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ment of the queer creatures of the deep.
whose name is legion and whose species
are as countless as the sands of the
seashore
Some idea of the magnitude of this
government project for the benefit and
instruction of its citizens may be gath
cred from the fact that the entire south
wing of the second exhibition floor of
the big new museum Is already filled
with cases awaiting the arrangement of
the great assortment now under prepara-
ton for their shelves.
The coastal waters of the entire world
the deep sea and the pellagic area are to
be represented here in the most common
best known and most distinctive types of
organisms. Six alcoves are already fill
ed with marine invertebrates found In
the coastal waters of the Atlantic from
the Arctic ocean to the Gulf of Mexico
in every stage of life from the protocol,
the lowest, the one-cell organism, to the
highest development attained by this
class in the mollusk.
The Atlantic coast water is divided
into three natural faunal areas, not by
political divisions or geographic lines,
but by atmospheric and other conditions
of which the presence of ocean currents
is the basic and governing factor.
From Cape Cod north to the Arctic
ocean is the Acadian fauna and from
Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras the marine
territory is classified as the Virginian
fauna. From Cape Hatteras to tine Gulf
of Mexico we have the F'loridian fauna.
So completely defined are these divisions
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sSHdtoIS anu representatives iii their
community have been recent visitors to
the capital. and among them a legislator
from Wyoming who stands firmly in the
lfmelight as the consistent and enthusiast
tic champion of better schools Miss
Truax is past middle age and has given
her entire life to the study of education,
theoretically as well as practically as a
teacher, supervising principal and more
recently as county superintendent
Trained in the University of MINI esota.
she taught for many years in the south
western part of the state and later ac-
cepted a more responsible post in the
northwest Of Wyoming. Her election to
the state legislature was the direct
result Of her activity in school matters
and she WAS rendered the honor wtthonf
the least EFFORT of campaign on her
part.
"Wyominx." said Miss Truax, las two
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Musical Notes.

WALTER DAMROSCH. the musician,
W answered, at a luncheon in Chi
cago. a toast on music. Mr.. Damrosch
was in good vein. and the following are
by no means the best of the innumerable
epigrams that illuminated his remarks:
Some pianists play from note. some
from ear, and some from spite.
"A drinking song need not necessarily
have rest in every bar.
Composers are. musicians with MEM
cries
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SIS NETTTE TRUAX, MEMBER OF

women in the lower house, Mrs. Anna B.
Miller being The other. All my friends
were more DESTROYS of knowing how we
Jared at the hands of our colleagues than
our procedure in the grave matter of
making laws. To western women their
attitude seemed foregone conclusion.
but as it appears Of considerable moment
in eastern parts it gives me pleasure to
bear cordial testimony to the chivalry
and gallantry of the men of Wyoming,
Men and women still work shoulder to
shoulder In the pioneer lands of our
great country and l really believe most
or the legislators were glad to have some
one take hold of the school grievance
who knew the situation to its last detail.
For years past school bills had been
killed In committee, often the result of
MISUNDERSTANDING and lack Of apprecia-
tion or the value of things involved 1t
- Dut haturai that everybody considers
MS own particular measures Of the most
urgent import, and consequently as the
schools dld not have a champion COM
United TO that cause alone and no other.
Tor twenty years, we had reason TO be-
lieve our schools We're neglected
Herein l think women in politics are
going TO benefit the country notwith
standing dismal predictions hailinp from
some quarters. Even the most conserve
tive states grant them the right of yot-
40 80 ieSSlioHSt TtcOynlZlnG their
eminent ntness to judge i'm these matters
Now. having been a teacher for MANY
years. having been a superintendent also
l knew what the schools needed and what
laws would meet the situation. | got nv
data together, talked ii over with yarf-
Gus colleagues, and l again wish To hear
testimony to their courtesy and patience
/ was made chairman Of the edncationa1
committee and framed nv scheduIe az
seemed best. / consulted and advised and
always met with kindly response and In
the end no one deceived me bv not sun.
