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BY THE WAYSIDE 
BY THE WAYSIDE 
Published on the tenth of each month except July and 
August 
The official organ of the Wisconsin and Illinois Audu¬ 
bon Societies. 
Twenty=five cents per year. Single Copies 5 cents 
All communications should be sent to Thos. R. Mo.vle, 
Appleton, Wis. 
A word might be said to the chil¬ 
dren who desire to form Audubon Socie¬ 
ties. The enrollment blanks, with the 
simple pledge the children are to sign 
printed at the top, can be had by writing 
to Edna S. Edwards, Appleton, Wis. 
These blanks, after all the children have 
signed, are returned and put on file with 
the State Society. Each branch society 
elect their own officers and raise money 
for any purpose they desire, but there 
are no regular dues. These societies 
teach the children to love and study the 
birds and are a great help in the school 
work. 
Through the generosity of Atkinson. 
Mentzer & Grover of Chicago, we have 
the ‘‘Bird of the Month” in color. This 
picture is one of a series of several hun¬ 
dred of birds and other natural history 
subjects. The pictures have the unqual¬ 
ified approval of Mr. Burroughs who has 
used them to decorate his cabin “Slab 
Sides.” 
The pictures sell at two cents each. 
No order is taken for less than thirteen. 
A list of subjects and further information 
can be obtained from Atkinson, Mentzer 
& Grover, 350 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 
As well suppose the trees without 
leaves as the summer air without swal¬ 
lows —Jeffries Field and Hedgerow. 
Bird Day in a Primary School. 
Our celebration of Bird Day began 
some weeks before.* In fact, it may be 
said to date back to the middle of Janu¬ 
ary, when we had our first talk about the 
winter birds. From this on we did 
many things. We studied the bird pict¬ 
ures and made them into a guessing 
game, saying “I am a bird,” describing, 
and closing with, “Who am I?” 
We learned many bird songs, the favor- 
ite being Krinbill’s “Robin Song” which 
begins “Hark! I hear a merry sound.” 
We read bird stories and dramatized 
“How the Robin Got His Red Breast.” 
Later this formed part of our program. 
The little son’s sorrow over the quenched 
fire and his joy when Robin revived it 
were very well done. 
Good written lessons.on birds were re¬ 
warded bv bright-colored birds cut from 
advertisements, the best robins being 
found on a pattern sheet, strange to say. 
Nests and eggs were modeled from clay 
with moderate success. 
We chose favorite birds, cut and 
painted them on both sides. When the 
day came, these were hung on black 
threads and flew quite realistically. 
There were many robins, bluebirds, and 
goldfinches, with a tiny flock of kinglets, 
the teacher’s choice. 
The third grade joined us in celebrat¬ 
ing and we thoroughly enjoyed each 
other’s songs and recitations. Among 
the latter was Lucy Larcom’s “Sir Robin” 
which has such a robin-y sound. 
We always include in our vear’s work 
trips to the pond a short distance back 
of our school house, where many red¬ 
wings nest. 
