New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-05


as he known they live. This method OF m l,o ad
inc requires great care and petie1ce, but us NJ
vantage Is that IL teaches city childfsn usG wha az
70 look for and where 70 and = when men have
learned from these eases mere OF the doings OF
the denizens OF their fathers pastures than they
kncw when they struck ont from the old farm
for themselves. In making selections. the common
birds found most readily about newborn nave
been most freely chosen, with here ana there y
rarc specimen to cater TO tho scholarly tHsVes VI
naturalists and Amateurs
Tho care taken to secure these rare specim ems
may be from the story OF the groups OF grsns
Northern divers or looms ana OF Ine bow Mr.
post. OF South OrapIe A. j., last summer SHOT
female loon on an island in Lake Wentworth, u
branch OF Like WnnepesaukeG. and brought u,e
shin TO tho Museum with diagram OF the spot
where he thought her nest WAS. Mr.. Richardson
started at once for tho bike. found her nest, VITA
two eggs on some drti hgn @ms C fo onS s gg
blossomng nannyberry. Nest branch and Bcwcrs
werc brought back, and the latter with tho den.
cate white blossoms, have been reproduced bu'
and this summer careful watch yin DC
kept OF the island for the mate Of the bird now
on tho Museum shelves ..
The Labrador duck has 'been extinct for forty
years, but the Museum has several old specimens
These were photographed, and Inst winter Mr.
Richardson made trip TO the mrdy
p Smsr 'Ssfas hs s0"nd p,urHs "F to 0n show
the old fishermen there. The older men remem.
bered the bird distinctly enough ana IN the course
Of fortnight the taxidcrmst was abe 10 maze q
thorough study Of their ways The results will
aDpar in snow scene. in which the Museum =
ducks viii he the central figures.
SUCCESS OF A VERMONT LAD
The method Of grouping seen here is practised
rs yet only in the South Kensington and Now-fork
Museums Naturnlists who have compared the
two collections say that ours exccls in the faith
fulness with which Nature has been reproduced In
the surroundings Of the nests while at South Ken
sngton truth is sometimes sacrificed for the sake
4 striking effects. This may he due TO the fact
that Mr.. Rich rdson, who makes the groups here,
has lived all his life out OF doors among birds, aud
knows them as uptown rounder' knows
Broadway He is q man Of perhaps thirty, with =
thin face fringed with flowing brown beard and
ll"htcd by keen blue eyes and with the address
AMI manner OF city student. Fifteen years ago
he an ovcrCrown country boy at Rutland, Vt,
with little collection Of birds and cGgs for which
he ready TO miss his lessons AT school or to
slight his tasks at home. lie haunted the woods
from April 10 November. and got into their snowy
depths on winter Saturdays, thnt the secrets Of
the forest became an open book to him Apprrcia-
lion for naturalist WIS "a rare In a country VII
lage at that time as for artist thirty years
earlier, and young Richardson was Looked at
sskancc ms q qnncr boy who couldn't hall pny
ball and wouldn't swap inckknveS As he grow
older he determined to live by and with his birds
Instead Of following the vacations that his more
matter-of nct bro:hcrs found profit Ne Occasion
ally piece Of game deity stun'i for some
hunter. or n SLOWLY dressed peacock, attracted
attention 70 nc lad but a whole he 70 md Jor-
dan a hard road 70 travel Once he foil int The
hands NJ a man who kent curiosity shop in Flor
ida, and stuffed oliFntOrs for winter visitors.
Once hr rrrmcd a partnership with taNidermi' II
from Paris, and picked up French while the
Frcnchman picked up money.
III? turning point in the boys career was when
ho forced open the doors Of national ASSOCIATION
II tnNiderm!s.s. There 10 D" mn exhibition
in this city. ard Richardson applied for admission
lie WAS refused. hut. nothing dnuncd. he packed
up his specimens and came 10 cw-lork, Lcav-
ing his boxes hc went TO Lyric Hall on the open
ing day Of the meet ing and helped his fellow tax
td"rmiss arrange their exhibits. The man who
works for others for nothing becomes popular, and
Richardson was soon riding 1T flood tide. He
took advantage Of his popularity TO renew his APP
plicatiOn for membership.
"Oh, certainly! or course the officers re-
Piled Pay your initiation fee and come night in
today. Delighted to have you Join us
Tho initiation fec was planked down, and the
election followed Then the young man. who had
not been TO Florida and done business with n tickle
Frnchman for nothing turned about and snid
"Gcntlemrn, ! Am now a member Of his socrty
and. as such, am entitled 10 space in the rxhibi-
tiOn. Ny collection is in the city. and some OF
yom must shove along and give me floor room
There was surprise in the camp. One man, who
did the same lin" OF work snnttcrcd about low,
down tricks and the president exclaimed will,
cmUhaSiS: Mr.. Richardson, YOU are very am
bitious young man! had no idea that you in
tended to comGrte with the rest of us when W,
clected vcu' But Rcha rdson's birds went in, and
they sold beyond his expectations. so that his
pocket was rcplcniSh"d for some tme 10 come. lie
y $50 attracted the attention Of Mr.. llornaday. OF
the Smithsonian. who finally got him an appoint
mcnt TO that Institution. where hc served two years
before coming 70 Nrw-YorK
Mrs Mogridgr, the artist. has so had Ions
apprenticeship Ia her art. She is the daughter Of
some MOTEL London hOwerma lSrrs and the sister OF
J. H. Mintogn Of that city. who has written books
nn modelling in wax. clay and leather. She wor ked
with her father and mother. made several visits
10 NeNy-Yo both as artist and teacher and finally
did the same work at South kensington Museum
that She docs here. The beauty Of her flowers
and the novelty Of the natura! method Of groupinG
attracted tho attention Of Norris X. JeSup, the
president Of thc New-Yorlt Museum. Mrs. Mog
ridge was at that time visiting Ncw.iork and Mr.
.Tcsup hurried home and engaged her. just n
present she is In London OF vacation, but hcl
studio at the Museum is full of work for the forth
coming