Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-23
HOW FAR W|LLTHE
SQUIRREL IRA pEL'
SEAL CYCL0METER; GtESSES
NOW IN ORDER
Eager Throns, Composed Of Both
Children and Grown-Ups, Watch
Whirllna Cage In Hersd
Window

If one squirrel travels fty-four
miles in twelve days how ar will
four squirrels travel by June 10
IL squirrel travels all day nd the
sun rises earlier and sets late each
succeeding day, how many mills will
the squirrel travel?
IF a squirrel increases his sned in
proportion to loss of his own eight,
through exercise, how fast will go?
If 10000 persons guess on the ditance
the squirrels travel, who gets the$11Ob
lot?
A show is giving continuous PERRIN
ances in The Herald windows. It's
show that is drawing big crowds tery
day, crowds not always with aneye
to the big prize attached.
The performers are a couple of iirs
of little squirrels, a gray pair al
couple of red ground squirrels, stcy
but not as wild as when they first ERE
captured.
There Is a revolving wheel inhe
little park arranged for them he
the tale of why half of the big crols
before the window are composedof
those old enough to be well versedn
the ways of squirrels.
The cyclometer in the squirrels Will.
which was yesterday sealed fast, 1t
to be opened until June 10, records q
exact number of miles Travelled v
these giddy little gray and red cre-
ures in the next ninety days. And 3
fact that there is a big prize won
$1100 for the subscriber guessing ne%
est the distance travelled is collecti,
an excited crowd of spectators in fro
of the window.
In the front ranks always is a vari
assortment Of children of all sizes al
colors, eagerly taking in this lesson
natural history.
The antics of the performers in Il
wheel amuse these little people by II
hour; the sharp-eyed inquiring litt
red squirrels, so much less Ornamental
have learned the ways of the quee
revolving thing quickest, and occasion
ally loop the loop for the admirin
spectators.
The fluffy little gray fellows, on tn
other hand, are more timid. O
Mount Lowe, where they came from
there were no such strange engine
and they distrust the queer whirlin
wires, preferring to eat nuts in quie
in the top of the scrub oak branche
Lately they have become more venturt
some, much to the delight of the vatcl-
ing little people. YY%
On some days the squirrels, durii the
past week or so, have done some reat
travelling, averaging fifteen milesn a
day; there is no telling how muchhey
will cover before their ninety dayam-
| prisonment is over.
| In the meantime a great numb, of
youngsters, regardless of the gam at
stake, and a great number of calcat-
ing grown-ups, are being delighteby
the continuous performance.
The window has been dressed to nike
the bright-eyed little wild things lei
at home, oaks and pines and ne
sandy ground, making the deceptn
perfect. To the crowds of visitors tiy
pay no attention, nuts and their nv
game quite absorbing them.
But somebody in ninety days is gog
to draw big prize because of tho
little travellers
For one months subscription to II
Herald, a guess is allowed, for tv
months. three guesses; three month
five guesses; six months, twell
guesses, and for a year, thirty guess
will be allowed. The lucky guesser ge
an eleven hundred dollar lot.