The Sunday Oregonian., July 14, 1918, Section One, Page 13, Image 13

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PORTLAND GIRL DECIDES ON
BIRD STUDY AS LIFE WORK
Mary Raker, Aged Fourteen, Has Already Gained Distinction as Pho
tographer and Lecturer on Subjects Dealing With Ornithology..
C. H. BAKER
C. H. BAKER
THE STTXUAT -OBEGOXIAy, 'PORTLAND, JTJIT 14, 1918.
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FOURTEEN-TEAR-OLD Mary Es
tello Raker, daughter of W. S.
Raker, 1484 East Sherman street.
Is a lecturer, photographer, and orni
thologist, who plans to make bird study
her life work. She is a member of the
Audubon Society and last Winter she
delivered two lectures before the Club.
In her talks before the Club, she dis-
trassed 60 varieties of birds which, she
aw while on a trip last Summer to
the Tillamook County beaches, giving
clearly the distinctive characteristics
of each bird and something of Its hab
its and other things of special Interest.
Ehe Illustrated her lectures with
dldes made from pictures which ehe
took with her own camera. Some of
them show the birds themselves and
other pictures the mountains and
Jkeaches which form their homes.
Bird Clubs Organized,
Mary is anxious to spread the Joy
Mid happiness which bird etudy has
brought to her to others, especially to
other children. In the four years in
which she has been actively Interested
In birds, Mary has organized about a
dozen bird clubs in and around Port
land. She has had clubs recently at
Kalrvlew, Troutdale, and Glencoe
Bchool, where the children are very en
thusiastic over learning about their
feathered friends.
"Every time they see a new bird,"
says the young ornithologist, "they are
so happy, particularly when they know
bow to find out what it is. They are
learning to be accurate in observing
the birds, so that they may identify
them. They are delighted when they
see a new bird, for then they may add
another one to their ever-growinc lists.
The children keep complete lists of all
the birds they see."
"Most people do not think of birds
as having much value, beyond that they
are pretty, and sing sweetly. Few
realize Just how much good the birds
are aoing ror them.
Birds Guard Food Supply.
"If It weren't for the birds, there
wouldn't be anything for people to eat
witnin tnree or four years, for the in
sects would destroy all the grain, fruit
and vegetables, and incidentally the
animals, so that there wouldn't be any
thing on which people could live. It
Is really amazing the amount of insects
that birds destroy. In the nesting sea
son the young birds cat more insects
man tneir own weight each day."
Little Mary Raker likes to tell
story of a farmer who was getting
tired of a crow, which was consuming
some of his grain, so he killed It. W hen
he opened its craw to eee Just how
much corn !t had been eating, he found
along with a few grains of corn, a
great many cutworms. "And that
farmer," Mary concludes, "never killed
another crow."
Ever since Mary was a very little
girl, she has been Interested In science
of all kinds and in wild life. Before
she was ten, she had studied elemen
tary books on astronomy, rocks, butter
flies, and flowers. For a while, sh
studied animal life. "None of these
seemed to suit me," smiled Mary, "but
I found what I wanted, when I started
to study birds."
Career Started Early.
Four years ago, an article in a mag
azine about the Liberty Bell Bird Club
interested Mary, and she decided to
Join the Club. In pledging herself to
become a member, ehe promised to pro
tect all birds, and to study them, and
she set about her new work at once.
When I had once started. I found that
this was what I had always wanted to
do," she said, "and I have never .stop
ped studying and loving birds since
then."
At that time, her home on East Sher
man street was partly in the woods
and there were many birds about. She
found that she could soon find many
new varieties and her list of birds
grew. Last year, her list Included
about 135 varieties of birds in the
Willamette Valley and in Eastern Ore
gon, where she spent some time in the
bummer.
Kodak: Always Carried.
Mary never goes out without her
kodak, and she has taken many of the
pictures from which slides are made
to illustrate her lectures. She has
made some very interesting pictures of
Dlrds. one is or an owl, which she
tooK in her backyard one afternoon.
There are little bird houses of dif
ferent shapes and styles all around the
Raker home, and there many differen
birds make their homes in the spring.
Last year, an owl, some wrens, and
flickers occupied the little dwellings,
until anven out by the English spar.
rows. When the Rakers returned from
their beach trip, they drove out the
sparrows, and the wrens came back and
with great satisfaction, threw out the
sparrows nests.
