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"There is another bird who is also a great warbler and he is 

 the mocking bird. In the warm atmosphere, as in Florida, he 

 livens the night with his music. He loves to make fun and to im- 

 itate others. But I want to tell you a secret about this little 

 fellow. However he may try, he cannot imitate the bobolink, 

 and listens in dumb amazement when he hears his rival's song. 



"This story of the birds teaches us that wherever we go we 

 should always be happy and cheerful like our little feathered 

 friends. If we love the birds and all that Nature brings to us, 

 we do not have to worship God in church, but can give thanks 

 just as well in the great world about us." 



Yetta Horowitz, 5 b 3. 

 April, 1 91 5. 



Another little girl, 5B grade, studied in march of this year the 

 signs of spring in Burroughs' "Signs and Seasons." In May 

 she wrote the following letter of thanks in which the second and 

 third paragraphs are based upon her answer of two months be- 

 fore. Rose is 10 years old. 



"Dear Mrs Pitt: 



"I was amazed when the beautiful flowers were brought to 

 our room. I was thinking what friend of ours was so kind as 

 to send the beautiful spring messengers. 



"Down in the South, the old colored woman carries a basket 

 on her arm and so has spring lying on the dainty green moss. 

 In the north where we live the little children go out into the 

 woods and pick these lovely little spring messengers. How beau- 

 tiful the violets are! We learned a song in the assembly called 

 'Violet Hunting'. 



"We placed the beautiful spring messengers in a large basin 

 and then we thought of an interfusion of a new element, a near 

 approach to life. We placed Jack in the pulpit in the center 

 of the basin. The purple violet, the yellow violet, the apple- 

 blossom, the cherry blossom and the spring beauty nodded their 

 little heads as if they were glad. I think that Jack in the pulpit 

 was glad because he was in our room where the sun shines so 

 pleasantly. 



"The purple violet is the dear harbinger of spring. It brings 

 happiness to us. 



"We appreciate your gift very much and thank you for your 

 thoughtfulness. 



Your little friend, 



Rose Uhr." 



Augusta Holzer, 6 years in America, prepared and delivered 

 the following speech at a meeting of the New Rochelle branch of 



