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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02

I one has these two big handicaps to over
come. That he is crafty l can verify
youch for as have had him come WIN
in n few feet Of my blanket roll at nisht'
whereas I'm the daytime have had sum
Gent evidence OF his placing large tree
between us and making off toward shelter
without ever giving me glimpse OF MS
bodv. At other times he has appeared
10 me to be without the instinct OF saiety'
quietly standing in full view within
l5o yards until you finally dropped MN,
but at each shot giving evidence OF your
presence by quickly switching his upright
tail.
In August when the season opens ;"
oregon the hunting is indeed difncui'' ioi
by that time the entire deer uioe "o
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
;. MAene 40 Drsp. 90 A Mp,eAl OpsooMAN CANp I.

gone TO the mountain tops in search OF
food, and with the temperature wei over
100 for the greater part OF the day. mt
ting the trail and routing the deer from
cover are most exhausting proposition
on a As degree incline. He Is now eating
the wild pea vine and snow bush. ana
exposing himself to the daylight, especial
", after wet weather, In his efforts 10
harden his horns and rub off the velvet.
He roams alone. whereas the does are
usually to be found, high up with their
fawns, roaming in pairs, but feeding only
very early and very late during the dark
~ the MOON and almost entirely by
moonlight when there is moon. But for
his horns the buck would follow the same
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
ATTENDANCE AT LECTURES.

"Tbe daily year round average attend
ance of the public lectures OF the Board
of Education is approximately 5000. while
the average year round daily attendance
Of the recreation centres as distinct from
the study classes is about 5000. The total
enrolment in the 1903 evening elementary
schools in 1912 vas s5,1A, but of these
only 1.543 remained for ninety days at
tendance, while less than $500, or 10
Der cent of the enrolment, attended more
than eighty sessions.
The vacation schools are open for
about six weeks from Il. IN. to IL in thir-
ty-three buildings of the city during the
months of July and August. Vacation
schools are for the purpose OF enabling
backward children to make up dehciencles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
THE RUTTING SEASON.


Then the rutting season and all bounds
are burst. Fortunately for the buck his
meat is strong and of no food value now
or his days would ere this have been
ended, for he knows no fear and steps
aside for no one. Caution and discretion
are thrown to the winds when his
neck is swollen and he seeks his mate.
and he who encounters him upon the
same trail must give way, for the buck
deer is now a savage fighter, quite cap
able Of holding his own with man or
beast, armed as he is with Wild instinct
to fight, sharp hoofs and piercing antiers-
So always has nature protected her chill
dren in this great period OF their hves'
even to the fishes that come TO SPAWN
as one who knows the buck salmon VIII
testify.
After this rutting season is over the
deer of Oregon band together ana seek
the open parks in the mountains Tor the
winter. The bucks drop their antiers IN
January and Immediately new set forces
it's way from the top of the skull, ouiit
nm of blood vessels and cartilage ana
covered with hairy skin known as the
velvet 1t is indeed bizarre process OF
nature. this annual growth and loss Oh
the antlers, the points Of which do not
exactly tell the age Of the buck, though
IL is a well established fact that In the
fourth year the second point appears, and
then one is added each year until at seven
years of age the buck is the proud pos
SCISSOR of five prongs.
THE POINTS OF THE ANTLERS.
All over that number are freaks. There
| is nothing in the popular theory that each
point stands for a year Of age. AS proof
of this fact, there is In the Bucknorn
saloon of San Antonio. Tex, white
tailed deer head with antlers containing
seventy-six points that are perfectly bal
anced--the finest head l have ever heard
of. 1t is self-evident that this deer was
not seventy-six years old.
| During the winter the deer feed en-
bunch grass and the different cured
grasses of the woods, though they are oy
no means averse TO raiding the hay
stacks of nearby ranchers. When the
heavy SHOWS fall you will find all tracks
leading down hill into the valleys, for your
deer is not fond OF becoming snowbound
and taking his chances In meeting sio~
Continued on seventh page
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
EVENING FORUM MEETINGS.

