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from them and giving them special 

 lectures on his tours. So he under- 

 stands Scouts as well as other natural 

 things. 



But this tells you only what he has 

 done. It doesn't let you know that he 

 is big and jolly, and bald-headed, and 

 always ready to laugh ; that he has 

 keen eyes and keen wits, that he is 

 chuck-full of fun, that he is full of good 

 stories — and, what is more important, 

 that he can tell them too. In fact he's 

 a regular fellow and that "Dr." on his 

 name isn't half as formidable as it 

 sounds. 



His department, "On Nature's Trail," 

 is going to be nature and nothing else. 

 In it he will give you a lot of tips from 

 his own experience and plenty of infor- 

 mation that will make scouting mean 

 more to you than it does now. 



And [resides — and this is one of the 

 best things about his department — he'll 

 anszccr all your questions. 



Ge' readv for a bully old hike with 

 Dr. Bigelow "On Nature's Trail," be- 

 ginning with September "Boys' Life." 



Personal. 



At no other time have so many hopes 

 been centered on the Boy Scouts. I 

 refer to this not so much on account 

 of the possibility of their becoming 

 soldiers at some future time to fight 

 foreign enemies, as on account of the 

 present need that they shall become 

 men to meet the many problems that 

 are rapidly arising, some of them acute 

 and surprising. What this world 

 needs is men tliat will think inten^lv 

 and possess the cjualities of true manli- 

 ness. No other organizations have suc- 

 ceeded along such lines as well as the 

 Boy Scouts, but it is admitted by man- 

 agers and friends who have watched 

 the development of this great Move- 

 ment that the association needs greater 

 develoDment in the department of na- 

 ture education. There is need for the 

 training of the inner qualities of the 

 Srout as well as of his physical being. 

 He needs to see and hear as well as to 

 march. AVe believe that everv friend 

 of the Boy Scout will give their heart- 

 iest api)roval to the new efforts in this 

 direction. AA'e desire to receive sup;- 

 gestions from writers, naturalists, 

 sportsmen, from everybody who not 



only breathes and lives out of doors 

 but who finds a mental joy in such ex- 

 istence and in such pursuits. 



Let me say personally that I have 

 seldom undertaken any work that so 

 impressed me with its responsibilities. 

 Think of the arm)^ of boys to be helped 

 and to help others in this educational 

 work. We need more earnest, manly 

 men. A boy is the only thing in all this 

 world that can develop into a man. 

 We are relying on the support of those 

 who believe in men. 



Edward F. Bigelow. 



Aquatic Interests. 



Our interests in water life are mani- 

 fold. They are in part economic inter- 

 ests, for the water furnishes us food. 

 They are in part aesthetic interests, for 

 aquatic creatures are wonderful to see, 

 and graceful and often very beautiful. 

 They are in part educational interests, 

 for in the water live the more primitive 

 forms of life, the ones that best reveal 

 the course of organic evolution. They 

 are in part sanitary interests ; interests 

 in pure water to drink, and in control of 

 water-borne diseases, and of the aquatic 

 organisms that disseminate diseases. 

 They are in part social interests, for clean 

 shores are the chosen places for water 

 SDorts and for public and private recrea- 

 tion. The}' are in part civic interests, for 

 the cultivation of water products for 

 human food tends to increase our suste- 

 nance, and to diversify our industries. 

 Snrelv these things justifv an earnest 

 eff"ort to make some knowledge of water 

 life available to anv one who mav desire 

 it. — "The Life of Inland Waters." 



The sisn language of the American 

 T-^dians has been '^hown to be at least as 

 old as the vear T53S- 



California Poppies. 



Chalices of sunshine 



In the mornino- light, 

 Clnsin"- fast flieir bonnv cups, 



At approach of nig-ht. 



Oivinp- sold so freely 

 Through the summer day. 

 Thrifty grovn, at twilight hour 

 Hoarding it away. 



RaHiating gladness. 



Glowing in the light. 

 Breathing e'er a sweet behest. 



"Make your world as bripht." 



— Emma Peirce. 