porting measures promised support. no
one attempted to lay traps for my inex-
perlenced rect Out in Wyoming fair
play Is the motto. From the numerous
bills introduced. those that l deemed most
important We're passed unanimously. after
an illuminat ting debate in which 7 believe
school matters obtained friends not nos
sessed before. --o' pos-
taxation laws to provide greater raw.
enues for the schools were passed nro.
vision was made for the location ~
every county superintendent al tho coun-
ty seat with facilities of keenine rec
ords according to the latest scientifse
methods, the creation of a district hound- .
airy board with definitely determined now
ers and obligations. Best Of ali. we nov
have the right TO grant first-cIass certifi-
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should warn my sisters not to accept re-
spect and attention and support just on
the fact of their being women and Ameri-
can men naturally chivaIrous. Respect,
of course, as man to a woman, but not
the respect to their arguments given only
when they are convincing. In a way this
may appear an unnecessary remark, as
superficial attachments have not been
the usual mark OF the woman who has
entered politics or any OF the professions.
1t Is 80 frequently said jury Of men will
an or girl. So it Is reasoned let wom-
an legislator please the eye and her ar
guments will pass for naught. Cold logic
and ability to prove ones conclusions, ]
find. are the only ways to command at
tention and to win votes in the legisla-
ture. l had the figures to show what !
commended was true and the law ready to
suggest remedy. Hence, when spoke
/ received respectful attention, my opin-
ions were asked and nearly all my col
leagues willingly made promises to assist
me- and when the time for a vote came
no man failed to keep his word.
Il think 1t a pleasant experience, and
when / read OF political perfidy in va
rious states and men accused of prom
Using and failing to fulfill, 1 remember
with pride that we in Wyoming conduct
our public matters on a different basis"
Miss Truax. as school superintendent
had vast territory to cover and it is he.
boast that during her five years incum-
bency she compiled to the very letter OF
the law and made a personal visit to
each during the period described. /,
was the memory OF the hardships she en-.
dured which led to the framing of more
humane laws, providing the superintendent
with the means Of living In the county
seat and giving sufficient salary to pre-.
vent the post requiring almost a martyr.
dom to duty.
Crook county. Wyo.," she said. makes
an imposing showing on the map and
presents magnificent and inspiring out.
looks. But to cover the area during the
school year when the weather Is severe
is a hardship which l have tried to spare
my successor. We have tucked him in
the northeast corner, that splendid noun
tain region known to all the world some
years ago as the Black Hills, the Ell Do
RADIO Of the soldier of fortune. Though
not feverishly SO. as in more recently
discovered gold fields, Wyoming still
seeks the treasures buried in the earth
and many Of the school children live in
these distant and altogether remote dis
trictS where the miners labor. Yellow
stone Park has made the state illustrious
for all time and In every part OF the
world 1t has likewise increased the pop
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herself cultivated the gift of story telling
and encourages it in all teachers under
her direction.
Miss TruaX says teaching young mil
dren how to tell story well is to insure
them rich inheritance for the future. 1t
teaches them nicely i'm the use of speech
and thus avoid an indictment against the
entire American nation as being slovenly
and inapt in the choice of words. 1t helps
the imagination, says Miss Truax, and
improves the memory. Also in later years
1t makes for the joys OF life at banquets
and other places where one suffers untold
agony by the unskillful story teller.
Miss Truax spent part of the summer in
the east, going to the big Libraries OF New
York and Boston, as well as in Washing
ton. and enjoying a change at the Jersey
resorts.
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lower house and passed by pleasing ma
jority. but it was killed higher up. l hope
for better luck next time and shall con-
tinue my work in this direction Teach
ers are from the first days of their labors
poorly compensated and their work Is
nerve wearing. 1t seems just that they
should receive an old-age pension. and
this Is one which women. when they vote
as a whole, will take in their hands.
Women know just what a family and
state owes to a good teacher and they
will sec to It that they are fittingly be-
friended by those they have served.
Miss Truax has a delightful fund of an
ecdote and that saving grace, a sense OF
humor Though her life has been ardu-
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piled they will not enter the pot. Upon
the slightest provocation or even fright
they will part with their legs or claws
and a fresh claw will presently sprout or
grow from the center of the wound or
scar One of the oldest is the spiny
lobster, which has a shell covered with
sharp. horny projections and a long
antenna, but without the usual claws.
