ARBOR DA Y MANUAL. 85 



LIFE'S FOREST TREES. 



E day grows brief; the afternoon is slanting 

 X Down to the west ; there is no time to waste. 

 If you have any seed of good for planting, 

 You must, you must make haste. 



Xot as of old do you enjoy earth's pleasures 



(The only joys that last are those we give). 

 Across the grave you cannot take gains, treasures ; 



But good and kind deeds live. 



1 would not wait for any great achievement ; 



You may not live to reach that far off goal. 

 Speak soothing words to some heart in bereavement 



Aid some up-struggling soul. 



Teach some weak life to strive for independence ; 



Reach out a hand to some one in sore need. 

 Though it seem idle, yet in their descendants 



May blossom this chance seed. 



On each life path, like costly flowers faded 



And cast away, are pleasures that are dead ; 

 Good deeds, like trees, whereunder, fed and shaded, 



Souls yet unborn may tread. 



ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. 



HOW TO MAKE A WHISTLE. 



FIRST take a willow bough, Slip the bark off carefully, 

 Smooth, and round, and dark, So that it will not break, 



And cut a little ring And cut away the inside part, 



Just through the outside bark And then a mouth-piece make. 



Then tap and rap it gently Now put the bark all nicely back 

 With many a pat and pound And in a single minute, 



To loosen up the bark, Just put it to your lips 



So it may turn around. And blow the whistle in it. 



'Nature's sepulchre is breaking, 

 And the earth, her gloom forsaking, 

 Into life and light is waking." 



PHCEBE GARY in " Resurgam." 



