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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 203

velop into a normal and useful citizen. The child is our yester-
day, our today and our tomorrow.

S U S A N K . G I L L E A N , Pi.

Superintendent of the Louisiana Society f o r the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Rain in the Mountains

The maple vine, red-stemmed, extends its arms in glee,
The plants and trees all quiver, the flow'rs laugh up at me.
And offer rounded, crystal beads for all who pass to see.

Each boulder in the rushing stream sheds off its wee cascade,
And on the mushroom's velvet roof a diamond drop is laid,
While, trembling on the moss-bank, hangs the butterfly dismayed.

The steaming mists boil up. suspend, sail past and rise again,
Revealing steeps discernible through veil'd slits of rain.
And settling down quite cozily when distant heights they gain.

The cataract omnipotent breaks through its giant way
And through the greying curtain sends a silver sheet of spray,
While whirling at its base the leaping sapphire pool's at play.

I like the rainy mountains; they are nicest to me then,
They are cool and fresh and quiet and free f r o m cares of men,
And my thoughts turn to the hillsides when the dark'ning clouds begin.

Songdo, Korea, F A N N I E W. BUTTERFIELD,

Osaka, Manichi.