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Peter and Charley, or Mary, Sue and
Elizabeth with which human beings
are tagged in babyhood.
The tagging of a bird is accom-
plished by mean Of an aluminium
band attached to the creatures leg.
The band bears a number and an adj
dress, enabling any person who finds
the bird later to report the fact to
the Biological Survey at Washington.
which acts as a national clearing
house for this information. In this
way much has been learned as to the
habits of birds in their m~igrations
and as to the choice of homes.
To the bird-lover there is peculiar
charm in discovering that the same
individuals among ne birds come
back year after year to the nesting
places in his immediate neighbor-
hood. Through the bands the bird
fancier finds 1t possible to form per-
sonal friendship with the annual WISH
tors; he finds himself enabled to an
swer the formerly unanswered ques-
ton as to whether or not the robin,
in his yard this year, is the same ono
who nested there a year ago and the
year before that.
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apparatus. An equally interesting
type of community house is at Locust
Valley, N. Y, where a small commun-
ity raised $4,000 to build a com
munity house. In its hospitable as
pect 1t appealed to nine hundred per-
sons in one week and 1t houses head
quarters for a village nurse, a library,
fire department and all kinds of legi-
innate activities. Other interesting
community houses are at Kentville,
California and Holden, Mass, but the
william A. Read Memorial House at
Purchase, N. Y, deserves mention be-
cause of its graystone exterior and
well-laid grounds. All kinds of meet
inGs are held in the large assembly
hall, dances, domestic science classes,
dinners, Girl Scout meetings and even
church services are held, and on Sun
day Mrs. Whitelaw Reid provides the
music for church worship. Peoria,
ILL.,, had the good fortune to have the
John c. Proctor house built and en-
dowed by a citizen. This was built
ten years ago, and has been a great
success. 1t is well located, has two
gymnasiums, excellent facilities for
paths, library, DOWlliB anu AiiA0A
rooms, and outdoor Fairgrounds.
Old Buildings Adapted To Community
Use
But all cities are not so fortunate
as to have community houses donated
and IN many instances as the COM
munity spirit finds expression some
degrees of resourcefulness must come
into play, and it has been found nee
essary to utilize buildings already in
existence. This has been the case in
Santa Fe. New Mexico. 1t happens
that this place has a fine new Museum
building and this has become the
community center. In the first six
months of its existence this Museum
had forty-three meetings in its audi
forum and these were attended by
Anglo Saxons. Spanish-Americans. In
dams, officials, artists, writers, COM
posers and other persons who all fra
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grown notifications suited to the
various localities and we find COM
munity buildings as war memorials,
as community school houses, COM
munity buildings erected in industrial
centers and community centers which
prove a boon to small places and the
most cosmopolitan of cities. In all
these cases the chief purpose is to
meet the civic, recreational and cul-
tural needs. Besides State projects
for memorial buildings, several large
cities erected large memorial adui-
forums, and in some instances started
civic centers. Among them are San
Francisco, where the auditorium COW
ers a block; Springfield Mass, with
its civic center of two classic struc-
lures and campanile; Denver, with
the most handsomely decorated hall
in America: Oakland, Cal, with its
white marble million dollar auditor
ium; Portland, Ore, with its auditor
ium perfect as to acoustics; st. Paul,
with an auditorium Boosting several
unique features. among them a NOV
able stage floor; Milwaukee,, with a
building occupying a city block;
Kansas City with a Convention Hall,
one of the biggest of the kind in this
country.
Friendly Meeting Places
Perhaps it is the community house
in smaller places that is of larger in
terest as it provides great co-opera-
ton and friendliness. Though for
years many persons have felt that
houses ought to be erected for the
various community activities plans
have been slow in coming to a head.
Enough community houses have been
finished to serve as suggestions to
others contemplated. One of the most
complete of these Nhouses is In La
Jolla, a suburb of San Diego. This
was the gift of Miss Ellen seripps
and II is of California style of archi-
lecture with bathing pools, tennis
courts. an auditorium. stage, hospital,
kitchens, and a marvellous lighting
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ter for tourists of the human race.
In recent years bird banding has
spread owe the country under the
encouragement OF the United States
Biological Survey. To the ornitholo-
gists of this admirable organization
the practice makes strong appeal as
one of the most valuable aids to the
study of the birds and their habits.
WITH this official encouragement bird
banding has come to be recognized
as an important branch of science.
To the membership of the banding
army it is not only a contribution to
scientific effort, but constitutes a fas-
cinating sport On It's own account. In
perhaps no other field of activity is
there such notable blending of study
and sportsmanship.
Like Naming Children
Bird banding is the method en-
ployed to establish the individuality
of birds. To this extent it achieves
the same purpose that is brought
about when folks name their chill
dren. To the bird bander the num-
Der on a birds leg is as much to be
esteemed as the names of Ed and
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ternized and enjoyed themselves al
the gatherings. There have been con-
certs, community theater perform
ances. and an attractive patio and
reading room get their share of pa
tronage. One unique feature about
