Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-11
Some Of the Peculiarities of These
Huge Beasts.
THEY MUST NOT Be SHOWN KINDNESS
The Most Effective Way in Which
to Appeal 70 Them.
SALLY AND HER KEEPER


US make haste to adopt tho nam, that has.
hamed On many a show bilD H. not an .r.-
phant-he is man; but long tut,rc,ar-.
win The greatest af creatures has brought
ms nature into accord with the solemn N.r-
mony Of theirs In his own good time be VIII
ieao You round the track oi memory and
show you the sights. he rs no NOR, Il, l,,
disturbed by his audience upon that v,y5-.
than is his oldest elephant. once set f,rrb
on her circular walk of penny ertar.,f--
ment TO he detected by the cries az har
riders As they drum her unnmc hing hide
In the Stow mill NJ his own mind n, has
ground up all his experience or lie with
the brute beasts into kind of Srirnce-nar
= kind To be found n text books. PERTAINS
nut one that anchors him to an old phf-
losophy.
Elephants Are Like People
found him one afternoon seated on the
hot-water pipes in front Of SaIIy's cage
gazing at her in kind Of dream IL was a
quiet day. and very few people were in the
house: there was little or no business t,,;,,.,
u'"e III bel-Flngins or swcet-catchiug. and
the two veterans gazed at each other across
the bars. l hesitated to break la ,,nop a.,
SAeht duet with my foolish questions Inn I
was longing to hear the man talL ,bI,,t
nio SHdrgeS- lie gave me hut little OF the
hIla OF gossip wanted 10 hear his MIND
was revolving questions Of far yasr.r I'M,
port indeed ne almost resented NV r,J-,ir.,
curiosity as 10 the private life of his beasts
ana shielded them as though from m, 80,
oi mlSchievous buSybody. What he 1iI
let iaII, however. in the course of a f.u,
predatory remarks CAS- tn the nar,.r.. -
otdsts generality, made before pIunginsr
M" nu'h deeper subjects. was profoundly
interesting. Elephants ar. Ike ,,...,,,l.
was his burden. show them much -
uon, ana they'll take advantage ~ ,-,,,
Mnen lhey can \ cynic. you viii observe.
ffss4F h..
seems 10 be this great differ,u,,. raty-..,,
the uOheStic a. opposed To the wild an
HihdI-uPou the one you may lavish lfr,-
uon ana careSSes. and he viii I,,-a ana ,-..
spect you the more: but in The an ~,
t"hlch Is the only really neutral .,r,u,,I
upon which to make terms with . v-,If
ntdsp AMI IN less degree. affect ION ,il5r,fr-
ISM IN proportion as you are i-n3,u-f-,-
lively affectionate. We all know m. M,
"Ao must he kept at distance lest he mr.
sumo upon any little Kindness sboyn .,
MIN; mat Is the wild beast. The dog or the.
morse Is like friend or a gnnd Sa1-,-,,,f
no KNOWS how 10 value your ciyiIitz A.
pr0dch an elephant daily for three months
Win ioud words and an indifferent b.ariDt.
atta Ne ~lll Ike you ami be very much
airdlI OF you at the end of the time; fed
nm upon candy Tor the same period tr..,r
Llln tenderly. ana he viii hold himself 7r
liberty TO stamp on you some day when he
Nd9 hoth4hS better 10 DO.
Lorenzo and sally
There is something admirable In the aus
terity of such a bond as that between To-
ienzo and Sally. They have known each
other for nearly thirty years: Tor haIf OF
that time. dare say. she has been his chief
interest in life and Yet now few carsss,s
how few words even. have passed between
them Their mutual understanding. htr
loving, respectful dependence his control
are alike perfect; although if he were not
by ana l were TO enter her cage she would
probably kill me, ! should not be afraid 10
lie down in her path and let her walk over
me II he were beside her. Not very milrn
AFRAID L mean. 1t is a constant effort he
told me. TO refrain from petting so Old A
Friend, and / can Well believe IL. He said
quite simply, If the animals were taken
away from me, L think [ should soon DIE
put ne is Jealous OF his influence. and makes
the effort.
From one or two stories which he told Inc
L gathered that elephants are lovers OF rou-
the ana resent any interference with their
daily custom. For example, my friend was
IN the habit of taking one OF his elephants
every morning to the brew house, where
the brute was used to have a drink of ale.
For some reason however tWhether oWllg
TO the influence OF some remote ripple Of
the teetotal movement or not / am unable
to say, the practice was discontinued and
my lord arrived at the brew house one line
morning to find the door shut. Where,la1n
he raised a great boo-hooing rushed
through the gardens in an ecstasy of rage,
and finally brought up in the middle OF "A
4dht btllONliS ana tfuTDpttinE though
10 the hades Of the beasts. The sequel 10
this exhibition is significant Of mans re-
lations with his jungle captive. The keeper
went up to the enraged monster with d
piece Of bread and led him submissive to mis-
den Where bullying fails with beast one
may successfully appeal TO his gluttouy
and with these TWO weapons one i armed
cap-a-pie against the lower creation. Here
were several tons of brute beast rushing
about in frenzy because Of a disappointed
thirst, and the remedy Tor 1t all lay in the
palm OF mans hand
Must Not lie CoddIed.
But listen to Mr. Lorenzo while he COM
municates some of the ripper fruits of his
experience: IT'S all make-belieye with
animals. They think you're stronger than
you are. It's your business to keep that
idea going: if they ever happen to fiud ont
their mistakes you've got TO step out Of the
way To avoid trouble II ) astonishing how
YOU can take elephants in | can scare
them as much with a straw with big
stick. Their eyes magnify they think the
straw : tree and that you're "A giant
This was evidently the starting point of A
loop excursion from Mr.. Lorenzo's path Il
dissertation, for he diNergpd upon specula-
lions. It's my belief you know thar al
our eyes magnify. We think things are
bigger than they are. l don't believe its
as far from here 10 America as We think
1t is.
In my foolishness l suggested thar the
number of miles was known: and I have
SeluOIn Deen more com punued IN argument
than l was by his reply.
Miles, What's a mile? / believe a mile
isn't so long We think ii is, nor a yard
nor an inch We magnify. and nnthing's as
big as ii looks" / tried to consider Soberlv
upon this statement. but [ felt the whole
ground of my beliefs rushing past me and
swinging into space. The more one thinks
about ii the more dizzy one becomes and
longs for some hold upon fact Montaigne.
perhaps, might have done justice to such a
theme. j, however, had better leave tho
plain statement for your consideration
But my companion gave me little time IN
which to exercise my amazed thoughts for
he was of again in vein Of "reminiscences
You mustn't disappOnt an elephant / re-
member once, when L was with a travelling
menagerie, we had an elephant that used
to shift the tents and carts about when We
gave performance, and when the work
was done they used to take him to the
living van and give him a loaf Of bread /
told them II wouldn't do. L said. 'Drop
that or there'l be trouble over il: / never
knew any good to come of coddl;ng Gle
plants Well, one Sunday morning We ar
rived at a village where we could get no
bread; the bakers shop was shut or some
thing; and when the shifting work was
done, Off went the elephant as usual to the
living van Some one tried to stop him GO
Ing, but he shouldered through the crowd
in a that hfTsi h