From the November 28, 1936, issue

COMMONPLACE TRANSFORMED INTO BEAUTY BY FROST

Children find in the work of frost, on windowpane or wayside pool, an endless source of wonder and delight. As we grow older, we unfortunately lose this pristine capacity for marveling at beauty too often repeated. But once in a while the beauty is so stressed and underlined, as in the photograph that adorns the front cover of the present issue of the Science News Letter, that for a breathless moment we regain our childhood eyes.