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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



large enough and in the right place to 

 include the boy. A second exposure 

 was made, and the plate developed in 

 the usual way. The background 

 should be large enough to extend to 

 at least a foot on each side of the boy, 

 and for two feet above his head. 



The picture of the boy on the roos- 

 ter I made by pasting a picture of the 



TAKING A PHOTOGRAPHIC RIDE. 



boy on a picture of a rooster. The 

 rooster, a large blue game, was placed 

 on a box in front of a white back- 

 ground and made to stand erect by 

 getting a friend to hold another roos- 

 ter in front of him. When he was 

 about ready to strike, I snapped the 

 shutter which was set at one-fiftieth 

 of a second. The plate was developed 

 and two prints made. One print I 

 trimmed till I had a rough outline of 

 the rooster. This I put on the ground 

 glass and made a rough sketch with 

 a pencil. The boy was placed astride 

 of a carpenter's horse which was 

 covered with a black cloth in front of 

 a black background, and so arranged 

 on the glass that his image was the 

 right size and in the right position on 

 the rooster. This was easy since I 

 had an outline marked on the glass. 

 'I he string used for a rein, one end the 



boy held in his hand while the other 

 was pinned on the background. Then 

 an exposure was made and one print 

 from this negative. The print was 

 trimmed until only the boy, whip and 

 rein were left. These were pasted on 

 the other print of the rooster, copied, 

 and the plate developed and printed 

 in the usual way. 



Frank Grafton. 



Nature-Study and Teacher. 



We ought to study Nature just from books. 



is what I say ; 

 It does not do for Teacher dear in any other 



way. 

 Because when once I found a spider, brown 



and very fat. 

 And brought him carefully to her in my best 



sailor-hat, 

 My teacher cried aloud in fright, and squealed, 



and took on so, 

 I had to hurry to the door, and let my spider 



go. 



One time, I found the finest kind of long, 



soft, fresh green worm; 

 But, my ! you ought to see the way it made 



my teacher squirm ! 

 Then on her desk I put a snail, a harmless 



little thing 

 That would not hurt a bit, because it could 



not bite nor sting ; 

 But when it came half-way from out its shell, 



and tried to crawl, 

 The noise my teacher made they say they 



heard across the hall. 



Another time, a baby mouse I brought her in 



a box. 

 She gave a look, and then a scream that folks 



could hear for blocks. 

 I thought she'd like to see a snake : and 



brought one in a pail : 

 But Teacher yelled a lot, and would not even 



touch its tail ! 

 So, Nature-Study in a book is all that she 



can stand, 

 For when it comes to samples, Teacher hasn't 



any sand ! 



— Blanche Elizabeth Wade, 



in "St. Nicholas." 



Invitation. 



The woods are calling, calling, 

 These perfect summer days ; 



The waters falling, falling, 

 Proclaim their joyous ways. 



The birds are singing, singing. 



In all the leafy bowers. 

 The insects winging, winging, 



Their way in gauzy showers. 



The flowers are blooming, blooming. 



In every tint and hue ; 

 The mountains looming, looming, 



In distant, misty blue. 



Let us go peering, peering, 



For undiscovered gold. 

 And end by cheering, cheering. 



For Nature manifold. 



— Emma Peirce. 



