The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-10-31
HIS EXPERIENCES
WITH WILD ANIMALS
Thompson Seton Told of Them Last
Evening in st. Lukes
Parish House.

Ernest Seton-'Ihompson--o or rather
ThompsOn- Sc tomas he must hereafter
"" known, was in the city last night.
The latter name is his by law ever
since the day before Yesterday. for he
has had his patrorymic changed h"-
cause Thompson is 50 common that his
letters got mixed with other Thompson
letters. TO his annoyance. 10 be sure,
one never, never thought of him as
plain Thompson. for there was always
the seton" YOU know. and, ut any
rate, the celebrated author has lifted
his name. What"ve.' it Vas on whatever
it might be. to a place which most
people would ir glad to have their
names occupy.
There ave some OG us who viii always
accept Mr. 'rhompson's, or rather Mr..
Selon's animal stories with protests.
We admire his wonderful diction. his
exquisite word pictures and his mtrac-
ulous, Sherlock Holiness knowledge
of wOodlore. ana We love his l.Obo and
Blanca. and Rag and BnGo. and the
Black Horse ana all the adorable ami
NAL folk he has created. but we do hate
with bitter hatred his dcath-bed scenes.
There are little children in the world
who sob all night long becaus" of Red
ruif's Woeful fate IN the horrible snare,
and who have carried sore and sad
hearts because poor I.oDo died.
The author says that the life of all
animals has {, tragic end. But, then,
death is always Il tragedy. and our
lives all end in that. Vet we do not
lk" death scenes in all our story books
Mr.. Seton would he the best loved writ
or IL America if he would only please
leave Il little To iii" imnsinat ton aid not
kill all our dear animal people in the
last act. He really would.
Last night he gave an illustrated lee
tur" in ST. Lulic's Parish hall before 4
large and discriminating audience. The
pictures taken by himself. were superb
The subject matter was largely that of
his book, wild Animals | Have
linuWu."
S"ton-Thompsou. or Thompson Seton,
is himself picturesque. He has dark.
curling hair, worn rather long. and
clustering thckly about his Well shaped
head. He has finely moulded features
and Il heavy noustache. His method
of speech is dramatic and interesting.
Never for one moment did he lose the
attention of his audience. He was in
iroduced by Ma ior Everett WARREN
who made Il happy speech in honor of
the distinguished speaker.
The first story Illustrated was tho
pathetic one of poor Molly Cottontail
the little rabbit who has brought tears
to so man! eyes by her bray" struggle
for life and her piteous end. 'In II lit
IL" while thc cold. weak limbs ceased
to move, the furry nuse-tip of the little
mother rottontail Wobblcd no more.
and The soft brown eyes We're closed in
death"
His imitation of the hound $
'tpnSue" was capital, and the pictures
illustrating "'I'hc Springfield Fox We're
perhaps the most strikirgly beautiful
of th" scenes.
Among the most interesting drSrrip-
lionS given was ilI, of "'rhc Red Riv-
en-" which was magni!icently illust,ut- :
ed in a fascinating moonlight view. and
which the speaker declared to he the
greatest river in the world. The ro-
manStic stories of the vuyagors were
all recalled in that lovely picture. Mr..
Seton gave limitations of the night notes
of wood birds. the "honk" of wild
geese, the yodcl of the white crane. the
moose-call, the 81. some howl of the
grey wolf. th" sweet. Wild cry Of the
numor.
Those people who do not believe that
this author can give an entertaining
ltctur" should have been at The parish
house last night.