Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-08-09

ScnOOlS, DuL also stated tnat In many
cases private Individuals on the out
side knew vastly more, in their own
opinion, about how to run the schools.
Mr.. Albert complimented the city
on its excellent water supply, and on
its streets and homes. He proclaim
cd Belding an exceptionally Ameri-
con city, democratic in its population,
separated (and not divided) by its
river, and industries confined to two
main lines. He urged the develop
nlent of wholesale industries, which
he said would augment the growth of
the city greatly.
The interpretative reading of "The
!. Fortune Hunter" Saturday afternoon
| by Edwin M. Whitney was excellent.
Every person in the crowded tent
/ listened intently TO his character i'm
presentations and were more than
pleased with his facial and body ex-
pressions of the different personages.
Mr.. Whitney carried the story
through with great zest and relish
that held the attention of his audience
at all times. In all he impersonated
thirteen distinct persons, showing
their temperament, and characteris-
tics.
The White Hussars appeared in the
first of their concert Saturday even
ing in dress suits. They rendered
many choice selections with a jovial
air and adaptness that kept the au-
dience thrilled all the time. Their
"Sleighride" was merry event and
coupled with the warm weather of
Saturday made a humorous combina-
/ tion. The second half of the program
was given with the Hussars clad in
their white uniforms. The array was
very pleasing and the drills given by
the company added materially to the
excellent music they rendered. The
Hussars are a great company of en-
tertainers.
Ernest Harold Baynes, one of
Americas well-known naturalists,
gave his story of my Wild Bird
Guests Monday afternoon. He told
Of the great need Of conserving the
buffalo and the bison, and also some
thing of his work in assisting in this
work. AS a result of the care being
exercised he said there were now
over 1000 buffalo in herd started
with four animals eleven years ago
Mr.. Baynes then told of his meth
DDS and the, needs of conserving and
protecting the birds. From a busi-
ness standpoint and for the perpetual
and constant good of the farmers he
urged that the. work be taken up and
pushed in every community. He also
told of the many pleasant experiences
he had had with these feathered
friends. In the seventy-seven towns
he had visited previous to coming to
Belding Mr. .Baynes stated that he
had organized local bird clubs in ev-
cry one. He presented the matter
to the local audience and as result
a society was organized. An account
of the officers, etc, may be found in
separate article in the Banner this
week.
In the presentation of the bird
masque Sanctuary" and pageant Mr..
Baynes delighted his audience Mon
day evening. He was unfortunate in
getting the electric wires connected
with his lantern, short-circuited or
grounded, and hence the program
could not take its natural course. The
stage was beautifully set. 1t was
divided into two parts by thin net.
The part back of the net represent
ed the spiritual realm and in this
realm the birds and bird spirits act
ed always. The part in front of the
net represented the natural realm
and here man and the ST. ner parts
of the play were portrayed.
The story of the play centered
about the destruction of birds for
plumage and the conversion of a
plume hunter into an ardent advocate
of bird protection. The spiritual
was finally made the scene of the
hat nf o1l de
the birdlovers and beasts into great
pageant. Thirty-six of the local
children participated in the event, be-
ing dressed to represent various birds
common to this country. When the
whole cast was assembled thousands
and thousands of birds were thrown,
with colored lights and without "a
screen, onto the children and fitted
down, apparently, to take part in the
grand celebration held in honor of the
plume hunters conversion, and of the
fact that birds, man and beasts could
at last talk in q common language
and be understood. A series of pic
lures showing the destruction of
parents bird by plume hunters, while
feeding her young on the nest were
also shown.
The lecture of DIR. +. T. Hagerman
on Tuesday afternoon was one of the
best in the whole course. He handled
the subject, "The World We Live
In," in a most able way. He stated
that we are prone to accept things
just as they are without feeling amaz-
ed that past civilization has given US
many things that are marvellous. To
illustrate he showed that the monkey
is doing everything in the same way
that he did centuries ago. He said:
"The time was that we commented
upon the wonderfulness of the tele-
phone, after every conversation. Now
we accept the telephone as part of us.
We may have very fine house, hu-
man body, in which we live, but our
thought life is ourselves. We may
live in perfectly kept body and yet
be vile ourselves. The finest persons
many times live in an unsightly
house., or body. From the finest
houses many times come vile
thoughts, actions and words, which
discount all the visible attributes of