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New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION
REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION

For The First Time
BroadlDay Lots
Right at Subway Station
AT YOUR OWN pR1cE-on Easy Payments
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Everybody has heard of the big fortunes
made by the Astors and other prominent
New York families on small original invest
ments ir1lots located on and near Broadway.
BUT-who has ever heard of Broadway
lots being sold on Easy terms, terms so
easy in fact that Broadway lots and lots
close to Broadway are made available to
even the small merchant and investor who
has a few dollars to invest in property with
a real future?
THINK OF IT-38 Lots on Broadway,
West 232nd St. and Kingsbridge Av., directly
at 231st St. station on the Interborougl-
Broadway Subway to be sold
1925 Down-1O%o in 80 Days
Balance ce-2R a Month
REMEMBER-It's Not Too Late to make
Fortunes in New York Real Estate Rents are
still high and must remain so for several years
until there is suffciency of new construction
Building costs falling. This is creating a
demand for vacant Land, and land is cheaper now
than in many years. Why? Because it has cost Il
so much to build
The logic of the situation is clear-"Now is the
time to buy Vacant Land for Big Profits
The Shrewdest Professional Real Estate Men
are buying Vacant Land
You can follow them with safety-if you buy at
their price, and your own, few of the finely
located lots to be sold at the
ABSOLUTE AUCTION SALE
Estate of JAS A. Mahony
l. Howard Lehman, Any, Trinity Bldg, N. Y.
Next Tuesday, Dec. 6
5
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II LEXINGTON AVE, as ndepenM M % % or '
n n W. cor a*h St.. iooneS: BAILEY AVE.
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II 81 Summit PL2 PLOTS LOTS
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
Animals With Four Horns

7 I IS nothing out of the ordinary
il to see an animal without horns,
SO they excite little curiosity in
this respect. Likewise, two horns
get little more notice, while the sim
gle horn of the Indian rhinoceros is
we'll enough known to distinguish
that animal from the two-horned
African species. But when mention
is made of four or six horned crea-
ture, everybody Immediately becomes
suspicious and asks what the Joke is.
Nevertheless, there are such animals
found in certain parts of Asia.
Principal among these is the four
horned chouka, small antelope of
lndla, Its name being derived from
the native word chouk, meaning a
leap. It's front pair of horns are
short and placed just above the eyes,
while the larger ones are in the usual
position higher on the head. The
length Of the upper horns is about
three or four inches, though the
lower ones rarely exceed one inch and
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

no special use for them has ever
been discovered by naturalists. The
chouka is beautiful little creature
with its bright bay back contrasted
with the gray-white of the under
part. beneath which are the 1.-THE
legs that enable it to make the high
bounds for which it is noted. An
adult chouka rarely exceeds twenty
inches in height at the shoulders.
In their wild state all sheen were
furnished with pair of horns. but
the number never exceeded two until
some curious specimens were discov-
cred in several isolated sections Of
Asia. These species had from four
to six horns, the upper set being the
largest, the other two being gradu-
ated with the smallest ones inst
above the eyes. Curiously enough
the two lower sets always curve up-
ward, while the large pair curl down
ward, as do the horns Of our domes-
ticated sheep.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

there they encountered a plague Of
grasshoppers. They were the most
enterprising grasshoppers the West
had ever known. Swooping down on
the Mormons' farms in such num-
bers that they appeared like a cloud
coming over the horizon and liter
ally darkened the sky, they made
short work of the crops. The Nor
mons fought them in vain, for the
grasshoppers could consume the
crops faster than the Mormons could
plant them. Killing them with
sprays or other contrivances was out
of the question. The Mormons fer
vently prayed that they might be
relieved of the plague. Suddenly, as
If in answer to their prayers, great
f1ocks of gulls appeared from some
remote part of the West. They
came as if directed by common i'm
pulse. For in few days after they
had tackled the grasshoppers the
pest was gone. The gulls were fat
ard happy and the Mormons were
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

