EARLY SEPTEMBER 



EARLY AUTUMN DAYS 



EXQUISITE and moving as the first days of spring 

 are, when the re-awakening of life in Nature seems 

 contagious, long and satisfying as are the days of 

 summer, there will always remain a subtle beauty 

 and richness about those fine hot September days, 



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when Nature yields of her mellowed fulness, days 

 when she is finishing her task, filling her storehouse, 

 ripening and maturing her growths for the sleep of 

 coming winter. 



There is a more marked contrast between the 

 sun and shade, with a brisk fresh keenness in the 



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