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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



A Eulldog with Kittens. 



A French l)ulldog- owned l)y Dr. H. 



F. Dailey of the veterinary staff of the 



Angell Hospital lost her puppies soon 



after their birth. About that time a 



hours of sunlight will be devoted to ex- 

 amination and admiration of nature's 

 beauties on this earth. 



"The hours of darkness, given up to 

 sleep no longer, will be devoted to the 



HAPPINESS IN SPITE OF INC()X( IRUITV. 



litter of motherless kittens was brought 

 to the hospital. Jane at once adopted 

 them of her own volition, and for sev- 

 eral weeks bestow^ed upon them all the 

 care and attention of a loving and de- 

 voted mother. 



We are indebted to the courtesy of 

 "Our Dumb Animals" for the use of 

 this remarkable photograph. 



A Dream of Real Living. 



"The New York Journal" for June 12, 

 1916, in a thoughtful editorial article sug- 

 gests that in time human beings will do 

 without sleep, and cites in this connection 

 some interesting characteristics of the 

 lower forms of animal life. The writer 

 concludes that after a while we may really 

 begin to live. As an example of what 

 living means to him, he says : 



"As old age needs less sleep than baby- 

 hood, so in our maturity as a human race 

 we shall probabl\- demand less sleep thai"! 

 now in our racial babyhood. Perhaps 

 none at all will be needed. 



"If that happens our lives will be dou- 

 bled in value, they will be complete. The 



study of space, to investigation among 

 other worlds. 



"That kind of life will be worth while. 

 Bear in mind that we shall only really 

 begin to live on this earth when we shall 

 have settled all the little social and mate- 

 rial questions here and shall have begun 

 in earnest the study of the universe m 

 which we are a speck. 



"The days of the future will he given 

 up to artistic enjoyment of the beautiful. 

 The nights will be devoted to intellectual 

 development and research. 



"Man will LIVE." 



It will be ideal living when time is no 

 longer given to pernicious and artificial 

 pleasures but to the enjoyment of the 

 beautiful. Let us iterate and reiterate 

 these words : "The hours of sunlight will 

 be devoted to examination and admira- 

 tion of nature's beauties on this earth." 

 May it come true! It seems too good to 

 be possible. We shall really begin to live 

 when beyond social and material ques- 

 tions we shall find mental pleasure in the 

 study of the universe. An ideal use of 

 our leisure! Compare that real enjov- 

 ment with the foolish ]iastimes of the 

 present. 



