BIRD DAY IN THE SCHOOLS 



the singing of their feathered brothers 

 of the air. Call attention to their 

 beauty and grace of form, plumage 

 and movement. Watch them care for 

 their little ones. Notice their nests — 

 their happy little homes — those " half- 

 way houses on the road to heaven," 

 and as you and your flock wander, 

 watch and listen and call to mind that, 



" 'Tis always morning somewhere, and above 

 The awakening continents, from shore to shore, 

 Somewhere the birds are singing evermore." 



Let US, fellow teachers and fellow 

 citizens of America, take up this 

 work of bird study and bird protection. 

 Let the schools teach it, the press 

 print it, and the pulpit preach it, till 

 from thousands of happy throats shall 

 be proclaimed the glad tidings of good 

 will of man towards the birds. 

 C. H. Morrill, 



Supt. of Schools. 

 Fort Madison, Iowa. 



LOVE FOR ANIMALS. 



Amongst the many beautiful stories 

 told of St. Francis of Assisi, none are 

 more interesting and striking than 

 those concerning his love for animals, 

 and tenderness towards them. How 

 he loved the birds, and called them 

 his sisters ; how they used to come to 

 him whilst he spoke to and blessed 

 them ; how he saved a pigeon from 



the hands of a boy who was going to 

 kill it ; how he spoke of it as an 

 emblem of innocence and purity, and 

 made a nest for it and watched over 

 it and its young ones ; how he had 

 pity on a poor wolf, and tamed it and 

 caused it to follow him ; and also how 

 he thought of the fishes, and blessed 

 them. 



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