Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-17
They Play Favorites Like HUI.
man Beings and Show Favor
itism in Their Actions
THE ELEPHANT FOR INSTANCE
He Likes the Small Boy and the Ne
gro, Because They Pander to His
Appetite-The Hippo Hates Indians
The Giraffe Shows Disgust for
"Chinks' and Monkeys Like Irishmen

animals play favorites the same as
of Ringing Brothers circus. "They
, form a liking for certain people and
| the elephant. for instance. He will
become as mushy as healthy cream
puff when approached by Willie
Smallboy. In the south where negroes
flock to the show in goodly numbers,
Mr. "TwotaiP puts forth smile of book
agent origin, because he feels sure
that candy and peanuts are his for the
asking
'The hippopotamus, who by the way.
is prone to lie in his tank of water
and execute fish like stunts, will create
no small amount of disturbance if APP
preached by an Indian. Just why the
liberal mouthed animal detests the
red man, we have never been able to
learn, but it is mortal certainty
that he entertains war-like feeling
for the gent of copper complexion. So
far as this particular dislike goes, it
is a case of horse and horse with
the Indian so bitter is the enmity
between the two, we are often COM
PEELED to close the hippo's den when
playing certain towns in the west.
THE giraffe has his likes and dis
likes, and the disfavor scale over-ibal
ances when a Chinaman wanders with
in view. The cause of this is the fact
that the Acknowledged race persists in
smoking cigarets when inspecting the
menagerie products. To puff poisoned
tobacco smoke into giraffe's face
will cause the animal to tone up the
battering ram portion of his anatomy
without further notice. The family of
long necked beauties with the Ringing
Brothers circus are not overly
good natured at any stage of
the game and often prove so
fussy that they refuse their feed Such
actions cause the chief attendant no
small amount of worry. for giraffe
represents from $4,000 to $4,000. and
is SO batty that he would as lief dash
his brains out as not 1T is an ac-
knowledged fact that he is subject to
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strive to take on cold in hope of
cancelling life's contract There are
very few men in the animal business
who can get along with the giraffe.
The successful keeper must be bum
die of good nature, willing to humor
the beast and live in the same cage
with his charge night and day. When
Ringing Brothers Worlds Greatest
Shows come to Marshalltown on Tues
day, September L. kindly note the lit
tie room at the front end of each gil
raffe wagon 1t is in these compart-
ments that the keepers must reside.
When the show is over and the cages
loaded for transporting, you will find
each. prize beauty and his valet jour-
neying to Dreamland in practically the
same apartment.
Lions ldetest newspaper men SIM
ply because the fraternity persists IN
prying into their private affairs.
THE tiger will kick up high Jinks
If the photographer trains his machine
in their direction.
1.-THE rhinoceros is too blamed lazy
to form an opinion of humanity. He is
so indolent that he has modified his
"Monkeys detest children worse than
they do Circus Washday, which is say
ing a great deal. Why the very
thought of being treated to q soft soap
shampoo on Sunday morning causes
the scamps to put forth a series OF
facial expressions that are amusing
beyond description. The gentleman
from Ireland is the real joy promoter
around the monk cage and when a
politician or policeman sails into sight,
there is something doing.
"The hyena hates everybody, includ-
ing himself, and he is so all fired mean
that the gamest trainer with the show
could not be induced to enter the
brute's cage.
Bears have soft spot in their
hearts for babies, and will roll over,
turn somersaults or any old thing just
to hear an infant COO"