The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25

nor. will he fight you. This Is ,he secret ol the
snake charmer, when be thrusts Oul ms arm
ior the snake 10 wind about re h2lds hs arm
absolutely still The snake thinks " IN a sap.
hing and round about II no goes. speaking Of
snake Charmers. nearly all their ulcks are simple
aS can be- You take the old one OF making a
snake follow the 'Chhfmer The sun N shining
rightly on the spot where the charmcr stands.
he begins 10 walk backward toward Me sun ana
~ he walks the shadO" cast IN front Of him ~
The thing that rnucrs the snake, The reptile
desires 10 get out ~ the sun aud into that SHADOW.
As the shadow l., constantly moving, 80 must
the Snak" necessarily move. nave seen no
thought that | could readily duplicate many Oi
their much Wanted performances
The wonderful phAnthsmag9rla that has been
wrought IN the centuries OF lhllai mystiosm
II principally based on a snakes having no sense
Of color but great susceptibility 10 music On
these two facts hang the principle OF the mystery
As | am n mere girl, | have found learning 10
whistle harder than catching, my pets; For u9
life Of me ] can't get up a whistle, When | tr1ed
II on my snakes, last fall the snakes didn't seem
10 10 very greatly Affected, and | don't much
wonder al IT, knew OF a Yale student who when
out boating was able by whistling 70 attract
the watersnhkes. lie could gradually draw
them closer and closer until he could catch then
with his hands. .
well, eight fishes and two canariss are all
the pets I've EOt Just nov. am much Interested
In canary breeding and have sold a good many
10 fanciers IN Boston. | hope H. raise a number
Of them this spring up at my home | want II
! Jssible to make some experiments IN training
Young canAres TO get the songs 81 mid birds.
] had one last year that | used 10 'ahg out III a
pine tree. used 20 leave the DOR open and n
gOldfnch that used 10 frequent the locality grew
Ia be gI.a, chums with the canary lie would
~ into his cage and sing ~ the little fellow by
the hour. The canary finally learned 10 sing
part Of the fnChs notes, but forgot II all, however,
after being kept in the hOuS" a while, where he
could only hear the notes Of another and venerable
fellow canary, =.
4 have no especial variety Of pets in the animal
line that know of | have had a pet Angola
goat lie was tremendous for eating. lie would
have eaten up the earth, | fear, II 1t had only been
composed exclusively oi rags ana I'm. Asqulrfrl.
turtle aud those conventional Standbys OF girls
hens ana cats and a horse Ill out the list, ! be-
lieve. oh, | must no, forget to include two tur,
ties. They were enigraS 10 me, however l
never could make out whether they had suCh a
thing rs the slightest reasoning instinct They
liked 10 sun themselves on logs and Hop about
amusementS, except when they nippcd my childish
toes. which catastrophe occurred not inirequenly.
| had 10 experiment with them Us | did with any
What do | want to do Why, | would like
to b. a teacher, professor Of biology. entered
In a private school, ! hope 10 60 through
the four years her, aud mean 10 make a much
Of my regular and elective studies b" under the
head OF biology. AMI. want II understood
that do not Ike 10 Kill things. No cutting up
and ylyisectns Is a matter Of pleasure Tor me.
! like 10 see the pets | care for enjoying themselves,
and II 1t wera possible | would have "A Snakcry
and a 2oological AMI pathological rang uut
uf doors where all could ba as near Ike thu natural
surroundings as were possible. | can 10Y truly
that have never kept any pets IN a confinement
that was torture or unmetCilul
Goodness, You wont print my name, Will
YOU should have a panic II you did |
know | should"