunicAtIoria to AoronOtrilat, 75 A.,delolde St. Woe:, Toronto,
How I Itemodeled My Old Poultry
. Howie. '
When I bought in,y ferm in Soeth-
ern . Ontario it conteined only one
Wrathy hoose of the semienonitor
-type, It was built of matched lembee
oil a stone foundation, and had an
open arena
We 'could find no serioue fault with
the outside of the bowie, Bat—the
interior Was not m.ecleim, It was net
arranged for the satiafectory mem,
agement of poultry. The roostwere
nailed to the Walla of the house. Thie
furnisher' an ideal breeding place for
Mites, and when the roosts Weth Pried
out we found plenty of th.ene They
hang in clusters beneath the thoits.
We painted the oldroosting poles
with kerosene, then added the 'roasts
to the kindling -wood pile, to make de-
struction doubly thee.
The bowie contained no dropping
boards, which made the condition of
the floor bad, and reduced the scratch-
ing area. So we built a dropping
platfoem of smooth lumber along the
back wall of the house. Roosts were
made by planing the upper edges of
two -by -three pieces until they were
rounded and smooth. Meth roosts
were then nailed in se,ctione oa'three
roosts each, and each section was
hinged to the back wall of the house.
A hook placed in the middle of each
section permitted the roosts to be
raised easily, and hooked to the cell-
ing avthen the dropieng boards were
cle.enecl. It ease made it easier to
paint or spray the roosts on the under
-side, where red' mites are not likely
to ,appear.
The nests were boxes tightly nailed
th the well. Now, I have found by
eve -dim -tee thet nests must be loose,
so they ect.n he taken .outeide the
house for emptying, followed by sen -
lying -and seraying. Nests that are
tightly fastened to the_ wan. form
breeding places for mite.; an.d lice.
1,fied also that open nests inay lead
to the egg-eeting. habit. In winter
the birds may scratch in the littee
of the nests after eggs have been laid..
Eggs, kicked a,gain,st the side of the
meet are wet to be. broken and then
eaten. Open nests also become un-
clean from the hens roosting upon
g , or s ng on t ,e e go
duning 'the day. " In remodeling my
house I built the nests in portable
sections. -If the top of a- seetian
slopea •sufficiently. the birds will net
roast _Upon it. If the top doe e not
have enough slope it phys to stretch
a strip of poultry . wire above the
neste in 'such a manner that the hens
cannot roost there.
Poultry nests must be so built that
the eggs will be cl'ean. An egg that
is washed loses, the film provided by
nature to help keep it fresta Dirty
eggs look very bad, and 'the producer
with a select trade cannot include
them in filling orders. If the nests
are slightly darkened and the nesting
litter kept clean, the eggs will be
clean with the chalky freshness which
customers expect when they pay a
premium for fresh eggs.
I find that a small wooden table is
useful in a poultry house. It shouM
hold the Water pail and a crock or
two of BOUT milk. Then litter can-
not he .scratched int the -water and
Milk, making' them a possible source
of disease.
If there is no time to build hoppers,
the grit and oyster shells can be plac-
ed in earthen creeks on this low plat-
form. I find that hoppers are best,
hoWever, as they hold a larger supply
and need filling less often. Hoppers
for dry mash can easily be made nf
small packing boxes. Sketch the -out-
line a the proposed hopper on the
sides of the box. a Then saw out the
box to conform with the sketch, and
use the materitei removed to board up
the front of the hopper. Make a sort
of lip in front so that the hens cannot
waste it oe the floor.
In, remodeling my house faunal
that the curtains were 'hinged to the
top of the windows so they could be
pulled back and hoeked to the ceiling
them et ni itti h. d
I also found that the bens lied been
roosting on the curtain frames, mak-
ing them dirty and infesting them
with mites. I took these cuetain.s out
and burned them. The new curtains
are of the roll type. They are sel
dolh Uted except during the two or
three aov.ere storms that come front
the eolith every winter. Very heavy
storilto from other direction's do not
cause the snow to blow into, the house
end eonsequently the eurtaine do not
beee to he Maimed.
