=The Scarecrow=:--You might speak first about the garden--its prosperity and beauty, and the fruit or vegetables that it was producing. Then speak about the birds, and tell how they acted and what they did. Did you try driving them away? What was said about them? Now tell about the plans for the scarecrow. Give an account of how it was set up, and what clothes were put on it. How did it look? What was said about it? Give one or two incidents (real or imaginary) in which it was concerned. Was it of any use? How long did it remain in its place? =Votes for Women=:--There are several ways in which you could deal with this subject:-- (_a_) If you have seen a suffrage parade, you might describe it and tell how it impressed you. (_b_) Perhaps you could write of some particular person who was interested in votes for women: How did she [or he] look, and what did she say? (_c_) Report a lecture on suffrage. (_d_) Give two or three arguments for or against woman's suffrage; do not try to take up too many, but deal with each rather completely. (_e_) Imagine two people talking together about suffrage--for instance, two old men; a man and a woman; a young woman and an old one; a child and a grown person; two children. (_f_) Imagine the author of the selection and his wife Polly talking about suffrage at the dinner table. COLLATERAL READINGS My Summer in a Garden Charles Dudley Warner Being a Boy " " " In the Wilderness " " " My Winter on the Nile " " " On Horseback " " " Back-log Studies " " " A Journey to Nature A.C. Wheeler The Making of a Country Home " " A Self-supporting Home Kate V. St. Maur Folks back Home Eugene Wood Adventures in Contentment David Grayson Adventures in Friendship " " The Friendly Road " " New Lives for Old William Carleton A Living without a Boss Anonymous The Fat of the Land J.W. Streeter The Jonathan Papers Elizabeth Woodbridge Adopting an Abandoned Farm Kate Sanborn Out-door Studies T.W. Higginson The Women of America Elizabeth McCracken The Country Home E.P. Powell Blessing the Cornfields (in _Hiawatha_) H.W. Longfellow The Corn Song (in _The Huskers_) J.G. Whittier Charles Dudley Warner (in _American Writers of To-day_, pp. 89-103) H.C. Vedder THE SINGING MAN JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY I