The evening world., 1894-01-06
shAKEsA MO TURTLES As PETS.
Bright Boys Are Members Of the
Harlem Geological Society.
Tho President Has n Remarkable
Collection Of Insects.

Possibly the most unique organization
OF It's kind In New York. or very likely
in the country. IL that OF the Harlem
Geological Society, which has Just cele-
bruted It's frst anniversary.
IL Is a society composed entirely of
boys. none OF It's members being over
seventeen years Of age, banded together
for the purpose OF studying natural his
tory In its several branches.
1t was cstabll, he'd just a year ago by
Master Charles ileaZiitt Caldwell. OF
900 Seventh avenue. who has been one
of It's most active and earnest workers.
His original plan was to found n so.
ciety for the study OF entomology alone.
as 1t Ia that branch In which he Is par
ticularly interested. lie succeeded In
r%ersuading two OF his boy friends to
unite with him In the enterprise. n
together they formed the charter menu
bers." us II were. Of this youthful organl-
xa'Ion. which has Just completed its first
sue cessful year.
Soon others Joined them, and after n
time II was Thought best to enlarge the
neld for study, and take In other branches
q. nasatsa S sss oS,ac,a III June named 'sr' the the
Harlem Geological Society" and now
all its members wear "a neat little silver
badge, bearing the initial letters in blue
= The. meetings. which are conducted
strictly In accordance with parliament
airy law. are held every two weeks, on
she aireyen svf mamssrs at t III thesis sssse meet Of
tngs original papers. are read by the
boys upon subjects In which they are
mos, Interested. the writer's having been
appointed by the President at a previous
meeting. The papers are often exceed
ingly clever. and well illustrated with
Specimens collected by the writer:
Many, OF the members have specialties
to which they devote their energies. both
In collecting and studying. For ex-
ample. one boy is at present working
81 the finest live collections OF these
It is curious TO see how affectionhtsly
LECTION is a pair Of "diamond-back''
I~attlesnakes, whose bite is the most
deadly OF their kind. The dried poison
many months, and will even then In
stsrtly KIN II placed upon the tongue OF
lection is IN Egyptian asp, and the
boy has also a thunder snake. from
California. 1t Is nearly six feet long. but
comparatively harmless, and belongs
to the blacksnake family.
Another boy makes a speciality OF live
turtles. which he treats as 80 many pets,
anu among them Is a very rare variety.
With the extraordinary name, Mullen
bersu." He also has Two rare land tur-
ties. from California. and one from
Greece.
liEArns. both from his country and
abroad. and the founder of the society.
AZ already stated, devotes his energies
to entomology. His collection is really
two thousand species OF beetles. butter
files and moths from all over the
world. The loca! varieties are well rep
ally collected. More than half the moths
and butterflies within nifty miles OF
New York may be found In this ,collec'
ton. and al are carefully mounted
and has. besides Its ten active members.
a number Of associate and honorary
mentioned Prof. Beutenmuiler. OF the
American Museum of Natural History.
who takes a great Interest In the boys
OF farrytown, n. y. and MIR. +. S. Wi.
son. OF New York City. both gentlemen
deeply interested in the study OF nature.
are made to Bronx Park, and the sur.
rounding country. for the purpose. OF
collecting specimens. and the Society
has already formed a cabinet OF no
mean pretensions.
At the anniversary meeting. which was
held last Saturday night at the home OF
Mr. Faulkner, 2299 Seventh venue. n
slight depression was made. After the
regular business had been transacted
and the officers elected for the ensuing
year. n history Of the Society was given
by the retiring President. and then the
members listened to an entertaining nd
dress by Mr.. Wilson on the natural his
tory exhibits at the Worlds Fair.
The following Is a list OF the active
members OF the Harlem geological go
clety. Wilbur Parmelee. President
Charles II. Caldwell. Secretary: Ferris
Faulkner, Treasurer: Charles ". Cramp-
ton. clinton Cary. Raymond l.. DitmaIs.
Sidney r. Ingraham. Harold Daniels.
Harvey Ridabock and Emile Schcrr.