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This is one method of distributing themselves over wide areas. 

 When a spider wishes to move off in this way, it fastens a thread 

 to a support, either a garden paling, the tip of a twig or the edge 

 of a building. Then it stands on its front feet, elevating the abdo- 

 men as high as possible, at the same time allowing a stream of 

 silk to flow out. When this silk thread is sufficiently strong to 

 bear the weight of the spider, the little creature lets go and sails 

 off on the thread, letting out more string as it flies. 



Learning to Read a Roadside 



C. M. Goethe 



Almond-eyed Okimoto, chasing cicadas along rice paddy paths, 

 lined with brilliant amaryillis, imprisoning his catches in tiny 

 bamboo cages, where they sang for him as canaries might for 

 American bairns; blue-eyed Hendrick, of the wooden shoe loving 

 cup, and the village museum, with its Audubon society; Maggie 

 of purple heather land, with her "school treat" and her "wee 

 beasties"; Alois, feather in his emerald mountain hat, with 

 his sister, learning about alpenrosen and of Morgarten, climbing 

 like goats to Rigikulm; blind Hialmar of Hanchristianandersen- 

 land, learning the music of the wild birds in the Royal deer park; 

 little Miss Cawasjee arrayed in gorgeous silks, on a palm lined 

 highway out from Bombay, chasing the bright colored butterflies 

 of the tropic skies — or wandering with a score of her fellow stu- 

 dents through the wonderful bird market with the brilliantly 

 plumaged birds from the jungles of the Spice Islands and Africa, 

 enjoying the exotic " school treat" even under India's burning sun; 

 Johann of Lubueck, Gretchen of the golden braids like the wild 

 roses of her native Hannover moors; this international group 

 clasped hands recently and made their bow to the Nature -Study 

 Review's readers. 



It was all about "learning to read a roadside." Sometime ago 

 the many attired group of lads and lassies were introduced to a 

 California community through a bit of City Planning. Out of 

 this work came the slogan : 



"A child has the same right to be taught to read a roadside as it has 

 to read a book." 



This battlecry is the result of years of effort by social workers 

 and conferences with experts. It may be deemed of value to 

 other communities. 



