The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01

forefeet were placed on the lowest step,
the mild face was lifted over the plat
form, Robbie" was very near the reali-
cation of his hopes when, spat, a clean,
brown hand came Smartly down on his
sensitive nose and course voice shouted
Go away, you dirty beast!'' 1t was one
of the many vicissitudes that "Bobbie'
had encountered during the course of his
life, and he received it with the resigna-
ton of a philosopher, and passed on.
AS he tried politely to pass on, for the
tuIn-tum music over across the street
had ceased in token that the dancing
was over, the crowd had turned in quest
of something new, and met ''Bobbie. >"
"Bobbie'' was pleased to see the crowd
and when a sweet, young creature cried,
Isn't he just too cunning for anything!
''Bobbie." in token of appreciation, duck
ed his head and raised his hind feet. He
was misunderstood, as donkeys often are
and there were screams and a scattering.
But "Bobbie'' saw in it only fun, and he
was soon in the thick of the crowd toss
ing UP his heels in reckless abandon,
ducking his head rogufshly and enjoying
himself generally, not depressed by the
fact that the crowd was scurrying away
in all directions. Then a gross hand was
laid heavily on Boobies head, there
was much chattering in tongues un-
brandished before his pensive eyes and
his little journey in the world was ended
Those who have made the acquaintance
of Duchess during the carnival must feel
something approaching friendship for the
great, uncouth beast that has so cleverly
and so patiently gone through her diff
cult tricks. Yesterday afternoon, as usu-
al, she good-naturedly obeyed her trainer,
kneeling to pray when the latter COM
manded, lifting one heavy hoof in token
that she was lame, and, holding the man
in all sorts of apparently perilous posi-
lions. The keeper was loquacious yes
terday, perhaps because the crowd that
had gathered to see Duchess was rather
small or perhaps because it was the last
day. Anyhow he willingly told something
of his experience in training the beast.
He claimed he never would have under
taken 1t at all had not Duchess in the
very beginning betrayed intelligence far
beyond the ordinary brute of it's or any
other species. Once she successfully per-
formed one trick he forced her to go
through with 1t again and again, and he
never called for her tricks in any except
the usual order. What seemed the most
foolhardy feat of all, that of putting his
head in the enormous mouth, he asserted,
them all, owing to the fact that ele-
plants can never do any serious damage
with their mouths
rs it statue or real?" was the cues
ton asked many times in the past two
weeks before the booth of the People's
Portrait company. The query was caused
by life-size figure of very comedy
young woman standing in the booth in
Greclan drapery, a remarkable counter
felt OF statue, or remarkable life
IKE piece of statuary, the spectators were
not sure which. For about an hour an
evening it stood there-and then donned
It's street costume and went home, or per
haps joined the throng in the diversions
OF the Midway, for the Galatea was Miss
Emily Kelly, artist of the Peoples Por-
tralt company. To stand motionless I'M
der the gaze and comments Of crowd of
curious people is task to test ones
nerves, and Miss Kelly's success was
shown in the fact that she kept them
guessing" till the finish