THE GUIDE TO XATVRE—ADJ'ERTISEMENTS 



VII 



A Good Whack at Myths. 

 For the benefit of those who still l^e- 

 lieve the atrocious and fantastical tales 

 and superstitions told of snakes, please 

 observe that : the "hoop" snake is a 

 myth ; snakes bite, not stin^s^ ; snakes do 

 not ])rotrude their "legs" when thrown 

 in fire ; the "puff adder" (hog-nosed 

 snake) is not poisonous but is the most 

 harmless snake in this country as it 

 feigns death when approached and 

 nothing can induce it to bite, and above 

 rll things, milk snakes do not drink 

 milk. — Rural New Yorker. 



The eminent animal psychologist. 

 Professor Jerkes of Harvard, finds that 

 the apes are much more intelligent 

 than the monkeys, who in their turn, 

 are strikingly superior to dogs and cats. 



The United States National Museum 

 at \\'ashington has the largest collec- 

 tion in the world of brains of anthro- 

 ]^oid ape?. In fact, barring only the 

 chimpanzee, it has more such speci- 

 mens than all the other museums of the 

 world combined. 



Removal Notice 



On or before April ist, the Diamond 

 Disc Shop, 372 Atlantic Street, 



Will Be Located at the Store of A. S. 

 Kellogg, 46-48 ATLANTIC STREET. 



Newly furnished Record Parlors and 

 Salesroom on Second floor. 



You are invited to attend, our opening- 

 recital, April 7th, at 2:30 P. M. 



"The Diamond Disc Shop" to Move. 



Amburt A. Kellogg, a Stamford 

 boy, graduate of the S. H. S. class of 

 191 5, and son of A. S. Kellogg, whose 

 long-established and popular news 

 and notion store has extended itself 

 from the basement to the roof of the 

 building, corner of Luther and At- 

 lantic Streets, in recent years has 

 been for some time connected with 

 "The Diamond Disc Shop" at 372 At- 

 lantic Street. Something of a musical 

 connoisseur himself, the conviction that 

 "the diamond disc" is the great Edi- 

 son's last word in exactly and perfectly 

 reproducing the tones of voice or in- 

 strument by mechanical means, made 

 a strong appeal to him. He has ar- 

 ranged to buy out the business of the 

 present "shop" and transfer it to new 

 quarters on the first of April. A liberal 

 section of the second floor in the At- 

 lantic and Luther Street building will 

 be devoted to the purpose. The "par- 

 lor" atmosphere will be emphasized 

 there, in a skillful and tasteful way. It 

 will become, no doubt, one of the most 

 attractive and comfortable places in the 

 town, or perhaps in the State, for the 

 purpose intended. The furnishings will 

 include, of course, specimens of the 

 cabinets — themselves w^orks of high 

 art — which enclose the "diamond disc" 

 mechanism, and which are all designed 

 and furnished in a style worthy of lat- 

 est and greatest invention in this line — 

 not a "talking machine" merely, but a 

 device which re-creates the music in 

 exactly the same tonal quality with 

 which' it is originally delivered from 

 voice or instrument. — The Stamford 

 Advocate. 



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■ The Best Scientific Work is Done in the Small 

 I Laboratory with Local Support. 



= (From an Editorial in "The j'opular Science Monthly.") 



m "The most desirable institutions for scientific work would prob- 



m ably be comparatively small laboratories conducted by the scien- 



B tifie men who work in them It would be 



■ well if such institutions were endowed by the rich, still better if 

 B they were supported by a state or community." 



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