this Museum is that 1t affords a COM
munity home typical of the tradition
and history of this interesting place
and the architecture is expressive OF
the life of the community. Forty
thousand to fifty thousand tourists
come to Santa Fe yearly and they en-
Joy this unique Museum.
School Houses Used In Many Towns
One could go on enumerating hun
dreds of these buildings in use today
and ten times that number contem-
plated. 1t has been found that in
some places the school house forms a
convenient and less expensive COM
munity center for interest now favors
making the processes and environ
ments of education attractive. Per-
haps nine hundred school houses are
being used as recreation centers and
the choice between cooperation and
combination depends on the degree of
economy necessary. Milwaukee can
be quoted as a shining example of re-
modelling school houses to provide
social centers. In many instances the
Easements have been converted into
rooms for recreation. The pool
tables, bowling alleys, movable desks
and chairs are installed in these rooms
and large electric signs in front of the
buildings proclaim the school houses
ready for recreational activities. The
movable desks and chairs are an es-
sential help In adapting the school
house to a community center and in
some cases the Assembly hall serve
a gymnasium and the domestic
science department occasionally be-
comes a community kitchen where
banquets can be prepared.
In the Washington Irving High
School In New York there is a roof
playground as well as other recrea-
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economics and manual training. There
Is no confusion because the schedules
are arranged for the use of the build
ing for day and evening. The whole
community has been drawn together
by this building. The La Salle-Peru.
Illinois, Township High School has
also attained a reputation as a COM
munity school for the folks of La
Sale. Peru and Oglesby. Here. there
is a building connected with the main
school house ana equipped with gall
%leries. gymnasium, swimming pool,
auditorium. music and art galleries.
In some instances these community
schools and club houses are memoir
ials but in others they are simply
built with the idea Of providing rec
reational centers for the whole fam
lily. In either case experience proves
they are meeting places for sympa-
thetic souls who before had no OPP
portunity to cultivate a neighborly
spirit
1t is evident that this community
spirit grows and in even a cursory
glance at II some credit should be
given to the movement in industrial
towns which have buildings that Gull
tivate civic pride and responsibility
and make for that broader citizenship
which Americans seek. Long ago
Ludlow, Mass, built "a community
building and at Austin, Pa the towns
principal industrial concern sub
scribed one-half OF the amount neces-
sary to build. Johnson City. New York.
has Your Home devoted to the
use of this town by a manufacturing
company and at Rumford. Maine. we
hnd the Mechanics Instituts sup
ported BY the towns people and
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where all meet to enjoy the games.
reading rooms and recreational facili-
ties.
The Spirit OF The idea
The erection Of community houses.
as war memorials is a timely xpres-
sion of renewed patriotism but 1t is
really the need for such places that
makes the increase in popularity no.
ticeable. The passing of the saloon
makes community houses desirable
in some localities as a place for social
intercourse and other classes of peo-
pie feel the need of community CEN
ters for educational. recreational and
social development. Some places pre-
fer to place memorial tablets in their
community houses and thus pay
tribute to those who might have en-
joyed the center with them but In
his case, as in the choosing Of archi-
lecture for the community house.
there must be beauty beautiful de-
sign adapted to the type Of service
which is to be fostered. The build
ing should suggest dignity and the
spirit Of hospitality, and be in keep
ing with the locality. The most i'm
portant thing about a community
house cannot be put in words for It
must be felt. 1t is the spirit of well
come, the friendship and happiness
brought through its agency that
makes the success of the community
house.
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tional features and in Mobile. Ala
bama. the school house has long been
a radiating center OF general neigh
borhood enterprises and good fellow
ship results among the residents of
the sections. There has been much
thought expended on the danger of
interfering with educational facilities
in using school houses for re~creational
centers but new schools which are
serving both purposes are arranged
so that while the school is the pri-
mary consideration, the social, civic
and cultural needs of the community
may be considered. AS an aid to car
rying out this idea some of the new
buildings have sound proof auditor
iums, and movable partitions, and
Rochester, New York schools have a
new kind of desk and chair combined
and equipped with rubber tips so that
they a be moved quietly, placed in
any position or stacked.
Rural Communities Like School
House Plan
This school house recreation center
idea finds a welcome expression in
rural communities and It seems des-
tined to take the place of the many
little one-room school houses which
are not to be compared in effective
ness with the big consolidated school
attended by children living within a
radius of many miles. A fine ex-
ample of this exists at Wheaton.
Mimi. where the community school
has centralized the life OF the town
and surrounding country for it con-
tains rooms for farmers clubs. rest
room for farmers wives. library,
shower baths and rooms for home
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a~I|rG @N>0 az @~R03<<C
A<9~ S%~&x< @>>G<<0S ~
Sport and Science Are
Blended in the Practice
of Bird Banding Alum
inumT ags Identify the
Feathered Travellers.
By MALCOLM MACDONALD

