Vol. XV 



JANUARY, 1905. 



No. I 



THE "GOING -TO BEES." 



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Suppose that some fine morn in May 

 A honey-bee should pause and say, 

 "'1 guess I will not work today, 



But next week or next summer. 

 Or some time in the by and by, 

 I'll be so diligent and spry 

 That all the world must see that I 



Am what they call a ' hummer' ! " 



Of course you'd wish to say at once, 



'■ O bee! don't be a little dunce 



And waste your golden days and months 



In lazily reviewing 

 The things you're 'going' to do and how 

 Your hive with honey you'll endow, 

 But bear in mind, O bee, that NOW 



Is just the time for ' doing.' " 



Suppose a youth with idle hands 

 Should tell you all the splendid plans 

 Of which he dreams, the while the sands 



Of life are flowing, flowing. 

 You'd wish to say to him, " O boy! 

 If you would reap your share of joy 

 You must discerningly employ 

 Your morning hours in sowing." 



He who would win must work! The prize 



Is for the faithful one who tries 



With loyal heart and hand; whose skies 



With toil-crowned hopes are sunny. 

 And they who seek success to find 

 This homely truth must bear in mind: 

 " The ' going-to bees ' are not the kind 



That fill the hive with honey." 

 —Nixon Waterman in Saturday Evening Post. 



