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ADVERUSEMKNT. 



Successful Student of Pigeons. 



A thing' that is worth doing at all 

 is worth not only doing well but for 

 a prolonged time. Since he was a boy, 

 several years ago, Air. William E. But- 

 ler of Glenbrook, Connecticut, has well 

 devoted attention to fantail pigeons. 

 He loves them and he studies them ; 

 therefore he has excelled. He does 

 not keep the "two for a cent" kind nor 

 even the "one dollar and fifty cents 

 each ;" but if you want fantails really 

 worth having, he can supply you. 

 Darwin set all students of nature a 

 good example in his studies of pigeons. 

 They afford good "available ornitho- 

 logy-" 



Air of Quiet Dignity and Comfort. 



It would be difficult to find in all 

 New York City a hotel that can equal 

 the Hotel Cumberland in good location 

 (southwest corner of Broadway and 

 Fifty-fourth Street) and in quiet, dig- 

 nified, comfortable attractiveness. It 

 is up to date in every respect and de- 

 cidedly pleases those who like a hotel 

 that is popular and yet not filled with 

 a boisterous rabble. Just step within 

 the door and it is difficult to realize 

 that the location is near the theatre; 

 district of Times Square. One feels 

 as if he were on a quiet, luxurious es- 

 tate in the country. To my mind none 

 of the other much more pretentious 

 hotels can equal it, surely not in the 

 estimation of any one who "'oes to a 

 hotel for food and rest — for home. 



A Bee Keepers' Mecca. 



Very few subjects are better adapted 

 to the modern nature studv idea than 

 bee keeping. For one thing it can be 

 pursued with the greatest possible 

 intensity of interest at home and, in 

 the case of an invalid, right inside the 

 house if necessary. Moreover, it has 

 a rich and interesting literature sur- 

 passing that of any other animal — the 

 horse or dog not excepted. The re- 

 quirements for study are not expen- 

 sive; in fact, the cost of an experi- 

 mental apiary is well within the means 

 of an ordinary laborer or mechanic. 



In Europe, more particularly in Ger- 

 man}', teachers are supposed to possess 

 a knowledge of bees and their ways. 

 The reason is obvious. The teacher 

 who possesses an actual working 

 knowledge of bees has an insight into 

 the life history of insects in general 

 which is difficult to secure in any other 

 way. For him (or her) the words, 

 larva, pupa, imago, have a true and 

 definite meaning such as a person who 

 depends on books alone cannot aspire 

 to. Not only so, but the habits of bees 

 are far better understood than those of 

 any other insect and a working knowl- 

 edge of their transformations is suf- 

 ficient to give the one who has it a 

 general idea of the habits and mode of 

 life of many other insects, as the bee 

 is the most highly organized of all. 



Every cult has its Mecca and bee 

 culturists are no exception to the gen- 

 eral rule. At present their Mecca is 



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