1.-THE evening forum meetings organized
bv the people, with free discussion. result
cd in the attendance being greatly In
creased over the ordinary public school
lectures, and the cost was reduced 10
nothing. The moral reaction of the neigh
borhood is also important There nave
been no religious, political or racial .ag-
gressions. No offence has been gwen 10
anybody. and the forum meetings nave
taken care of themselves, just as have inc
public dances, there being no uniformed
officer on the floor, the policing peihs
done by the committee In charge.
"A branch of the Camp Fire Girls was
organized. with about eighty members
The club is identified with the general
ideals OF the Camp Fire Girls movement
and was the first to have started IN the
New York schools.
"A number of educational exhibits, chlid
labor. Consumers League, etc, were held
which were very successful. motio1
picture apparatus was installed at the ex-
pense of the committee, and educational
films are given. for which cents admis-
sion is charged.
"These indicate the various activities Oh
the social centre. They are civic, educa-
tional and recreational.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
He HITS THE ANTLeRs.

almost forgot our need Of venison as
] admired the craftiness OF this reno" III
attempting 20 elude us, but the report OF
Franks gun recalled me to our immeol-
ate need Then on odd thing happeneu'
Tor the deer suddenly began Jumpihs
around in a circle and swinging MS heau
10 and fro. For a moment i ga|eu a.
hin In establishment along the slshts Vi
my 1920 before sending ball erasmus
through his body and as we went 10 mn"
Frank told me an odd tale relative 10 'he
buck deer 10 the effect that his bullet hao
Without doubt struck his antlers, the shocH
ofying him entirely out OF his WIS :"
iact he said, when the antlers were
hardened sufficiently he had known h''"
70 Kill deer by just such chance sho'S'
We found matters as Frank had eN-
y2ihed them, for his shot mao GU
through the right antler, near its o"se'
and the shock had caused the queer
antcs had witnessed for the hrst t'h"e,
Immediately I fell to work cleaning ana
bleeding my deer. using much care 10 re-
move intact that most appeuzihs pr
Vi meat-the liver--as well as the n0u'
.sning soup-making heart we wipeo W"
me cavity Of his abdomen with ferhs anu
grasses, removed his head, quickly skinned
he forepart OF each leg, cuttihs 'he
bone out from the knee 10 the hook ano
,ylng the right foreleg with the left nina
'ss' and vice versa, forming ooP1
through which inserted my arms anu
'sssn TO pack TO camp, with the oeei
.hugly hanging across my shoulders once
.nefs, We served fried liver 10 each otiier
our stomach's content, for this was OUT
",st buck Of the season.
IN hunting the blacktail the hunter
meets foe worthy of his keenest WIS
Aaa his most enduring Drawn. You may
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
np BowE's RECOMMENDATION,

~. commands that a special commit
80 onnointed BIZ the Board of Estimate
and Apportionment. consisting OF repre-
Ysntatiyes from the College of the City OF
New York. Normal College, the New York
and BROOKLYN public libraries, Metropoli-
tan Museum Of Art, American Museum or
Natural History and the Department of
Education. formulate plan for the CO.
ordination and more intensive use of the
visiting educational agencies OF the city
N great extra-mural programme. In
he preparation Of such a plan Dr. Howe
and his associates believe the University
Of wisconsin offers many valuable sug-
gestions.
The following suggestions are submit
Ted as an indication of the possibilities
Of such a programme. They involve the
unifcation Of these agencies 50 far as
their extension work is concerned under
single directing agency in order to uulize
their facilities to the utmost
Such director" says the report
should be under committee represent
ing the City College. the Normal College
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the
American Museum of Natural History
the New York and Brooklyn public IL
braries and the Board of Education. 1t
would seem that the direction of the uni
yersity extension work should be under
the control OF the College of the City oil
New York. which should become the eX-
tension agency Of the city and be In
trusted with all of this work.
The department would have charge OF
the evening high school work, to which
could be added collegiate extension
courses as rapidly as demanded. Manual
training. commercial, higher ART ana
technical branches of an advanced char
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02

