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 DIFFERENT SPARROWS. 115 



It does no good to any one for a person to 

 "hate" any bird. Hate makes the heart hard, 

 and before you know it, you will be hating other 

 birds than the English sparrow. To make the 

 best of a bad bargain, and to turn the little Eng- 

 lish sparrow to some account in the world, let us 

 "eat him all up." In this way we should come 

 to love him in spite of ourselves. But by no 

 cruel methods, mind! Give him a quick short cut 

 to the Land of Nowhere, and all will be well. We 

 are something like sparrows ourselves; we think 

 we must have our meat! And sparrow, roasted, 

 broiled, or stewed, is a dish for a king. It is just 

 the diet for sick people and babies. Little chil- 

 dren who do not take kindly to other food thrive 

 on sparrow broth and eggs. 



Sparrow's eggs! Why, you can coax a sparrow- 

 hen to lay right along, just like any biddy-hen in 

 the barn-yard. 



You must quit scaring the birds to the high 

 roof gables and out-of-reach places. Place straws 

 about the balconies and door and window sills, 

 and watch what happens. The sparrows will take 

 to egg-laying for all summer long, and stay right 

 in one place. You can gather the eggs every 

 day, always leaving a nest-egg, and the mother 

 bird will supply the home market. You can 



