The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
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and the Information appeared to strike
him as entirely commonplace. Meme had
met newspaper men before, and boy
who is 1ustomd to look ct his own enjoy.
clad in hyperborean furs, in glass case,
is apt TO regard interviews Ior pnoilcs
ton as one OF the ordinary duties OF life.
Tbs experience Of being thus wayiaid ne
took with the most placid philosophy.
had no objection to the company OF the
self-introduoed stranger on his TAR ride,
and though not voluoly communicative,
appeared resigned to answering ques-
tions.
Before the car reached Seventy seventh
street Meme had fairly indicated In few
words his boyish tastes and preferences.
Mrs Wallace, who regards herself, ana
with good right, as Meme second mother
says that the child 10 dscidedly studious,
and gives not the least ground for com
plant from his te Ichers in the fourth
grade at this fremont fchool. He makes
no boast OF protlolsn in scholarship,
however, and does not profess any sIe clal
fondness for any study except arithmetic c.
His fluent correctness OF expression ID the
best evidsnoe that the efforts OF Miss
Boyd and his former teachers to familiar
ize him with the English language have
been eminently succ sEsful. But IL Is
plain that outdoor games are nearest his
heart he speaks OF tbs football club co
which he bslon with q nearer approach
to enthusiasm than any other subject
seems TO awaken In him. ~
At the museum every employe seemed
to know Meme; his progress from the
basement entrance to sthe NTH floor,
where Mr., WaIlacs's offics Ia, was marked
by handshakes, smiles and familiar pats
on the back all OF which he took with
calm, well-mennersd ease. neithsr awk-
wardIy shrinking from all this petting'
nj A
pert airs with his elders, but evidently
appreciating the kindly spirit In which
it was meant. lie was at the museum
on that particular morning by special ap-
pointment, II turned out. Miss Meagnsr,
the artist OF the anthropolos 10 IL depart
ment, was finishing tinted clay portrait
head of him, and wanted ID make care
fol st1dy OF his complexion In order to
scare sxacsness. And In the modelling
room. where Mise Meagher welcomed
Meme and his newspaper ACQUAINTANCE
another interesting young parsonage hap
pened to be also waiting to have her COM
plexion scientifically registered Tor tue
This was Zaksrlner, a little Eskimo girl,
who, ike Meme, has had a share OF IN
sought newspaper notoriety.
Zsksrlner ia only nine years old, Her
name means "ons OF two" and it has
pathetic Significance when taken In con-
neC Ion Win tue IaCb bnht hcl WIN otS
ter. Artamahoke c'Little Fish }, VINO
was brought with her from southern
Alaska by o scientific explorer two years
ago, died coon after reaching New YORK
Zaksriner has been as thoroughly taken
In hand by Miss Meagher as Meme has by
Mr. and Mrs Wallace, and In her more
demonstrative way the little girl shows
warm affection for her bsnerac tress.
The two form a most interesting, and to
the scientific mind, no doubt, most In,
strucsiye pair in their aimilarities ano
their contrasts, Miss Meagher says tnat
| ''Zaks,'' as she is called for short, and
Meme have a few Eskimo words In com.
mon, but 20 exps OF them TO understand
| their native dialects Ia, as DIR. Franz
| Boas, of the anthropoiogioal department
expressed 1t, like expecting an English
man TO understand Danish" 1.-THE boy
comes from the remotest northern limit
known to be inhabited by the human
race; the girl Is from the southernmosi
habitA OF the Eskimo family. Meme :
complexion Is ruddisr and darker than