I find that there ere many lioultry
liethea which do not give good service
'because of faulty equipment. The
/lethal needs ere so smail in that rea-
Peet, that it pays to build the necea.
eau portable equipment. Then reap
the eteedy rewardfor your work,
which is bound to eome if you have
a laying strata of hens and fe.ed them
properly,‚
Tip Burn of Potatoes,
A tro.uble which is widely distri-
buted and very prevalent in some sea-
sons, and to which the name "Tip
Bunn" has ,been given, is to be .found
Menge:Mr potato crops. This trouble
takes the form of a gradual burein.g
and drying -up of the lealese of the
plants, ofteri c,orminencing at a com-
paratively early stage in their
growth and, in many cases, if allow-
ed to go unchackea, slowly but eurely
involving the -whole of the plants so
that they dde clown a conaidereble
time before the tubers are fullye
d-
veloped.
The appearance of this trouble in
the fields is often mistaken, by grow-
ers for Late Blight. . There is, how-
ever, a marked distinction between
the two, for Late Blight may corn
mance attaelcing any pert of tit;
plents—leaves and. .stents alike—has
a dark, water -soaked appearance Etittl,
in its early stages, is damp to the
touch, while Tie Burn invariably cam
men,ces at the margin or tips a the
leaves and has a decidedly dry ap-
pearance and touch with the excep-
tlon of darter ram. It also -appears
much earlier in the season than Late
Blight has ever been recorded and
deee not cause the death of the planes
so rapiday. Nor has it ever proven so
destructive as Late Baight, although
evidence has been obtained that in
seasons when it is severe and where
ne effort is made to check, -a consider-
able reduction in the yield of market -
abbe tubers, due to the premature
death of the plants from this eause,
irmy resell.
Investigators of this trouble are not
yet in agreement as to the cause. The
abservatioes af some have led to bhe
belief that a peeled of hot, dry' weath-
er during the growing season causes
the leaves to throw off moisture more
rapidly than it can be furnished by
Rio plant, the result being theetppear-
mice of Tip Burn- Thi a theory seems,
however, to be disputed by the fact
that the trouble is not found in the
hot regions of the. Westeen States
where the tereperatare often 'becomes
excessive and the air is especially dry.
More recent inv.estigations 'lead to
the belief that this burning of the
leaves probably follows the depreda-
tions of sucking insects. These hi-
vestigations are not yet complete, but
enough evidence has been produced to
serve as awarning to potato .grow -
ors to keen these insect pet thor-
oughly under control in an endeavor
to avoid Tip Burn.
We have found M our experimental
work with potethes that Bordeaux
mixture will to a large extent control
this trouble. In 1918, when it was
extremely prevalent, we bad eeveral
plots to which, for 'the purposes of
experiment, Bordeaux mixture was.
not applied. These plots suffered
from u .severe attack of Tip Burn and
the plants were all killed down by
the second week in August, while
other plots on the -same land, and th
which, for the control of Late Blight,
B.oedeaux mixture was regularly and
thoroughly applied, suffered to a very
slight extent only, the plants remain-
ing green until; fleet came. Bordeaux
mixture acts cis a repellent to the
Leaf Hopper, as well as a protection
to the plants. Many other cases, in
addiallion to that meferredi to, have
some to our attention, bearing evi-
dence that regular and thorough
spraying with this mixture will re-
duce to a minimum the ravages of
Tip Burn.
Grow Perennials.
My 18 an, ideal time to sow the
tieeds of such hardy plants as pinks,
columbines, perennial la-rkspurs, fox-
gloves pansies, sweet-williams, Shas-
ta daisies, ,and many °there. These
will make a nice growth in the fall
seed bed, and will bloom at the regu-
lar time next spring. The clumps
will not be quite no large as those
hem seeds &Mk in May, but the
May -sown plants will pot bloom the
first year, so there is not much gained
by planting theni. You can plant the
fell -sewn plants somewhat thicker,
and in transplanting have more
'chance to cut out inferior plants.
Most of these plants like a loose
mellow loam that wila not .paelc or
run. Woods soila with plenty of leaf
mold is ideal. Sow the seeds in rows.
