New-York tribune., 1908-06-21

when Won are running there Is an instant ~
both your feet are off the ground! ,o-
Yes he said; know that But :,
an instant You don't it; you don't see II
h. . hor..,. foe, are all of the ground ana ne
.bou,dn.t be mounted So And couldn't convince
him otherwise" =, 49,,
All kinds and conditions Of people avail the'n
selves of the Instructor. One recent Vlsi'oi W.
g. mere youth Of eighty-two years from P'S' i
who was anxious to zee what the museum - -
tho way OF Invertebrates. Another was u "oii
who wanted to the thimbles OF the aHeie"'
ruvians She had collection OF seven
thinbles at home she told Mrs RoeSler pi''
and the fancy had seized her TO see nov tn7 ~
.,.r+ p.ru,,,.ns nushcS their needles through
IT like people who come with special opJe.
oven df it's only thimbles." Mrs Roesier ie''i :,
"A good many come just because tne museum -
one of the sights Then 1 have to judge for my
self what they'd be interested in thlnk HNe
the visitors from the country best; there's almost
always sort of gentleness about them. soou
many farmers come to learn about tree ueStl0Ji
insects We have a very good coilecuoh ol 'Hos7
Snakes are what Mrs. Roesler most enjoys sho"
ing and she never loses a chance 10 teach Pe'P1o
the difference between poisonous and non poison
Gus snakes i've just been lecturfns woman
from the country who said she hated SnhA7o
would Hike to kill them ALL said to the woman
WHY don't you expend your thirst for slaughter
upon the wicked house fly that goes ABOUT scat
terinp disease and DEATH doing more harm IN
day than snakes do in lifetimeF Ihere are So
,,.nv 1a r,etfe. Of snakes that are not poisonous,
and whv should we fear them? I do not in the
least mind handling them They are not un-
pleasant to touch-cool. but not cold must ad-
NIT though that don't like to handle alEgators
or spiders. My little daughter says tnat SPIDERS
are so clingy,' and that exactly describes them
Occasionally Mrs Roesler goes outside the n1u-
scum in her capacity Of instructor. Once or twice
she has taken small collection OF stuffed ami
mails to the Home for the Blind and given a talk
there.
ut was rather pathetic" Mrs. Roesler said
Zone old woman who blind from birth SAID
she did want to go to the museum 1 never sa"
an elephant she said; 7 want to see an ele-
phant' Another woman had been blind only a
short time, and evidently had not accustomed ner-
self to see with her hands. took a bird 10
her and asked. Don't you want to see this? MY
dear she said don't you know that I'm blind?
Another place where I've gone TO give talks
is St Joseph's Institute for Deaf Mutes. L went
there to talk for forty-fve minutes, and the boys
asked SO many questions that 1 kept on for an
hour and a half teacher sat beside me and
translated what said into the sign language"
When the instructor installed at the museum
II was proposed to call her guide but she OBJ
jected. Anybody can guide people to the ex-
hbits" she said 1.-The elevator man can tell
visitors where things There are guides around
the European museums who for small Zee VIII
pilot you about But 1 think the office of in
structor should not be confused with that
Were you ever feed?"
Once" said the instructor, smiling "A French
man. fresh from his native heath. tried to press
a coin upon me. That my first and only fee
and I didn't get IL, for some Americans who were
with him seized upon him and impressed upon
him in occult ways that fees were not the proper
thing in that instance