THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



Is the Slogan True? 



Recently the business men of Stam- 

 ford have made several days' campaign 

 under the energetic management of 

 President Beckley. Several soliciting" 

 committees have been contending in the 

 good work of obtaining three years' 

 members in the Board of Trade at 

 $25.00 a year. Headquarters were ar- 

 ranged, and a midday lunch was served 

 to all the workers and friends of the 

 cause. I followed the crowd and went 

 to see what was going on. Xo sooner 



in regard to the proposed project of 

 exploiting Stamford. I became more 

 and more impressed with the good 

 work of the Board of Trade. 



I suppose that most of us like to 

 foster the feeling that we do things a 

 little better than other people. I may 

 be one of that kind. I am proud of 

 that badge yet I might wear it without 

 being conscious that I was not doing 

 justice to the subject. I heard some of 

 the speakers eulogize the harbor, i 

 agree with that. Stamford's harbor is 



MFORD 



•I BELIEVE IN STAMFORD." 



was I within the doors than a friend 

 pinned on my coat a badge on which 

 were the words in bold letters, "I 

 Believe in Stamford." Most of us re- 

 tain some boyish traits. We like to 

 carry a flag or wear a badge or some 

 other kind of ornament. So I felt proud 

 of my suddenly acquired decoration, 

 and walked about with the feeling that 

 I was not "it," but really quite "some- 

 body," and "one of them." I partook 

 of the excellent dinner and heard the 

 speeches that eulogized Stamford, tell- 

 ing of its financial and business advan- 

 tages, and also heard reports of the 

 committees as to varying expressions 



one of the most beautiful, valuable and 

 advantageous sections of Long Island 

 Sound. I heard others commend fac- 

 tory sites. Some referred to our beauti- 

 ful streets, excellent water, electric 

 lights, but I said to myself as I jour- 

 neyed homeward, these things, all these 

 things combined, are not Stamford. To 

 believe in them only is not doing jus- 

 tice to the situation. Stamford is more 

 than a place for manufacturing goods 

 or getting money. Stamford is a large 

 town possessing a great variety of 

 natural attractions of which the har- 

 bor is only one. Here are the brooks. 

 Not a soul mentioned them. Here are 



