ALICE E. ALLEN (They travel farther on horseback.) They came to a village, they bought them a horse, An Indian War Dance MAUDE M. GRANT Some of the boys had real Indian suits. Some had pasteboard crowns with stiff feathers sewed around them, and hanging down the back, a bright colored strip of cloth with feathers tied in it. Some who could not get feathers had the pasteboard crowns surrounded by feathers cut from stiff paper and colored. All of them had rattles made of boxes containing a few kernels of corn, and some had wooden knives and hatchets. They formed in line, "Indian file," and Teacher began to play a mournful Indian melody, the boys marching around in a large circle and keeping time, now bending down to the floor, now swaying side-wise and back, and making grotesque little leaps, shaking their rattle-boxes all the time. They chanted monotonously with the low, mournful music, using the same syllables over and over. Yo wo me no ko, Il la me nan ye yo ko ᄆ The Youth's Companion Entertains Every Member of the Family that is worth while The contents of the 1910 Volume of The Youth's Companion would cost $30 if printed in book form. It will be the best volume ever published, the most entertaining, crowded with reading that young people delight in, and with plenty besides for the older ones. Our Serial Stories. One tells the adventures of two pearlhunters in Lower California; one is the story of a girls' college; another of a boys' school; and still another is an air-ship story. Tales of Adventure. Stories of thrilling escapes from peril on land and sea; stories of hunting, fishing and canoeing; of encounters with Indians and man-killing animals. 300 Contributors. Among these are more than fifty men and women, famous in some profession or achievement, who will write for the paper on as many different subjects, useful and entertaining. Some of the good things: 200 Complete Stories. 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Headed by the National Association of Audubon Societies, a campaign is to be begun in every section of the continent which it is intended shall result in the establishment of a national university devoted to the conservation of American resources through the preservation of the pest-killing birds. Suitable endowment for an educational institution of such vital economic importance is to be at once sought by officers of the Association. To greatly extend the educational work that is now being pushed with all the funds at the command of the Audubon workers is designed to be the main aim of the proposed national university. Skilled ornithologists are to be employed in investigating, compiling, and analyzing scientific data showing the capacity of various species of wild birds for destroying such pests as the gypsy moth, the boil weevil and the browntail moth, whose ravages have been proven to cost the country one billion dollars in its crop yield each year. 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ROUNTREE SMITH (Book rights reserved) Children stand in circle, the one inside the circle is the Miller. Children in circle sing The miller is happy as happy can be, Children in the circle whirl round, and miller passes in and out between them. The children still repeat their song, Finally the miller chooses a child and whirls around with it, the child then becomes miller, and he takes its place in the circle. The children now face inside, toward the centre of the circle, whirling their arms and singing Round and round, round and round, Round and round, round and round, The miller's wheels go round and round, Until the farmer's corn is ground. Be sure to cook it nice and brown, And cranberry sauce don't forget. Second little girl 'Deed I won't, so don't you fret, 2 I'll peel potatoes now you see, Without them what would dinner be, My, but there's a lot to do. First little girl 3 O dear me, yes, that's true, This pie I hope will be nice, Do you know how much spice We're to put in pumpkin pie? Second little girl Add a little spice, then try. First little girl Oh yes, 4 there that will do, Second little girl pie, tastes and shakes head yes. 5 Brush flour from their hands and take their seats. |