davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

of Columbian and member OF most of
the learned societies to which Miss Rath-
bun belongs.
Another woman scientist who contrib
utes to the learned reports of the Ma
tional Museum is Miss Evelyn Groes-
beck Mitchell. who has established
reputation as an entonlologist. or insect
specialist. From her home in Orange.
N. j., she went to Cornell and after grad
uating she was appointed instructor at
the university's summer geological camp.
Having developed a talent for drawing
insects as well as classifying them she
now obtained a commission as artist and
field and laboratory assistant to the late
DR.. j. W. Dupree, sugeon general of
Louisiana. under which precepter she
gained much valuable knowledge Real
izing now that Washington was the most
promising center for young artist and
scientist of her speciality, she became
assistant in zoology at George Washing
ton University and assistant in his ology
and physiological chemistry at tie How
ard University Medical School. Her
colored illustrations of insect life are
wonderfully lifelike and are in demand
by the various entomologists of the gov
eminent She has out book on the
mosquito and has contributed many arti-
cles on insect life to the popular maya
zines
You are thinking that Holsters, crabs,
hornets. centipedes and such pinching
and crawling things offer odd attractions
to the feminine mind-but how about wild
Indians?
The federal bureaus dealing with our
aborigines have on their stats several
fearless women who have gone right out
among our redskins-have camped with
them, lived with them and eaten with
them in order to study their customs and
ceremonials.
One Of these is Mrs. Matilda Coke Ste
venson. an ethnologist and anthropologist
On the scientific staff of the bureau of
ethnology. A daughter of Texas, she be-
gan life with all of the vigor and fearless
ness OF the far southwest. After grad
uating at private school in iladelphia
she married James Stevenson, a govern
ment archaeologist. ethnologist and ex-
plorer, and with him she spent thirteen
years exploring the Rockies. They led
the expedition which discovered the great
pueblo Of Zuni. thirty-fve years ago, and
later she was with him in various other
expeditions among the Indians. During
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

Myths and True
Stories Regarding An
cestors of National
Legislators - All Ma
lions Contribute to the
American Congress
Members Whose Fore
fathers Were Scottish
Clan Chieftains-Sena-
tor Owen a Grandson
of a Cherokee Chief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
MRs, HARR1ET CHALMERS ADArIs

these years Mrs. Stevenson received spe-
cial instruction in ethnology, the study of
the human races. In the field she coop
Grated in the collection of ceramics. ar
chaic implements and ceremonial objects
for the National Museum. After her dis
Gnguished husbands death, more than Il
quarter century ago. she continued his
life work. She has written vocabulary
of the Luni language and has extensively
studied the customs and mythology of
that tribe. as well as those of the Pueblo.
Tulsa an. Navajo and Mission Indians.
After spending such interesting months
in the field. often living Indian she
will return to Washington and write an
interesting volume describing her obser-
vations
Some important government missions
among the Indians have been intrusted
to Miss Alice Cunningham Fletcher. who,
too. is an ethnologist of fearlessness and
courage. AS girl she left her native
Boston to study the archaeological re-
mains Of the Mississippi and Ohio val
leys. Approaching her thorough work,
the PeabroA INST tute Of harvard sent
her to study the Omaha tribe.
She lived with the tribe long while
wit out misadventure, and developed
such harry faculty of gaining the con-
hdence of the redskins that the Depart
ment of the Interior selected her t. allot
these aborigines their lands in severalty.
young Oma as to the indian schools, and
through the Woman's National Indian
Association borrowed, for the adults.
money with which to build their houses
For the New Orleans exposition she pre-
pared an exhibit showing the progress
of the Indian.
Up into the barren. wastes of Alaska
this plucky woman went later. on COM
mission given to her by the commissioner
of education, and after her return she
was made a special agent to the Winnie
bagos. Now and then she reads paper
before the Anthropological Society of
Washington, of which she is a member.
She has also written treatises on her
studies among tie tribes.
The wild man of Borneo has long been,
among specimens of aboriginal man, the
arch-terror of the small boy. But he Of
fered few terrorS to one of these cour-
ageous members of Washington's colony
of scientific women-Mrs. Alice Sterne
Cite man. She made n careful study of
him and described it in an chronological!
treatise. She is well equipped education
ally to make most any kind of a study
for she has taken degrees at Smith, CO.
lumbia. the Washington College Of Law
and Yale-which last gave her graduate
scholarship-and has been elected a mem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

