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"" ?AfJXSOAV,AAr' Mmr(?Z70Sr. man of the executive committee and the secretary was R. S. Yard of the national parks service. Among the outdoor men were Belmore Browne, explorer, author and artist ; Henry G. Bryant, explorer and president of the Geographical society of Philadelphia ; William E. Colby, president of the Sierra club; George Bird Grtnnell of the Boone and Crockett club and Glacier National park pioneer ; George D. Pratt, president of the Camp Fire club, and Charles Sheldon, explorer, hunter and author. The American Game Protective and Propagation association and the American Bison society were represented by their presidents, John B. Burnham and Edmund Seymour. George F. Kunz, president of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation society, was a member. ,Tba colleges contributed W. W. Atwood, department of physiography at Harvard; President John H. Finley of the Uni. .. ,i, . . , 000. versity of the State of New York ; E. M. Lehnerts, Yet, notwithstanding these many activities, the department of geology of the University of Minmain purpose of the association Is educational. It nesota and a pioneer in national parks classes. Others well known. were Arthur E. Bestor, presisays to the people of the nation who are to use these public playgrounds: dent of the Chautauqua Institution ; Dr. J. Walter Do you know that our national parks are naFewkes, chief of the bureau of American ethnol-- , tures great laboratories and museums that the ogy; LaVerne W, Noyes, president of the board of trustees of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, splendid spectacles which our national parks and Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, conservation present are not only wonders, not merely scenery, but also the conspicuous exhibits of a chairman of the General Federation of Womens clubs (the only woman). passing stage in the eternal progress of creation that they show u, upon a mighty scale, the procThis personnel assures the of many , esses by which she has been and is making Amerpublic-spiriteorganizations, popular and learned, ica that you may double your pleasure in these from the beginning. The officers of the assocla tlon are : President, Henry B. F. Macfarland of spectacles by comprehending their meaning and that an Intelligent study of them will lntrodube Washington, D. C. Vice presidents, Nicholas Muryou to a pew and wonderful world? Let us know ray Butler, president of Columbia university ; John Mason Clarke, chairman of geology nnd paleAmerica, and let us really know It. Let us know Its nntural as well as its national history. Lei' us ontology, National Academy of Sciences; William and distinguish , and appreciate. ' - Kent of California ; Henry Suzzallo, - presi-dedifferentiate n Then only shall we know. of the University of the state of Washington. The purposes of the National Parks association .Treasurer, Charles J. Bell, president of the American .Security and Trust company of Washington. may therefore be concisely summed up thus : Executive secretary, R. S. Yard. Chnirninn ways To interpret the natural sciences yvliich are illusand means committee, Iluston Thompson. trated In the scenic features, flora and fauna of the national parks and monuments, and circulate Congress conceives the national purks as concrete possessions of the people. As such,, it pro-- , concerning them in text and popular Information ' vldes for the protection, maintenance and develop, ' picture. ment of the parks. Wlmt use the people will To encourage the popular study of (he history, nnd folk tradition of lore make of them Is for the people to determine. the natlonnl exploration, 1 Here, then, is where the National Parks associa, parks and monuments. tion finds Its work. It Is, in effect, an orgnnizn-- i To encourage art with national parks subjects, tion Of the people themselves to enuble them to and the literature of national parks travel, wild life and wilderness living and the Interpretation r use effectively the magnificent reservations which of scenery. congress creates nnd the national parks service , maintains and develops. To encourage the extension of th6 national parks ' It will he seeu that, while the functions of the system to represent by consistently great examples the full range of American scenery, flora and governmental bureau and the popular association do not overlap, they are nevertheless Intimately fauna, yet confined to areas of significance so exassociated.. In a practical way the two arc parttraordinary that they shall mnke the name naners, each with Its individual duties, both working tional park an American trademark In the competoward a common end. tition for the worlds travel; nnd the development To emphasize this Individuality, the National of thq national monuments into a system Illustrative of the range of prehistoric civilization, early , Parks association is entirely separate and distinct from government. The association Is nongovernexploration nnd history, lnrid ' forms, American mental nnd nonpartisan. forest typo, wild life, etc Tho association purposes to he of use to Its To