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Show HUMMING BBRD OLD CHRISTMAS STILL KEPT UP 1 Had Origin in First English Colony in New World. Each year we read with sentimental interest descriptions of the cele- bration of "Old Christmas" by and other residents of the ancient village of Eodanthe, on the long and narrow outer barrier islands that impound Pamlico sound off North Carolina. Sometimes we read that the celebration Is held on January 5 and sometimes that it is held on January 8, the difference being that Twelfth Night or Old Christmas Eve, - may have greater emphasis in celebration than Twelfth Tide on Twelfth Day (Old Christmas Day) as the villagers continue a celebration that extends back to their forefathers and even the time of Sir Walter Raleigh and establishment of the" first English colony in the New world. However, if we search the back districts of the Missouri Ozarks, It la qnlte likely that we could find this belated celebration of Christmas much closer to our own modern homes, as well as hear the belief expressed that on Twelfth Night cattle of the fields kneel ln greeting to the new-bor- n Christ This tradition and refusal to accept the calendar corrections of Pope Gregory were brought to this country by early settlers from Britain and persisted for many generations not only in the barrier Islands that protect North Carolina from the raging sea, but ln the mountains along the eastern seaboard, spreading even to the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas as the mountaineers sought new homes. . It Is fitting, however, that the tradition had Its spread only by family and that the outstanding community expressions remains near the place it was Introduced to America, ln Dare county, North Carolina, where the first white child to be born ln fish-erfo- lk Nest of a Humming Bird. National Cogrraphie Society. .a VuliiDrtnc D. a WNU Servic. by i of the member LTHOUGH A bumming bird family are the "Y tiniest of birds, they belong to - a bage family. There are 488 too;ra'spec!e8 of bumming birds and subthere are 150 or more additional races, or making geographic sides i total of more than 600 recognized tads. ' 51iey are found' only in the New wrld, where they range from the Strilt of Magellan to Canada and Alasbrillka, constituting one of the most iantly colored and specialized families birds found In this vast region. - The family is most abundant, as species, near the Equator. In the re-pr- region of South America. The of Ecuador has 143 kinds of kummeri and Colombia 105 known Andean Eepublic forms. passing north and south from these centers of maximum abundance, species become fewer ; so that In North Id Aaerlca north of Mexico (but ng Lower California) only 16 kinds Includi- of birds are found regularly, bumming while three others may come casually these limits." .Is the United States humming birds ire found in greatest variety In the t, Southwest, only one species, the ranging east of the Mississippi within ruby-throa- " rifer. " ' meadows of our The mountain nmtbwestern states in midsummer, then their rich assortments of flowers ire in bloom, frequently, swarm with lmmmlni? hlrria of n number of sneelea the blossoms and pursuing feeding on another pugnaciously in pure life. It. Is under such one that these sprightly birds one never tppear aL their best, and tires of watching them. ) Hamming birds are In regions where there most abundant are thickets ot ether .woodland Interspersed with neaduws and openings where the birds wf feed and disport themselves in tb sunshine. Some: kinds are Inhabitants of heavy forests, these, being found mainly in tropical ... regions, where certain species have become adapted to life In the dense rain forests. Inhabitant of Dense Forests. The emerald humming bird of Haiti sad the Dominican republic lives In fte densest of 'forest growths, 'where h' vegetation dps, constantly With wter from the daily rains, and comes only occasionally "into' little1 openings to feed at colflowers. Its deep-gree- n with its forest so that often the subdued humming of Its wings,, as .It moves' among the branches, may be' heard' for some ' time before one can distinguish the form of the bird in the somber shad-ef- i blends oration back-FouBd- i. V" ''existence strong of such' contrast to that V type ,s 10 otlie beajifipil SaDDho ? hummer that is in the Andean foothills of west-1 Argentina,; living, in. open vaiieys Pwn with Jow.crepscste, bush, where Uft birds are co'nsUntly found ln; the WD. , The majority of bummers are by glittering reflections from ftelr plumage, and as a' general rule found . , char-acterize- d toe males are more brilliant than the ' females. The hues of the plumage are Iridescent and are caused the refrac-flo- n by On close examination of Jlw feather of-bird, it is' found to composed of many fine filaments, Dich under the microscope, are seen be divided into still finer divisions. j tbe shining feathers of hummers, ttwe is an abundance of fiark pigment tte tiny feather divisions known as oartmles. The ;Bheath overlying this S'Ement is d either smooth and highly or has many minute lines on or under its - surface. This structure uses a reflection a refraction of or e light, according to the circum-m- . making the brilliant hues found 31 ttese birds. A for form, tho variation among vomers is truly astonishing. The laallest bird in the world Is Helena's "warning bird of Cuba, from two and to two and one-hal- f inches trifle more in with the length, 'n? only one and inches or less and the bill less than half of light a pol-ne- one-thir- Inch d . ,. . long. J1'11 tlQy sprite is sometimes called hummt;r- - In contrast to It w the giant hummer of the cen-th- t r . C 8outhern ' Andean mountains mcnes "k0"1 to ln e,ht and one ha!f . and him urlnu H Inrhpa t,f'.,Thlti species is as large in body " ""u Bna is hi strong and powerme a Iar8 swtft In general "TOranm - Van Varlat,on ie a ipKjg, or ln Form- - those In size. hummer, the sword-beare- In one r, the bill is nearly five Inches Ion h lng longer than the rest of the. bird. Another has the bill less than a quar ter or an men long. Most hummers have straight bills, but there is the sickleblll. in whirh the bill is curved so that Its outline d forms of a circle. Such adaptations allow feeding In special flowers, the sword-beare- r frequenting long, trumpet-shape- d