The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-24
THE BIRDS WERE CHILLY.
Cold Winds Blowing Through the Park
Aviary.

Cold Winds Blowing Through the Park
Aviary.
The birds In the aviary hid themselves In
sheltered places out in Golden Gate Park
yesterday trying to keep warm. They
missed the warm sunshine and they felt
correspondingly unsocal.
II was n chilly day, not exactly cold, but
just frigid enough to make everybody wish
it were warmer.
The big buffalo did not seem to mind the
falling Of the mercury and he brought his
whole family out to the front of the enclo-
sure around his domain TO have them and
himself admired by the multitude.
The lama sported with the emu and the
deer were as frisky as ever.
The peacocks and the swans did the proud
and dignifed act and evidently considered
themselves shade better than any other
bird. animal, fowl or insect in the whole
park.
But over in the stables. near the chldren's
play ground. was the proudest of all the
geological denizens of "Bill" Slows domain.
This high and mighty beast was donkey.
Only one of these little. long-eared, gray
dOnkeys. who drag the juvenile visitors
around in little cars for cents a ride.
What reason had she to be proud?"
Why, II YOU had asked her that question
she would have taken you over Into dark
corner of that stable and there, with in-
creased parental pride, pointed out small
four-footed object which you would be
bound TO recognize as a donkey baby, al
though you may have never had an oppor-
tunity before to know what donkey baby
looked like.
Superintendent McLaren says that this is
the latest addition to the park meuagerie,
although he admitted to have read in some
of the newspapers that a moose from ST.
IBERIA and kangaroo from Australia had
lately arrived.
''1hese animals must be still downtown
In the offices OF the newspapers who write
about them," said he, "f0r | never saw
them, and they certainly never reached the
park"
McLaren has just returned from foreign
travels and brought home with him a pet
scheme.
He wants fountain. and he has way of
his own by which he hopes to obtain his
object.
On one Of the walls of the Park Superin-
tendents Office McIaren has placed an
engraving of handsome bronze fountain.
which attracted his admiring eyes during
his perambulation in public park in
Edinburgh.
To duplicate that fountain would cost
nearly $4,000. but McLaren hopes to find.
sooner or later, some generous individual
who Will donate such duplicate TO the
park, and thereby will gain Immortality.
To this end he never fails to call atten ton
to this picture every time a millionaire
visitor calls on him to be shown around the
park.
Another scheme the superintendent has
in view for the near future is to have
wider and longer stretches of lawn In the
park.
He says there ought to be more room for
RI lam Nnrt ham aQtu VOC m hn
green.
On Saturday work on the bridge across
the new lake northeast of Strawberry Hill
was commenced ard in about three months
1t will be completed.
1t will be late in the spring before the
lake itself Is finished, although the work on
it is going on every day.
On Wednesday the unveiling of the new
Starr King monument, west Of the aviary.
will take place with appropriate ceremonies.