=My First Attempt at Gardening=:—­Tell how you came to make the garden.  Was there any talk about it before it was begun?  What were your plans concerning it?  Did you spend any time in consulting seed catalogues?  Tell about buying (or otherwise securing) the seeds.  If you got them from some more experienced gardener than yourself, report the talk about them.  Tell how you made the ground ready; how you planted the seeds.  Take the reader into your confidence as to your hopes and uncertainties when the sprouts began to appear.  Did the garden suffer any misfortunes from the frost, or the drought, or the depredations of the hens?  Can you remember any conversation about it?  Tell about the weeding, and what was said when it became necessary.  Trace the progress of the garden; tell of its success or failure as time went on.  What did you do with the products?  Did any one praise or make fun of you?  How did you feel?  Did you want to have another garden?

=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 "