Besides lecturing to the Audubon
Club members, Mary has given talks to
farmers near Portland on "The Com
mercial Value of Birds," and has spoken
at various times since ehe was 10, to
scnooi cniiaren.
PRETTY BABIES AND GOAT TO
COMPETE FOR HONORS AT SHOW
Arrangements Are Made for Baby Week Exhibit Which Will Be Held for
o : r -a. . .
oii uaya at LdDeriy xemple Child Welfare Features Planned.
A GROUP of lovely dimpled babies
from the Baby Home and an aris
tocratic Nanny goat, carefully
laundered and adorned with a hand
some blue ribbon necktie, will vie for
attention and honors In the baby week
exhibit that will be held during the
coming six days at the Liberty Temple.
The special features installed at the
temple will be the inauguration of a
campaign for child welfare that will
be conducted in recognition of the re
quest of the Children's Bureau of the
United States Department of Labor.
The Food Administration, the women's
committee of the Council of National
Defense. the Oregon Congress of
Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associa
tions, the health bureaus of city and
state and others having the best inter
ests of the children of the city of Port
land and the state of Oregon at heart
Will co-operate.
Babies will be weighed and meas
ured, the best foods for children will
be demonstrated and their diet will be
explained and outlined. The good qual
ities of goats' milk will be the subject
of one of the discussions and demon
strations. AH who have children between the
ages of 6 months ami S years will be
required soon to have their babies
weighed and tested. This work will
be done first in Liberty Temple this
WeeK. out win ue carried on later in all
districts of the city and announcement
will be made of the locality of the test
ing centers. The Visiting Nurse Asso
ciation and several of the prominent
doctors will assist in the weighing and
tneasuring.
During the week July 15 to 20 the
war kitchen of the Food Administra
tion in the Liberty Temple will demon
strate the proper feeding of children.
The Food Administration stated that at
this time no work is so important and
necessary. In their patriotic desire to
save food stuff and money, some
xnotsher are economizing not wisely but
too well, and there is danger that chil
dren will suffer from the lack of food
elements that are essential to their
health. There is especial danger in re
ducing the use of milk, which Is abso
lutely necessary in the diet of the child.
They have secured the co-operation
vsr various organizations and epecla:
ilsts and are sure that every woman
coming to the temple during Children's
week will secure invaluable informa
tion and advice. The feeding of in
fants up to 1 year of age will be In
charge of the Home Defense nurses, un
der the leadership of Mrs. ft. s. Searles,
formerly a nurse connected with the
social settlement in Philadelphia, who
has had extensive experience in the
feeding of children. Diet for children
of 18 months, 3 years. 6 years and 10
years will be shown In attractive and
effective ways.
This exhibit will be worked out by
trained domestic science experts in ac
cordance with the advice of such spe
cialists as Dr. J. B. Btlderback and Dr.
8. J. Labbe. The City Board of Health
will have an Interesting display show
ing the food value of milk and the
Ctat. Board of Health will .contribute
an attractive series of posters from the
Child Welfare Association.
On Tuesday at 3 P. M. Dr. E. J. Labbe
will give a talk on food for children
and will conduct a free clinic It is
planned to have some other clinics
later in the week. It is earnestly de
sired that mothers should avail them
selves of this opportunity to secure the
CHERRIES GROW IN CLUSTERS
ON BEAVKRTOX RANCH.
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Bnaeh From Tree 1. I,. Riley
Place.
4 Mrs. I. L. Riley, of Beaverton.
tOr, where the cherry trees are
"doing themselves proud" tbis
year, brought to the city Satur-
I day a sample of the luxuriant
I growth of Binge in a branch from
I the tree heavily laden with the
e July fruit. The branch was not
t an exceptional one, Mrs. Riley
t said, but was typical. The trees,
! favored with a good cherry 'sea-
i son, bore so heavily that almost
4 all had to be propped up. On a
f twig 11 inches long, more than
I two pounds of cherries were
I gathered. The tree Is only 6 years
I old.
A notable sale of fine shoes at
prices lower than seems possible
these days. Just the shoes you need
are now on sale. Buy for the entire family
H-140 Black kJ vamp, white k'J top.
turn sole, wood LXV. heel. Reduced
from $10.00 to
$8.85
2055-MeJium brown calf pump, welt
tole. military heel. Reduced from
$6.50 to
$4.83
45 Black kid vamp, pearl gray craven
etlo top, turn tole, covered LXV. hecL
Reduced from $8.50 to
$6.85
2032 Tan calf oxford, turn tole, UX.V.
heel. A-2032 Brown calf oxford.
