THE FUN OF SEEING THINGS 



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goblin, gnome and sprite; and tlu- 

 scientists' fairies are more wonderful 

 because they are tinier than was ever 

 thought to be possible. Then, too, 

 they have such changing and marvel- 

 ous shapes. The old-time fairies were 

 always thought of in terms that the 

 folk-lore gatherers could understand — 

 that is. they were in the general form 

 of man, only much smaller. But the 

 scientist finds that the new fairies do 

 not have to be limited to any such 

 forms. 



So do not be downcast when any one 

 tells you that there are no more fairies, 

 but rather be glad that there are new 

 and different ones — ones that you can 

 study and find out about for yourself, 

 and ones that you know are really alive 

 to-day. 



Ah, little lad, that seeks for fairy lore, 

 Think not that all is gone — that cold dry 

 facts 

 Must do away with elves and sprites of 

 j^ore 

 With all their witching ways and kindly 

 acts. 



Here in this time, if we will only learn 

 The ways of wood-folk in their work or 

 play 

 We may be sure of fairyland's return 

 In living wonders of the present day. 



— "American Forestry." 



Two Little Girls at a Country Home. 



As I walked down the hill through the 

 chestnut woods, I fell to picturing the 

 future of these little rustic maidens. One 

 day they would awake to the fact that 

 there was a great, bustling world only a 

 few miles away from their cabin in the 

 woods. The lure of the city that draws 

 people away from just such charming 

 nooks as this in the country would de- 

 velop in them a repugnance for their 

 humble surroundings. They may teach 

 in the country or village schools, they may 

 become "sales ladies" in the city stores, 

 stenographers in the offices, or real 

 nurses in real hospitals ; but, ten to one, 

 they will forsake the country for town 

 or city. Three score summers hence a 

 grandson may buy up the old home site, 

 build a bungalow on the crumbling cellar 

 walls, and there spend the summers with 

 enjoyment, the lure pendulum swung 

 back again. — Milo Leon Norton \n"Sat- 

 urdav Chronicle." 



A Nurseryman Lover of Squirrels^ 



Mr. Charles F. Gardner of Osage,. 

 lowa, is not only a nurseryman having 

 extensive business connections with) 

 special interest in strawberries, but he: 

 is also a whole-hearted lover of pets?. 

 We have received from our member, 

 Mr. Eugene Secor of Forest City, Iowa, 

 an eulogistic letter regarding Mr. Gard- 

 ner's interest in nature. 



Mr. Gardner sent to Mr. Secor the 



MR. GARDNER HAS FUN SEEING HIS 

 SQUIRREL EAT NUTS. 



accompanying photographs because he 

 felt sure that Mr. Secor would share 

 his interest in his pets, especially since 

 Mr. Secor is so charitably disposed 

 that he feeds the birds and other crea- 

 tures during the cold weather. An in- 

 teresting feature of the letter is that it 

 appears to be written by the squirrel, 

 telling the story from the squirrel's 

 point of view. The writer believes that 

 originally human beings were a race of 

 savage and ferocious creatufes, but 

 that the world has so progressed that 

 nobody with ordinary common sense 

 would nowadays willfully shoot even 

 a squirrel. 



Buttercups. 



Buttercups, Buttercups, brimming with; 

 gold, 

 Why are you hoarding it so? 

 The scythe of the reaper is sharpened for 

 you, 

 You will go the way all misers go. 



— Emma Peirce. 



About one-quarter of the living vol- 

 canoes of the world are within the 

 boundaries of the greater United' 

 States — virtually all of them in Alaska,. 

 Hawaii and the Philippine Islands.. 



