, 1885-09-26
The ELEPHANT AND cow


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OF course | asked at once to be shown
the elephant. ! had hardly thought.
having seen him only at n distan,. nc-
fore, that the animal would la .e Lis
ear at the level Of n ~four-storied hour.
but, though so immense, his proportions
are very cool and he Is very well
colored. A band played an1ee
Doodle from a balcony built aroIn /
his trunk. , Cf the two doors standing
Hospitality open we chose oa,. Int
found n placard directing us 10 ehis
by the other leg Tho spiral staircase
winding up the leg brought rs to dor
on which ''stomach-roon' was riutei
Feeling sure il was n newly invented
name for restaurant | asked for re.rcsl
ment. 1t was only his first story, and
the clicking Of billiard balls explained
for what purpose he was done OF ia
compartments. Ascending moro stairs
we entered the elephants interior. Hung
round us he was with pictures oil mon
strosities and peopled with yeniers OF
useless wares, | rather thought Jonah
to be enyie' .. In the way of interiors
he had the lest Of it in point Of ex-
clusiyeness.
BY investing more - cents for ad-
mission we could have explored many
rooms on the sides. rather congratu-
lated myself that ! was too tired that
day, for one of this weeks papers de-
scribes an adventurous mi who
left her party to examine the throat
room" As a tourist she was evidently
thorough, for she dropped down into
darkness by mistake, and evidently the
believing of a real elephant in his ma
tive jungle could not have pierced the
air more successfully than did the cries
of the terrified woman.
How rewarded we were when at last
we climbed up to his majesty eyes
Looking through the great circle of sew
eral feet, untrammeled by an artificial
eyelash, fortunately, our eyes sped
over the couglomeration of gaudy roofs
Of pleasure places and rested be-
You'd where the beautiful sea seemed so
much more blue and dazzling framed in
by. the circle. A line of white-foamed
breakers dVanced through the blue
green waves to the white sands of the
shore. Through the air waves of soft
smoke followed the swiftly mo, ing
steamers, while little smiling toats
darted and frolicked in the wind The
same circle took in the clear-cut outlines
Of the Never-Sink coast. jutting out into
the sea. 1t is there that one homewar1
bound sees Just the lights which are the
finest on the coast, telling hun with a
welcoming presage of n smaller light
awaiting him-"a light in the window
for me.
We could not be said to have done the
elephant thoroughly unless we assembled
to his spinal column There, from the
pavilion, we took in fifty niles OF land
and sea.
Afterwards, rs we walked through
the street of Coney Island, our stroll
was a continued invitation to vary life
by some dissipation for the inevitable
% cents" We were invited to have
our s%ilhouettes taken, the capacity of our
lungs tested, and the future revealed by
a modern Sybil. one in our party, at
the head Of a great corporation, and on
whom the cares OF life pressed most
heavy, knew better than m of us how
to get enjoyment out of everything He
took home not only a silhouette OF him
self, but n very clever revelation of his
character FROM the fortune-teller, TO
impress his wife with his new-found
traits.
| confess TO lingering longest over the
cast iron COW. he stands serenely un-
der a highly bedecked awning. evi-
IDENTIFY rehided and retailed for this
summers campaign. There is just one
thing lacking to complete he delusion
of her genuineness. There should be
invented internal machinery that would
switch round her we'll -crimped tail. AS
it Is, the cardinal ribbon that ties its
exuberant wavelets is without a fiutter,
even when the impertinent flies buzz
round in swarms.
A Simple village maiden, " doing the
milk. maid, has Just pressed the spring,
aud, after filling a glass with milk which
flowed from the well filed udder, she
accompanied the 10 cents worth of lac
teal fluid with a yoluble and gratuitous
conversation