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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



Aged One Hundred and Two Years. 

 In our number for January, 191 1, we 

 published an account of Captain William 

 H. Davidson's celebration of his one 



THE OLDEST AND YOUNGEST AT THE SOL- 

 DIER'S HOME TWO YEARS AGO. 



hundredth birthday. We reproduce 

 herewith the illustrations that accom- 

 panied that article. Captain Davidson 

 died October 24, in the hospital at 

 Meriden, Connecticut. He would have 

 been one hundred and two years old 

 had he lived until November 26. On 

 the occasion of the celebration of his 



hundredth anniversary, he preached a 

 sermon in the chapel of the Soldiers' 

 Home at Noroton as shown in the ac- 

 companying illustration. He had 

 served in the Mexican and the Civil 

 war and was formerly a missionary to 

 the Sandwich Islands. He was five feet, 

 nine inches in height, had a flowing 

 beard, was of impressive appearance, 

 and on his birthday seemed to be in 

 perfect health. The officials at the 

 home said that he never complained 

 and practically gave them no trouble. 

 He had been strictly temperate all his 

 life. 



Education of Boys and Girls. 



BY PROFESSOR B. J. HORCHEM, "PARK 

 LIFE/' DUBUQUE, IOWA. 



It is indeed a clamoring indictment 

 of our educational system that in nine 

 cases out of ten, the education of the 

 modern schoolgirl does not prove to 

 her the boon it should ; too often, it is 

 a detriment to her in the life that every 

 woman must or should take up. It is 

 amazing how small a percentage of 

 high school girls study domestic 

 science — I believe it is about three. Yet 

 almost every girl, if she does not cook, 

 must at least supervise the process. 



Education is life and the boys and 

 girls should be together as much as 

 they must be in later life. Much of the 

 good in boys is inspired by their ad- 

 miration for girls, and in healthful 

 environment and proper safeguard such 

 as "Park Life" affords, the girl has it 

 in her power to do a great work for 

 eood. 



HE PREACHED A SERMON WHEN HE WAS ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. 



