. St. Nicholas [serial]. A BUNGALOW, AND A HOUSE WITH GLASS WINDOWS. no supervision, simply carrying out in their ownway suggestions made by their principal. Practi- HOUSE-BUILDERS TO THE BIRDS 699 cally no outlay was required, for their tools wereof the most common sort, that all boys know howto use and generally possess, and their materialswere obtained from old boxes of various sorts. It all goes to show that boys can do about whatthey set out to do, and, just because they live inbig cities, there is no reason why they shouldabandon birds to their fate —and a very tragicfate it is too, some
. St. Nicholas [serial]. A BUNGALOW, AND A HOUSE WITH GLASS WINDOWS. no supervision, simply carrying out in their ownway suggestions made by their principal. Practi- HOUSE-BUILDERS TO THE BIRDS 699 cally no outlay was required, for their tools wereof the most common sort, that all boys know howto use and generally possess, and their materialswere obtained from old boxes of various sorts. It all goes to show that boys can do about whatthey set out to do, and, just because they live inbig cities, there is no reason why they shouldabandon birds to their fate —and a very tragicfate it is too, sometimes —when, with a little in-genuity, they can protect them against the attacksof their enemies. For, as their teacher said, there is no needof city boys and girls lamenting the fact that, asthey so rarely see the various birds, they can donothing for their welfare. On the contrary, theyhave opportunities that their country cousins maynot possess. The park authorities are alwayswilling to help any one to protect and
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