enlist the personal services of Individuals It will, among other things, Issue a of .members. societies, the and organizations, series of beautifully nnd usetully Illustrated schools, universities, and Institutions in the cuuse popular-sciencpapers upon the scenery and tlio of the national parks and monuments. wild life of the national puvks and monuments; The Natlonnl Parks Educational committee con- develop- slsted of 25 members. Charles D. Walcott, secre- - i v issue bulletins reporting national pa-ment, state and oilier movements uffocling natnry of tho Smithsonian Institution, was chairman. tional parks, progress Of significant bills beforS The vice chalrmnn was William Kent, former nnd the California donor of congress, nnd tho progress of association activifrom congressman ties; place members names on bureau lists to reMuir Woods National monument to the nation. ceive new government puWlcutlons concerning na. Henry B. F. Macfurinnd of Washington was chair, , i nt associate. They fly too high for ual Ll w v ' I Horrible. I do not cai e for old Man Sweet His table manners ar a crime; lie thinks that he can talk arid eat 1 And do the two th.ngs, at ,one. time. , The One Thing Stone Had. After dll, It isnt brains, I isnt heredity, it isnt education, bi its personality that counts In innkiu, a success. s Stone Righto!, What- would yoi he, old fellow, without personality Cobble - , - . Oant Go Wrong... , Tltese gloves it, Mr. Flalusmith for a girt w lio think Im the1 flubs man lu Me world; Think shell ilk them? . j, The Salesgirl If yobr statemei about !of Is true I think shed bo tailed with anything." f , ..Hurried Through It. day Henry I Just finished work, Joint-IIo- w Si? ' . Henry I set the caleiulnr nlieml tomorrow.--SluinfoC'- l t'li 'pumil. . jy I Descendants of the first, families will tell you In all earnestness that the newest house in Old Deerfield is at least one hundred and twenty-fiv- e years old. As a matter of fact, this Is not a, true .statement, but it, cannot be called "a lie on the part of the informant, who is a Puritanical New Englnnder. , The difference is all In the point of view. For him or for her, the half dozen homes and the ,, one hotel that have been built in the last decade do not exist. He does, not see them, but looks right through' and sees the landscape as It was before tlie bldt ap' peared. Old Deerfield is little changed since the Indians trailed through Massachusetts on their way, from Albany t Boston. Relics of many a battle between the white man and his redskinned foe are to be seen in the little Pocomtuck museum, Deerfields only public building. Various i boulders along Main street and on the Albany post road commemorate the many bloody struggles to push the new frontier westward In those early pioneer days. Trees that were old when Columbus discovered America overreach Deerfields one beautiful highway Main street. Their height, Jf not their six of trunk, Is almost great enough to tempt the eloquence of a native Californian. . , , For safetys sake, a plump, very plump, purse or one that has been stepped on by the proverbial elephant Is a necessity In visiting Old Deerfield. Her women have revived housewifely Industries and renewed needle and loom artistry. Loom productions' like those that New England grandmothers turned out. Modest signs may be seen Raffia Baskets that announcing; have earned for their weavers a world fame for design, color aud fine weav-UiQuilts &d& Needlework, that would stagger the hurried city-brewoman; Tatting and Knitted Lace; Pliotographs now recognized on two continents as unusual camera art, and, finally, a' Tea Room for Automobll--ist- s In a house bearing the date of . d TOO HIGH. AGE , HE National Parks association Is something new under the sun," despite the dictum bt the adage. It is organised by unofficial to friends of the national-park- s enter a field jf the national 'ark movement which if Is not the function of the, federal government to , occupy. This park , movement Is the livest cause which is not primarily a cause growing .out of tins, great war. ,jOul entrance into war In 1917 caused temporary postponement of the plans then well under way for the organization of this association.' In its place the National Parks Educational committee was forhied 'to. hold the ground already gained and to organize the assohas ciation at a propitious time. The commit done its work and the National Parks association, is 'now doing busihess, with headquarters in the Union Trust building, Washington, D. C. ' The purpose of the association is splendidly patriotic. Wholly Independent of the federal government, It will closely with the national park service, the new bureau of the department of the Interior established by congress to administer the national parks. It IS nonpolitical and one of its purposes is to keep politics out of the national parks. It stands for the outdoor life, for recreation amid scenic beauty; for See America First; for the development of the national parks as great economic assets of the nation; for keeping billions of American dollars at home before the war something like $500,000,000 a year was spent by