The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
BY MARGRET E. sANGsTER.,

,ronyr,ghfl iSos. by Joseph B. Bowles.l
 Nature study Is supposed to .pvsy S5 fs,s boGss fSs two go smds wny of study not Serv much alike. but in another way they cannot be separated. Nature ,s around us wherever we turn; Apoe the air: stratches the sky; we breathe the ar staeihuy s.a havey whether we live In town or in the country, the sights ana kouhTIss of nature near us all tne t.s sw,tb we only have Httle pscH nt nr two n small plot of grass ana pot .. .mo ne flowers. if our only acquaintances With birds is derived from canary 6r parrot in a cage. we SUI hSs .h study nature, although not win, wi.nn 'he he same degree or in,erEs are excursions to ours when we mahe
 take-it for granted that the giris who are studying nature are ooins .o to some purpose. EStrs snd pf teueh the trass in the locality nearest our homes. we should know them by their pecuss lIarities of bark and brancn ana owi owu and leaf. We ,a sh0n,q nnr conntryside, nn9M rec CTS ,.ia sua z, them by their peculiarities roof stem and flower, of color ana perfume. ,,,. k,ow the birds >sothirg is more absorbing. than the
 tudy of birds. They are 1ascihallns iitt1e creatures. Their habits. imanneetts and customs are not so veI$ te th cir omr own when we really penetrate .neir ou. arots Tn a single rather small neighborhood in New Jersey pslu M s,s ar last summer counted no less than IT tw-two carieties of birds. Their mirga- tion' their nests. their patience in tinolhs tothsr's care in showing the young hirds how to fly. all these are interest- ing parts of nature stuay; but t,h,nL' nn7 SO much of this that l am think ;n os write to you. as or the way in ins which we may help one another Tn +hesa days. Girls who live m the country ought to have mission to tbaIr citv cousins. and when spring ana summer brins their apd pdeaSad garden flowers, U sWonld be sent weekly 10 the ssop,ooIrooms sop, where the pupils have no easy way of getting sEsssrnet spese,mens nsrp I9s t ths country should exchange flow ors shells and other interesting propss
 sias of the nature study class. ahu it would not be at all q pau n..asl lusa tneIss tneso,,oo Shetween Jean Of the nttie ip;,Isse and Betty of the DIE clty' al. ho,T the work each was oolns III heF study of nature .At. .ha+ raoonc-
 a ts tbe marking of passages in the r,e,r ntrv and prose that you read with 'r.ooIo1 look to their bearing on na- anre you will find that the poets
 o great deal about the winds aud tsae ts waves the sky and the earth, and t. tne rea1 poetry Is full of beautiful eI,',s,ons to the phenomena of the a- .'.ar,a we live in. Tennyson. whom ', wo, i Syi,I study in your classes in Eng ,,st literature. has so much intimate ,lnnwIedse of nature that his poetry oir,ost guide book to the flowers
 f his native land. Longfei!ow. Whit .,o. and Emerson have great deal to ". t anout nature. When you read the s"naat masters of fiction you will find
 et they have whole pages devoted to ,r,ptions of scenery and that some ns ther, paint nature in words as if o ',.h the brush of an artist
 good plan is to have common ,,ooe hook and whenever you find sor, r,ethIne that you like write 1t down Sor future reference.
 wben I was a girl we studied botany out under the trees There was par ticuIarly charming bit of woodland near our school, and our nature study was always carried on out of doors. Dur teacher had seat on gray rock GOV cred with blanket shawl. Maybe YOU never heard of a blanket shawl, but if vou had gone with Miss Jane and hal been privileged to carry her Scotch nlaid over your arm you would have