1904 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



591 



The reader is requested to read especially 

 that paragraph reg^arding- the scraping- of 

 sections on coarse-mesh wire cloth. The 

 experiment can be very easil3' tried; and if 

 it works successfully it is a big^ thing. 



There are some other g-ood things in Mr. 

 Greiner's article, and the reader should 

 not fail to g^o over it carefully. 



By the way, the Ontario Co. Bee keepers' 

 Association, in New York, is a very lively 

 organization. It is made up of some of the 

 most progressive bee-keepers in the country. 

 Their discussions would do credit to any cf 

 the best National conventions we have. 



FRED W. MUTH AND FAMILY. 



When I attended the Hamilton County 

 beekeepers' convention at Cincinnati, last 

 winter, I had the pleasure of meeting quite 

 a number of bee keepers and their better 

 halves. Among the latter was Mrs. Fred 

 \V. Muth. She said something to the ef- 

 fect that she was making a collection of 

 bee-keepers' photos, and would I favor her 

 with my picture, or, still better, one of the 

 family group of me and mine ? To this 

 I readily consented, but stated that as yet 

 we had no family group picture but that I 

 would have one taken, provided, however, 

 Mrs. Muth would favor me with a picture 

 of /z^r family. "Agreed !" she said. Mrs. 

 Muth has already performed her part of the 

 contract, and I take pleasure in present- 



ing a picture of which any mother or father 

 might well be proud. Accompanying the 

 photo Mrs. Muth sent a brief letter, which 

 I am pleased to present to our readers. 



Mi-. Root:— I have three children to take care of. I 

 am my own biddy and dressmaker, and do all my 

 work from A to'Z; indeed, I am kept very busy. 

 Martha, age 11, at my right, is a great help at home, 

 and can sew, and trim her doll's hats well; while 

 Kdna, age 9, at my left, claims she is going to be the 

 schoolteacher. 



Clifford, our sunshine, as his papa calls him, says he 

 is going to be papa's honey man, and, above all, I tell 

 everybody I have the "sweetest'' man in town — of 

 course, a honey-man ; why shouldn't he be sweet? 



Cincinnati, O. Mrs. Freda Muth. 



Mr. Muth himself is the "son of his fa- 

 ther," the late Charles F. Muth, and, like 

 his father, he is a very sweet man. He 

 may be the "sweetest man ;" but if I were 

 to father the statement there would be some 

 other "better halves" who would take is- 

 sue with me. After all, if all wives felt 

 this way there wouldn't need to be any 

 talk about the looseness of our divorce 

 laws. 



Mr. Muth is agent for the Lewis Co. "s 

 goods, and does quite a large business in 

 buying and selling honey. While he is a 

 direct competitor of the Root Co., we wish 

 him success, and at the same time offer him 

 congratulations upon the possession of so 

 happy and bright-looking a family. 



In a later issue we hope to present soon 

 two more Cincinnati honey-men, for, be it 

 known, Cincinnati is quite a. sweet city. 



FRED -W. MUTH AND FAMILY. 



