The sun., 1890-11-23
WHATSHALL WENAMETuEM
CAN'T WE SPARE SOME or OrR OWN
NAMES FOR THE BEASiS1

Dr. O'Meneher Objects Not Only To Murrhv.
hut TO schneider. Dubois. Macnrort.
knrisom, Van Rensselaer,, or Ching Ies'
THE Sun printed on Friday this letter 10 ,ba
Mayor from DE-. William O'Meaghcr OF i2; rns.
Eighty fourth street:
"As an Irish American citizen ! obet I,
the designation ~ animals in the Central PARK
menagerie by lri names. and would les, ec,.
fully ask YOU to stop this outrageous custom az
once and IL possible punish the orisinators."
A reporter went to the III, na9erie es eidav
to investigate this matter. In the building
where tho lions and tigers are kept hr found
one Of the keepers tickling the baby hippo.
potamus with u club. which nro, eeding tho
young one seemed to enjoy immensely.
When the keeper read the above he burst out
into loud laugh and said:
That chip bates the deck. We amt gJt 10
Oirish animils here now savin Miss Murphy,
and mebbe ye don't know 1t. but there's lots
NV Frlnch people what calls thimsilves Mur.
ply. Poor old Crowley 3 gone md sos Kitty
O'Brien. Little McGinty, poor fellow. didn't
stop long enough to be chrisn'd. That wasn't
his rale name. you know. 'Daysignation Nv
animals in tine Central Park maynasery Ivy
Oirish names'-ho. no. ho That's TOO rich fer
anything. Say. Jim. step over hero fer mo-
ment. will yc?" Another keeper whowas occu-
pied in feeding the all mails approached and
read the letter. lie seemed to look uron tho
matter in n more serious light. He was
wrapped In Thought TOT moment alter read
There's two Sides to that question. Maybe
give IA an an,ma s9%s Ssn klnd 91
nSa nEs mishs e tse rqDiH Dsuiea sss dssae S
name. Don't you remember how he shook lis
head Y'y whn hs and ooEs1
PROUD e Then take tie case , II 4 TSssinty Si I'll.
his name, sir, his name"
ject, The other keener gave Miss Murphy
the lady hippopo.amus beamrd all over with
iSsasss Ss sas. ia sss led, .sSss !Ssssn N
s saa on s oSsnahe1 S s sRssSy eSnln
that was ever formally christened under an
Irish name was Crowley. His famous partner
porter. and the name clunx to her TO her dying
day: The poor baby hippopotamus whose
% maiY cGrfssened I S Happssed T to be or born at
the time when the McGlnty .eorg reached the
rinnsele Ct p9rnlarity and the reppiters who
stood that she was to be called Mrs. Cal.ph.
her promptly called her Miss Murphy om
must remsnber' however. that that is her
The reporter found Dr. O'Mengher to be q
oniet agreeable looking man OF middle age.
who wore glasses and was intensely All
ceived. When the reporter mention hls
errand the Doctor at once became Interested
and expressed ,. % his views very freely He said
human being; IN ths first PLACE: -. Their plain
is IL ns sst e fB to b
animals in the Central Park menagerie.,
think given out Of % for he
Would S s have hesitated i"na time betore call:
ing these animals Vanderbilt Hamil on. Astor.
nna do Ike hs@ To he
good enough Tor tho name oi an animalY It's
. river. Why must they cal, t6e animal Miss
Murphy. then? sppposipg they called II atpLo
iSs sSe sc hsS hft HDe sas t sni
fhs reporter suegested that there might be
Hippo. Mrs. Hippo. and Miss Hippo. Eysry
their their habits % r''0'""''' are -''"' ''' ''' """'
TLe doctor g. mp and took from the n . book; \;
i 10 lie word S hlppopotsmns PC and read: ' '''A'a .
49, Hippopotsmus, pschydermatous animal
sr TH1nY You hss asuS .as fseSy
Ing Ing Afriea. That raises another IDEA in my
Now how 10
thing 90 p.op. Thss sy isn't
strongly % il the names % OF the animals in Central
am cosmopolitan enough to estimate all man-
Kind on the same basis"