Do not crowd the rows. The seeds
ahould be covered. not Over a quarter
to half an inah, and kept moist until
r‘p which will take ten days or two
w,eelas for most of the common var-
ieties. Some are slower to •gerrninato
and older seeds are slower than fresh
Dna. Thin the plaets in the rows
if too thick, but a hada-inch space will
serve Until transplanting time, except
for ouch strong ,growere as hollyhocks.
,
The Odd bed should be well culti-
vated to give the little plants a
chance to make a good growth, As
;cold weather dritWe near, let them
get pretty dry to harden thele up,
Water the bed well before glifing,pro-
tection, if it is not already moist. This
mulch can he any Coeliac material, but
treo leavesare probably best, Straw
free from fin hitii will servo, et'
parse hay. .A110111'1 that wl11 pools
will shut off 100 hutch air, A. good
mger-tight roof shouldi be placed
OVer Alt, The, bed should bp higb
enough tg theme good drainage. With
Rio packing. kept dry, there is Mttle
danger a winter -killing. I have kept
them by turning an empty ' box over
them, making the bottom of the box
tight so it would shed the water.
A little care wilt make your plants
thrive, and they will reward you with
abundant bloom next spring and
summer.
Sounded Like it.
Little EISa (who had stroked the
kitten until it had begun to purr)e-
"Maudie, do you hear that?"
Elder Sister—"Hear what, Effie?"
Effie (excitedly)--"Kittie! I do be-
lieve she's boiling!:
A sprig of meat adds a pleas.ant
flavor to a glass oa lemonade or other
sun -liner drink.
If the rbses or other plants become
infestedwith plant lice, dust the at -
tanked portions with pyrethetne pow-
der, coating the insects in the opera-
tion, Tobacco clust is good aloe.
• Have you even tried baking fruit
in the oven, instead of stewing it im
a saucepan? The :Cull flavor ef Rio
fruit 18 kept in this way, place in a
pie -644'h with the required water and
Sugar, claves y etc, and, -put en old
dinner plate over the top. Then bake
entia the fietit is feeder.
There are two ways of getting it
better Cow, One is to put one's hand
inthahis pocket—deep, in these days—
and pay for her; the other is to grow
her, The Met way is the best, the
first the quickest Raise a Cow and
yti u
enderstand er and alie knows
yoe, YOu make a better tom, mid
team work ,in the dairy 44 What Mingo, ti
The Children's Hour,
There Wea once a wise Indian chief
'who licul a brave little Sen. The (boy
was tioved hy all the people of the
ts;01 b.lveedTielfetirteobprIeathyallivItitohf
Rio bh.de sang their best songs to
him. Ho bad a kind, heart, Rod uo
Joroa to maw laminable' baPPY,
Best of all he loved an Certain little
brown bird that httal n tiny neat ,buiitt
high up in q; tree and lined with the
softest down trete fuzzy Gat -tails.
The bird wa$ 01)1411.1er than other birds,
and it could. pet Meg; but all data,
long it *eyed near the little son. of
Rio chief. 'Nie Indian boy had an idea
that its wings ma& music, and so
he called it, "The bird with the sweet
wing song."
One (My' the wise thief hid to seed
measage to'e. far-iiiiitY 'chief. The
message was that the Green •Com
Moon was now in the, sky, and so it
wan time to ere, a feast and, thank
the Great 'Spirit for all the fruit• mac'
grain that the harvest.hati, brought.
Would Ns friend come to the feast?
the wise ehtefewendered.
The wise chief oailed, the little chief
to Jilin and said, ',‘You must Ulm a
message to my friend who is, for
away. Teiee the min' will at and
twice it, Will ris.e before you teeth
13.at the areal is plain; th,e iiIble
brothers of the wood Will play with
yob;the birde will ding to you; the
Maori Mather and the stars will guard
you; and all night long the little
Sters-with-Wings will give you light.
Go, my son, and, prove that you are
Rio breve eon of an brave chief."
