The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-08
Musk OK.
Part of Canada's exhibit IN Forestry, Fish
and Game building. valued at $500.

MUSK OK.
Part of Cansda's exhibit IN Forestry, Fish
and Game building. valued at $500.
There Is a twofold interest FOR men and
women in the Fish, Forestry and Game
BUILDING at the Worlds Fair. This is in
the cost Of some of the furs, animals as
set up by the taxidermists. and their
heads. and also the animals themselves
The study is fascinating Thes habitat
of many of the ~fur-bearing animals is but
little known. and 1t is rslso but little
known to the people, generally speaking.
OF the character of these animals-that is,
what they looS like"
In the Fish Forestry and Game build
ing. il 700 are interested in the subject.
you cad easily spend a day looking at the
exhibits which some of the States have
put III 1t is a study in natural history.
too. and the schoolboy and tie schoolgirl
Ahonld be interested in this exhibit fully
as much as in anything else on the
grounds. 1t is better thar reading and
pictures. You see the animals themselves.
lifelike. too.
Canada Colorado. Montana and Idaho
have made extensive exhibits in furs. and
there are several private exhibits. and. ali
combined. give one a most comprehensive
iocd VI InSSe IuE-DedTllR imal Inc
cost Of some OF these furs will not be as
great as n might suppose. One has an
idea that because ones bank book is
walked upon by the elephant to use n
slang phrase, for a mum or a boa, the
robes would cost the ransom Of a King.
This is not SO. When one learns that
a bear robe is worth only about so one
wonders why one paid &7 just for a rug
for the carriage.
1t is also interesting to learn that fur
bearing animals are not becoming rapidly
extinct. as many are led TO suppose. but.
on the contrary. with the exception of
buffalo, are quite numerous.
In the exhibits. too. one gains a sp,en-
did idea of the big game OF the United
States and Canada. up to and within the
Arctic Circle.
VARIETIES LIMITED.
There is a remarkable sameness to tho
furs shown. THAI shows that when YOU
come down to q discussion on furs that
you haven't n very extensive latitude into
ton or argument, as the case NAV be.
Probably six different varieties are shown
and yet the exhibitors say that they have
covered this continent thoroughly.
Another thing: one learns that there
are many places in the United States that
are Still wild, despite the fact that the |
majority OF people are inclined 10 the
belief that outside Of some of the Aslatic.
South African or South American coun-
tries. there isn't anything doing in the
big game line.
while 1t is true, as stated, that there |
Is sameness about the robes or furs shown
IN the various exhibits. yet the display
Is very extensive and one sees furs and
robes that tend to entice the dollars
from the bank account were they to be
sold. 1t is possible that one could not
see such an exhibit anywhere else than
in the Forestry building.
Colorado. which is the land OF big game
and fur-bearing animals, has an extensive
exhibit with a striking entrance. 1t shows
two big bull elk facing each other and
a COW elk beside one. II Is called "The
Challenge" showing that there is soon
to be a battle royal between these two
powerful beasts for the female. II is a
love story in the wilds. One possesses the
COW and the other seeks to take her away, !