. The Indians' secrets of health : or, What the white race may learn from the Indian . )les throu^di the glowing skies in pearl and gleams in every burnished pool, it riots through the splashes waves of glory on the shadows as they pass. It steals among the nodding trees and to the forest croons, In airy note and gentle voice, neath waning plenilunes; It calls, and lo! the wooded brakes, the hills and tangled fens — A world of life and mystery — swarm with its denizens. It treml)l(\s in the perfumed breeze, and where its ardor runs,A thousand light-winged choristers pant f
. The Indians' secrets of health : or, What the white race may learn from the Indian . )les throu^di the glowing skies in pearl and gleams in every burnished pool, it riots through the splashes waves of glory on the shadows as they pass. It steals among the nodding trees and to the forest croons, In airy note and gentle voice, neath waning plenilunes; It calls, and lo! the wooded brakes, the hills and tangled fens — A world of life and mystery — swarm with its denizens. It treml)l(\s in the perfumed breeze, and where its ardor runs,A thousand light-winged choristers pant forth their orisons;A thousand echoes clap their hands, and from their dewy beds,A million scarlet-throated flowers peer forth with startled heads. Oh, the beauty of the morning! It rains upon our ears: The music of the universe, the chiming of the spheres; From cloistered wood and leafy vale, its tuneful medleys throng. Till all the earth is drenched in light and all the world in song!. INDIAN BASKET, SHOWING INFLUENCE OF NATURE IN THE DESIGN. m THE INDIAN AND OUT-OF-DOOR LIFE All children, and especially city children, need out-of-door life. Men and women need it too, sadly, butif the elders cannot have it, owing to our pervertedsocial conditions, our law-givers should see to it thatthe children do better. It is a well-known fact thatcities would soon die out if their vast populations werenot constantly being replenished by the sons anddaughters of the country. So instead of letting ourcity children grow up to imperfect manhood, let usfind some way to get them out of doors and out intothe country more and more. Exercise in the open,where pure air penetrates to the full depths of thelungs, personal contact with the soil, and physicalwork upon it, as well as personal contact with thetrees and flowers and all growing things, the animalsof the farm and field, the rocks and mountains, thehills and valleys, the waterfalls and streams, the desertsand canyons; all these are
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