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Show SoriETfflNQ krjuONES CHRISTMAS TREE FOR BIRDS Object of Delight to Little Folks Decorated Deco-rated With Gifts of Food for Members of Feathered Tribe. Flvo mombers of a second reader class in :; South Dakota rural school celebrated o first Christmas of tho Liborty Bell Bird club of tho 1'arm Journal, Philadelphia, by having a real Christmas treo for tho birds near their schoolhouso. Tho codar treo which had boon tho center of their own jolly Christmas festival was taken out of tho schoolhouso school-houso by an older pupil whllo tho llttlo folks mado Christmas baskets to hang on tho treo. After this, whenovor thoy ato their dinners, tho children carofully placed all tho crumbs loft in small baskets, which wero then hung on the birds' Christmas treo, whoro tho feathered guests eagerly gatherod to enjoy tholr feast. This year tho Christmas problom of how to remain a olncoro and cheerful giver at this season of greatest demands de-mands is to bo solved by many members mem-bers of tho Farm Journal Liborty Boll Bird club in a way to ellmlnato much useless and unappreciated giving. Tho Christmas tree which has do-lighted do-lighted tho llttlo folks in tho homo or schoolhouso will not, as heretofore, bo thrown on tho trash heap after it has been stripped of its glittering baublos. After it has been carofully set up out of doors in a safo and sheltered spot tho llttlo hands which reached out so eagerly for Its gifts will now placo others upon it garlands of bright bor-rlos, bor-rlos, sheaves of golden grain, baskets of suet and broad crumbs for tho llttlo feathered folks. A vessol of wator, freo of lco, will bo placed near by for tho bright-eyed visitors to drink or batho in. Whero thoro Ib n suitable treo standing stand-ing near tho homo or school It can easily bo converted Into a Christmas troo for the birds by fastening gifts of food to Its branches. Christmas must over remain tho day for tho child, but Instead of making tho llttlo ono solflsh with a surfeit of costly toys, how much better to train It to look upon this holiday as tho special spe-cial season to glvo succor and protection protec-tion to tho helpless. At this timo every child old enough to understand Its teachings should bo enrolled as a member of tho Liborty Bell Bird club by signing tho following pledge: "I dtslro to become a member of tho Liberty Bell Bird Club of tho Farm Journal, and I promlso to study and protect all song and Insectivorous birds and do what I can for tho club." Thero Is no cost to any child in Join- A Christmas Tree for tho Birds. ing tho club nor after ho belongs. Tho badgo button of tho club will bo sent froo to each one who signs tho pledgo and sonde it in to tho club. |