grateful. AS a result of that vista
ton of gulls the Mormons erected a
monument. 1t is perhaps the only
monument in the world erected. to
sea gulls. On it's top are the figures
of several gulls attacking grasshop-
pers. A tablet at the base reads:
"Sea Gull Monument. Erected in
grateful remembrance Of the mercy
of God to the Mormon pioneers"
When it was the fashion to kill
gulls for their feathers dozens of
men and women engaged in the
business as agents for New York mil
liners. 1t is recorded that in one
season 100000 pairs of wings were
taken from a certain spot in North
Carolina alone. At. Cobbs Island
Va, 10000 gulls were killed in one
season. Boys entered enthusiastic
cally into the game of slaughter and
even children made business of
gathering gull eggs. Mr.. Pearson
says the practice is still going on
clandestinely, although the society
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

Washington asking if any objection
would be raised against the govern
ment's exporting 100000 worth Of
feathers which had been seized by
the customs officials when they were
being smuggled into this country.
The society replied that it certainly
would object. Recognizing the So
clety's influence fol good, the gov
ernment decided not to put the
feathers on the market, not even a
foreign market, because it was held
that it would tend to stimulate the
industry Of robbing birds of their
plumage. A great part of the seiz-
ure, including wonderful plumes of
birds Of paradise and aigrettes, were
turned over to the society and by the
latter distributed to forty-fve mu-
seums throughout the country for
exhibition purposes.
If woman's passion for fine feath-
ers persists, what is to be done about
it? Mr.. Pearson says there is
solution. 1t is the ostrich, which is
now domesticated for it's plumes and
which can part with its feathers
without harm to itself. Formerly
the natives of South Africa and Asia
killed ostriches for the plumes. They
captured them by means Of pitfalls,
for the long-legged creatures could
hardly be overtaken by even the
swiftest Arabian horses. South
Africa began to domesticate the
ostrich. Later some specimens and
eggs were brought to this country
for breeding purposes. To-day there
are ostrich farms in southern Cali
fornia, Arkansas, Florida and Ari-
IONA.
"No pain whatever results from
taking the feathers from the os-
trich," said Mr.. Pearson. "The
feathers are merely clipped from the
bird, and month or two later, when
the stubs Of the quills have become
dry, they are readily picked from
the wings without injury to the new
feathers. No woman need fear that
she is aiding in any way the de-
struction of birds by wearing ostrich
plumes. Since they supply a harm
less substitute for former barbara
ties, we may thank heaven for the
ostrich"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
;HoW Legislation Has Helped the Sea Gulls

IS preparing to build a bird foun-
tain and shrine at Oyster Bay. On
the shrine an image Of the gull is
to have conspicuous place.
Few people realize the useful
ness of the gull aside from its
picturesqueness. When one goes to
Europe the gull is the last to bid
him farewell, as it usually follows
ship for four or five days, or
about half way across the ocean:
and it is the FIRST to greet the re-
turning traveller, for a gull, having
piloted one ship out to sea, will
often rest on the water to await a
homecoming vessel, and with it's
weird chirp follow through storm
or sunshine till port is reached
again.
But the gull has also an economic
value. For one thing it is a
scavenger. 1t rIds the shore and
the bay of dead fish. Some are
VALUABLE to fishermen in pointing
out schools of fish.
More important influences have
been exerted by the gulls. When
there were no laws to protect them,
and every one who came in contact
with them considered it his duty to
slaughter them, fishermen had a mis-
taken nation that gulls were eating
up all the fish along the coast. This
was particularly illustrated at
town called Southwest Harbor, in
Maine. That part of the coast was
virtually rid of the gull by fisher
men who regarded the bird as
rival in the fishing industry. The
fishermen, to their cost, soon learned
that they were wrong. Dead fish
formerly eaten by the gulls were now
washed upon the shore in such num-
bers that the people couldn't stand it.
Most of the people moved to avoid
the pest. They settled at a place
now known as Bar Harbor. To this
extent, at least, the gulls may be
said to be the founders of a city.
The Culls of Utah
Another incident demonstrating
that nature does not create her crea-
lures for nothing occurred at Salt
Lake City.
Soon after the Mormons settled
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
(USAN A. MITCHELL.
- q Nea0 York eight-year-
old, aOho has q fourteen-year-
old brain, according to Co.
lumbiG tests
memorizing. At four years learned
Latin declensions.

