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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



thirty to fifty in number, and may be 

 either white or pale sulphur yellow in 

 color. To the casual observer they ap- 

 pear like tiny oblong eg'gs, but they are 

 in truth firmly woven silken cocoons, and 

 though we may discover hundreds of 

 them in the grass, there are few observ- 

 ers who would be likely to guess their 

 origin, for it is a rare find to catch the 

 spinner at its work." 



The Cornflower. 



The cornflower borrows Heaven's blue, 



And gives in lavish store; 

 Though gathering freely of its blooms, 



It ever ofifers more. 



— Emma Peirce. 



John Flagler's musical home in Green- 

 wich, where he was tuning a piano to be 

 played with Albert Spaulding, a great 

 violinist. Here Mr. Finney introduced 

 his tiny family to many admirers and then 

 brought the nest and all to Sound Beach, 

 where he exhibited it at ArcAdiA and 

 to many admiring boys and girls. 



Any one telephoning Mr. Finney and 

 failiug to get an immediate response may 

 know that he, with family and associates, 

 is absorbed in certain natural history 

 pursuits. 



Berries Were Plentiful 



An English comedian named Mathews 



THE NEST OF MICE IN A GI.ENBROOK PIANO, WERE SINGING '-COME HOME." SEE MUSIC 



AT THE RIGHT. 



Mice Evidently Fond of Music. 



Mr. Wesley H. Finney received a 

 hurried call to go to Glenbrook to ascer- 

 tain the meaning of mysterious sounds 

 within a piano. He responded promptly 

 and found that mice were talking it over 

 in the language characteristic of those 

 little animals and that in the piano was a 

 company of youthful members of the 

 mouse family. 



He took them all under his loving care 

 and decided to ■ encourage tlieir • musical 

 tendencies. He carried them to Mrs. 



traded with a grocer named Berry. On 

 one occasion Berry irritated Mathews by 

 presenting his quarterly bill before it 

 was due. Turning upon the astonished 

 grocer, he delivered this tirade : 



"Here's a pretty ;//////, Berry.. You 

 have sent in your bill. Berry, before it 

 is due. Berry. Your father, the elder 

 Berry, would not have been such a goose, 

 Berry but you need not look so black, 

 Berry, for I don't care a straw. Berry, 

 and shan't pay you till Christmas, Berry." 

 — The Youth's Companion. 



