The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-21
LIONS LOOSE AMONG LADIES.
MOST Dreadful THING NAP
PENS TO 4 FAIR COMMITTEE.
Unanimous Vote I'm Favor OF FscortIng
Fsau. the APE. 10 the Waldorf To.
day Instead Of the Hybrid Cats That
inset the Committee Meeting.


da, Instead Of the Hybrid Cats That
Upset the Committee Meeting.
Mrs Henri Lucien Gargan and the other
members Of the committee who have charge
Of the wheel Of fortune at the Harvest
Festival and Sale OF the Free Industrial
School for Crippled Children, which opens
at the Waldorf to-day, will exhibit Esau,
the educated ape of the Bostock Animal
Show, at their booth They had intended
to have Bostock's two tame lion cubs, but
for very good reasons they changed their
minds.
The same women had charge of booth
at the State Federation of Women's Clubs
Festival held on Nov. = and 8. Previous to
that exhibition young man who was known
to most of them suggested that it would be
quite a feature to have Postock's two lion
cubs at their booth They looked favorablv
upon the scheme. and the young man made
the necessary arrangements The cubs were
, good drawing card
When the committee began to make ar
rangements for to-days exhibition they
! bcthought themselves Of the two cubs and
called up the young man over the phone
| Gould he get the cubs again? Nothing
easier Wouldn't they rather have Esau,
the educated ape? No. the lion cubs would
do.
So last Tuesday the young man tele-
| phonnd to Bostock and asked II he could
| have he cubs again
IF / can" he said "box them up and
put them on top of a hanson. I'll cali
| for them at 10 o'clock
An hour later the young man called at
| Bostock's He saw a hanson standing
| outside with a large box on top and con-
cuded that il waS his True. the box was
larger than last time-it almost covered
the top of the hansom-but he thought
nothing of that; lion cubs grow very fast.
He ordered the cabby to drive to 252
West Seventy-fourth street-that's Mrs
Gargan's address. With some difficulty
he and the driver managed 10 get the box
up the steps and into the hall. The young
man ths went back into the dining room
where the committee, fifteen or twenty
strong were seated around a table and
announced the arrival Of himself and the
cubs
-Oh. the cunning little things" exclaimed
a majority Of the committee, reminiscent
of their appearance at the State Federation
Exhibition Bring them in. Yes, do,
seconded the minority.
The young man accordingly returned
!
He reached down and grabbed something
by the nape of the neck. A long, furry arm
stretched NJ and tore his glove. As he
drew back two large, furry things, as big at
Newfoundland dog. leaped out Another
| paw reached upward and made short work
! of his new frock coat.
What were they Not lion cubs as or
dcred. but two full-grown hybrids a cross
between a tiger and lioness
"Gro-o-w' roaed the one who was mos
| like his mother
SIS -sss!" hissed the other. who favorrC
his father.
The young man made for the back room
the two hybrids, growing and hissin.
respectively, tearing after him,
| The committee scrceched. The waitress
who had just brought in a tray of punches
dropped her burden and made fer the
kitchen. Tie Princess Auerp'rg, who il
a member Of the committee, completed,
= collapsed and draped herself over the din
ing-room table. Help" screamed the com
mittee.
The young man-far he il from him 4
desert women in their hour of ned cam
: back into tie hall and seized the YER
heaviest of all the canes in the umbrella
stand.
, Thus armed he ran back and started t.
lambaste the unrulv hvhrids Dazed b,
the force OF his attack. they turned and
/ tearing out into the hall, galloIcd dow
the Easement stairs. They had no sooLe
reached the bottom than the Young m ~
; with heroic presence of mind, shut tit acc
' and turned the KEY.
This done. he went to the telephone an,
| called up Bostock's.
yes" said the man at the other end o
| the 'phoue, "wc've wanted to talk to YOU
: Bv slight mist axe on some ones par
| we've se'' YOU the wrong article"
The young man explained that he ha,
} happened to notice the error, and aske,
that two strong men be sent down to taxi
the lods back.
When the keepers arrived the hybrid
r were al gentle as kittens.
= "They were just bit frightened" on
Of the men explained. The hybrids weren'
, the only ones.
Al soon as the Committee on the Vince
of Fortune Booth came 10 they unanimousl
2 voted to substitute Fsau. the educate
ape, at the Waldorf to-day.