This specimen is found on the Florida
reef and answers as g. substitute for the
lobster. which is not found south of New
York"
The beauty of form and color seems
most lavish among the queer creatures
whose construction Is most similar to the
plants and flowers of the garden. For
instance, the wonderful sea roses, in all
OF the varied hues here displayed, are SO
like flower that 1t Is difficult to realize
that they are an animal organism. Some
are as rich and velvety as an American
beauty rose, while others are ruffled
and frilled with lacy petals in the most
alluring pastel shades that run from vio-
let and tan to lilac pink. The sea
anemone. the most exquisite Of the sea
beauties, is another vari-colored creation
which with the sea lilies and most gor-
geous of all the sea fans and feathers are
wonderful limitations of vegetable
growths The sea feathers have long
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Gus since she stepped out of the Cniver-
sity of Minnesota. she is blithe and hap
py as child and looks at every phase of
political life with true optimism. She is
devoted to children and is a natural ruler
in the world of little folks. She has kept
abreast with every subject relating to
school government in this country and in
many of the countries of Europe. With
school laws she has looked deeply into
correctional ones relating to children. and
her career in the state legislature is freely
predicted by her colleagues to possess a
rosy outlook for her community. She has
given her aid to circulating libraries and
her diligent supervision OF the books that
go into the district schools have earned
the gratitude of many parents. She has
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tle-like shell, which Is head and body
together Unlike most Of its relatives
1t has a long tail or spine. while its eyes
are practically the width Of the body
apart.
According to Miss Rathbun, there are
fully as many interesting varieties of the
land crab, which, though not in this ex-
hibit are curious enough to claim q pass
ing thought. Some OF these have queer
shovel-shaped front claws or paddles with
which they burrow In the sand, and
there is one variety which not only
catches birds, but when In need OF
holes Col. Roosevelt contributed one of
the most interesting little specimens to
the museum in the shape of tiny little
fellow Of peculiar shape. which he found
In Africa at a height Of 5000 feet above
sea level.
"Lobsters," continued Miss Rathbun.
ARE fully as interesting. They are a
very important article Of food. as the
market value of a years supply in Boston
exceeded $3.5O0,OO0. They are protected
by law and are being raised artificially
by the bureau Of fisheries. Those under
six inches in length are not allowed to
be taken by the fishermen. These crus-
taceans vary in weight from less than a
round to four pounds. which is consid-
cred large, though monsters have been
found Weighing about forty pounds
Holsters are very easily, baited, as
any shining object attached to the pot
will attract them. but unless food is sup
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One of the Two
Woman Members of
the Lawmaking Body
Her Campaign for
Better Schools - Intro
duced a Bill to Pension
Old and Ailing Teach
ers-She Was for Many
Years a School Superin-
tendent.
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Experts of Depart
ment of Biology Are
Preparing One of the
Most Interesting Ex-
hibits-Queer Creatures
Found in Waters Over
the Globe-How They
Are Caught and Pre-
pared for Exhibition
A Woman Who Is Rec
ognized as an Authority
on Matters Pertaining
to Crustaceans.
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Gates to applicants who have completed
two years training in standard colleges
and Universities, something which will aid
us to enlarge our teaching body, while at
the same time recruiting only from the
best"
Representative Truax is clear
eyed woman in middle life with the
calm, studious face which devotion
to books and an ideal lends the coun
tenance. She mastered the school laws
of the entire northwest and her re-
forms were made merely by pointing
out to the Thoughtful the obvious alb
surdity of existing statutes. She has
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ceptacle OF liquid in which 1t is to be
shipped, so that 1t will not joggle about
and become broken or injured.
when the cases arrive at the museum
and are opened. the most tedious and
intricate part OF the work begins, for
alcohol has a tendency to bleach and to
shrink things. Then the artists who do
the coloring take out the crab, shrimp.
fish or wiggly worm. dry it and proceed
to touch it up in the colors with which
nature endowed It,
How do they know the colors?
