The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-28

An old chap with a weakness for
a corncob pipe. natural leaf and
philosophy once said to me.
"A birds nest In tho top OF a tall
robbed by some dornod boy than n
on the ground. It's human nature,
Jest human nature"
Add to this trait, this %ingrainod
inclination to go after n thing be-
cause II is difficult. the scientific
urge and you hnYo u combination
which counts hardship and danger
4 simply as things TO DO conquered.
An orchid which has found q foot
hold on the face of a 5000 foot clitf
may be a pale, insipid thing, lacking
In fragrance and form. but finally
someone just has Ia get II or break
his neck trying. II the beholdcf
happens to he u scientist he Ia Ac-
tuated by n desire 10 learn why thar
orchid picked out the bHttlements OF
Z the world as It's domestic and the
flower is doomed. Sooner or later
, 1t viii be pIlckcd, dlspectcd. classi-
fled and displayed for tho cdincntion
OF the Ftay-nt-homcs.
This questinE spirit Is ne old as
man ana aa strong as tho breath OF
. life Itself. tho whisper OF tan trees.
the rush and roar OF waters. tho
& thin, recdy note OF n bird, the cloud
shaking rumbloH OF some monster Is
. its voice. and It's charm IN the sheen
OF fine gold or tho radiance OF some
hard-won gem OF knowledge, You've
; heard n. felt it-we'ro all slaves OF
the lamp. No n In immune. aud
women leave the luxury Of a modern
home 10 follow 20 the r%ainbow's end
as readily as mon. They endure pri-
walton, danger and tho calling dts
comforts Of life In the wilds with
the accomplishing courage OF mar
tyrs. To such a one the u%npooplcd
places Of the earth call, and she
travels FAR and wide, gladdening her
eyes with vistas rarely bchcld by her
sheltered sisters.
History has written on her pages
the IN OF many %illIstrous quos-
tors. Sir Galahad sought the vision
of the Holy Grail Marco Polo roam
ed the orient; Columbus went n
questing and discovered tho Ameri-
can continent. From ancient Spain
went the Conqulstadores TO Columbia
in search OF tho El Dorado which
they never found
Now TO this same country goes n
Philadelphia and his wife on n
ques quite different from all of
these. To remote and inaccessible
peaks of the Andes this searcher
goes seeking flowers rare and beau
tiful. exotic In their frngility and
strange coloring. Ue viii find flow
ers which carry with them the heavy
fragrance OF tho troplc Jungle and
flowers OF contrasted nature on
snow-capped mountain peaks and
the sides OF ash gray volcanoes.
He IL DIR. Francis w. Pennell.
curator OF tho botanical department
of the Philadelphia Academy OF Ma
tural Sciences, who II In charge OF
an expedition sen out by Harvard
university. tho New York Botanical
gardcn the Smithsonian institution,
and our academy. He goes accom-
panied by Mrs. Penncll and his as
sistant In the work, Ellsworth l.,
Killipp of Washington. They will
make collections on the c~ordilleras,
central and northern. TO compare
the flora of different ranges. on
this subject Doctor Pencil has writ
ten and spoken extensively since his
pievious expedition. when he went
up to snow on Paramo dc RUIZ and
assembled the Rio Sinu and the Rio
E Esmeralda to tho 'paramos OF the
Cordillcra Occidental. Yet he Is per-
haps better known In his special field
OF study OF the distribution and re-
lation of tho "ScrophularIaceac"
which uncommon name is that of n