So the little chief started.. Over his
head the bird with the sweet wing
song went gayly flying. All through
the day the bey journeyed,. Whenever
Ino stopped to rest and to eat berries
the gittle brothers of the wood came
stealing out to play with bim. That
night he slept safe ancl sound in the
friendly. wood. The west wind sang
him to sleep, .and the Stars -with -
Wings stayed near to ,give him light.
When he came to the edge of the
wood he found two trails. One led, to
the chief who was the friend of his
fathen; the other led far away to a
chief who never took the trouble to
thank the Great Spirit for the ban -
vest. The little Indian boy could not
tell whieh way to go.
He stood still for a white, thinking.
Presently he said, "Go, my bird with
Rio sweet wing sang, and find the
trail to the friendly chief."
The bird flew off; in an moment or
two it WAS out of sight. All threngh
the dap the little chief Waited., and all
through the night At lest, jefit u0
the Moen Plotter was petting the
stars te sleep under the White -cloud
blankets, the tiny bird came baelc, For
leng tame the biret and the boy talk-
ed together; then they took the teal`,
to the far -away ehlef. kt was siicing
Way to travel,' brit the boy did net
mind, imeauee he keraW he waS on the
Oglit trail, The thief we glad. to
See the little son of his friene, end
he !promised to come to the feast.
• Afterwards the two companions set
Out for .ttheir own lodge tiro—the little
bird leading the Ivey. When they
reached the eudI of the home trail all
Rio bravethine out to meet them.
As they led the boy back to camp the
ldItla bird, swift on his little brown
wings, flew above them,. The wise
thief was proud a his bilave Iittfc
son, for the boy had ehbwn that eeme
day he, t'
oo wotild be wise chief,
able toMedhis people,
'The boy told his fathea thet the
bird had helped him find the way.
"0 wise chief, any father," he avid,
"Rio little bird/ is verY. Plain, as You
see, Let me show my ,love aee hire
hY adv:ing hiM an wond,erfel suit of
feethees1" .
The ,chief was glad to yeward his
son, ansi the boy set to work at once.
'He gathered •sorne lloweee and
.graseee that WOTO growing near at
hand, .and pressed the color from
them. Then with the !yellow and
orange and resi that came from, the
flowers and the green that -curie from
the grasses he painted the Sober coat
of the little brown bird.
How beautiful the now suit weal
Ali the other birds were envious. As
fel, the bird -with the sweet wing song,
he WAS so proud that he flew happily
round the littleson, of the chid, end
Lousier and dearer th,an ence,r be made
a humming sound with . his little
waive Front that time on he lam-
med constantly. Because of the music
that he made with his wings he came
in time to be called the humming ,bird.
John D's Income,
John ID. Rockefeller has a total year.
ly income of •from $43,000,000 to $45,-
000,000.
• Think over the acts of your life
carefully before you ask for exact
justice.
It is estimated. that Anterinn wo-
men spend about $500,000,000 on hats
each year.
Better Lawns Make Better Homes
There are many mistakes made in
the establishment of lawns and in
their subsequent management. In or-
der to maim a good lawn the soil raust
be fairly fertile or it is necessary that
it be made so by proper fertilization.
The regular use of suitable fertilizers
is also necessary.
Tht best time to insure a good soli
for a lawn is at the time when the
excavating and the grading are done.
Frequently a good site that is natural-
ly fertile is made unproductive or un;
desirable by' ceeering it over with
aub-soll takeri-fram another location,
that is, !tem baseMents or sections
that are moved in grading. Not infre-
quently building rubbleb, ashes, cin -
dere, cans and other debris are cover-
ed with a thin layer of soil, the re-
sult being a very unaatisfactory pro-
duction of desirable grasses. A very
good rule to follow is, keep at Mast
six inches of rich soli on the surface.
This six inches or more of soil should
be fine in texture or a loam or clay
loam material, inasmuch as they are
the best for the production of most all
grasses that are grown on lawns. They
dry out less quickly and retain added
fertilizers to much better advantage
than do the sandy soila.
