The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-20
Prepared by PRICE CEREAL FOOD Co., Mis- CREEK


of the other elephants. but ne won't and
every effort TO make him do so gets the
old lady in tantrum. He snugsles up
under her and she wraps herself around
him soothingly. as much as to say. Don't
mind that fellow. III attend 10 his case
il he gets too fresh The little one has a
! habit OF butting any one he doesn't like
and when his head hits a fellow ne is sure
! TO keel over
Generally elephant mothers are rath-
er indifferent when their offspring gets
to be a few months old and is able to run
around. This new elephant mother, how
ever is of a different brand. and II the
little one is taken out of her sight she
makes a fearful racket. The youngster
is just as fond. and walls all the time he
is away from his mothers side Ele-
plants are fond of sugar beet. and the
other day for the first time the mother
elephant offered some of this to the little
fellow, but he turned up his nose. or
trunk. and would not touch it. Sugar
beet is delicacy with the bulky brutes.
but strange to say il is an acquired taste.
and none of them like It at first.
When the little elephant was put in 4
cage at the railroad yards on the North
Side to take - TO the Coliseum. il got
very much excited and wore the skin off
its forehead and trunk in trying to get
through the bars to its mother. who was
trudging on behind. 1t was the first time
they had been separated. and it was a
ticklish job with the circus people. be
cause young elephants die quickly in this
weather makes a bad mess for a beast.
For two days after the elephants were
quartered in Chicago the little one could
not be coaxed away from its mothers
side. nor could the mother let anybody
but the keeper get near it.
The baby camel is about as shy as any
of the young wild animals Ii will run
under its mothers legs and hide in fear
when any stranger goes near IT. until 1t
is several weeks old. The young camel
grows fast and as it gets bigger this
timidity wears of. The mother camel
acts as if it knew the weakness Of its
young. and will protect it from all in
trusiOn.
The mother has a disag reeable habit Of
splitting at strangers IL they come too
bite for any daring person who trifies
with her overzeslOus care OF her baby.
She nurses her little one until il gets
quite big. and even then it is not good
TO separate them, for they grow into
soothing companions.
The kangaroo is tender type OF ami
NAL nature. and carries its young in the
peculiar pouch nature has proved. IN
til the youngster fairly topples out from
size To see her hop around. like
mother bird. to get the little one into the
way of using its oddy-sized legs, il a
curious sight She also drops strips Of
vegetables into the little bundles mouth
like parent bird The kangaroo is A
tender hearted animal, so that 1t is not
safe to take the young man from il until
well grown. because grief gets away the
mother heart like water does snow. The
mother monkey is the most worried OF
all whe ma little one comes into the
family there Is a great time. The little
one hangs on to its mother like sticking
plaster. and all the other monkeys in the
family hand over 70 the lucky mother the
choicest bits Of vegetables they get in
their daily meals. The monkey is very
fond Of onions. and young onions are
delicacy At night time al the monkeys
gather round the mother and its babies.
and hug as tightly as they can get 10 keep
each other warm and especially the little
snuggler when the little one gets Dig
enough to notice things. and cut up a bit.
like all other young, the mother watches
Il keenly. and II any other one Il the
tribe botheTs her pet, the troubling Hon-
KEY is sure T. get a bad Kicking
Little monkeys hang on 20 their moth
er-s apron strings as long a. possible,
and eve natter they get independent and
become fghtsng youngsters. and. II things
20 wrong they hurry @ the mother for
protection and comfort. There Is a strong
family feeling among monkeys. which
makes them hitch together when any o1t-
slider gets smart around them. Chicago
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