The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-24
WANG,S BABY ELEPHINE
The Roma able zach yderm that Will Ap-
pear with Comediaa Hopper.

The Rou able Pach ydern that Will Ap.
pear With Comedian Hopper.
A bit OF news that amused tho actors Of the
town last week was that the big elephant that
Comedian De Wolf Hopper rides in Wang"
has q playful baby elephant that will ap-
pear with the Siamese Emperor's laugh.
able pachyderm when the comedian re-
appears in tho Broadway Theatre in August
Tho original wang" elephant used to
drink gallon Of beer every night. and once
had to resort to arbitration whom its hind
legs went on strike unexpectedly ono night
|cbecause the front legs got all tho beer. Tho
legs OF the elephant were nimble actors who
wore rubber trousers filled out with wooden
hoops. The new baby elephant is at present
under the skylght Of Palmer's Theatre. It is
now engaged IN what Is technically called
growing skim"
Composer Woolson Morse and his brother
Charles went to the retreat on Wednesday last
and found the body OF the baby pachyderm
hanging by steel wire from one OF the rafters.
A costumer sitting beneath it was sewing its
hind legs The original elephant was eight
feet high and carried its tall master around
the stage without any trouble. Tho baby ele-
plant is only half as big. but 1t has taken half
a dozen men three months time to get it as
far advanced as the skinless condition. The
manufacture OF the baby elephant was an IN
way. after the bronze elephants that were
given away as souvenirs, to- those who
for tho hundredth time in the broadway
Theatre. a sculptor made model In clay
e
taken Of them. A skeleton frame Of tho body
was made next with strips Of bark. When this
and cotton batting was stuck on beautifully.
Over the Yadding will be stretched the ole
plants skin when the time comes to put on
the making Of the body, frame was com;
paratiyeiy easy. The trouble began when It
with waddinG. and shaped By means OF wooden
ss NTH sez that
stretched on strips Of wood and st!frensd By
trunk made OF cloth drawn over d series OF
trunk can bc curled up or wigsed By Strings.
The eyes are moved In the sumo manner. and
by pulling other strings tho ears are tapped
,WooIson Moses brother. who !. known on
the stoGe as Charles Marvel. will manage tho
hcI how PSSy viii ffS Soa DO it ?" friend asked.
sspss AND hs ssSSsn h T@ sf
Just how Mr.. Morse is going to accomplish
the feat of getting inside the baby elephant 10
"oRns 1t tie sephan G and M na Marsss
wouldn't give tho snap away. The men who
plant got into position when the body was was
hung, up over their heads. They drew on tho
legs like trousers and the body was lowered
work that way. Its front legs are stuffed with
cotton and are lifted up and moved about by
also squirt water through its trunk, which 10
moro thnn the big elephant can do. It can also
pick up things with the end OF Its trunk
has, a suction tube and a pair Of steel nippers
Its head is hitched to the body frame and bal
glass ball. which allows the head to swing to
and fro and up and down in strikingly life
like manner
The baby elephant will be on tho stage
nearly all the time in the new version Of
Wang" twill play with the Emperor's nu-
back and 1t will sing an accompaniment to
their " baby song" It's skin will be on this
Morse for three weeks. 1t Is the only meohan-
ical baby elephant In the world.