the surname. Steenerson is derived from
the word in Anglo-SaXon, '.Steinar,
which means a stone.
Representative Albert E.stopinal of
Louisiana is of Sr"-' " descent as his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

back to Europe with him. introducing
into the old country what has since be-
come known as the Irish potato
After the advent of the English a John
Beamor, missionary while preaching
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

of the last king, Kalakaua. and bears
the same relation to the last sovereign,
Queen Liliuokalani. in whose reign this
country took up the islands. The prince
was educated in England and also in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
BY JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.

OR women in the
arts. sciences and
literature Wash
ington Is fast be-
coming the ma
tons mecca.
There Is every
reason why this
should be. The
capital city pos
sesses one of the
W orl DIS greatest
libraries. 1t is the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

LII nations haS e
contributed to the
A m ric an Con-
gress. Standing in
the gallery over
looking the House
of Representatives
today a sight meets
the eye which can
be viewed in no
other nation OF the
earth. For here
are seated. not the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

REP. VICTOR MURDOCH,
OF Scotch ancestry.
name shows. For ages there has been
tradition in the family that they cam
own from that great knight of the mid
lie ages, the Cid. History says that tn
i'd was such powerful warrior and
much feared by the Moors that afte
leath his body, clothed in it's armor, wa
laced on his horse at the head of thu
rmy and led against the enemy. TIL
foors fed at the sight of their suppose
ancient foe.
Senator Claude Swanson of Virginia is
from old Norwegian stock. The name was
originally Svenson. The first of his
family in America settled in Philadelphia
and some time later moved down to the
Old Dominion
Representative O'Hair come down from
Irish kings of that name who were fond
Of fighting and were generally at war
with their neighbors Among the family
myths are stories of the clan living in q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

of Strongbow's fleet, which was battling
with the Irish sea, caught sight Of a
gnal fire on the shore and steered to-
ward it The young scout was found I'M
conscious beside the fame. 1t turned
out that he had kept the fire burning for
100 nights and SO absorbed had he been
in his task that he found no time for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18


II men In whose veins flows blood from
.llnost every country on the globe.
This is the result Of the United States
- q melting pot. The children OF the icy
north. of the old Vikings; the sons OF the
south. whose forefathers came from the
vtne-clad hills of spain; the descendants
of the gay cavalier and the grim Puritan:
Of the Indian, who roamed these shores
hundreds of years before a white man
set foot here: the Scottish chieftain and
the Irish king-all these have met and
blended into the standard type OF Ameri-
can
While many Of our national legislators
have no interest in their forebears. there
are also a number who have cherished
the traditions Of their families, stories
that have come like a floating mist of
dream down the path of years. And
these have been gathered today In a
small measure.
Among those whose history Is clear cut
is Senator Robert L. Owen Of Oklahoma
Though coming from the youngest state.
he Is Of the Oldest American family, be-
ing grandson in about the sixth gen.
Grafton OF a chief Of the Cherokees. This
tribe Is supposed to have lived originally
in northern Mexico and moved UP into
what Is now Georgia They were visited
n 1885 by Sir Walter Raleigh. who found
them cultivating a vegetable then u-,-
known to the civilized world. but today
called the potato. This Raleigh took
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
Az PHo1o5 WMR1Is EHzxe

our interstate commerce law was framed
There is no better authority in Wash
ington on American affairs than
Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams, for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

Who They Are anc
What They Are Doing
Many Are Doing Ex-
cellent Work in the
Learned Bureaus of
the Government-Why
Washington Is Becom-
ing the Paris of the
New World.
nv ,opN ry uppru wArvrNe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

is only my good ak asking for another
fight" Then, turning to the ak. he con-
tinued: BE still I have had enough.
can fight no more and you must be
satisfied This was the end of trial by
battle in Thelemarken. The old story
comes from a book written 200 years ago
by Danish priest and preserved here in
the Congressional Library. The first
name. "Halvor," signifies a sentinel, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

