Show y l Way Y H North American Copyright 1924 1 Newspaper Alliance Chapman Tells of Bird Life in Ecuador Ecuador Is richer In In bird life than than any any other country of equal extent In the world approximately 1600 species of birds having baring bee been recorded from It It or about one third one the bid d life of the whole world orld according to Dr Di Frank M M. M Chapman curator oJ of ot birds bids in tl the e American Museum of Natural History The wealth of ot the avifauna in Ia Ecuador is due not only to the di diversity diversity di- di of the country at sea level lovel but more particularly to the development development development devel devel- of We life zones In the Andes from sea level to snow line In addition addition ad addition ad- ad to the tho tropical or basal zone there theo exist subtropical temperate and alid paramo zones each one of or which has species peculiar to it it- it self A A. Journey therefore from sea level to snow line in a Do measure epitomizes one from the equator to to the pole Among Interesting discoveries by Dr Chapman and his associates was the pres presence nce on the coast of ot in mid-July mid of ot large numbers numbers num- num bers bera of North American shore birds curlews plovers etc the breedIng breedIng breedIng breed- breed Ing grounds of ot which are north of or orthe the Arctic circle It was was' found that these were were birds andin andin and andin in fact tact that they continued to re remain remain remain re- re main in Ecuador long after their had migrated to the north northIs northis Is is evidence in lit support of ot the theory that migration from winter winte to summer quarters is prompted pi- pi b by the desire to find d a 1 nesting nesting nesting nest nest- ing ground These l legislative gisl tive blocs blocs are de developing de- de splinters Washington Post Visiting Card as as asIt It It Was in Early Days Mrs Burton Kingsland autho author or ot Etiquette for tor All AU Occasions says say that In the early days when everybody's visiting cards strove to tobe tobo bo be Individual at all costs the re resulting re- re suiting products must ha e looked not unlike the old-fashioned old valentines valentines valentines valen valen- tines lear dear to our childhood We read of ot creations made out of ot pape or cardboard finished with a n sheen to imitate silk enamel or what not perhaps bordered with lace paper that farmed a painted hand-painted land land- The owners owner's name though name though the raison ralson dete d'ete of ot the card was card was really the least of or it but might be discovered discovered- in a It graceful scroll evolving from the beak of a little littlebIrd littlebird littlebird bird singing a-singing In a tee tree According to Mr Kingsland even evenso evenso so o late as the forties eighteen young oung men of ot fashion affected a n acard acard card highly glazed with the th name In such microscopic characters as asto asto asto to be bo almost illegible which had succeeded the custom of engraving the facsimile of the owners owner's signa signa- ture McAdoo's boosters rs want a slogan How about do Omaha Omaha World Historic Fort Given Given To Savannah Ga Fort Jackson one of ot the historic landmarks of ot Georgia history has been deeded to the city of Savannah by the g government Old Fort Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son Is one of ot the naval milestones of Savannah It was in sight of ot the city and then far enough to protect protect protect pro pro pro- it against the longest longet range guns of that day Step by step as ad the gun range grew forts wee were moved farther away and toward the sea Fort Jackson w was s o of the old type ramparts type ramparts and brick walls walls walls-a a huge lck b-lck Building now almost In ruins a a. deep moat about the fort with huge flood nood gates which could be opened and almost immediately crt convert the place into an Island hard had to approach by means then In use The city will Improve it and make of it a resort both historic and reminiscent nt Science nce sas Europe I Is Ia the cradle cra dIe dle of civilization It sounds enough the way they have been rocking it Oregonian Sheep Shanks Used as Skates in Holland Until fifty years ears ago a pair of skates skate was within the reach of every Dutchman who however poo did not want to disclose his pov por- erty It meant only the strapping of ot two vo sheep shanks to his shoes and then he was ready for the tho winters winter's winters win ter's marketing of the game Slaughter houses and butcher shops through Holland always prepared prepared pre pre- pared fo fo- their win winter tel bone demand by stocking up heavily with the coveted shanks The Tho Ingenious Hollanders Hol Hol- landes landers who improvised these skates in the long long ago were soon imitated and shortly afterwards afterwards after atter- wards London Berlin Paris St. St Petersburg Petersburg Pe Pe- and all parts of the continent continent continent con con- which went in for winte sports were gliding ove over ove the ice on the bones bone of ot sheep With the Introduction of the teel skate however the sheep shank was practically abolished In some of oC the smaller villages of the Netherlands Neth Neth- erlands however and on rare oc occasions occasions oc- oc even in Amsterdam the cudo crudo bono bone skate is seen The more you study dY mankind the geater greater you wonder that so few go to the tho poor house Trinidad Weather Bureau Tries to Dislodge Some Old Ideas The moon annoys the federal weather bureau immensely because In the Uie course of centuries Its performances per per- in the heavens have led many generations of men to associate associate asso asso- date Its changing phases phase with certain certain tam tain events that may or may not take place on eath earth For Kor Instance almost every farmer believes In wet or dry moons as I Indicated by the position of the I horns horni of the lunar crescent In In the evening sky Just plain nonsense nae based on sup superstition says sas the weather bureau Also moonlight does not breed fost frost on fall and winter nights Here the bureau is ison on m n scientific ground which the most stubborn can hardly den deny The Teason reason rea Tea son Fon there Is likely to be frost when the full fun moon shines clealy ly Is because because be- be cause of the ab absence ence of clouds thereby facilitating the rapid loss of or heat front fol the earth Belief Bellet in equinoctial storms must be most mot stubbornly fixed Inthe Inthe in inthe the public mind for the bureau is again attacking it Repeatedly the bureau has announced with official as firmness an equinoctial e that there t T is storm no such When thing g taunted after an art the bureau retorts that it Is merely by chance that the storm came along at that particular time and not to any Influence exerted bl by the equi eqUI- nox fox A Texas professor r of biology declares bathing drags one re i t 1 down physically h l Ah- Ah i But tO It ItI I builds up socially Green Bay Day J PreaS G Gazette t IJ I I if i i |