- Our Social Club
Bunch of men all reading newspapers - A self-sustaining or balanced aquarium
three children looking at an aquarium Any transparent vessel capable of holding water, even a Mason jar will make an aquarium from which a great deal of pleasure may be derived. The old way of maintaining aquaria in good condition required a great deal of care and attention. The water had to be changed at least once a day if running water was not available, and altogether they were so much trouble that as a rule owners soon tired of them. Modern aquaria are totally different. By a proper combination of fish and growing plants we can almost duplicate the conditions of nature and strike a balance so that the water need never be changed except when it becomes foul or to clean the glass. - The wrong way to mount a horse—facing forward
The wrong way to mount a horse—facing forward - With a head shelter and a sleeping bag he can keep dry and warm
Boy lying in a sleeping bag in the rain, without a tent. - A heavy net is useful to capture aquarium specimens
A heavy net is useful to capture aquarium specimens - A landing net should be a part of every fisherman's outfit
A landing net should be a part of every fishing outfit. More fish are lost just as they are about to be lifted from the water than at any other time. A gaff is used for this same purpose with fish too large to go into a landing net. A gaff is a large hook without a barb fastened into a short pole. If you have no net or gaff and have succeeded in bringing a large fish up alongside the boat, try to reach under him and get a firm grip in his gills before you lift him on board. If it is a pickerel, look out for his needle-like teeth. - Addressing
Addressing the golf ball before starting the swing - An excellent device for catching minnows
The simplest way to catch minnows is with a drop net. Take an iron ring or hoop such as children use and sew to it a bag of cotton mosquito netting, half as deep as the diameter of the ring. Sew a weight in the bottom of the net to make it sink readily and fasten it to a pole. When we reach the place which the minnows frequent, such as the cove of a lake, we must proceed very cautiously, lowering the net into the water and then baiting it with bits of bread or meat, a very little at a time, until we see a school of bait darting here and there over the net. We must then give a quick lift without any hesitation and try to catch as many as possible from escaping over the sides. The minnow bucket should be close at hand to transfer them to and care must be used not to injure them or allow them to scale themselves in their efforts to escape. - At the top of the swing
At the top of the swing - Jumping fences is the highest art of horsemanship
Jumping fences is the highest art of horsemanship - Just before the ball is struck
Just before the ball is struck - The hockey player's costume
The hockey player's costume - The lineup
The position of the men on a team is generally as the diagram shows but for various plays other formations are used, provided that they do not violate the rules, which specify just how many men must be in the lineup and how many are permitted behind the line. - The right way to mount—facing toward his tail
In mounting, stand on the left side and place the left foot in the stirrup. Swing the right leg over the horse and find the right stirrup with the toe just as quickly as possible. Do not jerk a restless horse or otherwise betray your excitement if he starts. Let him see by your calmness that he too should be calm. - The Wilderness Traveller
Forest travellers are always on the lookout for peculiar landmarks that they will recognize if they see them again. Oddly shaped trees, rocks, or stumps, the direction of watercourses and trails, the position of the sun, all these things will help us to find our way out of the woods when a less observing traveller who simply tries to remember the direction he has travelled may become terrified. - Lady kneeling beside bed with a man in it
Lady praying beside a bed with a man in it - Two girls
Two girls knitting and reading - Old man sitting by the fire
- The Doctor talking to the boy
- The Frozen Lake
- The Plague in London
Cart collecting dead bodies during the plague - The Street stall
The Street stall - Two girls walking in the country
Two girls walking in the country - Watching for mother
Two children watching for mother - Young boy standing on the street corner
Young boy standing on the street corner - Young Lady in the storm
Young Lady in the storm - Lady and boy
Lady and boy - Lady and girl
- Lady sitting by the side of a man in bed
Lady sitting by the side of a man in bed - Harry tending his mother
Young boy looking after his sick mother - Boy walking in the countryside
Boy walking in the countryside - Going to Church
A young man and his mother walking to church - Lady with scarf
Lady with scarf - Young lady seated
Young lady seated - Young lady with wide-open eyes
Young lady with wide-open eyes - Young Lady
Young lady - Sideways glance
Sideways glance - Young lady
Young lady - Young lady looking in mirror
Young lady looking in mirror - Flower Child
Flower Child - Lady with flowers
Lady with flowers - Three Girls
Three Girls - Girl carrying a book
Girl carrying a book - Boy and girl feeding a pony an apple
Boy and girl feeding a pony an apple - First fight over a girl
Boy punching another boy as a girl looks on - Boy and girl in affectionate hug
Boy and girl in affectionate hug - Two men in Top hats
Two men in Top hats - Man sneaking into the bedroom
Man sneaking into the bedroom so he doesn't waken his wife - Lady in scarf and hat
Lady in scarf and hat - Young woman
Young woman - Lady
Lady - Ladies' Cheeky look while reading the newspaper
Ladies' Cheeky look while reading the newspaper - Haughty look from a young woman
Haughty look from a young woman - Cheeky little smile on a young lady
Cheeky little smile on a young lady - Thoughtful look on a young lady
Thoughtful look on a young lady - Winsome look on a young lady
Winsome look on a young lady - Young lady
Young lady - Man in London
Man in London - Plato (from an ancient gem)
PLATO (B.C. 427 -374), whose name is so illustrious in philosophy has directly and indirectly largely influenced the course of intellectual development and scientific thought. Before Plato had become the disciple of Socrates, he had been a student of the philosophY of Heraclitus, one of whose prominent doctrines was that all things are in a state of ceaseless change, so that, for example, no one could ever be twice on the same river, inasmuch as the water is ever changing. About the age of twenty Plato became a disciple of Socrates, and continued so until the death of the latter, nine years afterwards. Plato then visited various countries, as Egypt, Persia, Sicily, and Italy. On returning to Athens he established his renowned school of philosophy amid the groves of Academus, near Athens; and this place has given a common title to schools of art, learning, and science throughout the world. Plato lived to an advanced age and left behind him many writings, now esteemed amongst the most precious legacies that antiquity has bequeathed to us. It was the practice of Socrates to constantly seek for definitions of justice, beauty, and so on, and this of course implied that he thought that in some things at least there was something permanent. Plato managed in his famous doctrine of Ideas to reconcile and combine the conflicting views of Heraclitus and of Socrates. This doctrine gave rise aftenvards to endless disputations, which for the most part diverted men's minds from the observation- of nature. - Hippocrates of Cos
Two other men with names greatly celebrated among the ancients may be referred to here, as representatives of what may be termed the Natural History group of sciences. One of them was a contemporary of Plato, the other was a pupil of Aristotle. The first is the famous physician HIPPOCRATES B.C. 470-375), to whom is attributed the foundation of medicine as a science. The healing of wounds and the cure of diseases is an art, and as such must have been practised in some form at a period coeval with the existence of mankind. The successful practice of this art depends largely upon knowledge of the causes, symptoms, and course of diseases, and upon a knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the human body.