The Washington times., 1903-01-06
Lafayette-Hagenbeck's Animals.


series of moving pictures.
Acknowledgements Animals.
Little folk. There is treat in store
for you at the Lafayette Opera House.
where Carl Hagenbeck's wonderful
trained animals appeared last night. and
viii perform acquired accomplishments
twice daily this week.
You wilt see there great beasts of
the jungle. never meant to bend the
seryiIe neck, birds Of the forests. denf-
zens CT the sea. domestic animals. all
trained TO obey the master mind, and
perform feats entirely alien to their
views Of life.
Many birds. which you viii possibly
think are just parrots, but which are
really rare members of the featharsI
tribe. Arras and Cockatoos, and some
parrots. viii take the stage. They viii
waltz and turn somersaults. and drive
and pull and ride within coaches. and
do other strange. unheard OF things, and.
above all, they viii make much din
with their constant screechiuE.
Then a tige- and an elephant viii ap-
pear when the birds have gone. and the
tiger every time he jumps on the ele-
plants back viii show his teeth. and
perhaps ne viii growI The growI viii
be meant for laughter. but his voice is
hoarse. He ard his trainer are good
friends, and each entertains respect for
the others belligerent abilities
Then there are pigs-one for each fin
ger ana The thumb, and still another left
over, a tiny little porker with an enorm-
Gus aqueal, which is heard whenever he
is not busy Lii KersIake. the swine
herd is eostumed like no tender OF
pigs you ever saw-alI plaids and
patches But his pigs do many things
Tor him. teeter on see-saw board
The tiny pig is nightly iounced in the
cDeraticn-and climb chairs and say
prayers and 90 many other marvellous
things for such a brainIess animal as
is pig And there is clown pig. who
upsets chairs and gets IN the way. and
he has red rag about his
throat. You viii forget much Of all
this, however. when you see the
happy family. made up of lions. tigers.
q panther, a leopard. pumas, polar bears.
German boar hounds, sixteen in all. in
GLIDING a beast who is neither lion nor
tiger but both At the bidding Of the
trainer they viii do many things they do
rot want TO do. He sits down at table
with them, and withaI they are very
hungry and greedy and have no natural
table etiquette, each one, no matter how
reluctantly waits his turn 10 be fed
There is, besides, a horse who takes
off his nat, his coat, .rousers and shoes.
and goes TO bed. and just such a bed as
little felix rest in only larger, and he
7ulIs the BED clothing over him. There
'Te horses who kneeI and dogs who
walk Oh four legs, fore legs, hind legs.
nd turn somersaults. Seals who sing,
Who juggle hats and a ball. who roll
over and over and over. and do many
-Jhcr marvellous things at the word Of
ommand
Sew trained polar bears. you are told
5herc are no others trained. are adopts
II curious tricks. The trainer John
Dudak. wrestles with one of his bears,
and with bare arms finally throws his
bear. both shoulders down. after
match which Il appears he cannot win.
Last Of ali, he feeds his bears $50
rounds OF meat, and one Of them puts
his arms about him and Coaxes very
hard before he obtains the last left in
the dish.
4 delighted audience. largely juvenile.
and otherwise materially feminine
viewed last nights performance. Unless
all signs fail, all The children in Wash
.EgtOn viii follow sGit.