u,IJ. the people take possession of
their own school buildings, to do
- with them as they please? There
ore than 500 schoolhouses in the
a.. which represent an investment Of
.,ss ooo. 600. The expenditures are $685.
aSooo year, approximately $4,000
VV0, &C are connected with the system,
'' s,ls 100000 children fall under its in
auence. , g.. IL. s,,. 80
an hours in the day. for five days in
=. ueek and for but nine months in the
They lie idle i'm the evenings, the
va of,s~noons. on holidays and Sundays
"a GRO used 10 not more than 90 per
SD 81 their possible efficiency
'' The interest on this investment is s5'-
.nnm wear, and, measured In money
ms the loss TO the community in in
N." and sinking fund charges alone
- failure 10 use these facilities up
- canacity, is in the neighborhood
- %. 600 year.
these are among a great number OF
,.a,s embodied in a Report on the Eco
.or,o Utilization Of the Public School
r,.n, for Educational and Recreationai
,,~.,, soon to be made to the COM
- an school inquiry of the Board Of
r,.t;ns,e and Apportionment by Frederic
Howe Phi. D., director of the Peoples
Institute
n, Howe discusses the various extra
no, cultural. educational and recre-
.anno, agencies maintained by the city
and the needs and possibilities of a city
,y,de ,sisure-time programme.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02

for themselves, so their mothers may oe'
prepared for the annual season that per-
petuates the species.
These are the halycon days of black
tail hunting, for the buck is restless ana
moving about, already feeling the call or
nature, but cautious, crafty and swift or
foot in spite of mis- rolls of fat that no"
make his meat a delicacy in any camp
1t is October, when a sharpness Is In tho
air and when campfres bring forth thsI
good in mems souls as they squat close
70 them nj night. smoking their pipes andi
swapping yarns of the hunt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
AT NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM.

"A similar policy could be pursued by
the American Museum of Natural His
tory. BY the use of the stereopticon. the
motion picture film. travelling charts and
exhibits, by the bringing of school chill
dren to the museum. knowledge of
natural history, geography, geology and
other sciences could be impaired in way
that is not possible through ordinary
textbook and teaching methods.
THE public libraries would be an inte-
grail part of such a movement. Package
and branch libraries have already been
established in many schools and In con-
nection with the recreation centres. II
the branch libraries were located In the
public schools their efficiency would be
greatly increased"
A schematic organization is then sus-
gested.
The report continues:
THE attendance of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in 1912 was 500 1873; of the
American Museum OF Natural History
SAC. 96S. The registered readers of the cir
culation department of the New YORK
Public Library were but 1851 while
those using the reference department were
400. 275
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02

TR CAMP was at Bob's Garden
high up in the rugged and tuInul-
" tuous range Of mountains known
as the Coast Range Of Southwestern ore
gon. II was located close by spring Oh
clear. cold water that fell and tossed It's
silver thread some 500 feet to the mys-
tie picturesque Rogue River. About Us
rose gigantic frs, clothed in weeping lien
en- and magnificent in their prlmeVai
grandeur As the heat of an August af'er-
noon relented Frank and / took our rines
and went In search of buck deer. Tor we
knew as evening approached they woulo
come forth from their shaded day BEDS
in search OF food. Our course led US
downhill through great forests OF pun
pine. void Of all underbrush, to the head
Of a CANYON. one Of those great scars upon
the face Of nature. always the home OF
streamlet and a resulting mass OF pant
brush and tree life.
We approached il cautiously, ana "heh
within some hundred yards OF it, whiIe
forming our plan Of action in whispers we
heard a twig break, then another, ana 10
suddenly stately blacktail buck quietly
emerged from the thick tangle or man%a-
rita brush at it's head, walking noiseiessly
from US toward the cover Of the great
forest, with head and tail erect as manu-
some sight as one Is given TO see.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02

