Show A SCIENTIST SAYS SPARROWS FACES MIRROR THEIR FEELING clinton G abbott proves assertion by photographs mother cat rd expresses her fear of stuffed owl philadelphia im no nature faker but I 1 am convinced that such emotions as anticipation supplication alon surprise and attention not only live in the breasts of the feathered tribe but that the outward of these mirrored in the tiny faces gf the birds as declaration by clinton G ab bott a well known scientist of new york caused a stir among members of the twenty fifth annual congress of american ornithologists at the acad emy of natural sciences the other day with this declaration as the keynote of one of the most notable addresses ever delivered on the subject dr ab bott flashed upon the scene a photo graph showing two sparrows with the mother bird upon the limb ol 01 a tree while I 1 was at long island I 1 ar ranged early one morning my cam era so that it would face a limb of a tree in which I 1 knew the sparrows shown in this picture made their home said dr abbott I 1 1 a long string to the press bulb and then with this in hand hid myself in some distant shrubbery the two yo inger birds appeared and shortly after the mother pluming her wings as if for flight A moment afterward she flew into the woods and I 1 got a photograph of the little ones awaiting her return their bills were open as you see them in the picture and there is no one who will not agree with me that anticipation is clearly evident in the posture and in their bills and tiny faces there was an outburst of applause after the audience bad taken in the details of the picture later dr abbott continued I 1 got a picture of the birds after the feeding the mother had returned with food for on in her bill on the face of the unfed one was an espres sion of disappointment this picture was flashed on the screen there he continued you can see the little one still crying for food the mother left again and returned with food for the other in another picture I 1 have the two satisfied youngsters on the limb and the mother as satisfied on tho nest this picture was shown and in the pause there was another enthusiastic demonstration from the audience all the emotions I 1 specified said dr abbott are shown on the faces of the birds I 1 placed a stuffed owl in a tree near the nest 0 a catbird and then waited until morning to see the expression on the bird s lace at the sight of the stranger in the morn ing the catbird came out looked quizzically at the owl completely sur at the presence of a possible enemy he then made all kinds of noise with bis wings and mouth to scare the owl away after each ef fort at scaring there was a look of at on the face of the catbird and that look is photographed before you next day dr abbott continued I 1 took the owl away then I 1 discovered that the catbird had two young ones in a nest they were permitted to come out on the limb of the tree and I 1 got in another picture the look of self satisfaction upon that catbird face the dignity that depends on clothes never succeeds in being impressive makes weather to order akron pointing to spring flow era blooming in a field behind his laboratory as proof that he can pro duce any variety of weather he de sires john bedient an electrical genius of this city is about to apply tor a patent and to form a company to manufacture an apparatus the model of which he Is concealing in his work shop he says electricity is the basis 0 his machine and that it will produce arm weather with imitation sun shine rain and the growth of flowers plants and grains and snow or ice it applied near still or running water he stands guard each night relieved by his wife and son to prevent filch ing of bis possession A baby has been born in an auto mobile near ne the being the wife of a tradesman the car was stopped and when a doctor arrived he found mother and child doin e well |