12 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



Personals 



On March eighth, Mr. T. E. Musselman, secretary of the 

 Gem City Business College, Quincy, and local secretary of the 

 Illinois Audubon Society for Quincy, lectured at the Hannibal 

 High School on birds. This was upon the invitation of the school 

 board, who wish to revive interest in nature study at that 

 institution. On April fifth Mr. Musselman is to give a general 

 bird talk at the Illinois College at Jacksonville, and give an ad- 

 dress before the science class of the college. 



Mr- 0. M. Schantz, President of the Audubon Society, has 

 been in great demand in the lecture field during the last few 

 months. He spoke on "Bird Migrations" on January 16 in Ful- 

 lerton Hall in the Art Institute in Chicago, and on January 21 

 he participated in a bird program which occupied the entire 

 morning session of the Lake County Teachers' Association at 

 Waukegan. At the same time Mr. William I. Lyon gave a talk 

 on bird banding, and Mr. Edwin Hulsberg gave imitations of 

 bird songs. Other engagements included talks at the Chicago 

 Latin School for Boys and the Chicago Latin School for Girls, 

 the Oak Park Garden Club, the Princeton Woman's Club, the 

 Sterling Woman's Club, and the Aurora Parent-Teachers' As- 

 sociation. In December he gave two lectures for the Decatur 

 Bird and Tree Club. March 9 he gave a lecture on the dunes be- 

 fore the Woman's Club of Kendallville, Indiana, and afterwards 

 assisted in organizing an Audubon Society. 



Mr. Edwin F. Hulsberg of La Grange has given some very 

 successful recitals in imitating bird songs. He appeared on one 

 of the programs of the Wild Flower Preservation Society at the 

 Art Institute in January. He assisted Mr. Schantz in a bird 

 program at Waukegan in January, and on the first of March at 

 a special meeting of the Oak Park Garden Club. 



Suet Basket 



From Mrs. Nelson I. Childs of Elgin comes this simple but 

 effective device for suet container- 



A very economical and practical suet basket may be made 

 as follows : Buy a ten-cent wire teapot stand. Fasten one side 

 to a tree with a staple, which will act as a hinge. Then drive 

 another staple into the tree on the other side of the stand and 

 about two inches from the stand. To this staple attach a hook 

 which shall reach to the wire basket and hold it firmly in place. 

 Thus the basket may be opened to be filled with suet, then fast- 

 ened tight with the hook. 



The English Sparrows very soon grow discouraged trying 

 to get something to eat, since there is no place for them to stand. 

 I have had Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, Red-and White- 

 Breasted Nuthatches, and Brown Creepers by the dozen all 

 winter, so that I am sure this basket is a success. 