Continued on seventh page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02

g in cooperation with the existing rec
reation centre for girls under the general
supervision of DR.. Stitt and the Board OF
Education.
"Neighborhood dances were the nrst
activities undertaken. The dances were
held in the open court outside OF tRe
school and were managed by local COM
mittee.
"Other activities developed. one Oh
these was an excellent neighborhood or
chestra, which quickly grew to Sixty
pieces.
IAN open forum was organized man
aged by forum committee, which nileo
the auditorium of the school to It's ca
pacity once a week during the winter
There have been debates and discussions
focused largely about industrial ques-
lions and trade agreements In these
meetings the audience participates in the
discussion, the speakers being selected by
the local committee to meet the known
local desires.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
Dr.. Howe Suggests City-Wide Scheme for
Betterment and Recreation of New Workers
and Which Would Make the Public
School Plants Work at Full
Efficiency.

acter should be added, as should any
vocational programme that may be
adopted
The work now conducted by the super
visor of lectures should be divided into
two parts: one, consecutive courses of
term study of college grade: the other,
occasional lectures and entertainments
upon lyceum basis. The lecturers could
be recruited from City College, Normal
College and other sources. There is no
reason why the supervisor department of
lectures, in addition to other duties.
should not be clearing house for lyceum
entertainments, concerts and dramatic
readings. which would respond to the
demands of the neighborhood organiza
tons. and, in part, at least, be made self
supporting.
THE Metropolitan Museum Of Art could
greatly extend IFS influence by loan ex-
hibits Of originals or copies: by sending
lecturers with stereopticons for the pur-
pose of spreading a knowledge of art and
the treasures of the museum. Travelling
exhibits Of paintings or copies illustrative
of the art of certain countries or periods
could he hung in the schoolhouses. as IS
done i'm Richmond, Ind, and left there
for term OF a year. i'm order that the
students might become familiar with the
masterpieces of a period
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-13

@EPTEMBER to April. from time to
which the memory of man runnetn
- not TO the contrary. has been the
accepted season for oysters. This period.
taking In all the months the names OF
which contain the magic letter R-Sep-
TENDER, October November. December,
January. February. March and April-is
the eight-month season during which the
'succulent bivalve"-phrase probably in
vented BY the first man who swallowed
an oyster raw-is supposed TO be. like
James Whitcomb Riley's peanut edible
During the R-less months OF May. June.
July and August. for some occult rea-
son, oysters have been supposed TO be.
II not unfit for human consumption. at
least not the gustatory delight which
they, by some sort OF chronological
witchcraft become as soon the II
enters into the makeup OF the month
name.
AS a matter of fact. however. Septem-
Der is not really the beginning Of the
oyster season any more; grlm-v sased
law has stepped in and overturned
tradition as old almost, as the oyster
himself. According 10 those govern
mental powers that guide the destinies
of the oyster. his-or her-season begins
now on September 20. instead of On the
first day Of the first r month.
IL Is not until September Is that tom
ing and dredg ng on any but private Y
owned oyster beds are lega OF course,
beds that are made up. or planted or
cultivated. or whatever II Is they do to
oyster beds. by private individuals or
companies may be harvested at any time
In the year. without regard TO the let
ter or the letter of the law But on
the big beds whence come the vast sup
plies Of oysters that make stews. or are
fried. broiled, steamed. panned or roast
ed for Mr.. Common People. IL is Illegal
to put down a tong or 10 drag a dredge
until the morning of September 15. And
any tonger or dredger who tries to
fudge" a day or so does so at the immi-
nent risk OF being taken In tow by a
vigiiant oyster patrol boat and made
to settle with the Iynx-eyed guardians OF
the oysters well-being
On the other side of the Allegheny
mountains. In that region known az the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-13

