. St. Nicholas [serial] . e an explanation of the growthand the spots? Do you think the tree is dying?Your interested reader,Katharixe Marble Sherwood (age 13). Hornets and beesare not so apt to stinga person if he keeps absolutely still, but this isnot necessarily due to the fact that they do notsee readily, but simply that they do not recog-nize an enemy in a perfectly stationary accumulated intelligence of generationshas shown them that still objects, like posts,stones, or trees, are not enemies, and that dis-turbance of their nests is always occasioned byobjects having power of mo
. St. Nicholas [serial] . e an explanation of the growthand the spots? Do you think the tree is dying?Your interested reader,Katharixe Marble Sherwood (age 13). Hornets and beesare not so apt to stinga person if he keeps absolutely still, but this isnot necessarily due to the fact that they do notsee readily, but simply that they do not recog-nize an enemy in a perfectly stationary accumulated intelligence of generationshas shown them that still objects, like posts,stones, or trees, are not enemies, and that dis-turbance of their nests is always occasioned byobjects having power of motion. It thus fol-lows that if a hornets nest be disttvrbed or if awild bees nest be agitated, danger of stingingis much less if the person keeps perfectly it is best not to depend too much onthat, for the hornets may be guided by A. S. Packard says: It is now supposed that no insects, except dragon-flies and perhaps some butterflies, can perceive objectsat a greater distance than about six \ FOURTH-OF-JULY STUDY HANDS. BY ROBERT E. JONES, AGE 17. (HONOR MEMBER.) DAYS OF SUMMERONCE MORE. So now we have Julyagain, bringing the seasonof vacation, with camping,and picnics, and fishing,and all the other goodthings of is the sixth summerof the League, and a goodmany of our boys and girlswho went camping andpicnicking and fishingwith us that first summerof our beginning have be-come big and grown up,and have flown away likebirds from the nest. And,like other birds, we thinkthey went rather unwill-ingly ; for there have beenmany good times andpleasant summers in theLeague nest; and whenthe last one comes and itis time to fly, there aresome who, exactly likebirds, have to be pushedout of the nest to try theirwings alone. Happy arethey who began with theLeague very young, ateight or nine, and are stillyoung, with four or fivemore League summersahead. There is so muchthey can do, and they havethe best years still beforethem. Many of them
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