A clever woman who draws salary
as the mycologist of the United States
bureau of plant industry is Mrs. Flora
Wambaugh Patterson, a widow Mycol-
ogy, be it known. is the science of the
vegetable fungus family, including mush-
rooms. Mrs. Patterson is an ONO clergy
mans daughter, and after taking desrees
from three colleges took postgraduate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

Of so that the first to bear the name
was the son of Henry. The F'itz Henrys
are believed to have arrived in England
with William the Conqueror and have
taken prominent part in English his
tory since
The only prince sitting in Congress is
Jonas kuhio Kalanianaole. delegate from
the Hawaiian Islands. He is q cousin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

suited in her delightful books on
Alaska. Java. Japan, China. India and
Holland. Miss Scidmore is native OF
Madison, Wis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

Another interesting member of far
,orthsSn lineage Is Representative Hal
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-16
THE BELDING BANNER

all OF the flock has access to II and
only what they will eat greedily in
fifteen minutes is good for laying hens.
As insects are no longer available
skim milk should be fed literally. II
this is not obtainable feed some
ground green bone or meat, about an
ounce to each hen three times a week.
IL unable to provide any OF these, buy
commercial meat scrap for animal feed
OF some sort helps to fill the egg bas-
ket.
AS the green feed supply is prac-
tically gone IL is necessary TO begin
feeding cabbages, mangles, or some
thing OF that sort at this time. Do not
hold them for winter feeding, for IL
the flock keeps In good condition now
the future will largely take care OF it
self Glover chaff, alfalfa leaves, etc,
can be used to good advantage by the
laying hens.
1t will pay TO supply the fiocks with
plenty of fresh oyster shells and gravel
or grit. so that the hens may make
good, strong egg shells. The roads
may be rough on the way to town and
we cannot afford to break very many
four cent eggs.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-16
COAXING "BIDDY" TO LAY MORE
HIGH-PRICED EGGS

A few years ago many farmers al
lowed their cows to go dry early in No
vember and then freshen in April. The
farm hen sometimes does the same
thing-goes dry in October and begins
TO lay in March. This long dry spell
cuts down the possible profits.
Right now poultry houses should be
deeply bedded with dry straw, and all
the grain feed should be worked into
this litter so that the hens may get
good exercise and amusement hunting
for il. If nothing of this kind is done,
the flock will huddle in one corner of
the poultry house or in or about one
OF the other farm buildings and will
seem to lose all interest in life. II
the flock gets into this lazy and indif-
ferent habit at this time of the year,
winter eggs will be few and hard to
get. 1t is we'll TO get the hens to exer-
cising and singing as they work for
their feed and then sell fifty cent eggs
to the city buyers who want the gen.
uine article.
The flock should be given ms great
variety OF grain as possible, some
corn, wheat, oats and barley mixed
together, or fed alternately makes a
satisfactory ration. If all of these
grains are not produced on the farm
then feed those that are raised. On
real cold nights take some ear corn
into the house and thoroughly heat II
upon the kitchen stove, then break
into small pieces and scatter over the
feeding floor an hour or more before
dark Arrange a mash box or trough
with a little ground feed where the
hens may have access to it, They car
go to the pantry and get a bite to eat
when the grain is gone from the litter
A warm mash Of moist, ground feed
table scraps and so forth fed so that
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-16

again and doing business again at the
old stand buying beans and wheat,
grinding feed. selling coal and wood.
You can read his adv. and telephone
your orders to him from w. A. Wild
ers
Miss Lena Leonard arrived home
from Olivet last night.
Mrs. Geo. +. Smith is spending
few days with her people in Carson
City.
Mrs. William Hasenack of Grand
Rapids is visiting her husband, the
new Is cent gallery man.
Miss Edith Dimmick and Florence
Hagadorn have been added to the
force Of clerks at Chave's.
Jacob Weaver and wife were called
to Stanwood last Thursday to attend
the funeral OF his cousin. Carman
Rock. who was accidentally shot while
hunting.
Mart Shannon foreman Of the ma
chine shop in factory A was surprised
last night when about 35 gentlemen
and ladies visited his home. The boys
were from the factory and the COM
pany had a fine time. Refreshments
were served and Mr.. Shannon was
presented with fine $40 chair by
John Emmons in behalf of the COM
pany.
Mrs. Will Ellis one day last week
got three fingers on the right hand
badly scalded with hot grease. She
was frying beefsteak and it dropped
into the boiling hot fat scattering it
over her hand.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-16
Plenty of Proof
A Christmas Story

