Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . irls Club madetheir daughters more useful at home, more willing to help in the 156 A DAY IN THE OPEN household work, more cheerful, more obliging—better and hap-pier little women. On one of their long walks, as the girls gradually becamemore accustomed to the strenuous exercise and traveled fartherafield, they came across an old windmill of the Dutch style ofarchitecture. They were greatly interested in it, and learnedall about the working of such mills. At another time they discovered a curious foot bridge sus-pended from wires


Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . irls Club madetheir daughters more useful at home, more willing to help in the 156 A DAY IN THE OPEN household work, more cheerful, more obliging—better and hap-pier little women. On one of their long walks, as the girls gradually becamemore accustomed to the strenuous exercise and traveled fartherafield, they came across an old windmill of the Dutch style ofarchitecture. They were greatly interested in it, and learnedall about the working of such mills. At another time they discovered a curious foot bridge sus-pended from wires stretched between large trees on either bankof a stream. They explored the river for miles in either direc-tion and had great fun in crossing a riffle on learned to know many birds and animals that had beenstrange to them, and found a source of unfailing pleasure inlearning the names of trees, plants, and flowers from their ac-complished leader. Each trip unfolded new mysteries anddelights of Nature and added to their store of A SOUTHERN GIRLS CLUB MEMBER


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