with plunging rivers. The action of the
story follows the pursuit Of a fugitive
into this hardly accessible region by
Stephen March. deputy sheriff. and hero
trouble started in the lumber camp when
John Hope. In sudden anger. killed, or
supposed that he had killed, Stink Peters
for demoralizing the lumbermen with
cheap whisky. To reach Whisper Lake,
in the heart Of the wilderness, where
John Hope was thought to be in tenn
porary hiding. Stephen March must ca
noe a maddened, gorge bound river,
broken into rapids and falls and VIII rling
pools. really wonderful stretch of
writing covers this hazard with realistic
effects that give the reader any number
Of perfectly justifiable thrills of fear and
excitement. Mr.. knbbs Is blood brother
to the big woods. and throughout this
vigorous story he communicates the init
macies of this kinship with uncommon
power and fascination.
THE CONCEPTION OF ART. BY Henry
Rankin Poore. author of THE Pic
torial Figure" etc. Illustrated New
York: Doubleday. Page & Co.
Even the layman IL able to gather in
terest and information out of this dis
cussion of so special and technical a
subject as art. This is primarily due
to the fact that 1t is expressed in lam
language that serves him in the COM
study. moreover, broadens the concep-
ton of art by making it's relations to
other arts plain. itself explainable to a
remarkable degree by way of these
amplified and Identified relations. In
various parts of the discussion an ca "
use of innumerable authorities furnishes
to the average reader. just so many
points Of illumination for this subject
n ~ trn mt nv hvr n lev
and simply. the definition of art, its
fundamental meaning and purpose, its
genesis, its inherent logic, its philosophic
essence and it's triple content of body.
timely special chapters have to do with
the current claims and counter-claims
set up by futurist, cubist post-impres-
undsrstandins 50 Of the broad
poets and meanings of art, must possess
foreign value to art students, for whom
1t is specifically designed. and must
noiu; ues 81 a..,st o +s u y, Interesting
THE HEART OF GAsPE, Sketches in
the Gulf Of 81. Lawrence. By John
Mason Clarke. Illustrated New
York: The Macmillan Company.
Those on the lookout for picturesque
corners that, as yet, remain unfretted by
summer tourist or commercial invasion.
will do we'll to read Mr. Clarkes eloquent
description Of this unexplored bit Of
coast lying on the Gulf Of st. Lawrence.
Gaspe Is a vast peninsula Of eastern Que
bee, lying between the mouth Of the st.
Lawrence river and the Bay Of Chaleur.
Within 1t, and facing upon the great gulf,
Is Gaspe county. And here are the rug
ged mountains. the bold coast, the tim
bered wilderness and the uninvaded soli-
tudes, whose description and history make
- ~F To k,,Axy Ae Hyn
heart of Gaspe." Mr. Clarke is both
geologist and artist. This double train
ing bears with fine effect upon the seem
cry OF this region. The history of this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-13

was crowned with silver hair, wore
black velvet and old lace and was
dear" OF the grandmotherly type.
Nothing is further removed from this
description than a good two-thirds OF
the women who at present preside over
the homes Of the solons.
Mrs. Thompson. one Of the recent ar
rivals in Washington and an utter
the energetic. capable woman OF the
middle west and 80 youthful in appear
ance it SENS Incredible that pretty
young daughter just turned eighteen
may be among the seasons buds. But
in the middle west the man who gives
hostages to fortune marries young
with only such considerations at stake
as love and mutual confidence. The
Kansas statesman and his wife have
recently celebrated the nineteenth an
Mr. Thompson Is just forty-two and
Mrs. Thompson has three years to en-
joy before her fortieth birthday.
Garden City, where our home Ii"
said Mrs Thompson. els almost the
geographical center Of this country.
though naturally and really because
we are west, we call ourselves west
erners. presume 1t sounds better
than 'middlers.' which. though geo.
graphically more correct, does not
appeal. There Is always a disposition
for the far westerners. the Pacific
coast people and those from northern
states. to challenge the term west
when applied to the middle but we
fail to be Impressed. Still we partake
Of both extremes in that we claim
energy, progressiveness and unlimited
desire for liberty. civil and religious,
from the west and appreciate the older
culture of the east
Il find much to interest me In Wash
ington. This is my first sojourn Of any
length. but. like all patriotic citizens.
have frequently visited hero and have