Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-07-14
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denly thinks &c himself, What's Ehs
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nal;es life interesting agaic.
There Nac IN cfzcial CT enc e clc
trent raiIroada 1ho Uac retired at oay-
cutv. Hell die now" said his friends
| kindly. But be didn't. Instead, he De-
came interested il. tie wild flowers,
aud now he is tco busy IN looking 2cz
thc rams READ orchid and tryi2g %
find q new station Cor the hart'G so1Srue
fern and tramping around in the weeds
and fields in all kinds OF weather even
to think of dying. Anyway. he would
not have time until he's finished his
monograph on the willows Of the Unit
Cd States.
There is woman in Baltimore, GaV-
cnty-two years old, who years ago
sought to forget a great SorroW oy
learning the butterflies. Her city home
has become q rendezvous for entomolc-
cists all over the world and houses
famous collection. While her contem-
poraries are doing their lives away in
CAPS and easy chairs she spends her
summers in the mountains and her
winters in Florida with butterfly net.
Twcnty-one new species t. identify
are her contribution to the iepidoptera,
and she plans to live Until the last
goal of an cntomologi3c is reached
the using of her single initial species.
An octet of men in Philadelphia. all
well past their threescore years. some
in business and some foot loose, be-
long to the same ornithological socie-
ty. They are afield every day Of the
year. rain or shine, to watch the ever
changing bird life. In the spring each
prepares migrant sheets showing the
arrivals Of the hundred odd migrants
that pass through every place every
year. There is great rivalry as to who
shall score the most warblerS or iden-
tify the largest number Of birds in one
day. At present writing the oldest or
the eight holds a record of seventy
five different kinds Of birds seen or
heard in one day between dawn and
dark-one for each year Of his age and
one to grow on. :
4 man in North Carolina by the sud-
den death Of two of his family was
left alone with but little money, no
friends and the cheering dictum from
his doctor that he had only year to
live. TO while away the few months
still left to him as we'll as to help out
his household expenses he took up the
study of edible mushrooms. At the
end of Il year in the open lie notified
his Indignant physician that lie had
become too much interested in his
hobby TO confirm his diagnosis. In ten
years he has discovered. classified and
tested 10 kinds of edible mushrooms
and has published Il book which is one
Of the standard authorities for mush-
room eaters Of the world.
Another septuagcnarinn attributes his
LONG life to the stars Confined to
business during the day. he sought the
open air at night and began to study
ihc changing consultations and the per-
picking planets. Then he found that
with an opera glass he could detect
their colors and reveled in the blue
light OF Vega, the green glare of Sirius.
the rose red Of Aldebaran, the flame
color Of Betelgucsc and the strange
shades Of other cleaning sky kings:
Finally lie bought small telescope
Now, at seventy, he has published
monograph on the double stars. besides
Il quaint little star guide that has in
tcrcSted thousands in his hobby.
None of the nature studies requires
much money or time. \ cheap Illus
trated guidcbook, an opera glass and.
il possible some walks and talks. with
an expert, and you will learn almost
Immediately to identify score or more
of flowers, Or birds, or consultations,
or mushrooms, and you will have found
q hobby on which you may ride away
from Death.
Try it, young men, lest you grow Old.
Try it, old men. before you grow tired.
Escape into the open from these mar
row indoor days and learn the way to
where the wild folk dwell. In their
land you will find the help of the hills
and hope wide as the world, ana
strength, and youth. and happiness
Try it.-Samuel Scoville, Jr., in Lippin'
colts