CONTENTS

PART I
CIVIC VIRTUES
Stories Teaching Thoroughness, Honesty, Respect, Patriotism, Kindness to Animals.
Thoroughness
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The Little Prairie Dogs and Old Mr. Wolf[3]
Don’t Give Up, Phœbe Cary[8]
The Bridge of the Shallow Pier[9]
The Thoughtful Boy[16]
Grandfather’s Story[17]
Honesty
Honest Abe[23]
I. The Broken Buck-horn[23]
II. The Rain-soaked Book[24]
III. The Young Storekeeper[26]
Dry Rain and the Hatchet[28]
I. How Dry Rain Got His Name[28]
II. Dry Rain Goes Trading[29]
The Seven Cranberries[32]
The Donkey’s Tail[36]
Hurting a Good Friend[39]
Respect
A School Without a Teacher[42]
Our Flag[47]
Scout’s Pledge[48]
My Gift[49]
Flag Day[49]
How Our Flag Developed[52]
The Flag of the U. S. A.[54]
The American Flag, Joseph Rodman Drake[55]
Kindness to Animals
The True Story of Cheesey[56]
I. The Dog and the Policeman[56]
II. The Policeman’s Story[57]
III. Cheesey’s Christmas Presents[58]
The Chained Dog[60]
Little Lost Pup, Arthur Guiterman[62]
Picture of Red Cross Army Dogs[64]
The Hunting Party[66]
The Lost Kitty, Ella Wheeler Wilcox[67]
My Peculiar Kitty[68]
Poor Little Jocko[69]
Robin Redbreast[74]
Who Killed Cock Robin?[75]
My Friend, Mr. Robin[77]
If All the Birds Should Die, George T. Angell[78]
Furry[80]
The Grocer’s Horse (adapted), Mrs. Huntington Smith[83]
I. The Careless Driver[83]
II. What Happened in the Barn[86]
A Letter from a Horse[88]
A Plea for the Horse[89]
PART II
COMMUNITY OCCUPATIONS
Stories about People Who Minister to Our Daily Needs.
People Who Provide Us with Food
The Baker[95]
I. An Early Call[95]
II. The Staff of Life[99]
III. A Visit to the Bakery[101]
IV. Where the Wheat Comes From[107]
Baking the Johnny-cake[111]
The Milkman[115]
I. Before the Sun Rises[115]
II. Milk, from Farm to Family[119]
The Grocer[122]
I. The Old-time Grocer[122]
II. The Modern Grocer[125]
People Who Help Clothe Us
The Tailor[127]
I. The Accident[127]
II. At the Tailor Shop[129]
III. What the Tailor Saved the Duwell Family[132]
The Dressmaker[134]
I. An Invitation to a Party[134]
II. A Disappointment[136]
III. At the Dressmaker’s[137]
IV. The Party[142]
The Silk Dress[144]
The Shoemaker[145]
I. The Worn Shoes[145]
II. Shoemakers Who Became Famous[150]
III. At the Shoemaker’s Shop[152]
People Who Supply Us with Shelter
The Carpenter[154]
I. A Trip into the Country[154]
II. The Sawmill[158]
III. The Carpenter[161]
IV. The Wolf’s Den[163]
V. The Cave Dwellers[165]
The Bricklayer[168]
I. The Fallen Chimney[168]
II. The Bricklayer[172]
III. After School[173]
The Plumber, the Plasterer, the Painter[176]
I. A Visit to a Little Town[176]
II. At Home[178]
III. The New Kitchen[179]
People Who Supply Us with Fuel
The Coal Man and the Miner[181]
I. Black Diamonds[181]
II. In a Coal Mine[183]
People Who Care for Our Health
The Dentist[187]
I. Why Ruth was Afraid[187]
II. At the Dentist’s[190]
The Druggist, the Nurse, and the Doctor[192]
I. The Sick Baby[192]
II. The Druggist[194]
III. The Trained Nurse[196]
IV. The Doctor, a Hero[199]
One for All and All for One (a play)[201]
PART III
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
Junior Membership and School Activities.
The Junior Red Cross[209]
The President’s Proclamation[210]
The American Red Cross in Times of Peace[211]
The American Red Cross in Times of War[215]
Before the Days of the Red Cross[215]
Florence Nightingale[216]
How the Red Cross Came to Be[219]
How I Can Help the Red Cross[222]
The Lady of the Lamp (a play)[224]
Act I. The Sick Doll[224]
Act II. Good Old Cap[225]
Act III. The Lady of the Lamp[227]
You and I and All of Us[228]

PART I
CIVIC VIRTUES

Stories Teaching Thoroughness, Honesty,
Respect, Patriotism, Kindness to
Animals

These stories also teach, incidentally, the co-ordinate virtues of obedience, cleanliness, orderliness, courtesy, helpfulness, punctuality, truthfulness, care of property, and fair play.