Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20
SOME QUEER OCCUPATIONS.
Who, Inventive Coniuses Resort 30 In Order TO Make
Living Follow Strange Voootions, but Make Money
While Ohors Arc LoohnB for Job
hnI,nnnrrJln.u ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


ilIph among the quecrcst Of oll quoo
occupations undoubtedly comes that o.
the snake charming instructor
Az would naturally be supposed, Il
IN also nn exceedingly rare calling
Practically one man IN thia country hd
monopoly Of IT, ana nt last accounts
he was neither looking forward In feat
nnd trembling TO the appearance # u
rival, nor contemplating teaching The
peculiar art by mail,
This man II a German, who spont the
best years Of nls lfc IN tropical Jun
giles hunting al manner Of snakes fol
the Hamburg animal houses, When
he became too old for this work which
requires great agility and robust health
he came to this country win his prI.
,nto collection Of choice reptiles, aud
for several years Travelled over the l0nd
with the circus eldospOwg, one curious
phase Of this work was that he was
continually being importncd by Voc
men to teach them something Of the art
of hnndlmg snakes. Il'nco the school
for snnko charming which IN located
IN room In the little nuns New
YORK nat,
Hardly week passes that tho old
fellow " not engaged IN teaching s0mo
glrl how nonchnlonuy 10 lot a score
on moro Of pyihone. b0as ANA rcprCgrns
tptlyoa of some " Tho poisonous ser.
pcnt species wind Themselves all about
her for tho ultimate odincniion Of Side
show ana dime museum patrons,
First, he gives instruction IN the am
atomy NJ the Rnnko, discouraCa ON the
dlfforont species, poisonous ana nom
poisonous, ana tells what are the ChOiC0
food morsOla Of the different reptiles.
Then ne begins teaching Ms pupil how
~ handle the harmless Varieties and
when she hna become adept az this
part ~ the work he Introduces her 10
n RATHER or u "copper" head, impnrla to
her his secret OF drugglng ~ II, and,
~ and behold, she liz ready 10 take
nway the breath " a country town
gathering by coolly rcnching into a
hamper extracting n vicious looking
hUttoned reptile lhorofrOm ana using
II us n nock-pieco, the while "A thumb
and foronnger ARE cluspod about the
crocpine things throat ns an additional
safeguard,
The course consists Of from soyon to
~ lessons, according TO tho pupll'a
ndepiness But whatever the number OF
lessons, the charge " the same $50,
md IN addition there IL the price Of the
drugs and tho patent foods and, NJ
course, the collection Of reptiles with
which to charm. such an oulllt costs
Ing dependent on the number OF snakes
the pupil Wishes 10 handle The usual
number IN IL, ana tho price ~ an Al
collection OF this alle with the usual
accessories, sufficient IN quantity TO
lest a season, IN $3.50.
Last year the German had A. pupla,
lilo lamonts that the business W falling
or; that the big cIrouscs no longer
carry snake charmere, and hence Voc
men are not attracted 10 this field OF
endeavor ma much M formerly, for the
smaller shows and the dino museums
do not pay tho salaries that the big
shows paid. But Il In still u fnirly re-.
muneratlVe Held, he declares; good
oharmor being able IN make SEX or $40
weekly, provided she manpuntos about
two dozen snakes nj n time
THE WILD ANIMAL DOCTOR,
Another exceedingly unusual occupn.
ton " that OF the wlll animal doctor,
lie, too, In generally German and "A
fcrmcr Rltacho OF some Hamburg anil
nal house,
There are two such doctors In New
York, the port made by nearly all the
animal ships from the old world con.
'crs, Here the majority Of Americas
animal importers have their hoadluNr.
tiers, ana what with q monkey getting
bronchitis ana GIRAFFE Swing its own.
ors the cold shlyora because II refuses
ila hay, ana n hippo fllllng the animal
house with the sound ~ It's mighty
wheczcs, these two doctors TO the I'M
ported Wild animal world have plenty
Of patients TO bring them IN steady In
comes, Besides, whom things go wrong
at some OF the geological gardens Of
the country, ana the officials cannot
bring the sick animal around one OF
these doctors IN frequently sent for es.
poclally n the patient represents q snug
invoetmcnt and its death would entail
n hard task on the 200" people to ro-
place II,
Doctorlng birds is sCill another rare
way OF earning livelihood, So far M
known q woman In New York has the
monopoly Of this field. She not only
answers calls of nNlouA owners ~ pct
canarloa and parrots, and other feather.
I'd oroaturgai nhe also maintains hos.
pital whore Nillng or injured birds may
be brought for treatment, This hos.
pltal Nv also great convenience 10 the
summer traveller solving the problem,
"Ilut what shall we DO with our canary
when We are NwAy2' So extensive Is
the bird doctors practise that she has
two assistants In immediate charge Of
the hospital which takes up an entire
floor IN good sized uptown onIco
building, ana m which hundreds Of
birds are continually being treated or
cared for while their owners are absent
from home,
Another auoor one II tho man who In
responsible for the ma Iority Of tho pro.
feselonNl tattoood men now appearing
throughout the country with eldo
shows ana IN museums
This man IN not one ~ your common
tattooors he would no more think OF
linking the shield Of the United states
Of America on the hrond chest OF sail
or before tho mast than YOU or ! would
eloop 10 such work His speciality, lot
A be known, " that VI hodeckIng tho
Ghosts ana backs Of professionals with
the latest Japanese designs IN 10 and
~ colore, lIo turns mp HIS nose Rt two.