Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-11

There Is one parrot that rejoices in the
name of Emma" The others are very
fond OF her, and she seems a great favor
the building, after each transfer, one Of
the beaus on the top perch would gently
croak, "Emma! Then the others would
repeat his call. until Emma was forced
to speak. WHAT" she would say. "What"'
But the tantalizing parrots only called her
name again.
The pelican resides just across the street
from the hippopotamus, and there has al
ready been established a friendly feeling
between these two tropical creatures. The
pelican started out at once on Tuesday to
smooth down her ruff1ed feathers, and be-
gan to captivate George. His highness was
busy with the new tank, however, and
paid no attention to her for some hours.
After she had plucked out two or three
loose feathers and shaken out a lot Of pink
dust from her plumage, the big fellow
across the way noticed her by giving her
a polite yawn and wink There is a
very interesting filtration on just now
and Miss Pelican seems in a fair way to
win her way into the great heart Of the
mammoth beau on the other side.
An Obstructive Hump.
The baby dromedary is a gentle little
fellow and makes friends very easily. He
has curious habit Of trying to run under
meath his parents in his endeavor to reach
something he sees on the other side. There
was time, not many weeks ago. when he
could accomplish this, but there has de.
Veioped such pronounced hump in his
back since then that he finds himself balk-
ed every time he tries it. He seems puzzled
at the obstruction. His father is not very
good-natured and resents this liberty on
the part of his offspring. The mother, how
ever. Is long-suffering and patient and the
youngster simply butts her and then tries
again. 1t usually results In the old lady
stepping to one side while the baby goes
ahead
The dromedary has two humps and the
camel one. The former Is also much more
handsome, for there is a sort of reversed
name on the under side of the neck that
makes a beautiful fringe to the long throat
Those at the Zoo are the handsomest speci-
mems ever seen in Washington. The camels
are good looking, but not so we'll adorned
as their neighbors. There is every evil
dence Of cordiality between the families,
however, and the two old men chat across
the high wire fencing while the women folk
gossip through the meshes farther along
The Juvenile department of the menag-
erie also contains an infant in the family
Of the sacred cattle. These creatures are
dwarfs anyhow, and so their young calf
is tiny little fellow. He is very playful.
being about three months old and frisks
about as lively as his limited quarters will
permit.
These animals will be kept at the Zoo
all the winter and perhaps longer. 1t is
barely possible that they may remain dur
Ing the summer. At all events they ar.
snugly quartered for several months and
Will be on exhibition free Of charge for
every day while the sun shines. DIR,
Baker. the manager Of the park has shown
great ingenuity in providing places for the
animals without extra expense by utilizing
materials on hand. The long house that
holds the camels. the sacred cattle and
the small creatures from Africa was orig
inally meant for tool shed, but with n
little whitewash and. wire netting II has
been Transformed into really handsome