The daily sentinel., 1907-08-06


school girl of Baraboo, Wis, is so be-
loved by the wild animals in the cir
Gus menagerie wintering there that
unless she visits them every day their
spirits droop, and frequently they de-
cline their food A few weeks ago
when the little girl was kept home
by illness a petted lion and lioness
were reduced to the utmost dejec
ton, and her return reused them to
such transports of joy that she was
Obliged to enter their den to pacify
them.
1t Is her habit to caress and feed
and talk to the various animals. es
pecially those of the cat family. She
talks to them as she would to a
playful kitten, and evinces no more
fear in mauling them about.
This strange fascination of hers
for wild beasts was shown first when
she was about years old. Her
father is circus rider, and the first
few years of her life she accompan-
led her parents in their travels. One
day the father found her in the mem
agerie of Ringing Bros circus.
swinging on the trunk of an ele~
phant and saying to the good-naturedI
beast: ''Dood DOM Dood Don't
The father nearly dropped in hisI
tracks from surprise and alarm, and
wildly cried out to a groom to getI
the little one.
This action angered the elephant
and when the interfering keeper took
the child away the beast showed his
displeasure by fierce trumpeting, and
few minutes later he caught the of
Tending employee around the waist
and slammed him against the ground
with energy enough to shake II. The
poor fellow had his breath knocked
out and an arm broken, and would
have Jared even worse If the enraged
beast had not thrown him out of
reach.
She soon learned to know all the
elephants by name, and would move
among them with the utmost free
dom, talking to them as she would to
her kitten or puppy, or the good and
bad of her dollies.
Those, who have made study of
wild creatures say that the infiec-
tion of the human voice has every
thing to do with arousing their likes
and dislikes. Elephants are obvious
ly fond of children, and none was
known to hurt one.
| The little Schadel girl was called
from Baraboo to Providence last
summer, when the finest lion in the
menagerie seemed to be nearing the
end of his earthly career. This
beast was a splendid specimen and
| docile as a dog. He had lost his
| partner, Mona at the beginning of the
| season. She was a high-strung
beast, and loved by all of the attend
ants. Her majestic better half wait
ed on her by inches during the long
i time of her sickness, and when her
condition became which he
4 instinctively seemed to realize-he
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her but little Theresa Schadel. Even
the head keeper of the menagerie,
who always had been a friend, he
| turned against, and in a fit of fear
and rage one evening cruelty tore
the flesh of the keepers arm from
the shoulder to the elbow.
The fear that might come natur-
ally to a person knowing this did not
seem to touch the little girl. Their
esa would even go into the cage and
pet the sick lioness and crack meal
bones so that the poor beast might
have the relished marrow. At these
times the male lion would retire tC
the end of the cage and quietly con
template the affectionate interest o
his weakened spouse In her littl'
4 friend When the child would rise
to quit the cage. the big fellow al
ways came forward and Tapped he
\ hands and cheeks in tenderest tokei
I of his regard. The child would opeI
the door and close It, with no attend
ant near.
Pitied Him rs II He Were a Dog
At Providence, when all hope hai
been given up for the handsom
lion, Brutus, the little Schadel gir
was sent for When Brutus saw he
he was almost beside himself wit
Joyous excitement For week h
had been as limp as a wet rag, an
had eaten hardly enough to keep
bird.
The little girl went into his Gag
and threw her arms about his necl
as she would have done about tn
neck of a beloved Newfoundland dos
The lion Tapped her face and hand
and circled around her, put his paw
gently in her lap as she sat dowi
and in a dozen different ways man
fdsted the deepest qualification ,
seeing her again
Most of that night the child slel
curled up at his side. and when II
time came for her to quit the cas-
he tried to follow her. She talke
to him in the kindest. gentlest tone
as she always had. and bade him 1
back He went to the end of h
cage us If he understood.
The little girl remained with Il
| show for two weeks. and every di
| and every evening she spent much
| her time talking to and petting d
| noble-tempered beast
Magic Spell of the Child's Voice.
Even the tiger and the jagua
which are supposed to be athirst
ways for blood, have come under {
influence of this affectionate lit
girl. She usese no secret method
magic spells. She just talks to the
and this explains the influence CHI
dren generally have over animals.
is the charm of tender tones.
This power of the voice in its
feet upon wild animals was pract
ally shown at the winter quarters
Ringing Bros. circus short til
ago. new keeper, man of {
perience and temperate habits, see
ed to have a good deal of trout
with his charges. The dislike of
big family of beasts was not sho'
at once. but soon became univer:
and strongly marked. II was ST
pected that while outwardly he trel
n.