Where drainageconditions are not
good they should be corrected by the
laying of tile at proper depths with
suitable outlets. if the subsoil is very
heavy or ennervious the surface soil
Is likely to hold too much water or
become waterlogged,_ resulting in un-
sanitary conditions, one usually an un-
satisfactory growth of grasses.
lf, on the, other hand, the sub -soil
is very porous or sandy, the lawn must
be watered very frequently and fertil-
ized more often 'than if it Is heavy in
texture. In the establishment of a
lawn, if it is available, a generous ap-
plication of well -decayed or rotted
stable manure is desirable. This
should be worked well into the soil,
the application consisting of about
four hundred to eight hundred pounds
per square rod. The use of well -rotted
manure is advantageous because then
is much less danger of the introdue-
tion of undesirable 'weed scoria,- some
of which may :Prove objectionable
later on. ,•
After the =Mire- has been applied
either hydrated !lime at the rateof
about fifteen pohnds per square rod
or air -slaked lime, or finely pulverized
limeStone at the ,rate of about twenty
pounds per square rod or dried marl
at the rate o about twenty-five
pounds per squaae rod should be add,
ed to the soll, and worksd into it when
the land is prefixed for seeding. -In
addition 11 18 adyisable to apply four
pounds' of sixteee per cont. acirl phos-
phate per square mil. '
When the seed -bed has been ex-
tremely finely pnlverlsed and leveled
down the seeding may be made. As .a
general rule the, Xontucky bluegrass
nutkes the moat popular and most sue.
°fistful grass, forming an excellent
turf. Sonie seed 11, mixture of grasees,
however, such as the betegrase and
tee English or Italien rye grase,
Whore three mule of the beiegraes
and one part of the Dogfish rye grass
Is used in the mixture, about half a
poune is usually seeded on a square
rod. A mixture of bluegrass and -white
clover Is also a very popular tete, Pre-
cautions should be taken in all miseo
to obtain greases, whose percentages
of germination are high. Ill SOnIC in-
stances miXttires' of low percentages
are placed on the Market.
Following the establishment of the
lawn for best results It should be care-
fully handled and not neglected. A
mil good rule ta follow is to never
permit the lawn grass to go to Seed,
inasmuch as this.tends .40 cause 11, 40
deteriorate, Mid metat in a poor or tie
taisfaetory lawn. 5 point that It fro,,
quently averlooked Is that the new
land should be permitted to pass Into
the winter with a considerable growth;
in other words, it should not be mowed
very closely in the fall. This is done
in order to protect the young grass
roots during the winter.
Many of the most sUccessful lawns
are rolled. Especially is this desirable
in the case Of a new Mwn. This is
done to compact- the soil and cause
the grass •roots to take a firm. hold.
Frequently the grass rootsare loosen-
ed by the freezing .and thawing during
the winter season and relling.is necete
foxy to eeeecome this condition. In
other instances angle worms leave the
lawn in a roughened condition and the
rolling overcomes this'.
Mistakes are sometimes nmde isa
watering lawns. It Is better to thor-
oughly soak the soil by laying the hole
oe the' ground and permitting the
'water to flow freely on one part for
an hour or so and then move It to an-
other place. The sprinkling method is,
satisfactory if continued long eeough,
but frequently thds is not done. The
8011 dries out witli the exception mf
the very shallow layer at the surface,
Only smeace applications of fertil-
izers to establish lawns-. are made.
Where stable manurels userlit should
be 'applied very early in the spring. In
some instancos. mistakes. are .made by
applying fresh Manure in too large
quantities, there being too much solu-
ble material added for the grass, the
result being either the killing out p0
Rio grass, commonly spoken of as
.burning out, or a decided setback to
it. It fres-h.-manure only is available
It should be applied very .uniformly
over the surface .at the rate of one
hundred and twenty4ive pounds per
square rod. As previously stated, how-
ever, the rotted manure is better on
account of less danger of the Intro-
duction of some of the troublesome
weeds. The manure should be care-
fully removed from the lawnshortly
after the grass begins to grow in the
spring.. Where the manure is not
made use of top.dressings of nitrate of
soda at the time growth begins maY
Ise used arthe rate of from one-quae-
ter to one pound per square rod. Pre-
caution should be taken to spread it
uniformly over the surface and when
the gems is not moist, or when the
dew is not on ite otherwise, the leaves
of the grases may be burned or in-
jured by the 'nitrate. Subsequent ap-
plications of similar quantities may be
made as the lawn demands it. In some
_instanoes tate nitrate of soda is dis-
solved in water and sprinkled on the
.lawn; usually', however, this is not
necessary.
