YOUTH VOLUME 1 NUMBER 7 1902 SEPTEMBER _An_ ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY JOURNAL _for_ BOYS & GIRLS The Penn Publishing Company Philadelphia [Illustration: CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER] FRONTISPIECE (The Penn Cottage) PAGE THE PENN COTTAGE Allen Biddle 237 WITH WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE (Serial) W. Bert Foster 239 Illustrated by F. A. Carter IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES William A. Stimpson 246 AUDUBON AT BIRD ROCK 249 A DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST (Serial) Evelyn Raymond 250 Illustrated by Ida Waugh THE FLOWERLESS PLANTS Julia McNair Wright 257 Illustrated by Nina G. Barlow WHIP-POOR-WILL Geo. E. Winkler 259 LITTLE POLLY PRENTISS (Serial) Elizabeth Lincoln Gould 260 WOOD-FOLK TALK J. Allison Atwood 268 WITH THE EDITOR 270 EVENT AND COMMENT 271 OUT OF DOORS 272 THE OLD TRUNK (Puzzles) 273 IN-DOORS (Parlor Magic, Paper VII) Ellis Stanyon 274 WITH THE PUBLISHER 275 ADVERTISEMENTS 276 YOUTH _An Illustrated Monthly Journal for Boys and Girls_ SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Sent postpaid to any address Subscriptions can begin at any time and must be paid in advance Remittances may be made in the way most convenient to the sender, and should be sent to The Penn Publishing Company 923 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Copyright 1902 by The Penn Publishing Company [Illustration: THE PENN COTTAGE.] YOUTH VOL. I SEPTEMBER 1902 No. 7 THE PENN COTTAGE BY ALLEN BIDDLE “Pitch upon the very middle of the plat where the town or line of houses is to be laid or run, facing the harbor of the great river, for the situation of my house; ... the distance of each house from the creek or harbor should be, in my judgment, a measured quarter of a mile; or, at least, two hundred paces, because of building hereafter streets down to the harbor.” Such were the instructions which William Penn, founder of Philadelphia, gave to his commissioners, William Crispin, John Bezar, and Nathaniel Allen, for the building of what is now known as Penn’s Cottage.