Reduced from $6.50 to
$4.85
NOTICE
By order of the War Industrie Board and Oregon State Council
of Defense, beginning Monday, July 15, merchants are restricted to
ONE DELIVERY A DAY. As it is our patriotic duty to obey this
order to the letter, wm announce to our patrons that, beginning
tomorrow and continuing until the order is recalled, our stores will
make but one delivery each day.
1864 White rcignsk'm cloth oxford.
Neolin tole. low heel. Reduced from
$5.00 to
$3.85
225 Brown calf oxford, welt tole, mil
itary heel. Reduced from $7.50 to
$5.85
C-22 Bronze kid oxford, turn tole,
covered LXV. heel. Reduced from
$8.50 to
$6.85
A-2031 Tan calf pump, haby LXV.
heel. Reduced from $6.00 to
$4.85
MEN'S SHOE VALUES
Buy your shoes now greater values never offered, even in peace times.
BUY SEVERAL PAIRS
A-5558Tan calf
English lace; white rub
ber sole. Reduced
from $5.00 to
$3.85
Portland
7220 Genuine cordovan oxford.
7222 DarJr brown calf oxford.
7223- Tan calf oxford. Reduced
from $8.50 to
$6.85.
Sole Agent for the Nettleton Shoe
San Francisco
E-5544 Brown calf
English shoe. Re
duced from $8.50
to
$6.85
Los Angeles
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very best advice as to the feeding of
their children.
During the week the Women's Coun
cil of Defense, under the direction of
Mrs. A- F. Flegei. will Inaugurate the
work of registering, weighing ana
measuring infants under 1 year of age,
as ordered by the Federal Government.
This work will be done in a room at the
Liberty Temple set aside for the pur
pose.
Mrs. F. S. Myers, of the Food Admin
istration, has sent out the following
plea: "Will you please help us In the
effort to reach the people who should
be reached by this instruction? Talk
about it. Invite mothers to attend. If
you know some young mother who
should come, can't you arrange to have
her baby cared for for an hour, so she
may be free to do so, or urge her to
bring her baby to one of the free clin
ics. Won't you consider yourself ap
pointed as a publicity agent for this
"Tou perhaps do not know that Fort
land la far behind other cities of its
size In its consumption of milk and
there is real need of a campaign of in
struotlon along these lines. The phy
f siclans and nurses bars responded most
generously to our request for help In
this week's campaign. It Is certainly
our responsibility to see that they have
an audience which will Justuy them in
giving their time and energies In this
work."
Government Carrier Pigeon Dies.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. July It.
(Special.) A carrier pigeon that is
thoua-ht to have belonged to tne oov
ernment came to the Wess Chrlsman
place at Dorena this week, where It
died after refusing food. The bird
seemed to be sick and to hava lost Its
way. It visited the Chrlsman place
earlier In the week, returning a day or
so later and dying. The leg band Indicat
ed that It belona-ed to the Government.
Flsures stamped on the wings may
have been a code message or another
means of Identification. The military
authorities have been notified by
Deputy Sheriff Pitcher.
Platinum thrown away by early Span
ish explorers. Ignorant of Its valua,
often Is found In excavated foundations
for new buildings In quantity to pay
the cost of a building.
DR. POWERS TO LECTURE
BOSTON SCHOLAR WILL BE HEARD
IN LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.
"Art ef
Series ef Fifteen Addresses ea
Italian ReaaUsaaee" le
S Jalx IS.
A series of 15 lectures on "The Art
of ths Italian Renaissance" will be
given by Dr. Harry Huntington Powers,
of Boston. In the Lincoln High School
auditorium at 4:10 P. M. dally, begin
ning July 15 and closing August 2. This
special series of lectures is to bs given
as a part of the regular Summer school
of the Portland extension center of the
University of Oregon.
Dr. Powers has been president of
ths Bureau of University Travel since
its founding, and It has been in con
nectlon with his work In this capacity
that he has traveled widely a&A studied
the e-reat masterpieces In art the world
over first hand. He has won a distinct
place among lecturers on art through
his experience during i years or
active service in giving Instruction to
students of art In Europe and America.
As an author Dr. Powers Is perhsps
best known to art students through his
books entitled "Mornings With Masters
In Art." "The Message of Greek Art"
and "Outlines for the Study of Art."
Ths first lecture of the series, which
will be given on Monday afternoon. Is
entitled "Cimabue, the Break With
Medieval Tradition."'
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