~ IRDS are every bit as individual
as human beings. In the same
way thai is rue of people, they
~ nave their likes and dislikes as
to the location of their homes, definite
choice rs to their year-after-year
feeding grounds. and fixed habits in
their annual travels. Under analysis,
these habits are found to be as firmly
established as those which Lead some
people to Florida and others to Cali
fornia in search of mild winter eli
mate and recreation.
1t has been learned that the bird
which once takes a fancy to a partic-
same locality season after season.
Nc matter how long the journey may
be between the chosen summer home
and the place of winter residence. the
feathered traveller shows persistent
determination to come each spring to
the happy home of previous years.
These truths have been clearly
proved by the activities of an enthu-
siastic membership in the army of
Bird Banders" throughout the
United States. The observations of
this membership have brought to
light much knowledge hitherto hid.
den from the students of the life of
the wild. To all practical purposes
the practice of bird banding occupies
the same relation to the travels of the
birds that is held by the hotel regis
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THE RAB1D RooTER

I know a Rabid Rooter and
whene'er I go to call
The solitary thing he talks Is
Bali Bali BALI
But. then. his relatives declare
He has not changed st All:
For even as > baby It was
BawsI Bamsf Ezuaf
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llOCTdCy anu lTleIlQllu65S hat SOL
diers and civilians learned in the
war? When the idea first started 1t
was found that few cities or towns
had adequate meeting houses. Mass
meetings, large patriotic gatherings.
lectures had to be held in theatres or
churches and in rural communities
there seemed no community spirit.
Now, we know hat a good commun-
ity house adds something to our lives
and especially in the rural districts
1t has proved a tangible symbol of
social unity. Whether in city or coun-
try tho idea of neighborliness in
creases when a locality has q COM
munity house for its very own.
The proposal that community
houses should be erected for war me-
MORALS was put forward in 1915 and
received immediate endorsement. The
movement assumed nationwide pro-
portions and in hundreds of cities and
towns it was decided to erect such
buildings. The plans range from the
community bungalow to the great
civic centers with imposing edihces
such as auditoriums, hospitals, NUM-
cipal office buildings, Libraries and
churches. AT least two national pro-
jects were pl Congress granted
a site for Il .onal victory Me-
mortal Buildil Washington which
will cost $40. 100000 and will be dedi-
Gated to the boys of re and the boys
Of IT. The National Aeronautic
Committee laid plans for a national
memorial club house in New York
for the Air Service Association. From
Maine to California the impulse grew
and four hundred places signihed
their intention of erecting buildings
to foster the spirit of friendllness and
act as memorials to their children and
brothers who were lost in the war.
Civic Centers At Many Points
Out of the first impulses have
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where all meet to enjoy the games.
reading rooms and recreational facili-
ties.
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REINCARNA-
TIONS

