THE GUIDE TO NATURE.— ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Ill 



SOME OFFICE ASSISTANTS -TRY TO FILL IT 



But LACK IN GENERAL TRAINING, and 

 consequently lose their positions. 



A COMMERCIAL TRAINING AT 



MERRILL BUSINESS COLLEGE 



Will fit you to secure and hold a profitable posi- 

 tion. 



BOOKKEEPING, SHORTHAND, STENO- 



TYPY AND ALL ENGLISH BRANCHES 



South Norwalk, STAMFORD, Port Chester. 



A Poor Substitute. 



Robert, the four-year-old son of a 

 scientific man, had lived in the country 

 most of his short life. One day a caller, 

 wishing to make friends with the little 

 fellow, took him on his knee and asked : 

 "Are there anv fairies in vour woods 

 ^- ere, Robert?"' 



"No," responded Robert promptly ; 

 "but there are plenty of edible fungi.'" 



— "Youth's Companion." 



A Pleasant Surprise for ArcAdiA. 



The Reverend Dr. Lewis W. Bar- 

 ney called at ArcAdiA at the beginning 

 of the new year and presented a magni- 

 ficent punch bowl which bore the fol- 

 lowing inscription : 



"For the Welcome Reception Room 

 with New Year's Greetings from the 

 Ladies' Aid Society of the First Con- 

 gregational Church." 



His or Her Ownership of a Part of a 

 Cow! 



Below is given a copy of an inscrip- 

 tion that adorned a board fence in 

 Kent: 



"Notis — If any man's or woman's 

 cows get into these here oats, his or 

 her tail will be cut ofif as the case may 

 be." — The Countrv Gentleman. 



Spratt's trophy, consisting of two hand- 

 some sterling silver porringers, for the 

 best brace in the 1915 shows, was won by 

 Ridgeway Kennels' wire-haired fox ter- 

 riers. 



A Study in Psychology. 



Teacher : Who can tell me which is the 

 index finger ? 



Bright Boy : It's the one yon lick when 

 you turn over the pages. 



— "The Countrv Gentleman." 



" 'mid all this mighty sum 



Of things forever speaking." 



— Wordsworth. 



THOMAS D. MAGEE 



INTERIOR DECORATOR 



Broad and Summer Streets 

 STAMFORD, CONN. 



