Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-04
Belgium's Gift

Belgium's Gift
The combined effort of the school and
college population of the United States to
raise 500, 600 with which to make a common
gift to the Befgians of a new Louvain library
inspired the Belgian school children to do a
similar service for France Although the
population Of Belgium is only seven million
the campaign among boy and girl students of
all classes for small private gifts has realized
so Tar 1000 francs, which will be used
In helping to rebuild French libraries des-
troyed in the war; especially the library at
Rheims.
Now French students have come to the aid
OF the Belgians and raise 900 francs for
Louva1n, which will supplement the efforts
OF American students who because of their
superior numbers and better financial situa.
ton have been asked by the American COM
mlttee to share the burden of reconstruction.
The cornerstone of the library which is
to be practically gift of Americans to Bel.
g1an students, was laid last summer at Lou
vain, but work has been temporarily halted
pending the completion of the school, college
and university campaign in the United States.
Thousands of books and manuscripts are pill
ing up and the authorities are receiving 1O,-
600 volumes per month from Germany as
partial replacement of those burned These
must remain in storage at least until the
interior stockrooms are erected, about which
the library proper will be constructed. This
is in accordance with the plan of whitney
Warren, the American architect, which per-
mits housing of the books while the outside
work of construction is still going on.
African Game
AS long ago as early 1918 virtually the
whole of the Ubombo district Of North Zulu
land was thrown open for indiscriminato
shooting, with the alleged object of prevent
ing the spread of tsetse fly disease, and it
is interesting to learn that this was not adj
vertised very widely, but was apparently kept
& a Wal1-Puardnd he
in and around this district, says a writer in
the Field.
The conditions prevailing in the district at
the time of its being thrown open are inter-
esting Ubombo village itself consists of
Europeans-the resident MAGISTRATE the
clerk of court, postmaster and two or three
more officials European settlers there were
none, nor was it possible to purchase even
plot of ground for trading purposes. What
cattle there were appeared to be in splendid
condition and quite free from any signs Of
tsetse fly disease. About $500 feet below
Ubombo village and about five miles distant
lies the low veldt which comprises the game
country. Here are to be found a few scat
tered native huts, but no cattle of any sort,
the reason being that during the greater
part of the year the country is virutlly dry,
with the exception OF few stagnant pools
which answer we'll enough for game, but are
utterly unsuted for cattle and still less for
human consumption.
Teaches Birds
A singular but interesting profession Is
that of the man who teaches canary birds
to sing.
Such schools are to be found in various
parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire and are
we'll patronized, for, contrary to general be-
lief, the unframed canary is rarely good
songster. The fault with unframed birds
is that they attempt to initiate every sound
they hear and frequently spoil thir natural
song. At school they are taught to repro
duce perfectly certain notes produced by a
bird organ" a contrivance something like
a barrel organ and one note must be mas
tered before another is learned.
The preliminary course may cover four
or five weeks, then the promising pupils
are separated from the backward ones,
and exceptionally talented birds are given
special tutor who whistles to them or
plays tunes the lutte or fageolet.
The ideal training gives the bird four
distinct notes.-the water note, which, as
tho INN ic lie