6 WOODLAND IDYLS. 



open eye and ear alert, breathe the pure airs 

 of heaven, drink the clear waters of the crys- 

 tal springs, gather wild fruits from nature's 

 bushes, fish for' small fry with old cane poles 

 and angleworms, and be boys again. The cost 

 of such an outing is little, the benefits great. 

 Back to the year's labor will they come with 

 faces bronzed, with heart blood filling every 

 tiny vein, with mind envigored and with soul 

 content ; back with a new love of the great out- 

 of-doors, with a higher regard for their fellow 

 toilers on the farms. Be not satisfied till ye 

 have tried it once, and when there be ye con- 

 tent with little things. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND., JANUARY 6, 1912. 



