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houses. Now I know you are wondering why I said I had 

 learned from experience, etc. Last fall I added a new variety 

 to my list and although I knew just what curtain fronts meant 

 for me I was foolish enough to try a glass-front house. The idea 

 struck me that perhaps the glass would draw the sun and make 

 the house somewhat warmer, and I believe it did through the 

 daytime, when fhe sun shone, but at night it also drew moisture 

 from the birds' breath and from appearance of that glass I actu- 

 ally believe it must have drawn moisture from the breath of the 

 sparrows on the nearby trees and several other things for miles 

 around, for in two days after placing the birds in there that glass 

 was so thickly covered with frost as to darken the house, and 

 as a result my male bird, in just six days, got tired of eating and 

 breathing and is now under the snow. The females were not 

 quite so badly affected, and I finally got them around to them- 

 selves again. And you may be sure that house has a curtain 

 front at this writing, and the curtain is removed every day except 

 when stormy. Now I am waiting for some fellow to come along 

 and tell me about a glass-front house, and I will tell him a story 

 with a different tune. 



