Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-26
ANIMALSP PREFER GREEN
HOW THEY DISPLAY THEIR
LIKES AND DIsLIKES.
Menagerie Brutes Do Not Like Vel.
Iowa Tiger Trainers
Experience.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
LUX. Denniei Lux at tho haythen! He's
atm the Dutchman's shirt up," A snug
faced tiger was doing the trick He had
torn a helpers sweater into shreds- The
keeper came along and smiled. The two
lrishmen roared. The Dutchman said things
that wouldn't look well In type and picked
UP an iron bar to beat the tiger A sharp
word from the boss saved the tiger from
getting his skull bruised
The old circus man had been telling OF
the effect of color animals. The story
OF the .Irishman and the Dutchmar was tho
wind-up OF long winded yarn which was
used to illustrate the sinister influence OF
yellow on the tiger.
Il told that Dutchman that this young
tiger would pull him down some day and
hurt him IL he did not quit that ugly sweat.
err the old man went on 10 say 1T was
the ugliest yellow 1 ever sax-ugly enough
to give ostrich Indigestion from a
glimpse OF IL. My men generally know that
Wild animals have strong likes and dLsiikes
for colors. kinds OF music and people Tho
hyena, about the meanest thing on four
iess' VIII almost Jump out of its skin at
the sight of purple.
Purple Plume Was the Cause.
Last season when the shows were tour
Ing the south an unsuspecting girl had Q
gorgeous plume Of this color torn from her
hat and was frightened into an assortment
or hts Her escort. a lantern jawed young
fellow. got mad and wanted to clean up
Things He barked up the wrong tree on
that score. and. after banging away at q
youngster in uniform. tried his hand on an
old-timer and got good hard bump for
his paln9 Tlyrkiiy 7 oil
the testy young mans bones from q long
siege OF aches. The purple plume was the
innocent cause Of the mess. and. after the
young girl had come around explanations
were made and the incident closed without
any further unpleasantness. The MANAGE
ment had to give up SO for the hat II you
want to get monkey to turning hand
springs and squeaking with rage wave a
combination Of red and green before his
eyes.
AN odd thing about this. too. is that he
Is partial to green alone-in fact most
animals are-but when red is mIxed I'm
with the green Mr.. Monkey gets on his
ear and jumps madly at everything with
IN reach. Green Is soothing color to wild
animals, Just as II is to human beings I
nave used green shades to get nervous
creatures sleepy. 1t never fails
men want TO make big, fat. lazy ami
mais; IKE the hippopotamus and rhinoce-
ros smut their eyes In sleep l draw a piece
OF green baiZe around the cage and the
snoring chorus, which soon follows shows
that the green has done its work. Ger
i I'LL, SHADES OF red. say scarlet are most
irritating to feline beasts. A girl with a
scarlet hat or jacket viii make a tiger hiss
ana snarl and roar until he Is out of breath
ana then. most likely. he will further show
MS rage Dy tearing at the steel bars of his
cage until his gums drip with blood Tha
young attendants know this and when a
girl overshot with scarlet comes near their
charge she is politely told that the big show
or raa1
OF baby wild animals.
Bears Don't Like Blue.
Bears don't like blue They are grumpy
critters, anyway. a big policeman of San
francisco can testify to the fact that
bears have no for blue He was IN
duty at the show and wore his blue uni
form Toward the end of the engagement
ne began TO feel at home and liked to
snow his friends around especially thpse
or the gentler sex. I told him not To eet
100 near the bears but he knew; the fell
lows who get hurt always do. A sly old
cinnamon bear waited his time and wben
1t came he nailed the policeman's cont
skirts and tore them off as clearly from
the waisline as If they had been cut by
a sharp knife. The policeman lookeI
funny in his new Elton jacket and swona
like sailor. He was lucky to have saved
his skin. ~
Gray is a depressing color to lions
swellheads. They are IA good deal like
handsome men, and that is about the
limit When everything is sunny and their
food comes on time and plenIy Of girls
come along to say admiring things these
beasts are as happy.apparently as a colt
in clover field They like blue and thew
don't mind red. but when 1t comes to gray
their features hang as If they had had
bad news from home. Black and white is
a pleasing combination to lions and
Ieopards. sometimes wonder If this is
not due to SO many of them coming here
by the way Of Germany, and as a rule
being held up for quite while in Ham
burg gardens before they make this trim
A Chinese flag makes them cranky
The Lion is Not So Fierce.
The lion. however, is not such a fierce
fellow as some people try to make out.
and his dislike for certain coIors never
runs into any extravagantly mean dis
plays. The elephant. the grand old man
OF the menagerie. does not show much
Interest one way or another when chang
ing colors are flashed before him. With
him oil colors look alike. 1t is a good
thing for the black population that this
is so. because when they get into their cir
Gus best all the colors of the prism are
hooked up. The camel is much like the ele-
plant In this respect. 1 have known a
cross grained one, though, to spit a mouth
full of bran over dress that looked like
giraffe Is partial to soft colors. Certain
shades of green. blue. brown and gray are
to her liking
II have tried to find out II there was any
one positive color that the two giraffes in
our menageries preferred most, but so far
1 have been unable to prove anything like
this to my satisfaction. You know. tile
giraffe can make no sound and 1t is as
mild-manncred as a shrinking young girl.
The Ringing rhinoceros has the funniest
little whistle for so huge body and when
he gets mad this pipe blows like a factory
signal at noontime. He has use for
bright colors of any kind. but will snip at
and MUNICH playfully soft shades of brown,
green and blue. l think, If he has any
preference, 1t leads to black and gray.
Irritated by Red.
1.-THE bovine species. like the buffalo. yak.
sacred cattle. etc. snort and below when
brought face to face with waving red. The
tapir will turn tail and try to hide from
yellows and reds. This probably comes
from fear of the treacherous cat animals
of his jungle home and the British redcoats
that go hunting for his kind. The wart hog
seems too dull to notice anything but food,