Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25
BEAR CHANGED COLOR
White at First, Then Green,
Then White Again.
ASK SHORTY AND LARRY
They Saw Him at the Zoo With
Their Own Eyes.
HE WAS GREEN, ALL RIGHT
Larry Is an Irishman and Glad OF
It, But That's Not the
Answer.
HE WAS GREEN, ALL RIGHT

Is a polar bear white or green? Is he
a native of Ireland or the lands or the
frozen SHOWS? What Is the matter with
a man who sees polar bear change
color right before his very eyes without
even asking permission?
1t was too much for Shorty Ferris
and Larry McGuigan. who visited the
Zoo last Sunday. Larry Is as loyal a
son Of the ovid sod as ever came over
from ireland in hack. and Shorty Fer
ris is the mightiest hunter in Anacos-
tia, he having discovered the technical
ity in the law by which he can shoot
deer in Washington after November 1.
Twas like this: Larry had been tell
ing Shorty Of the wonderful sights at
the Zoo; Of the camel, the Tasman1an
devil, the short-horned deer, the deer
with hatrack on his head. the buffalo
whose head is bigger than man. the
anaconda, who could lean against his
glass cage and fall out Of 1t with ease
if he only knew enough, until Shorty
was wild with desire to see this modern
Noah's ark.
So they went there last Sunday and
had the time of their lives. The eagles
were being fed, and each one was sitting
on his own particular perch with a pound
of beefsteak in his claws tearing 1T to
shreds. The sight fascinated the two
explorers The raccoons were all asleep
in their own special tree, and the little
log cabin at the foot of the tree brought
back memories of boyhood days to
Shorty. He wanted to go into that
house, but Waterman restrained him.
Shorty Saw Him First.
There were so many things to see that
the pair OF them could not determine
what to see first, and in the argument
Larry drifted into the snake house and
Shorty wandered alone down to the new
bear den, where the polar bears are
kept. While Larry was looking over the
serpents and blessing his stars that the
good saint had driven the dhir-r-rty
scuts out av ovid Ireland, Shorty was
staring with eyes as big as saucers at
the most wonderful thing he had ever
seen or heard of. It was green bear!
About fifteen hundred pounds OF the
finest emerald green animal that ever
stepped out of the arctic regions. And
Shorty simply could not let Larry miss
it. An Irishman who missed seeing a
green bear would have been disgrace
to the precinct. So Shorty rushed to
the snake house and dragged Larry down
the path.
TITS green, it's green" roared Shorty,
while a bunch Of children out for a
walk thought the pair had suddenly
gone mad. Two odd characters like
Shorty and Larry rushing pell-mell
through the Zoo looking for a green bear
is a sight even to the most hardened
customers of DR.. Bakers little park.
Where is ut?'' gasped Larry. as they
reached the bear den.
Shorty started to point dramatically at
the place where the green bear should
be, but his Knees gave way beneath him
as his eyes beheld an enormous polar
bear but as pure white as a fresh Ice
land SnOWStorm.
you've been drinkin'. suggested Larry,
with much disgust.
I've not retorted Shorty, Il tell you
I saw q green bear"
Larry Sees Him This Time.
Go wan,' said Larry, and he left the
spot alone only to find his way back
again while Shorty stood open-mouthed in
front Of the BAG. rian camel. the ugliest
quad-uped in existence. And when Larry
got back to the bear den he, too, nearly
fell to the ground with surprise, for
standing there in all his glory was a per-
fectly green bear. A beautiful green ami
nonchalant air that was simply irresist-
ible. So Larry took one good look and
fed to the camel. where he seized Shorty
and pulled him unwillingly to see the
great green sight.
But something was wrong, neither one
of them understood it. For the bear was
as pure white as he was the other time
and both gentlemen scratched their pug
zled pates and each one secretly de-
termined to swear of.
The mystified pair roamed around to-
gether at times and separ0tely ut others