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of seventy-seven years, who proved his 

 Vermont training by eating it in the 

 only right way. Following his example 

 twenty" staid business men were soon 

 eating pumpkin pie without aid of 

 spoon or fork or plate. 



"With a cloudless night, weather 

 cool but not cold, with just a tang of 

 fall, with the odor of the pines over all, 

 the full hunter's moon, big and round 

 and friendly, reflected across the lake, 

 with canoes swinging by and the 

 echoes of a song floating over from the 

 next camp, we all lingered a while to 

 enjoy the rich harmony of the scene. 



"The keen enjoyment of these quiet 

 business men in the affair, proved anew 

 that the call of the woods and fields 

 is strong in us all, and needs but the 

 opportunity to bring it to the surface." 



A Beginner in Nature Study. 



Lewiston, Minnesota. 



I have not devoted my time to 

 any one subject, but have been getting 

 acquainted with the different things 

 around me. I looked up the name of 

 several common weeds in the garden 

 with which I have been familiar since 

 childhood but could not call by name. 

 I also found my first polypody. It 

 covered a large rock in the depth of 

 the woods on the bank of a trout 

 stream. 



After reading Miss Pendergast's ar- 

 ticle on mice I caught one last Jan- 

 uary and this summer I caught three 

 young ones. I put them in the cage 

 with the older one and they all got 

 along finely. A few weeks ago I 

 caught another young one and I put 

 him in the cage. Instantly they all 

 pitched on to him and bit him and 

 •chased him around and around. They 

 either bit him or scared him to death 

 for a few hours afterward I found him 

 dead. 



My mice will eat out of my hand and 

 •one of the younger ones will sit in my 

 hand and eat. They are so "cute" 

 when they wash their faces. 



Ina McG. Milde. 



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The Language of the Landscape. 



The Japanese understand the lan- 

 guage of the landscape and make it tell 

 a story. The rugged mountain, the 

 placid lake, the roaring cataract and 

 silent cave, the snug cottage and the 

 dense forest each has a meaning, and 

 can be made to express the human 

 emotions in all their varied moods. 

 The landscape garden then is a poem 

 or a prayer or an argument as its 

 builder has willed. — "The Oriental Re- 

 view," New York City. 