memorizing. At four years learned
Latin declensions.
So the progress Of the wonder
child continued under the super
vision of her mother. At twelve
years of age her accomplishments
included eight modern languages
and one classical language. She
had written short stories and
articles for magazines and news
papers. She had composed poems
which had been sold to magazines.
She had working knowledge of
arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigo-
nometry, geography, botany, zo0l-
ogy, ornithology, physics, chemistry,
astronomy and mineralogy. There
were other accomplishments which
are not common even among adults,
and to these were added outdoor
sports, such as swimming, skating,
horseback riding and ballplaying.
The progress of Winifred Sack
vile Stoner calls to mind the saying
of William James that the mind of a
child until he or she is twelve years
old is like a sponge. She had
most retentive memory, and will no
doubt always be among the espe-
cially gifted persons. However, this
type Of prodigy is not, according to
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

keeps dozens Of wardens busy look
ing for violations of the law.
Back in 1886 DR.. Frank M. Chap
man, naturalist, walked through
the shopping district # New York
two afternoons in succession. He
recorded that he saw on women's
hats feathers from robins, thrushes,
bluebirds, tanagers, Swallows, war
blers, waxwings, bobolinks, larks,
orioles, doves and woodpeckers. In
all the feathers of at least forty spe-
cies were discernible. This is what
DR.. Chapman said about it: .
'Tt is evident that in proportion
to the number of hats seen the list
of birds given is very small, for in
most cases mutilation rendered iden-
tification impossible. Thus, while
one afternoon 700 hats were count
ed and on them but twenty birds
recognized, 542 were decorated with
feathers of some kind. Of the 158
remaining, seventy-two were worn
by young or middle-aged women
and eighty-six by women In mourn
ing or by elderly women"
"This was a period when people
semed to go mad on the subject of
wearing birds and feathers" said
Mr.. Pearson. '"They were used for
feminine adornment in almost every
conceivable fashion. Here are two
quotations from daily papers of that
date, the names only being changed:
Miss Jones looked exceedingly we'll
in white, with whole nest of
sparkling, scintillating birds in her
hair, which it would have puzzled an
ornithologist to classify And:
Mrs. Smith had her gown of unre-
lieved black looped up with black
birds. A winged creature so dusky
that it could have been intended for
nothing but a crow reposed among
the curls and braids of her hair
'In those days there were no laws
to protect the birds nor was there
man with force enough to start a
campaign against the evil"
If birds are not worn as lavishly
now as then it is because bird pro-
lection laws are enforced. Only re-
Gently the Audubon Society received
a letter from the authorities at
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
Genius Overlooked

Professor Paul Monroe, director of
the school of education at Teachers
College, says that SO far our whole
educational system has been sched-
uled and planned only for the aver
age mentality.
Little or no provision has been
made for the children of superior
ability" said Professor Monroe.
1--WE in this country are so democratic
that we look out for the mass. sup
pose that is, in way, back of the
system Our entire educational sys-
tenn is gauged to the mediocrity. We
need some new way of scaling our
classes, so that persons of exceptional
ability will not be held back to the
level of their mediocre companions.
Sometimes this lack of occupation
in school while they are waiting for
their slower brothers and sisters to
catch up is harmful to the children
of superior talent. They become rest
i've or Indifferent.
"Wider recognition should be
given to the child prodigy. The hope
of education is to bring out all the
native talent and ability each child
has. Naturally some children will
have more to show than others, but
each child should have a chance to
develop to its highest point.
II do not believe in too much free
dom or too much superintendent of
the child's education. There is a
medium which offers encouragement
to the child to use his own initiative
and at the same time furnishes guild
ance without which he might become
one-sided."
The number of unusual children
called to the attention of the public
in the last year is so great that it
would be almost impossible to call
the roll without leaving out several
of them. The little chess wizard,
Samuel Rzeshewski, drew the atten
ton of the whole country. Opal
Whiteley is still something of a mys-
terry. And Daisy Ashford, though
she's certainly "big girl now," is
good for an argument in nearly any
group. Matilda Locus won the b.
danzky prize offered to the best
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
q 7 0MEN'S hats and sea
" gulls have parted COM
pany. Consequently more