Ailmionimn sulphate should not be
applied .to Meets that • are growing
bluegrass ,or white clover inemnuch as ,
it will cause them to disappear and .
other less desirable ones may come in,
It slit:Mad not be overlooked, boWever,
that- if the soil is 'lined about everY
four years, torelrectelngs of ammonium
aniphate without lime drives out the
Injurious effect to those plants, In.
vestlgations 011 the ime of ammonium
sulphate and sodium nitrate on lawns
over a period of twenty nitre -or more
show conclusively that the use et ane
mole= sulphate without lime drives
out the bluegrass and clover, as well
es several other grasses, and also a
number of troublesome weeds that
may come into the lawn. If one Is de-
sirous of growing aitch grasses as the
red -tom bent grasses end some of the
fescues, tho cumrionlum sulphate
51101116 be mod and the soil:left add.
Acid phospliate should be applied, to
the lawn about every two years at the
vete of three hiindrod poumis tor
acre, although finely grotibel limestene
as a carrier ot pheephothe may be
used about Wiles at the tate et flee
pounds peg Squai'e red,
A
11 IMPERSONATION
Nature commands the normal child
to be ecaselessly occapied during wal
ing life in rifilniN all the things at his
command to reproduce what te apes
going on around Min. The child who
galiopto ing his t)trfiit,h7r
valuable experience of a simple sort
isa doing what he may need to do late.
in life, ru this simpte adieu lie44
using hie seines to got information,
and then, most important of all, he hi
making this information his own. by
actually doing the act. This is the
only way he can learn it, He minuet
&VOA perceive .4cm:irately until itt ie
uncid the neceseity oti reprodueing
the thing he laperceiving, or adapting
himself to it le some way, Nature
'will not develop any !faculty unless
there is neat] for it. If the child
could get all he weal.* ivithout
ing .shanp in sight, hearing, taste,
touch end smell, he never would as -
quire any keenneas through any of
hie senses.
The child who has et Lange tend
pile 111 W111.Ch be may make pies, build
houses, and so on, has a better chance
to develop Ills integliemace than a
child who is not eo favored. As ,a
nee, the better the ehilds mapeetant-
ities foe inifeentetion, amid the wider
the range of his imitatiene, the moth
rapid cuid normal mogress he .wall
nuke in the development ilia hie mind.
Other parent think that doll play
i$ simply ,arnusement; but it may be
Rio means ea developing intelligence
in a high degree, The child of four
or five who eares far her dell, watch-
ful' of the neede, nursing it when in
trouble, dressen,g it., putting it to bed,
instructieg it, is getting forward
faster than ,the ever could without
sueh experience. These activities. all
require keen, observation, and intelli-
gence in ,execution. Doll play brings
in most of the factors of intellect
whith are required in caring for a
little child in real fife. Of course, the
more the child has to do for her doll,
the better it will be for her intellectu-
al development. A :loll which the
child does nothing but look at, reek
to sTeep, or many in her arms; is of
slight value coneleeed with one that
must be deeded and undressed, !have
her hair com,beci, bi5r mills polished,
for whom clothes must be made, tied
80 (01.
Athe range of observation
increases, doll ellay ought to become
mare varied ad educative. A ehild
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who is given a suggestion now and
again will readily develop a high de-
gree of imag•inative feeling with re-
gard to dolls, all of which may be
vastly important foe intellectual de-
Yeloinnent• StliVo'se a child has five
or six dolle of diffe,rent eizes and!
appecuranc-e. Each one may be mode
to pereonify a member of the family
or Sem° person in the neighborhood;
or a character in. history Or in some
sto-ry Which She has beard. Then
these characters may be made to act
their ports in an aattio drama. There
ils no experience In human life which
is more absorbing than th,eze play
drainables in early childhood; and it
most be impressed that in this play
Rio child is simply taking mental
possession of the world around hint,
If he did not dramatize life, he would
not ism it.
