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good sweat and declares the air is "close." Now arrange in 

 some way to take the temperature of the air in the box. Let 

 the pupil now stir the air vigorously inside the box by means of 

 his fan and again let the temperature be taken. The thermome- 

 ter will show little or no difference, but the pupil will declare 

 that it seems much cooler. The circulating air breaks up the 

 vapor jacket that has formed around the pupil's body and evapora- 

 tion of the sweat now goes on much more rapidly. With the 

 pupil still in the box, let some one now fan him vigorously in 

 the face. Ordinarily he does not experience nearly as much relief 

 as when his body was fanned. He did not need fresh air to 

 breathe, but he did need the breaking up of the heat jacket 

 about his body. Ventilation does this for one remaining quiet 

 in a room where the temperature is 70° F. or upwards. 



"The Little Red Hen" 



Louise C. Weed. 



In the Nature Study work of the Brooklyn Training School For 

 Teachers each student submits a record of first hand observation on 

 some bird in connection with the bird work. The following is one of 

 these sent by C. A. Mathewson for the Review. — Ed. 



"Dear me, there you go again, mussing up my nice black 

 feathers that the best of hens would be proud to wear. But 

 then ! what can one expect but jostling when one is thrown in 

 with such a lot of underbred creatures?" 



"I am sure, I beg your pardon, for disturbing you. I only 

 want to get a breath of fresh air. As you very well know, it is 

 quite close in this small crate with so many in it and with every 

 body scrambling to get near the slats. And as for being under- 

 bred, I rather think I come from just as good a family as you 

 do, if you are a stuck up Black Spanish. No Long Island Red 

 ever yet stood back for any body, and good reason for it, too !" 



"You don't say so! Well, well, there is nothing like having 

 a good opinion of one's self. However, I will admit that you 

 arouse my interest, and as it does seem that we are likely to 

 have a long journey behind these old farm horses, suppose we 

 drop hostilities and wile away the time with our respective life 

 stories. Being the elder, perhaps you might begin." 



"Very well. To repeat what I just said, the Long Island 

 Red is as good a breed of fowl as there is. I myself am a pure 

 specimen of this family and an account of my life will be typical 

 of the life of the best hen that ever scratched gravel on a farm. 