6UAAo nave parted COM
pany. Consequently more
gulls are observable in
New York harbor and along the en-
tire Atlantic coast than at any time
in the last thirty years. Statistics
just compiled by T. Gilbert Pear
son, president of the National AS
sociation Of Audubon Societies.
show that gulls are breeding in
enormous numbers and that in some
Of the rocky and sandy wastes of
New Jersey, Massachusetts and
Maine the beaches are literally
strewn with speckled eggs, some of
them as large as chicken eggs. Mr..
Pearson estimates that around New
York there are more than 100000
gulls, while the gull population of
the Coast exceeds 100000.
Contrasted to this, the gulls 2
few years ago were threatened
with extinction because men and
boys gathered the eggs for eating
purposes and agents of New York
milliners killed the birds by the
thousands in order to supply feath-
ers for the market. Legislation
put into effect in all the coastwise
and Great Lake states and by the
Federal government, making it a
crime to kill sea gull or destroy
its eggs, has resulted in rejuvena-
ton of the species. Colonel Roose-
velt was an enthusiastic supporter
of the Audubon Society's efforts to
preserve the gull. He was par
ticularly fond Of visiting the sea
gull colonies of Louisiana and New
Jersey. For days he wandered over
the sandy egg-strewn shores. ten
derly examining the little gulls as
they broke out of their shells and
watching with amusement their
first flights over the water. AS a
tribute to his interest the society
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

Willie Sidis. Nearly every one in
this country is familiar with the
names Of this exceptional girl and
her mother. Winifred's mental de-
velopment runs as follows:
At six weeks, could sit alone: at
six months, could talk and knew
colors; at eight months, could walk
unassisted; at one year, used poly
syllables in conversation; at sixteen
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
ProdSies Turn Out Well In Later Years. Say Psycho
Mistake to Think Phe-
nomenons failures
as Grown-Ups
BY Hannah Mitchell

N@HILD prodigies usually
turn out to be exception
al mature persons"
said Professor Edward
l.. Thorndike. of Teachers College,
Columbia University, in answer to a
question:
"What becomes Of youthful phe-
nomenons?g
The old theory that any child who
surpassed soutine artaimnents in
1.-The three Rs" would spend his adult
life in Jail or the insane asylum has
been pretty well exploded. Perhaps
those old suspicious about child prod
igies were started by jealous par
ents whose little ones were not par
ticularly bright. Or perhaps they
were just invented out of very hu-
man resentment against people who
ere above the average.
"There are and always have been,"
continued Professor Thorndike, Ger
tain wonder children. And they
have turned out to be great men and
women later. 1t is evident that child
geniuses may be divided into two
claSses-those who are creative and
inventive and those who have excep-
tional memories and absorbing pow
ers.
"The child of creative ability is
the real wonder child. There are
many children who have exceptional
memories, and while it is true that
some of these children have greater
capacity than others, the faculty is
not indicative Of as high develop
ment as the creative or inventive
gift"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
EDMUND ROCHE HAR-
IL DY, Columbia's youmg-
est student, aOho speaks
taUelve languages

though he was something of show,
because Of his precocity, while at
Harvard he lived much like any
child of his age outside study time.
1t was while he was in college at
Cambridge that he lectured on the
fourth dimension and completely lost
many Of his erudite audience.
Winifred Sackville Stoner was a
child prodigy contemporary with
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

months, could read; at two years.
began keeping diary; at three
years, could play simple airs on
piano; acquired use of the type
writer as an aid to spelling and
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

