Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-02
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There Is a species OF mushroom hnOWH DIS
the "strophoria schraderl." and by that
name it is recorded in all the learned books
on botany. and whom more widely known
will be eaten with a relish by the lovers of
that queer fungus. The story of the dis
covery Of that species of mushroom will In
terest every one I'm this city. because It was
In the District OF Columbia that it was
found. In fact il was discovered In the
woods northwest of the city by little boy
who was last year a pupil in the second
grade OF the public schools, attending the
Hubbard School. on Columbia Heights. The
discoverer is little Frederick F. Schrader,
jr, whose father is especially well known In
newspaper and dramatic circles
Mr.. Schrader frequently takes walks into
the woods accompanied by his son. and he
has from tine to time impaired to the little
fellow various facts concerning mushrooms.
He possesses in his library one of the most
complete collections of books on the sub
ject of mushrooms that exists anywhere,
and he likes to collect the edible fungus
his trips through the woods. on one occa-
sion the boy to his father with a spe-
cles OF mushroom that he had never seen
before. He could not determine whether
It was of edible variety. and appealed
to his father. Mr.. Schrader also UNI
able to class fy II on the spot. He took the
queer variety to his home on Columbia
Heights and n dilgent search through the
books failed to add light to the nature of
the species.
Then he sent It to Prof. Charles H. Peck,
the state botanist of New York. located in
Albany. Prof Peck Is one OF the most
noted of botanists. and has written several
works on various kinds of mushrooms. He
was unable to ciass,fy the new fungus
found in the suburbs OF this city, and wrote
t. Mr.. schradcr saying it was new va
riety. asking permission 10 classify It and
to name 1t the "Strophoria Schraderi." and
BY that name II is now included among the
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Don't ever deceive yourself with the idea
that because girl Is from the country and
has been reared in the wilds of nature she
is ignorant of the fine things of this world"
said a dejected-looking young man. Il
learned that lesson to my sorrow. and after
this l will never undertake to discount the
country girl.
1T happened just Ike this: You see,
some time ago a friend OF mine who lives
out In the Wild and woody west wrote me
saying a young lady whom she had known
for long time was to visit this city, and
she requested that l call on her and do
anything l could to make here visit here
pleasant. / bcthought me what would
terrain country girl. l called on her and
FOUND her TO be very sweet and winsome
little creature. with the scared eyes of the
proverb,al jack rabbit. She conversed In
low tones, and | thought l would prepare
some entertainment that would make her
open these big eyes wider than they had
ever opened before.
1T happened that Lohengrin was In
town. and l proceeded to buy the best seats
In the house and asked her to see It. Dur
Ing the performance l watched her to
the effect on such innocent and unSo-
phisticated creature OF SO grand perform
aace. She took 1; in without any sign of dem
onstration to Indicate what she thought of
II. Finally during the wait before the last
Il u EIk w oh hnli uhs .
II. l expected she would simply go into
ecstaSies over the grandeur of the opera,
believing that her lack Of demonstration
simply Indicated that she was too much
overcome to express herself.
Oh. she replied do you know l have
been thinking while l have been watch ng
1t that. considering the size of the stage,
the limited number of performers and the
character Of the orchestra. the opera has
been given in excellent style
Then she went on To tell me that she
mad seen LohenEr.n in Bayreuth. and she
described the grand nature OF the entire
Performance mentioning the names of the
great singers who had taken leading parts
and finally giving me such a description of
the possibilities of the music and the play
that l quietly shriveied up. l found that
she knew more about Luhengrin and all the
great classical operas In five minutes than
ever hoped to learn IN a lifetime. The lit
tie country girl had travelled the world
over. and what she did not know about the
interesting sights of both hemispheres was
not worth knowing. l tell YOU | have had
profound respect for the country girl
ever since"
In the mining country Of Montana we
have TO deal with that curious species of
man that comes from Cornwall and con-
tiguous sections Of Merrie England and
We have our hands full" declared west
erner TO a Star reporter this week Those
Cornish miners are the limit. Among the
innumerable things they do not know is the
art OF driving y man reaches the height
or opprobrlum when he says that some
other man knows no more about driving
than Cornishman. There is usually a
night after such statement. And the we'll
known inability OF the Cornish section of
Inc population was formerly the cause OF
one of the weirdest spectacles Montana
presented. even In the vid mining camp
days.
When ono OF Cornwalls former citizens
dies II Is the custom to preserve the re-
mains In some fashion until Sunday when
an OF his compatriots have day off and
all can attend the funeral Next to get
ting drunk, the average Cornish miner en-
JOYS funeral more than anything else IN
the world.
In Butte fifteen or twenty years ago a
Cornish funera! was a sight to behold
nave frequently seen 800 carriages in the
procession TO the cemetery. The MOURN
ers. all comfortably filed with the drink
that cheers. would ride scdately 10 the
cemetery. mile or so from town, and
when the remains were safely Inferred the
fun would start. Six and seven abreast
those Wild miners would race back 10 town,
urging their teams 70 their utmost.
las stated In that country. Cornish
man Is said not 10 know how to drive and
as these funeral antics We're well-kuown
characteristics OF the species each livery
stable in town would have Representatives
along the road 10 intercept the returning
miners and take the teams from them
The liveryman would meet the man vino
hired his team on the road. throw him out
of the carriage and take the team back to
the stable. returning on horseback to re-
cover another team. 1t was a common
thing for five or six horses 20 be killed dur
ing the course o. one OF these Sunday jam
borecs and after while the lvcrymen re-
fused 10 trust the miners with their teams
and the funerals were deprived of their
most spectacular and attractive feature 10
the minds OF the miners"
&
~ reckon there never will be any more
bass fishing In the Potomac" sadly re-
marked one old rod and reel enthusiast to
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