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life and activity supplied it by the winter 
birds, would be melancholy indeed; and 
there is always the possibility of seeing 
something new. Here we sight a great 
northern diver rising and falling on the 
swells beyond the breakers, and half a 
mile farther we come to a pair of hell 
divers or horned grebes, disappearing be¬ 
neath the surface without a splash and re¬ 
maining below for upwards of a minute. 
They are feeding on shrimps and other 
small sea creatures who are active through 
winter even though the temperature of the 
water is so low that, were we to hold a 
hand in it for thirty seconds, our fingers 
would ache or lose sensibility. All life is 
not dependent upon the water, however, 
for on the beach above the line of drift and 
debris we encounter several sizable flocks 
of snow buntings and horned larks glean¬ 
ing what small seeds they may from the 
weeds that grow on the beaches. If ex¬ 
treme good fortune is ours we may find a 
Lapland longspur or two among the horned 
larks, for this bird consorts with the 
others while working south along the 
coast from his home in Labrador and 
Greenland. 
You may read the most approved bird 
books obtainable or listen to lectures on 
birds and see bird pictures, but you will 
always have a misconception of bird life 
until you have gone forth for yourselves 
and seen the birds at home on land and 
sea; and there are few things more profit¬ 
able than a bird tramp in mid-winter. 
A Private Community 
(Continued from page 376) 
And this more intimate side of the house 
is entirely away from the public road. 
The middle house, although not spread 
low as is this one, bears a family resem¬ 
blance to it; the happy use of stucco, the 
white window trim, the shingles and the 
green blinds are common features. But 
the entrance is on the side, and the house 
is more compactly built and of greater 
depth and height. The third house, Mr. 
Keen’s, which appeared in the May House 
& Garden, has a greater longitudinal ac¬ 
centuation but is of similar height to the 
center one. As one comes along the 
street one notices three attractive houses. 
If he is thoughtful and observant, he dis¬ 
covers that they haven’t the tiresome, flat 
appearance of the common block houses 
cut along the same pattern, or made from 
the same model, nor do they stand out for 
their differences. It is as though they 
were of the same race and surname, so to 
speak. 
So much for the design, to show that 
it is possible to tackle house planning in 
groups without sacrificing individuality. 
On the side away from the road these 
houses all face a green, sloping down to a 
pond. It will be noticed from several of 
the photographs that a low hedge does 
mark property division between the houses 
themselves, but the strip of woodland be- 
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and communities. 
At any hour of the day or night, 
you can talk instantly, directly 
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or a hundred, or two thousand 
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This is possible because 7,500,000 
telephones, in every part of our 
country, are connected and work to¬ 
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the interests of the people within 
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It is the duty of the Bell System to 
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everyone the same privilege of talking 
anywhere at any time. 
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communication are extended, the 
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closer together, and national welfare 
and contentment are promoted. 
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