Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-06
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pleasure types.
THE gentle and untutored savage may
be a guileless sort OF citizen sometimes.
but he causes the scientific departments OF
the government good deal OF troubles anu
rocks the tourist person out OF q lot Oh
coin in the course of the season by the
manufacture of fake antiquities. said
government archeologist In talking to
Star reporter the other day. There Is
hardly week passes but what the smith
sonian, the National Museum. or the
bureau of ethnology are called upon 10
pass on the genuineness Of some an
tiquity that the confidng tourist has
bought from the Indians and possibly
wants to sell at greatly enhanced value
to the government. 1t might be as well
to say right here that the government Is
not buying any antiquities that way. There
are too many fakes on the market Tor the
government to take any risk. There are
factories up IN Connecticut that make
business of turning out little clay images
and pottery bowls such as used To De
made by some of the Indian tribes. Down
in Mexico City there are two very thriving
establishments where antiquities are made
while you walt, and where they do some
very artistic work. You can get plain, I'M
vanished antiquities fresh from the pot
ter's kiln. but if you are willing to wait
a couple of days they can age the same
article 50 that it would fool even most of
the experts.
But one OF the most artistic pieces of
graft in that line that l ever saw worked
was down on the banks of a little river
running into the Platte. There was an In
dian village and good many tolerabiy
expert aboriginal potterS in it. They did
a thriving trade with the tourists coming
that way. and for sufficient consideration
the tourist was allowed to go out and dig
up his own relics. so he know they We're
genuine. The stream in question was cut
through soft, sandy soil with banks that
crumbled and caved at every freshet. The
Indians used to make lot of more or less
desirable pottery pieces breaking them ar
tisticaily sometimes when occasion served.
Then they would take them out on the side
of the stream and bury them In the ground
When the tourist came hunting reEcS ne
would be piloted down the bed of the stream
and tile guide would stop now and them
and dig into the crumblins bank Eventual
ly In digging through the obviously I'M
touched soil. he would hit on some or the
pottery that had been carefully buried from
the prairie above, and then of course the
tenderfoot would pay double for the ma
because he knew it was the real thing. Oh
no, the gentle and untutored savage is not
crafty at ALL
eve get all kind of bugs. birds and In
sects out of the globes. said a man the
other day who attends to the electric lights.
I'm cleaning out globes we find a little col
lection every time. These bugs, birds and
insects are attracted to the light and are
never satisfied until they land In the globe.
where. of course. they soon die from heat.
When I get hold of rare specimen I al
ways find ready sale for it with some of
the bug collectors here in Washington. 1t
Is not often however that we find anything
precious. Occasionally, after a storm.
long dry spell. something new will turn up
in the globes. The changes in the weather
to bring about a change in the
crop of things which get into the globes.
The most valuab BILE bug I ever found sold
to a fellow over here in the Agricultural
Department He gave me new two-dOllar
bill for it. and sad that 1t was a bug he
had been hunting for more than year He
called it by a name which no one but q
Dutchman could pronounce. This bug had
head exactly like an elephant, and its legs
turned in and out like frogs. 1t was near
ly as large tree frog have never been
able to find another one Of them. These
pesky English sparrows keep us busy tear
ing their nests out of globes during their
a day or two, but they don't take any
pains to make them nice. They built of
straw. paper. strings. sticks. or just any
old thing the bird can find without hunting
around. The globe naturalist Is a new fea-
ture."
"A man will do great many little things
to save a few cents remarked the man
who lives in the suburbs. Il know a we'll
TODD man who lives out my way who
makes a habit of working somebody for
his carfare every day. He's a department
clerk, and gets good money, but he dis
likes to pay carfare. When he moved out
our way he soon made friends, but they are
dropping off from him now like sinners at
a campmeeting. / paid his fare several
times before l got on to this game.
noticed that when the conductor would
come around he would be reading very In
tently, or II l went down after tickets he
always managed to let me get them out
first When he did offer to pay he would
always draw out a IS bill and say that was
the least he had. and, of course, l would
saw Take IT out of mine l think for
about three whole weeks l paid that mans
carfare, and he could buy and sell me I'M
der the hammer. Finally, 1 grew tired Of
this thing and one day when the conductor
came around / simply handed him one
ticket putting the others back In my
pocket The fellow looked at me. fished out
a quarter and paid his fare. but he didn't
buy tickets 1 guess he thought he would
soon land another sucker who would pay
his fare. Near.1 every man in our set
tlarnent' Ia on to him now, and he III have