Professor Thorndike has long been
known for his researches and writ
ings in educational psychology.
During the war he was chairman of
the committee on classification of
personnel in the army. He is the
author Of tests of intelligence used
as part Of the system of entrance
to Columbia. Such work as Profess
sor Thorndike has done very we'll
establishes the fact that certain
children are superior in ability to
other children. Little has been done
for them as class, however.
eve are getting so that training
the child in the three Rs is not
enough" said DR.. Thorndike last
week. owe should measure him up
on the common sense questions to see
whether he knows the common, every
day questions of life which he ought
to know for his age. Sometimes a
child might have very good record
in his school studies and still be lack
ing or far behind the standard in
these questions"
1t is obvious that the unhealthy
pale-faced child genius is out of date.
Balance is one Of the beliefs of edu-
Gators to-day and the wonder chill
dren are delightfully."- human and
often proficient in sports. If any one
of them prefers to make a game of
his algebra to shooting marbles, he
should be permitted to do so. But
in any case there probably will be
some outdoor sport which will keep
him balanced.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

teachers how to do fractions, and
that he had been promoted to the
third grade. He made four school
years progress within the next seven
months and went right on. AL
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
SAMUEL RZESHEWSKI.
~ 7olne-yedr-old chess qUiz-
ard, aUho played a strong
game Gt fve gears

American-born non-professional pi-
anist. Pamela Bianco has the art
field almost to herself as a child
genius.
The recent run of child prodigies
recalls some Of those who held the
limelight ten or more years ago. One
of the most famous was William
James Sidis who, after phenomenal
career as little child, was gradu-
ated from Harvard University at
the age of fifteen years. Willie Sidis
was the product of his fathers ideas.
Although he had decidedly greater
mathematical powers than are given
to the average child, their develop
ment was almost wholly due to his
fathers work in bringing them out.
Professor Boris Sidis is quoted as
saying:
"Keep your child from slipshod
thinking and develop his hidden
energy and the result will be start
ling"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
Sidis and Stoner

The history of William James ST.
dis briefly is this: He was taken
to school In Brookline when he was
only five years old. When his mother
returned for him at noon she learned
that he had been teaching one of the
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

WINIF FRED SAC K
~ VILE STONER, of
Pittsburgh, aUhose varied
abilities at the age of th5r-
teen astounded educators
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Catoctin clarion., 1921-10-13
IN MEMORIAM

Poole-In sad but loving remem-
brance of our dear son, Harry W.
Poole, who died October 13, 1918.
October is here again, the saddest o
all the year,
Because today three years ago o,
dear son was called away.
Gone but not forgotten.
O, that home of the soul in visions
and dreams,
o that sweet face can see;
Till fancy but thinly the vail inter
veneS
Between the fair city and me.
That Interchangeable home is for you
and for me,
Where Jesus of Nazareth stands;
The King of all Kingdoms forever is
He,
And he holdeth our crowns in His
hands.
o, how sweet it will be in that beau
tiful land,
So free from all sorrow and pain;
With songs on our lips and with harps
in our hands,
To meet one another again..
By the devoted family
Catoctin clarion., 1921-10-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Gall returned
home on Saturday. They had been
gone three weeks on trip to Balti-
more, New York City, Albany, Buff
falo, Niagara Falls, Chicago and
Rochelle, Ill. At the last named place
Mr. and Mrs. Gall renewed old ac-
quaintances, that having been their
home thirteen years ago. He says
the town has grown from $500 to
5000 since he lived there, but at pres
ent a great deal of unemployment
exists; many of the larger manufac-
turing plants are closed temporarily.
He also says that the crops have been
very poor during the last two seasons
much worse than anything we have
had here.