Sometimes artists accompany these ex-
petitions. but ell naturalists carry a
color manual which would qualify them
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where the government has made extern
sive plans for their reception and exhi-
bition. They are chemically treated,
painted to restore the brilliance of their
life color. and then, directly they are
displayed for the edification Of all visit
ing tourists. naturalists and scientists.
and to the delight Of the disciples of
Izaak Walton. who ask nothing better
than chance to bangle their feet over
the brink OF some placid stream, and
lazily ply the rod and reel, or else re-
duce a city-bred complexion to a sun
burned FRAGILE in an open boat in the
broiiing sun, to collect a meager hand
full of minnow size fries.
In the capital. through the experts of
the National Museum. chief of whom in
the department of biology is Paul
Bartsch. the government has introduced
an entirely new feature in the manner OF
exhibition of crustacea- the like OF which
has never before been attempted by any
museum in the world.
The exhibit has only recently been
open to the public and is progressing
rapidly. 1t is tremendous undertaking,
which to the lay mind would seem of ne
cessity to require ages of work and time,
but which has been so reduced to practi-
cal lines as to be possible of completion
within couple of years.
Marine invertebrates which means
everything without a backbone to Its
anatomy. is a formidable-soundinsn name
and suggests little to lure the curious
but the visitor who catches a glimpse
of the wonders that comprise this col
lection is bound to tarry long and re-
turn, for few ever dream that the ocean
bed, barren rocky reefs and coral fields,
hold cttnh hos hor o.
shown In all Of the brilliance of natural
color and living form.
Not only has the museum staff gath
cred hitherto unknown marvels OF nature,
but they have bridged the chasm between
life and DEATH and. with the aid Of art,
have padded, doctored, tinted and ar
ranged them SO attractively that the
casual observer stops in amaZement, ex-
wicked-looking crab give his claws q
vicious snap. a huge lobster demon
strate his right of size by diving after
the tiny shrimps nearby.
what makes every one of the Speci-
mems in this vast array of fauna so at
tractive is that in addition to having
been arrayed in the full glory Of colors
with which nature endowed them they
are poised in a perfectly lifelike and nat
ural position by means OF being fastened
TO invisible panes of glass set diagonally
In the square or oblong glass Jars filled
with alcohol These panes of glass have
tiny nOleS drilled In them through which
minute hairs or wires are drawn, secur-
ing the specimen In place without show
ing either where or how it Is attached
No exhibit of gorgeous vari-colored
butterflies or the most brilliant of birds
can Guido this exhibit In a show Of
gaudy color. Every shade of the rainbow
In the most harmonious and contrasting
combinations has been lavished by the
master hand Of the Creator in the adorn-
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ulation and certainly added to the men
tai stimulus Of all involved.
One of the interesting phases OF the
state and one passing if not passed. is
cowboy. But this problematical individ-
ual will certainly live in literature and
we may still occasionally meet q man who
might have inspired o. Henry or Bret
Harte and the long line of writer's less
gifted. But the hordes of cattle number
ing close to a million head ranging the
hills unrestrained are gone never to re-
turn.
inally from Minnesota, l have come to
accept suffrage as naturally as do a
cup OF coffee with my breakfast Wyo-
ming gave the vote to women In her
territorial days-in 1S68-and in this Pc
Rod 1t has been tested in every way.
In our state alone we can answer all
the favorite arguments against equal sur
frage, that 1t renders women negligent
to their natural duties. making them
coarse and thriftless. and down an array
run for public Office except professional.
self-supporting logical candidates, good
citizens who have done good work and
deserve reward at the hands of the peo-
pie. Nearly all At into the places as a
logical sequence to their careers. Dis
claiming all description in a personal
way, my own candidacy for the state
legislature came as q request SO often
repeated and so held up to me as duty
l owed the state that I accepted it as
such and have strived to fulfil the obliga-
lions placed upon me.
