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Rl'Rai- SriiDOT, Lkaflet 



BOYS AND GIRLS 



The Editor 



Midwinter is a good time to sit around the fire, the while we pop corn 

 and crack nuts and think about the very active days that are ahead. 

 No matter how hard the wind blows, we do not care. The snow and the 

 sleet make music against our window panes. The creal-dng of ice-laden 

 limbs on the trees beyond the door sounds good to us, for we are not 

 grumblers about the weather. I wish that the 75,000 boys and girls 

 who will probably read this leaflet would decide at once to separate them- 

 selves from the ranks of the weather grumblers. There are some persons, 

 you know, who find winter too cold and summer too warm, spring too 

 rainy and autumn too gloomy; and indeed these persons are nearly 

 always joyfully anticipating the next season and finding fault when it 

 comes. The thing to do is to like the season that is with us, and when 

 we time oiir spirits to the weather we are very sure to like it. 



As soon as every one decides that midwinter weather is good, every 

 face about the fireside will become cheerful; for to stop grumbling about 

 one thing will help us to stop finding fault with many things. Cheerful 

 persons can accomplish a great deal more than those who are surrounded 

 by gloom, and they do much good. Let us cultivate cheerfulness. 



Now we are ready for work. If we do not begin at once, spring will 

 be upon us and we shall not be ready for it. First we shall look over 

 the seed catalogs. I always like to plan my garden long before it is time 

 to plant. Every young person on the farm ought to have a garden 

 of his own this year, either for pleasure or for profit. Suppose you look 



