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Perhaps you have not a single rela- 

 tive that would appreciate that collec- 

 tion. The Trustees of this museum 

 will do that. The general public will 

 do that for years to come. Your own 

 appreciation will draw compound in- 

 terest. The Bruce Museum is where 

 you may earn a noble interest. It is a 

 savings institution of the most com- 

 mendable and trustworthy kind. If 

 you have traveled over all the world 

 and have picked up a bronze in one 

 place, a rare coin in another, a choice 

 bit of china somewhere else and natu- 

 ral history specimens from everywhere, 

 do not hesitate to display them in these 

 Library Bureau cases, in a stone, fire- 

 proof building with specially fitted 

 cement floors and good attendance. 

 Here they will be safe from thieves, 

 neglect and improper treatment. The 

 museum authorities will care for them 

 for all time. 



Information in detail, advice as to 

 gifts, etc., will be given by the editor 

 of this magazine. 



the field of blue. The pole and ball 

 took 950 men. 



A Flag Composed of Sailors. 



(see frontispiece.) 



Aside from its human interest, the 

 flag is an exceptional example of math- 

 ematical photography. It took nearly 

 10,000 men to form it, and it was plan- 

 ned in strict accordance with the law 

 of perspective. To guide the men 

 while they maneuvered to get the 

 proper formation strips of white tape 

 were laid on the parade ground, form- 

 ing a pattern that bore no resemblance 

 to a flag but had the mathematical di- 

 mensions needed to produce the re- 

 quired effect. Viewed from the cam- 

 era, placed at a distance of 175 feet 

 from the bottom edge of the flag and 

 at an elevation of 60 feet, the flag was 

 perfect in contour. In reality, how- 

 ever, the line of men forming the right 

 end was 128 feet long while that form- 

 ing the left end, next to the staff, was 

 428 feet in length ; the line forming 

 the top margin was 293 feet long, 

 while that forming the lower edge was 

 only J2> f eet long ; the staff was 550 

 feet long, 35^2 feet wide at the base, and 

 6 feet wide at the upper end ; the ball 

 at the end was formed by an oval, com- 

 posed of 250 men, that was 237 feet 

 long and only 20 feet wide. It took 

 1,600 men to form the white stripes, 

 1,900 the red, 1,800 the stars, and 3.400 



"Potatriotism is Potato Patriotism." 



"The War and You" is an interest- 

 ing announcement of The Woodcraft 

 League of America Incorporation to 

 the Woodcraft Potato Clubs. The 

 Woodcrafters this coming summer are 

 to devote their energies to raising po- 

 tatoes under the skilled direction of 

 the chief, Mr. Ernest Thompson Se- 

 ton, whose home is in Greenwich, 

 Connecticut. Every one should be in- 

 terested in these potato clubs and we 

 advise all our readers to send to The 

 Woodcraft League of America at 13 

 West Twentv-ninth Street, New York 



SomcC&irem mur/ihits; SOmecilL cm dooc/s 

 Some, czLL'trn txtits ; sopzt Ci.ll 'em spuds' 



Some, O.U cm tubers ,or hot-fruit c/e^n. 



Bi/t our jolly littlt Hot- boys cz/Z/m. 



Copyright — Ernest Thompson Seton, Chief 



of the Woodcraft League of America. 



Permission to use granted when proper 



credit is given. 



City, for full particulars. There is a 

 catchy bit of inspiration in the appeal 

 of this league to be a potato patriot 

 and their slogan, "Let's hoe our way 

 to victory." 



The American Museum's expedition 

 to China secured, among other novel- 

 ties, a black flying squirrel four feet 

 long, several species of chipmunk new 

 to science and two strange creatures 

 that are , intermediate between sheep 

 and goats. 



