explorer had the mumps and was cutting teeth and cried all night. Getting food was not always easy. At one place they exchanged their meat and meal for watermelons; but frequently they had nothing but a little flour or meal; for a long while they lived on horseflesh and dogflesh, and eatable roots bought of the Indians. They tried to make friends with the Indians by giving them mirrors, gilt-braided coats, knives, etc., and they told them about the Great Father in Washington who wished them to be his children. Talking was often difficult, so whenever it was possible they used the language of signs. When a man wished to say, "I have been gone three nights," he had only to rest his head on his hand to suggest sleep and to hold up three fingers. To hold a blanket by two corners and shake it over the head and unfold it meant, "I am your friend, come and sit on my blanket." If the Indian accepted the invitation he would wish to embrace the white man, and rub his own cheek, thick with paint, on that of his friend. So it was that the brave explorers made their way to the source of the Missouri. Three quarters of a mile farther they came to one of the branches of the Columbia. Onward they went, and at last they stood on the shore of the Pacific. It was the rainy season; their clothes and bedding were always wet and they had nothing to eat but dried fish. Captain Clark wrote in his journal that the ocean was "tempestuous and horrible." There were the same dangers to go through again on the long journey back, but finally they came to the houses of white men; and when they caught sight of cows feeding on the banks of the river, they all shouted with joy, the herds looked so calm and restful and homelike. These courageous, patient men had done much more than to explore a wild country. Just as Columbus had made a path across the Atlantic, so they had made a path to the Pacific. OCTOBER: THE CONTRIBUTION OF EACH RACE TO AMERICAN LIFE For the Teacher: THE CENTENNIAL MEDITATION OF SIDNEY LANIER Now Praise to God's oft-granted grace, How long, Good Angel, O how long? "Long as thine Art shall love true love, Thy name shall shine, thy fame shall glow!" Read: "Abou Ben Adhem," Leigh Hunt, in Three Years with the Poets, Hazard. Houghton Mifflin Co. An Incident of the French Camp, Robert Brown ing. R.L.S. No. 115. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1 Abridged. From Poems of Sidney Lanier. By arrangement with Charles Scribner's Sons, Publishers. Suggestions for morning talks American life is made rich and fruitful by the gifts and service of many nationalities. It is the privilege of teachers to help children feel how much each race has brought to the United States from its past in other lands, and how much each has contributed and can contribute here. Thus the contact of different races can cease to be a source of contention and scorn and become a source of strength and blessing. One of the poems that rouses a vivid sympathy for all nations is "Scum o' the Earth," by Robert H. Schauffler. Houghton Mifflin Co. The oldest race in the United States is the Indian. Tell of their self-control and courage; their friendship with William Penn. (See The Friendship of Nations, by Lucile Gulliver, p. 36. Ginn & Co.) Show pictures of the Spanish buildings in California and New Mexico. Tell of the great painter Velasquez. Show the class a photograph of his Surrender of Breda. Tell also of the great writer, Cervantes. Give enough of the story of Don Quixote to show his honor and chivalry. Fine reproductions of the works of the great masters can be bought of Ritter & Flebbe, 120 Boylston Street, Boston, for a few cents apiece; and many can be obtained from the Perry Picture Co., Malden, Mass. The Germans have helped us - bringing us music, the love of home, the power of hard work. Tell how Carl Schurz became a devoted American. (See The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz. The McClure Co.) Play in school music by Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Wagner, and let the children know that they owe it to Germany. Describe the French skill and courtesy. They are careful not to laugh at the blunders of foreigners. Tell of the friendship of Lafayette for America; of Pasteur's work (Life of Pasteur, by René Vallery-Radot, chaps. x and XIII. Doubleday, Page & Co.). Show a photograph of Saint-Gaudens's statues of Lincoln and General Sherman. Here is a French-American to whom we owe an inestimable gift. THE STATUE OF SHERMAN BY SAINT HENRY VAN DYKE This is the soldier brave enough to tell And rides through hell to save his country's life. Read: The Promised Land, by Mary Antin (Houghton Mifflin Co.) and tell the class of her early life. Help them to see that Jews have had many hardships and that here all helpful citizens can live happily together in the land of welcome. Read: Tolstoy's "Where Love is, God is!" (Ethics for Children, p. 156), and tell of his belief in peace and good will. Read Tolstoy's "A Spark Neg- Let the children enjoy the humor of the Irish. Tell of 1 From Music and Other Poems. Charles Scribner's Sons. Garibaldi and the Thousand, by George M. Trevelyan. Longmans, Green & Co. Take the class to a museum or show them photographs Phoebe Cary (Poetical Works of Alice and Through the appeal of these stories the children themselves will be led to honor, understand, and treat kindly any foreigners they may meet. A GREAT FRENCHMAN ELLA LYMAN CABOT Louis Pasteur, the great French scientist, was working hard to discover a cure for rabies, which is a terrible disease caused by the bite of a mad dog. He had not quite completed his cure when, on July 6, 1885, a little Alsatian boy, nine years old, was taken by his mother to see Pasteur. The child, going alone to school, had been attacked by a mad dog, thrown to the ground and badly bitten. A bricklayer, seeing the dog attack the child, ran up and, with an iron bar, drove the beast away. Bites from a well dog would not have done Joseph much harm, but Pasteur knew that this dog had a serious disease which might be given to Joseph unless the new cure could prevent all danger. Poor little Joseph had fourteen wounds and suffered so much that he could hardly walk. Pasteur kindly made arrangements to make the anxious mother and her |