Jonah getting swallowed by a
crowd.
Nebuchadnezzar advertising a
remedy for sneezing.
Cleopatra surrounded by parlor
snakes.
Mrs. Grundy as editor Of the
society page.
John Brown as a grave digger.
William Penn as a post office
clerk. t.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin min.
ing away for a dancing endur.
ance contest.
Jack Spratt and his wife run.
ming a reducing school.
Ulysses as a. member of the
Travellers Aid Society.
Little Boy Blue as a saxa phon.
list.
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In quoting speaker. a West
ern paper said: His word was
as good as his bond" Goodness.
was he as changeabIe IS all thar
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The Fortunes of War.

In DAYS of old, if knight was
bold,
He cracked his lady's head:
B,It nowadays. it's the man Whv
pays,
He gets cracked instead.
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In Turkey they plan to whip
a man who gets drunk, but &c
the stuff they sell over there is
as bad as the stuff we get here.
he won't feel the fashes.
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Sing a song of coal men,
They're gone, yet we, impIore,
Can we rejoice and say amen
With icemen at the door?
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1t, doesn't take king to know
that queens fall for the jack.
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Modern Version.

Oh, don't you remember Sweet
Alice, Ben Bolt,
Sweet Alice whose eyes were so
brown,
@hs started bootlegging last year,
Ben Bolt,
And now she owns half Of the
town.
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Contrary Mary.

"How are you going to vote this
year?"
The Congressman asked Mary:
THE way my husband don't. my
dear.
| like to be contrary.
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Perhaps they call EN- waiking
delegates in the unions because
they're the only ones who can
afford motor cars.
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A girl will dance fifteen or
twenty miles an evening and en-
Joy It, but If she has to walk
three blocks to work, she gets
sore.
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FIRST AIDS

If one of your high-hat friends
invites you to go horseback rid.
ing and you have had no previ.
Gus experience in the sport. YOU
win naturally want to take few
workouts in private before max
ing your debut. 1t is not neces-
sary to hire horse TO do this
A few rides on the merry-go.
round will teach you how to 81,
on horse correctly and will also
acquaint you with the beasts
habits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19

It's nothing to see three or four
hundred married couples in any
dance hall, but not one Of them
married to each other.
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Most dance halls give you six
dances for a quarter. The aver
age guy dances as fast as he can
%. that he'll get twice rs much
for his money
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BY John p. Medbury

~ ANGLING is becoming so
popular again that a lot Of
H. men are now one-stepping
their. breakfasts, two-stepping
their. dinners and side-stepping
their wives.
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Every day in every way 1t il
beginning to look like the race
belongs to the swift automobiles;
when we try. TO beat it across the
roadway.
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1t may also help you to read
about famous horsemen of his
tory. Memorize all stanzas of
The Charge of the Light Bri-
gade' and carefully read THE
Ride from Client to AK" The
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,
and "The Four Horsemen of the
sApocaIypse.
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He doesn't care if he tires the
girl out. When she faints' he. gets
himself another partner.
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Medbury
Says