American tourists abroad in sightseeing, of which Switzerland alone got more than $200,000,- al Joys of the County Ditch. ldAn OF England Towns. T BAG- GAGE WIN- DOW,, . CHARM Old Deerfield, in Massachusetts, One of the Most Interesting, of .New,,,, - AT WITH ' , , e ks tional parks and popular science; keep members Informed concerning new books on American travel, exploration, archaeological research, plant and animal life, and the meaning of scenery; refer travel and route Inquiries from members to that governmental or other agency, railroad, or automobile association, which will give each Inquiry : the kind of attention it needs. The association has prepared an elaborate plan of popularizing natural science through universities and schools, public libraries, writers and lecturers and artisit, and motion picture activities. A feature of its work will be the assembling of material by Intensively studying the parks, through committees, separately and as a system, especially their history, nomenclature, folklore, geology, fauna nnd flora ; by collecting this material In ready reference shape as the basis of a practical library; by compiling a working blbliograph, by park nnd subject, of material of every sort available especially in the library of congress and the scientific libraries of the government departments. The association will establish volunteer working committees of scientists, professors, students and other public-spiritemembers, and will utilize, as far as possible, the machinery already established and In operation by university and school organizations state and county educational organize Hons, state park organizations, sdeptific Instituortions, the nntlonal government, public-spirite- d And highway automobile' all of sorts, ganizations associations, business organizations, like railroads, automobile manufacturers and national parks concessioners, whose business will be helpeds by the' Parks association. work of the National . The executive committee Is assured of one subscription of $5,000; It is planned to secure pledges amounting to a minimum Of $10,000 a jenr. It also expects at least 3,000 member? at $3 a year. The association already reports results. The University of the City of .New York has prepared sets of national parks x lantern, slides. The of Minnesota lias been sending study classes to the national parks for two years; Chicago sends one to Rocky Mountain Nutlonut park this summer and Columbia will send one next year. Columbia has also Included a lecture course on the meaning of scenery in thisf seasons sumA prominent studio has arranged mer school. film stories to show how glaciers work on Mount Rainier, how the Grand; canyon wns 'cut; how water caned the Yosemite valley, etc. s - 5 If well handled, the National Parks association, with a large membership, may do a great work; It it 1ms a large field and n great opportunity. In forcing congress to adopt limy eeu succeed a consistent park policy. About 500,000 people now visit the national pnrks every your nnd the Increase promises to he very large. There' Is, therefore, n body of national parks enthusiasts numbering several millions. 'Wlillo the association is organized on a nonpo-litlcbasis, It will presumably have to go Into politics to accomplish Its ends, since the agricultural department Is waging a campaign to secure the control of the national parks from the interior department and Is setting up the national forests nnd the forest service ns scenic and recreation rivals of the national parks and (he national pnrks service. Also, In Its plans to Increase tho nntlonal parks system It will encounter both tho open nnd secret opposition of tho forest service, tho biggest ami smoothest running political machine !u the United States. d five-yea- IJnl-versi- r. i g; d 1678. Dance to Attract Mate. On some of the Islands of 'the Pacific, In tropjeal South America, Is . found the beautiful bird known as the jacana. It Is famous for its love dances, which appear to" tie executed by the male to excite the admiration of the female birds. When the mating season approaches the jacana will single out .Its favorite lady and try to win her admiration with all its bewitching maneuvers. In the dance the wings are spread and worked in such a manner that the beautiful colored feathers produce a brilliant effect. Charles James Fox.,,, Charles James Fox was one of the progressives of English politics, as well as one of the most brilliant orators and statesmen In the history of England. Like most thinking people of his dny, he favored freedom nf the American colonies and was constantly in opposition to the German king, George III, who was then sitting on the English throne. What He Didn't Understand. hhd been spending ills first vacation on a farm. Wlien'for the first time he saw the chickens all lined up on he exclaimed, "IIow do they ever stick on to that grand stand while they are asleep? .Toe the-roo- st In His Line. Lady of the House (to the doctor) I'm so find you enme along, doctor. Some unexpected guests have arrived and the butcher hasnt turned 'up. Would you mind killing n couple ot ihlclcms for me? reunion's Weekly. |