Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-09-30
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Uaited States, and, in its nonresident member
ship, some of the greatest scientists of the world
There are botanists astronomers, ornithoo-
gists and in fact, scientists of all kinds and de-
scriptions, to be found nightly in the great,
sweeping parlors of the clubs quarters. There is
Just as much hospitality and jollity in the club
as are to be found in the rooms of any social
organization in the word-and learning besides
there also In order to be a member of the Cos
mos club you must have something besides
money and social standing. 1t is probable that
there are many members of other organizations
in Washington, who would be willing to throw
their memberships into the deep sea, if the act
would Guy for them admittance into the club
of these scientists.
The headquarters of the Cosmos club are in
the old Dolly Madison" residence. It was there
that the widow of President Madison lived and
held social sway for years after the death of her
husband During the Civil war, for time, Adm
raj Wilkes lived in the Madison house. 1t was
Wilkes who took Mason and Slidell from the Brit
ish steamer Trent" and thereby nearly brought
on war between the United States and Great
Britain at time when such war might have
Ensured ultimate victory to the Confederate arms
The biological survey Of the United States
government has lost the services of DR.. c. Hart
Merriam, who for years the surveys chief
and who in the early days worked so hard to
make theservice what he succeeded in making it,
one of the most useful departments of govern
gnent. DR.. Merriam has accepted the direction OF
the Hartman Foundation for Geological Re-
search. Mrs Hartman, the widow OF e. H. Har
riman, the great inancier and railroad man, has
carried out the wishes of her husband, and has
sgt aside large sum of money to be used for
PURPOSES of geological study. Acting unquestion-
ably in line with her husbands wishes, Mrs Har-
riman requested DR.. Merriam to take charge OF
the work
It is probable that the former chief of the bio
&c too aTthO
United States in matters pertaining to certain
lines of natural history work. 1t was DR.. Mer-
riam more than any other man, to whom Iheo-
dore Roosevelt went for advice about the scope
of his expected work in Africa. The doctor and
the colonel have been friends since boyhood
when in New York state both were pursuing bird
studies and exchanging letters on general sub
iects of natural history.
These words about DR.. Merriam and the Har-
riman Geological Foundation lead one to tell
story about the late fnancer which perhaps
will throw some light on side of his life con-
cernirg which most people probably know little
One wear ago last winter l went south from
WASHINGTON bound for Augusta, Ga. with
friend. E H, Harrimans private car was at
sached to the train at of the stations on the
wav II happened that my friend was a close per-
sonal acquaintance of Mr. Hartman, and he was
invited to dine with the financier on his private
car. and was told to bring his friend with him.
provided the friend would like to come.
There were several men of large affairs at
that little dinner party, one OF the guests pelng
the president of one of the greatest railroad
systems in the world. The conversation, natu-
rally was about big affairs Ct the financial world,
concerning which l knew very little, and l am
free to confess, cared much less. After hearing
a good deal about certain things concerning
which the discussion was more or less unlntelll-
chile to me- | ventured to break into the CONVEX
sation and to tell Mr.. Hartman that had such
of the journals of the Hartman Alaska Expedi-
ton as already had been published, and more
over that had read them.
For the next two hours had ample evidence
that E. H. Hartman cared for something besides
railroads Ten twelve years before he had