blossoms, while the sicklebill Is partial to certain orchids, palms, and other peculiar blos soms, where the throat of the flower is curved. Variations in the form of the tall ln this group are equally remarkable. Most species have the feathers of ordinary length, forming a square or slightly notched tall, but ln contrast to these there are the racket-taile- d hummers, ln which the lateral feathers are greatly elongated, with the tin nar rowed jtnd then expanded so that it resembles a racket The hummers have tails three or four time as long as the body, the longest feathers being seven inches ln length. ; It is usual for male humming birds to have a spot of brilliant Iridescent color on the throat With this ther are often peculiar feather developments in the form of crests, or gorgets, that provide Increased surface for these areas of brilliant color, and often produce most remarkable and extraordinary appearances. In search of specimens cf humming birds for the National museum, Dr. Alexander Wetmore of the Smithsoni an institution visited the little Island of Vieques, east of Puerto Rico, In the yest Indies, and on his first morning in; the .country collected a tiny hum mer feeding at flowers In the top of small tree. In the air It bad appeared ordinary, but, to his amazement when it: came to his hand It possessed a long, pointed crest of the most bri! . ; llant green Imaginable. The nests of humming birds are made of soft plant downs, formed Into structure that ln most a Instances Is placed firmly on some small twig or branch, sometimes near the ground and sometimes high above it The outside of this structure usually is covered with bits of '.nark and moss bound in plnoe with spider web, so that the nest la Inconspicuous,, resembling merely a knot on a limb. Some species attach, their nests 1io leaves or to the ends of branches,' so- J' that they are semipendent TWO white' eggs, resembling pearls' against . their background of plant down, are laid by most species whose nesting habits are known. t Occasionally one egg constitutes t set; and rarely three. Though; large in compart1-'son to the size of the parent In the case of the smaller hummers, the eggs are very tiny. Those of the vervain; hummer t)f Haiti., a species that Is' barely large? than fi the , smallest species known, measure less than half ftn Inch d of an inch' In "di long by . V ameter. .Eat Nectar and Insects. C fhaYnummlng birds feed on the nectar of -- flowers Is universally known, but,' the part that nectar plays inthelr diet Is not so great as is popuiariy believed,, since large numbers off"t!"ny fifes, bees,; beetles, .and other Insects, as well as spiders, are captured in the flower corollas. ' These tiny birds are hungry for meat as well, as for sweets. The stomachs of the various species that have been examined to learn something of their food have been filled with' fragments of Insects and spiders. After the nutriment has been extracted from these, the indigestible parts are formed into tiny pellets that are regurgitated to empty the stomach for another meaL Some kinds of hummers, particularly forms, pay little atbut spend much of to blossoms, tention their time in gleaning over the forbark of the trees of their est haunt searching for animal food. on tiny Others have been seen feeding ln clouds in whirling gnats gathered with rap-Idl-y hang hummers The air. the mivibrating wings, seizing the and In one flight nute Insects one by celerwhirling about with the greatest their prey. ln securing ity to Flowers, however, are attractive semiarid most humming birds. In the a sections of western Argentina, att-actlepiphyte is highly to them. The general tone ofisvegetagray-greeareas tion in these desert so that the red color of the at a flowers stands out prominently are that they evident is It distance. birds as the oought by the hummers, to clump even fly directly from clump by a conhen these are separated ' distance, siderable like bees, In their feeding, hummers, to blossom blossom from carry pollen and some species are Important agents In tha fertilization of flowers. ' one-thir- long-taile- d Cntlenra Toilet '. t,-- ,l f 7 iBl t ' IT ftUTSft 7 If-- '- J. "'" "' ;7jwi Potter Dng Proprietors: - Corp, Maiden, , ( "Walk for health V is the slogan today, and it was recently suggested that, in spite of the amazing development of hiking, there were still too many young people who didn't walk ' ' ' . " enough. It has been ' calculated that. In walking a mire, the average person takes 233 steps. In cycling a mile, the exercise taken is equivalent to C27 steps, which means that . the cyclist has to cover about three and a half miles to get the same amount of exercise that the walker gets In one. This is an interesting comparison, which sets a new standard for walkers. Many people, who would think nothing of cycling seventy miles ln a day, would be appalled if they were asked to walk twenty in the same period.. But the exercise obtained ln each case is equivalent There are hikers, of course, who do twenty-fiv- e or thirty miles a day, but there are quite a number who think that. If they walk ten or even less. It Is time to catch a bus or train home. Walking is gocd exercise, but it is necessary, if wa are to rely on it for that purpose, to make sure we get enough of It. London Answers. ess domical Kim, the MEW1HJU " . a A . P i Distinctive Residence An Abode. .renowned 1 Mrs. J. H. 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Always make certain that "when yens you have plenty of light and easeyea your sew, thus saving , ing your work. DElICATELYv Less Real Exercise in M ates Do you know that sewing is generally much harder on the eyes than reading or writing? It is, because there is usually to little cpstrast In color between the thread and the fabric. This makes the seeing task ex- - r U rfiffUmlt. Poor llgktlnf imt much discomfort and SEWING HARD ON EYES America came into being. This cUld was Virginia Dare, granddaughter of John White, a leader, whose small Eoanoke island colony disappeared without trace while White was on a journey borne for supplies. Rodantbe is only about a score of miles from Roanoee island and a part of the same chain of banks, with Kitty Hawk, where the first successful airplane flight was made, few miles away on tha same only chain. 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