An obsemaing pereut must have
notiett hie chilidas passion to play a
para. Ey/thy liviaog ti l'ag he z,ee.s
furnishes e model, for persorlifieation,.
Now he is a cat, now a d,cg, now cee
.of his playmates, !and so 011 3it,Ctinn.
Ho you }see what title means for de-
velopment? Suppose, for instance,
that a child five years of age visits
a blacicsmith. When he seines home
.you may find him shoeing horaes all
the time. Anything will ens-wer for
the horse. Ala the child, is concerned
with is the shoeing. In performing
this activity he is really learning
about it.
What an advantage it would be to
your child if he could utilize the ob-
jects in las home so far as possbble
to emery on his imitations. Perhaps
you have 'looked upon these play ac-
tivities only as an annoyance, sad
have .felt that they should be sup-
pressed. But greater harm could
scarcely .be done a child than to pre-
vent bine from imitating and person-
ifying the people midi things about
him.
North America has a white popula-
tion of 100,000,000.
The Welfare of the Home
Making,Friends With the Birds—By S. Louise Patteson.
Oneday last spring, a little ,girl
asked me 12 10 were true that robins
biked to eat other things than worms.
I replied that robins would eat fruit
when they,yere thirty if they coeld
And no water.
"011, Just when they're thirsty," she
exclaimed in a tone of surprise. "Thee,
I had better give thean a basin ,o4
water, because father gets teleiblY
provoked at the robins when he sees -
them in our cherry tree or in the
etrawberny-pateb."
I told her that in the strawberry -
Patch robinswere much nore likely
to hunt the grubs and cutworms that
iejure the roots of the vines than ,to
eat the strawberries, but that they did
like cherries. I asked her if ehe would
like to make friends with the birds
and fix a place in her garden where
they could drink when they were
thirsty or bathe and splash about in
warns weather. She was, delighted
with the' idea, of making something
useful and wanted to know haw to
build a bird bath. I gladly proinised
to help her make cue and accordingly
I went to her home one morning soon
after our conversation. Together we
gathered several baskets full of small
stones from a vacant lot near her
home, then ave selected a spot in an
open space in tier garden where we
sot up a pyramid about three feet
high. After we had finished it we
filled a big flower -pot saucer with
water and placed it on top ot the
pyramid.
When the warm weather came, the
birds used this bath so much that the
water had to be changed several times
a day! But the pleasure of watching
the different birds that came to the
garden to quench their thirst aria
splash about in the cool water more
than compensated for the slight
trouble of tilling the bath; The other
members of the child's family became
as much interested in their feathery in the tare of robins!
_
friends as the little mason who had
built the bath, mut the practical father.
observed with satisfaction that his.
fruit trees were less attractive. to the
birds •
. •
Some of the other children in the
neighborhood became anxious to be-
friend the birds, and one of the best.
results of their new interest was that,
Rio small boys tvere less tempted to,
rob nests for the sake of collecting.
eggs, which were perfectly useless to,
therm and they became more interest-
ed to care for the mother birds in the
nesting season and to protect their
young, for all the children had be-
come anxious to have as many bird
neighbors as possible frequent their
gardens.
One of the small boys was an only
child whose hobby had been the col
lecting of minerals and quartz. He
decided td make a practical use of'
his most treasured posseasion, four
hexagonal Meeks which had been
brought to him from tbe Giant's Cause-
way. With his father's help he piled
these heavy blocks of basalt one on,
top of another . and made a perfect
column about two and a half feet high.
On top of it lie kept a large brown,
flower -pot saucer filled with water:
thus the use of what had been a
souvenir of questionable worth helped
to matte a refreshing bath for tho.
birds and added a real ornament to
his mother's garden. And what is
.more linportant, his parents were
Pleased to observe that the child's old
desire to collect and possess Mineral
specimens was becoming secondary to
an active, sympathetic interest in the
beautiful little living creatures thet
enjoyed coming to the garden; and
deeper love and greater consideration
for all dependent creatures became
evident. Thus the tender, cherishing
instinct was developed in thyme]
cbildren through a little girl's interest.
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