The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-14

his crest is the tallsst. but he is not as quick
as Trix; There 10 no difference in the plum
male isn't the ha~ndsomest. as is the case with
turkeys or chiekens or peafowis, am going
tive New Zealand hut with a cocEatoots nest
II co % Nee Nee, out 0r IL IN mont or. end the next time
gle Indian or Raii.6reed siri or boy to dress
II, costume and perform my birds"
Most OF the women animal trainers have had
circus or dime museum world. The woman
who has q well-drilled little company OF cocker
spaniels, domestlcated In an east side fat was
originally q singer and actor Of small parts.
used TO do q singing turn. but there we're
20 many at that that Il looked about for m
people had and stir the managers up some"
she says: i always had n knack with pets, so
business regularly. and after three years Of
training i got the tr,oupe so | could make $50
all myself, although It's combining work. be.
cause, now they're trained. they are worth a
unless he Ia In good health and spirits. Even
when they go to the theatre 1 ride in the van
strange '1ku Kennel %h" wherever EEse@ s"G I h Mr : ent to up Be IN sx .
hibiting. keen II locked and Iodge close by SO
that can feed them myself and see that moth
Ing, happens to give them cold or unset the m.
Although a man, can succeed best with the
big creatures. like, great Danes. that require
him in getting up fancy acts for little dogs.
There amt any act that | hear OF or read OF in
t Witb sH Snd m pese RS that that ! dGn,, try y, my ny dogs
to surprise folks with. I've trained terriers
and French noodles and Bugs. but the little
long-haired, spaniels make the besr show and
take the cake with women and children"
Both the cockatoo trainer and the spaniels
woman who makes monkeys her mainstay.
ny ; not Z tha M,o monks on kIo are q SO hard to train, but
have a el wa gs't to i have we monkeys Of tnS sV ON yenr m fiU%I
because the least draught or overeating or
heart failure and they're gone. keeled over
touch-and-go as. MONKEYS"
are Mile. to the pu6iic.. although Of the Tires
visited two are widows with children ard one
is supporting al, infrm husband takes a very
boasts Of some novel acts that her best per-
former has acquired. She has two bantam
rarest and highest priced monkey has adopted
one and sits nursing 4 with the solicitude OF q
ehair. Which 'iEb she spe siIts back Ie'i IN fe ss syoG St.ho@e
fashion. The pantams have also been taught.
at great pains for they have nimble wings and
on a revolving bar Which Mrs. Monkey turns
for. their benshI; Mile. Clementina. has a
sr%dip the four monkeys a nsegsf in p Seq soo awS ONE SntIG nsir
back in the First street tenement. but all ap-
pear to get on amlcably and the mistress ex-
with her assortment between exhi-
billions in the country towns. The children
are lett with o neighbor when she is away. nut
the chief monkey is all affection for her mis-
trcss aud is as well taken care OF as though
she were a taby.
cra i sWsSesa well aMy With bas my Sdni Wns an says ssro ihis
SO / was more or less around the playhouses
and museums We always had pets and |
than with sewing or factory work: besides. it's
interesting and you get ia chance to travel
out West who works with tarantuias and liz
ards and another who makes snakes her ape
c!alty. They beth are real workers. own their
stock and take 1t about to the different places
believed anybody could manage tarantMias
and horned toads as that woman. can. and as
for snakes. why people with tho right eye and
knack for 1t don't, mind them any more than
yon would mind a kitten: The tarantulas are
Where. we lived out West a girl | knew used
to Dlav With snakes Just for the pleasure and
often she would eat dinner with a snake coiled
IN her Lap under her anrop; TO my Judgment
cause they've got wings as well as feet to
move, with. and they're SO small and helpless;
it's like working with nothing 10 take hold Of.
them il thew run away and hide or crow IN the
middle Of an act. ] Just have TO wait till they
With the goat and the dog and monkey its
diiieren no,% lee Lee, as o;a Il l I HID sGGm rnn1s nGS to , Toss
on; i San i Ge w% UiSF SEEM M.ip' to or ne aM aH : ,n i1se
ickv TO work with soft. DOWN things like
them, and Jet sh" manages so well. Yes.
and all that on the showbiils. but they
are not regular trainers. They are only hired
trained and the spirit all out Of them. The
real trainer does the work first hand and
thinks out her own ways Of managing. There's
ms goo! success in the. business as In any
other if the creatures are drilled right and
can do. anything new and taking.
All the women trainers are young. They
arc great ,lisclplinarians and ready with re.
source and invention. The bird trainer go'
when she drove the heal wagon OF a primitive
circus train over the hills and valleys OF the
wild Western country. She. learned then tc
shoot birds ne wall as 70 hnDIla them and
cot acquainted with many facts regardinl
bird nature. habits and tendencies.