Teddy sat upon the top step OF the
stairs that led to the street and rested
his chin in the palm of his hand.
Some of the fellows came along and
hullooed to him, but Teddy didn't an
swer He didn't want TO play with the
fellows just now, for he was battling
with a great sorrow.
Tom had said II, so IL must be true,
for Tom was eight years old and didn't
have TO go to bed until o'clock. Ted
dy's hour for retiring was half past Z,
and he realized that the extra half
hour made man Of the world out of
Tom, while il left the unfortunate Ted
dy still a baby.
Tom had stuck his hands into his
pockets-Tom's trousers were lovely
and rough, just like his fathers-and
had staggered around telling all the
fellows that there wasn't any Santa
Clausel When questioned further, he
had said that there used to be, but
that this year there wasn't going to be,
and there never would be again.
No Santa Clause, If Teddy hadn't
been six years old, he might have
cried, but of course one as old as he
never cried.
ltuuN NOHutItN IL lie lldN pSbltl ltll
his mother. He decided he wouldn't.
Why should his mother, whom he
loved so dearly. be made to suffer any
longer than was necessary?
1t was hard, though, during the next
two weeks, which seemed like years,
not TO tell. and when Christmas eve
came and his mother gayly brought
out his biggest pair of stockings and
hung them up at the end OF the mantel
he could hardly keep back the tears
How disappointed he and his mother
would be when they got up in the
morning and found the stockings
empty! She leaned over and kissed
him tenderly. Are you tired, dear p
she asked You don't seem as happy
as usual"
Teddy assured her. as we'll as he
was able for the lump in his throat
that he was perfectly well. His moth
er. like the wise one that she was
didn't press the question. She mere
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-16

iy drew her low rocking chair and
sat beside the bed until she thought
Teddy was asleep and then she crept
quietly down stairs.
Teddy lay for a long time after she
went, watching the freight flicker on
the walls. He couldn't go to sleep
and besides what was the use, when
there wasn't anything to wake up
for? A good many tears rolled out
OF the corners of his eyes, but he
didn't care now.
He must have lain there for about
four or ten hours. he thought, and
had just shut his eyes to rest them
from the light, when he heard a
sound, a very little sound. He sat up
quickly in bed and listened eagerly,
because il sounded it really did
sound, as if il might be sleighbells.
In a minute. he didn't know just how,
he was leaning out of the window
He didn't feel as If he had walked
there at all, but more as If he had
just SKINNED along without any effort
on his part, as IL he had been some
sort Of delightful fish bird He lean
ed away out of the window. not feel
ing bit afraid of falling, and look
ed down upon the street
Yes, down there on the street, as
plain as day, he could see the rein
deer shaking their long horns and
prancing until the bells that seemed
almost to cover them filled the air
with their musical jingle. And then
there was a CLEAN OF red. Somebody
was climbing into the sleigh! There
was the echo of jovial voice calling.
the horns OF the reindeer quivered
joyfully, their little feet paved the
ground, then the whole turnout seem
ed to leap into the air, and like flash
was gone!
Teddy rubbed his eyes. 1t was fun
ny! He thought he was at the win
dow, but there he was in bed.
He sat up and looked around the
room. The fire in the CRATE had gone
out, but the gray light Of the morn
ing was beginning to steal through the
curtains. Teddy slid out of bed and
crept softly TO the fireplace.
The stockings were bullying in al
directions, as had been their exhilarat-
ing wont in other years! He put out
his hand and touched one Of them
gently 1t was no dream! The stock
ing was full to overlooking.
With a little signing, whispering
wheeze OF joy and relief Teddy clasp,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-16

