. Birds and nature . erything creeping,and of frogs. The sight of an innocentlizard or a harmless little frog wouldbring them to despair, and they wouldclimb as high as their ropes would per-mit, clinging to walls and posts in aregular fit of fright. At the same timetheir curiosity was such that they hadto take a closer look at the objects oftheir alarm. Several times he broughtthem poisonous snakes in tin knew perfectly well how danger-ous the inmates of these boxes were,but could not resist the temptation ofopening them, and then seemed fairlyto revel in their own trepidation. THE
. Birds and nature . erything creeping,and of frogs. The sight of an innocentlizard or a harmless little frog wouldbring them to despair, and they wouldclimb as high as their ropes would per-mit, clinging to walls and posts in aregular fit of fright. At the same timetheir curiosity was such that they hadto take a closer look at the objects oftheir alarm. Several times he broughtthem poisonous snakes in tin knew perfectly well how danger-ous the inmates of these boxes were,but could not resist the temptation ofopening them, and then seemed fairlyto revel in their own trepidation. THE SUMMER POOL. Buchanan. There is a singing in the summer air. The blue and brown moths flutter oer the grass, The stubble bird is creaking in the wheat. And, perched upon the honeysuckle hedge. Pipes the green linnet. Oh! the golden world— The star of life on every blade of grass. The motion and joy on every bough, The glad feast everywhere, for things that love The sunshine, and for things that love the shade. 218. THE FEATHER CRUSADE. E. K. M. JUST as the Audubon societies andthe appeals of humanitarians ingeneral have had some effect inlessening the demand for theaigrette for millinery purposes, andtheir banishment, as officially an-nounced, from the helmets of the Brit-ish army, there springs up a new fash-ion which, if generally adopted, willprove very discouraging—especially tothe birds. She made a decided sensation lastevening at the opera, says Miss Vani-tys fond mamma. Those blackbirdswith outspread wings at either side ofher head were simply fetching. Theydrew every lorgnette and every eye inthe house upon her. Not a woman offashion, or otherwise, I venture to say,will appear at a public function here-after without a pair of stuffed birds inher hair. A melancholy outlook truly, thoughas an onlooker expressed it, the effectof the spreading wings was vastly moregrotesque than beautiful. The poorlittle blackbirds! Their destructiongoes on without abatement. I like th
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