V THE QUEEN-MOTHER'S COUNSEL A Thought It is very nice to think * The world is full of meat and drink, Robert Louis Stevenson. Inscription for My Little Son's Silver Plate ↑ I charge thee be thou temperate; Nor turn them hungry from the door; Give thou thy heart in gratitude. Eugene Field. *From "Poems and Ballads," copyright, 1895, 1896, by Chas. Scribner's Sons. From "The Book of Joyous Children," copyright, 1902, by Chas. Scribner's Sons. Praise God Praise God for wheat, so white and sweet, His waiting world is fed! Praise God for fish and flesh and fowl Praise God for winter's store of ice, Praise God for all the bounty Praise God, ye children all, to whom He gives your daily bread! The Eyes of God Unknown. God watches o'er us all the day, Gabriel Setoun. Kindness to Animals Little children, never give Pain to things that feel and live: For the crumbs you save at home,— He'll repay you with a song; Peeping from her green grass lair, How Doth the Little Busy Bee How doth the little busy bee |