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hOpper-The Dog That Drew Peary
Farthest North at the Bronx Zoo,
Cargo of Lions and Tigers Com
ing Facts About the War Between
the ArbucIxIes and the Sugar
Trust-WeaIthy Pittsburgers Who
Now Resides in the Metropolis-An
Anecdote of the New Commander
of the 6. A. X.
New York, Oct. 1S.-European royalty
has become a fervent admirerI and pa
tron of American plumbing The fad
was started by Emperor William, who.
besides having a gorgeous bathtub of
solid porcelain made for himself by
New York firm, much to the respectful
Indignation of German plumbers. cap
ped the climax by having American
plumbing in his American built
schooner yacht Meteor. The Czarina
fell in love with the shining nickel
work and the solid porcelain tubs and
bowls and things and has ordered an
elaborate outfit for a women's hospital
in st. Petersburg. She selected most of
the applia noes herself and in the case
of one particular tub she responded to
the objections of her plumbing advis-
er: Il know what / want. am a
mother myself" So the nurses in the
new hospital will have to wash in
fants in that particular tub as the
Czarina washes, or would wash. her
own.
The latest customer is the Queen of
Greece. Elaborate catalogues, with
gold inscriptions on Russia leather COW
ers, have been sent to her. She is going
in for a whole outfit of douches and
showers and sprays and needle baths,
all those terrified things that spout ice
cold water on a person from unexpect-
ed faucets at unexpected moments.
The rush of royal orders started a
representative of one of the big firms
to 'reminiscing" the other day and he
said: "a few years ago we had an
order for British royalty and we made
a most artistic and perfect piece of
solid porcelain for a wash bowl and
another costly porcelain PEDESTAL to
support the bowl. Our pottery folks
were very proud of 1t, as we'll they
might be. Better and finer. pottery
isn't turned out in any country very
had been shipped. We received the
bowl few days afterward, but no
pedestal. Letters and kilograms pass
ed between us and our pottery, between
our pottery and us and the railroad,
but no pedestal was to be found. Our
folks had the railroad receipt for it,
but that soulless corporation refused
to admit anything. We were in a hole,
for it meant a matter of months to
n SfoI la
it and the expense of more than a
thousand dollars.
Just as we were in the depths of
hopeless bewilderment and despair we
got an indignant letter from an honest
New London plumber whose bill usu-
ally ran about $500 a year with us.
The letter dressed us down in vindic-
tive terms for sending him what he
described as piece of cheap decorated
poetry and charging him $14 for it,
when what he wanted was a nickeled
stand He wound up by saying that
If we didn't want to stand the expense
OF having the decorated poetry sent
back he would allow us SO for it and
try to find a customer.
AT first we were puzzled Then
a light dawned on us. 1t was our $500
porcelain pedestal for the King.
Dan Beard, the famous animal artist,
has new, and, even for him, a novel
pet. 1t is an ordinary grasshopper,
captured on the lawn of Mr.. Boards
house in Flushing.
was talking with Mr.. Beard the
other day when from corner of the
library there issued a sound similar to
lhe first notes of a canary's song Mr..
Beard broke off in the midst of a SEN
tence and asked:
DO you hear a canary?''
Why, yes, / believe do" l replied.
Mr.. Beard laughed, rose and walked
over to corner of the room.
He certainly is a Bird he said, as
ne pointed to a grasshopper under a
wire cage. You're not the frs tperson
10 mistake his music for a canary's
song. Tame? OF course he's tame. See
here"
Whereupon Mr.. Beard lifted off the
cage top, the grasshopper crawled into
MS hand and willingly submitted to
having his head rubbed by one of it's
masters fingers.
He's as tame as a lap dog" de-
cared Mr.. Beard, land he's intelligent,
100 Knows when I'm going to feed
MN and all that. But this fellow
MT Beard indicated graSshopper in a
second cage-"is wild yet. Now, when
mt the cover and try to stroke him,
watch him jump
Sure enough the hopper" sprang
away and landed behind a sheltering
book case, from which place of refuge
ne was secured by the artist after not
little difficulty.
Just caught him the other day." ex-
bained Mr.. Beard while he brushed
.he knees of his trousers. But my
Canary' here I've had about two
weeks. In so short a time he has
,edrned to know me and be friendly.
I've been kind to him, that's all. and
az shows his gratitude by not being
oiIdid of me like his brother. who
also will be tame in a few days If I'll
sve I'VE. him enough attention.
NICE pets, grasshoppers-
n me Eskimo dog that drew Lieut.
,,esary farthest north is now on exhibit
uoh at the Bronx Park Zoo. Bridge,
named by his distinguished owner,
d 4os Tor a companion another Eskimo
ts mat was with Lieut.. Peary's par
~ they occupy a roomy cage all to
ourselves, and to the establishment of
~ scores of persons who crowd around
WIN daily. these two dogs from be-
strq the Arctic circle delight to
fetch their bodies in the sunny por-
aus aus OF their cage and doze the day
bsy' More than one visitor has been
N~u to say; well, that's the first
ca ever knew that Eskimo dogs
tbtt Tor the sun. I always thought
~, Shey hated heat and sought cold.
tv,o luge Is the handsomer of the
sivb. uoss and is the favorite with the
m He has a black back, but