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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1911
Page
6
Henry OF Ys, attached to the Washington Biological Survey, spent eighteen years recording bird songs. He notes that within a species some birds sing far clearer, more brilliant, and expressive music, and he imagines the guest singer based on current knowledge.
Cardinal Grosberk ranks the wood thrush as pre-eminent among birds based on voice quality delivery and musical form. He praises the grosbeak for powerful yet velvety tones and unselfconscious singing. He notes many bird songs cannot be written or reproduced in human notation.
A 19th century observer notes varied birdsong from a meadow lark and a four wood thrush with problematic high notes to a cardinal with a quavering, hesitant tune. The description likens sounds to a windmill or an aged wheelbarrow, suggesting composers and performers among birds and many differing song qualities.
The article describes meadow larks and other birds as imitators who copy human tunes with clever trickery. It notes canaries and mockingbirds excel in mimicry but lack true musical form, while thrushes sparrows and chewinks show more modest singing yet some compositional sense. It cites a Baltimore oriole imitating ragtime and a bird familiar with Not For Joe, illustrating humorous musical mischief in the avian world.
The meadow lark sings to him with a strong rhythm similar to Sousa’s Washington Post March. The bird adds a lively accent and evident enjoyment of the swing, while Oldys recalls a morning greeting borrowed in tempo from Wandelt.
In Taiping and the Malay peninsula a crocodile is lured, bound alive with box cord, and dispatched after a daring canoe maneuver. An Englishman and his servant use a simple noose and coordinated cord work to subdue the beast, earning a government reward reported by Harper's Weekly.
Mrs Cyrus McCormick lifts the $36,000 limit and pledges any larger needed sum for a Chicago child welfare exhibit. A flashing placard proclaims a baby dies on preventable disease, as hundreds of schoolchildren illustrate daily work in public education, with girls showing sewing and household tasks and boys in trades, including printing a daily showpaper.
An old clipping recounts how ultraviolet photography exposed a washed handkerchief stain in a Lausanne murder trial, proving erasures can hide evidence. It notes UV light reveals traces blood absorbs UV rays and can expose writing erased with UV-absorbing substances.
Kentucky representative Sherley introduces a house bill aiming to tax cosmetics, charging 2 percent on rouge and similar complexion makers and performers. The measure envisions the government collecting a 1 eighth of a cent per six cents of rouge used to color cheeks and lips.
In Madrid at the royal palace the Queen washed the feet of twelve old women as part of a long tradition with King Alfonso, grandees, and attendants present. The ceremony included water, towels, and the archbishop distributing alms, followed by a meal for the poor.
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