Selecting gifts for ones menfolks In
perplexing to the Christmas shopper;
their needs are few compared TO those
of women and children. Men like gifts
that add something to their comfort
and they like convenient things. They
especially appreciate gifts made by
the donor, and this year, there are
some novelties for them which are
not difficult to make at home.
basket, which will do either for
a den or a bedroom, is made very
easily The materials selected for II
depend upon the purposes for which
il is to be used. II it is intended for
Il convenient receptacle for ties, col
lar buttons, pins, needles. thread ana
various odds and ends ii is to be made
Of cretonne, brown linen or inquired
silk and finished with ribbon. But
IL for den to hold pipes. matches.
cigars tobacco. etc, it is to be made
Of thin leather or heavy silk and
finished with silver or gold braid and
cord.
A collar box covered with cretonne
and suspended by ribbon hangers is q
reliable gift sure OF a welcome. A
round pasteboard box OF suitable size
is needed over which the covering 10
stretched and either pasted or sewed.
For small remembrance tokens fiat
sachets or crepe paper carrying laven-
der or spicy perfumes in an oblong bic
Of cotton batting. are tied with mar
row strips of ribbons.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-16
THAT NEW FACTORY

The new refrigerator factory is a
sure go, so says G.. c. Perkins, the
inventor, w. ID. Ballou and others.
who are pushing the enterprise, and
by the close Of the week stock in the
concern will have been taken and
articles of Incorporation signed. 1t
will be capitalized at 100000 instead
of $4,000 as stated in these columns
last week with sufficient cash paid in
to Immediately begin business. Over
$1,000 has been subscribed in amounts
of 800 and less to be paid in as soon
as the company is organized and sew
eral blocks of stock in amounts from
$500 TO $4,000 have been taken by
responsible parties.
The offer made by Bedding Bros:
through the Bedding Land and I'm
provement company has been accept
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-16

ed his hands until the knuckles show
ed as white as the snow outside. Then
with a cry OF absolute delight he
dashed into his mothers room.
She opened a pair OF sleepy eyes al
the sound OF the pattering little feet
Teddy threw himself upon her, laugh
ing and sobbing.
"Oh, mother. mother. mother" he
cried He come after all! Santa
Claus did come! Santa Claus did
come! He did. he did, he did,! Chi
cago Daily News.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-16

ed and the new casket factory will be
used for manufacturing the boxes. An
estimate has been made on the ma
chinery needed In addition to what is
already in the plant and an outlay of
$4,000 will be made. Eighty refrig-
orators will be the number made each
day when the work begins and from
ten TO dozen sizes will be manufac-
tured
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-16
His Brand

We'll" said the man from the
Cross-Ba ranch I'VE have everything
over TO Butte that's worth while,
guess. on January IA, we had the
world-renowned bell-ringers; January
22, Della Brown, the famous lady cor
net-player. and on January %, grand
production of Lewis the Cross Eye
Believe me, that was great 20
What did you say was the name of
the play? asked the easterner
Here she am" said the rancher,
producing a program from his shirt
and pointing to the heading Grand
Production OF Louis XI."-New York
Evening Post.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-16
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO

The following interesting items were
news sixteen years ago. They were
taken from the Banner files OF Dec
ember 20, 1898.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-16

1t is not your work merely, what
you do in the world, that measures
your influence. but the way in which
you do it.-Henry Van Dyke.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-16
THE NJ. B. A.

A few years ago Mutual Benefit
Association was formed among the
working men OF factory B, OF the
Belding-Hall Manufacturing company
for aid in case of sickness or accident:
The organization has been kept up
and proved a success. Saturday night
they held an election and afterward
35 boys did justice to an oyster sup
per at Hotel Bricker. The table was
laden with many good things and
Proprietor Mosgrove deserves praise
for the royal manner in which he
served the guests. The following Of
ficers were elected; President-O. j
Barker, President-French Ar
mold, Secretary-Chas. Swain, Treas
urer-William T. Pope, Board OF
Trustees-A. c. Flanders, o. Il. Green
NJ. G.. Crib.