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were invited. An illustrated lecture on the constellations was given by William 

 Henry Frome in the open on a perfectly clear moonlight night in July. A huge 

 screen was erected in a field on a hill on which the pictures were plainly 

 seen after dark, the members being seated on the ground. At the conclusion 

 of the lecture, thirteen brave members slept on straw under the open sky, 

 along the Neshaminy Creek, at Dark Hollow, a place rich in Indian 

 legends, remote from the habitations of men, with a mangy dog and a flash- 

 light for protection. By a huge campfire, a midnight feast was prepared, 

 also a 5 o'clock breakfast the next morning. Dr. Edward William Geil, the 



DOYLESTOWN, PA., NATURE CLUB. 



noted traveler and lecturer, will give a talk before the Nature Club in 

 January on 'Ants and Ant Hills.' Dr. Henry C. Mercer, of Moravian Pottery 

 fame, is booked for the lecture on 'Historic Trees,' in November. Most of the 

 Club's lectures are given in the public school to create an interest among the 

 pupils in nature studies. The Nature Club for two years has made a plea for 

 the protection of wild flowers by posting notices along the roads. May 12, 

 the annual sunrise walk, to study the migration of Warblers, was enjoyed by 

 50 members, with a gypsy breakfast afterward in the woods at 6 o'clock. For 

 nine years, the Nature Club has been taking these sunrise walks, and no matter 

 what the condition of the weather at 4 a.m., a large percentage of the mem- 

 bers has been readv to start at that time. 



