BY TH% WAYSIDE 
57 
The sparrow and the bluejay stayed here. 
I am always sorry when winter comes 
because then the birds go away and, oh 
my, when spring comes it makes life 
happy again! Oh those lovely birds! 
If the birds would only always be here. 
But we must not be selfish and let those 
in the south have them some time too. 
Hoping to find my, letter in the Wayside 
next time. •• • •' •' * 
I am a little Wayside reader. 
Aged 12., Genevieve. BJankenheim. 
t ~ ui Ludington, Wis. 
Dear Wayside: - / •. 
Last summer I saw a bluebird. She 
had built tier nest in a fence post near 
our house. There were four eggs in the 
nest, tit was not long before there were 
three little birds iiithe nest. One of the 
eggs did not hfttch. , : One day I went up 
close to their nest and they all began 
pecking at me,'so I did not go near them 
for sometime.;’ When I did go again ■- 
they were all gone, i ;I am ? thirteen years 
old and have; been -a member of the 
Audubon Society four years next spring. 
, } - . Zeland Jones. 
.. : , " Maywood, Ill. 
Dear Wayside: 
I do not know much about the Ruby- 
crowned Kinglet but I will tell you what 
I do know. The Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
has a little red spot on his head. He 
is about four and one fourth inches long. 
His back is an olive-green. They build 
their nest of hair and moss*. 
• '•> Yours truly, 
Aged 12. Agne Hector. 
* : Maywood, Ill. 
Dear Wayside: 
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet does not 
nest in this part of the country. He is 
seen flying to the northern woods in 
spring. The Kinglet is about four and 
one fourth inches long. The male has a 
few red feathers on his head. He can 
hide this red spot by putting his feathers 
a certain way. His nests are found in 
pine trees. 
.> Yours truly. 
Aged 9. , Willie .Hansel. 
Granville, Ill., Feb., 26, 1906. 
Dear Wayside: 
I thought I would write something 
about birds. I saw a chickadee in our 
yard; the chickadee is gray and white. 
I saw the chickadee Saturday and I saw 
the crow. I saw it in a field and it is 
black. I saw a few wild geese in a field. 
It was Monday and the birds are coming 
back to the north'. 
Aged 9. Henry Hanson. 
The Peace Conference . 
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then attracted by other things, being nat- 
Urally^of a weak mind and given to curi¬ 
osity and prying into thibgs that did not 
concern him. ' The secretary’s ink-Well 
furbished a good subject for his inquisi¬ 
tiveness quite frequently. 
Mrs. Robin could not come because it 
was just before cherry season and there 
were so many worms to be cleared away 
before canning time, and besides she felt 
quite safe as she seemed to be quite a 
favorite, or, at any rate, she was seldom 
molested, except when she made herself 
too free with the fruit that she had 
watched over all the spring and saved 
from being totally destroyed, and which 
she felt by right she owned a goodly 
share. The bad cat had often made en¬ 
deavors in her direction, but she had 
succeeded so £ far in escaping from his 
sharp claws, therefore she sent her regrets 
