18 Aquatic Life 
The perplexity of Deacon Phishphan! 
Has it ever happened to your—F. R. 
WebBER, Chicago Aquarium Society. 
Philadelphia Exhibition 
The Free Exhibition of 
Aquaria and fishes under the auspices of 
the Goldfish Fanciers’ Society and The 
Aquarium Society of Philadelphia will 
be held in Horticultural Hall, Fairmount 
Park, October 6th, 7th and 8th. This is 
the biggest event in the calendar of the 
aquarist and attracts thousands of vis- 
itors. The coming show will far surpass 
those of former years. The finest gold- 
fish in the world, the beautiful exotic or 
tropical fishes, aquatic plants, new and 
unusual types of aquaria, and various in- 
structive features designed to help those 
not familiar with things aquatic will be 
shown. 
Entries may be made by anyone, 
whether a member of the Philadelphia 
Annual 
societies or not, subject only to a possible 
limitation of space should the number of 
individual exhibits prove unexpectedly 
large. Information as to entries may be 
obtained from the secretary of the Exhi- 
bition Committee, Fred Richardson, 3841 
North Marshall Street, Philadelphia.— 
R. L. Harding. 
ee 
The first autumn meeting of The 
Philadelphia Goldfish Fanciers’ Society 
will be held in Saull’s Hall, 802 West 
Girard avenue, on Wednesday evening, 
September 19th. Annual public auction 
sale of fishes donated by members. Come 
prepared to give and buy !—Frep Ricu- 
ARDSON, Secretary. 
pall ie MO 
In the July issue appears an article on 
mosquitoes. The author erroneously 
blames the male for the blood-sucking. 
Asa male, I protest. The male mosquito, 
if he eats at all, is a poor, harmless veg- 
etarian. It is the ferocious Amazon of 
the species that causes all our trouble. 
As the mosquito is a good argument of 
mine against Woman Suffrage, I trust 
you will make the necessary correction.— 
Dodoichthys. 
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Don’t judge a man by his coat or a 
ham by its canvas cover. 
ABE Ae 
The chief value of nature study in 
character building is that, like life itself, 
it deals with realities. The experience of 
living is itself a form of nature study. 
One must in life make his own observa- 
tions, frame his own inductions, and ap- 
ply them in action as he goes along. The 
habit of finding out the best thing to do 
next, and then doing it, is the basis of 
character. A strong character is built up 
by doing, not by imitation, nor by feel- 
ing, nor by suggestion. Nature study, if 
it be genuine, is essentiallly doing — 
David Starr Jordan. 