Says,
BY John p. Medbury.
~ ANGLING is becoming so
popular again that lot OF
H. men are now one-stepping
their. breakfasts, two-stepping
their. dinners and side-stepping
their wives.
It's nothing to see three or four
hundred married couples in any
dance hall, but not one Of them
married to each other.
A girl will dance fifteen or
twenty miles an evening and en-
Joy It, but If she has to walk
three blocks to work, she gets
sore.
Most dance halls give you six
dances for a quarter. The aver
age guy dances as fast as he can
%. that he'll get twice rs much
for his money.
He doesn't care if he tires the
girl out. When she faints' he gets
himself another partner.
And then when the second one
can't dance any longer, the
chances are the first one will be
rested again.
Any man can dance as much
rs he wants. He never runs out
Of girls, but once in a while he
runs out OF quarters.
Some guys dance ali night. The
only thing they have to do is to
find some dame who suffers from
insomnia.
The lack of rest doesn't bother
them, they get so that they can
walk in their sleep.
The management doesn't care
how much you sleep ON the dance
floor providing you wake up long
enoungh between dances to buy
tickets.
Still, you could buy five dollars
worth of them at once ard leave
word with the ticket seller 10
wake you up when they're all
gone.
One guy went into = dance
hall at ten o'clock in the even.
ing, bought ten dollars worth
Of dances and left an eight-thirty
call for the morning.
He thought the floor yer
was a night clerk.
One fellow has danced with the
same girl every evening for the
last six months. The only way
the management could separate
them was TO have them get mar.
Kied.
Two hours after they were mar
ried both of them had danced
with everybody in the hall.
You very seldom find any
wall flowers" in q dance pavil.
Ion. No guy is going to pay sew.
enty.fiVe cents or a dollar TO lean
up against some lathS and plaster.
OF course, sometimes no girls
will dance with him, but he
doesn't care. If the worst comes
to the worst he can go home
and get his wife.
People are perfectly willing to
pay a dollar or 50 to get crushed
and walked on in n dance hall,
but they've got NO use for the
street car companies who give
them the same service for a
nickel.
REINCARNA- |
TIONS
Jonah getting swallowed by a
crowd
Nebuchadnezzar advertising a
remedy for sneezing.
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Tho management doesn't care
how much you sleep ON the dance
floor providing you wake up long
enoungh between dances to buy
tickets.
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The fellows in Germany who
used to toe the mark are now
booting it around.
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And then when the second one
can't dance any longer, the
chances are the first one will be
rested again.
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We are never, confronted with !.
a national crisis until every dane
ing couple in America decides to
break the nonstop record.
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u Another good plan is TO prac
.tice dismounting SO that you can
get off the horse quickly If it
starts 10 run away. You can do
this by hooking fast freight and
Humping off at stated intervals.
las a final preparation for the
ride, travel a few blocks in
crowded street car, clutching the
strap with your teeth and wind
ing your legs around one OF the
seats. When you can hold this
position without fatally injuring
the other passengers, your train
ing course will be finished.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19

Any man can dance as much
as he wants. He never runs out
Of girls, but once in a while he
runs out of quarters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19

Some guys dance ali night. The
only thing they have to do is to
find some dame who suffers from
insomnia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19

Still, you could buy five dollars
worth Of them at once ard leave
word with the ticket seller 10
wake you up when they're all
gone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19

People are perfectly willing to
pay a dollar or 50 TO get crushed
and walked on in n dance hall,
but they've got no use for the
street car companies who give
them the same service for a
nickel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19

The lack of rest doesn't bother
them, they get so that they can
walk in their sleep.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19

The only way to keep a Cor.
gresham quiet is to have his
wife sitting beside him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19

One guy went into y dance
ball at ten o'clock in the evcn.
ing, bought ten dollars worth
Of dances and left an eight-thirty
call for the morning.