~
'In the natural division Of the duties
of life, men have always been spared the
details. and these have been been placed
in the hands of women. They have as q
rule more time and the wisdom Of the
ages asserts more patience to bring upon
such problems. In the household It IL q
poor wife or mother who permits her
man to labor all day and then come home
and hear all the troubles Of the home
keeping. In politics just this condition
exists. So many new exigencies have
arisen with the later developments of life
that some special worker must be as
signed to each. School sanitation In all
it's phases. condition Of public utilities,
all these are things which take tre-
mendous amount of time and patience
and few men have them to give. l hope
to see all the states working as harmoni-
ously together for the common veal as
we do in Wyoming.
Zone thing which I attempted in my
zeal and devotion for the teaching stafe
of my state was to pass a law providing
a pension for aged or ailing teachers. 1t
made a presentable appearance in the
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After a bewildering journey through
many doors and corridors, and around
and behind countless cases. the artist
was finally discovered serenely restoring
to a Spanish mackerel all the proper
number of spots.
Just slip of girl with merry blue
eyes and friendly smile Is Miss Dan
bridge, who is one of the artists to trans
form these ugly, yellowy, crumpled-up-
looking objects to the brilliance ana
beauty which were theirs in life. She was
surrounded by jars. bottles and cans.
large. small and medium sized, OF all
kinds and shapes and materials and all
with some kind of an inhabitant. Most
of them were finished ready to be taken
to the exhibition hall. With the enthu-
siasm of girl over new party frock.
this talented magician with the paint
brush and paint-bedaubed fingers ex-
claimed:
Want to see a dear? Here is a
beauty. Isn't he sweet" pulling out .
brilliant yellow and black butterfly fish.
tackled to a bit of board with a dozen
or SO of pins
"Oh. 1 love them. 1t is the most fasci-
mating work I'm the world. How many
do do in a day? Well, three day 10
tedious, like that sky-blue crab over
there. had to do him over thirty-six
times before 1 got him to look right.
THAT gorgeous strawberry-colored
coral tree, the one tnat Is ABOUT tnFeo
feet high, had to be held in hogshead
OF dye specially prepared for It. and
then the color was run on with brush.
in order for the proper tint to be gotten.
The other corals? All Of those gay
smaller ones. the fans, feathers. etc.
were all tinted with the brush, requiring
a great deal of care In order to repro
duce all Of the natural shading
Miss cambridge spent part Of last sum-
mer at Woods Hole with Miss Rathbun.
painting and taking notes. and declares
that as she had always been interested
in fishes she had the time OF her life.
Only those who have been privileged
to see this wonderful collection can pos
sibly form any idea of the brilliance and
magnificence Of those queer creatures
found in the depths of the sea, nor are
they even able. except in a very slight
degree, to appreciate what a unique and
remarkable exhibit 1T will be when COM
pleted by the addition of all classes OF
marine animate life from all sections OF
the globe.
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ROM under the ice
bergs of the Arctic
oceans icy depths
down to the tan
& | e d weed-grown
ooze of the gulf
bed. the children
of Old Father Nep-
tune have b e e n
dragged forth and
carefully "a n 8 :
ported to the Ma
tional NJ u S e u IN
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0 NJ r y in state
] e & ] $ ! a lures no
longer appeal as a
novelty, and it is
now predicted by
some that the day
IS not far distant
when c ong gre $ $
will be graced by
I h e presence Of
the amazing sex"
s e veral W o m e n
honored as state
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that much effort and patience are ex-
pended before a suitable reagent Is
found.
I'm all cases as soon as a specimen
becomes fully expanded the next step
is to harden the tissues SO that they
will retain their natural appearance
for an indefinite period This is done
by increasing the alcohol to full
strength. Packing is another problem.
Each tiny shrimp. sea urchin or octo
pus must be made secure in the re-
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studied law in order to understand better
the laws relating to schools. but she dis
claims any effort to study politics except
to learn necessary procedure. Miss
Truax has but one purpose and adheres
to that falling into line according to her
convictions and giving each question ear
nest study. Methods in the northwest
are simpler and more direct than in many
Of the more populous commonwealth.
Though / can record only courtesy
and kindliness in all my contact with my
ellow-Iegisiators. said Miss Truax, II