The San Francisco call., 1910-12-04

which he shares with the other cubs
and climbs up the ladder TO the keep
ers' bunk. whore he peacefully cuddles
down for the night
Unlike human children, little bears
are given their breakfasts first and
their baths afterward. 1t must be adj
mitted that the five cubs frequently
appear at the breakfast table in a de-
cidedly touselled state. such as would
cause any well regulated human child
to be sent from the table. But then,
some concessions must be made to
hard working little bears who give
two performances day all through
the winter instead of idling away their
time sound asleep in their native
caves. So no one ever says word
when Flip's face isn't washed or Lulu's
hair combed when they appear at the
table
After breakfast the baby bears are
combed most carefully and every other
day they are given bath. They have
their hair combed four times a day.
after breakfast and dinner and just
before the performances. They love
dearly to go on the stage and scamper
up the runway from their quarters to
the footlights as if a whole pot of
honey were at the other end Of the
journey. Besides their milk drinking
trick the bears have quite little pro-
gram which they have learned by
themselves from initiating the older
bears. Lulu rolls a ball and Flip
stands on top of pyramid of older
bears. So fond are the bears Of their
stage life that when one OF them hap
pens to get loose he is very apt to
take to the runway and appear long
before his time in the wings in breath
less haste to go on.
The bears have faithful friend and
guardian in Jack. bull terrier. who
f,l,r
them like a most conscientious older
brother Jack brought up those
BEARS" said Mrs. Spellman to a visitor
the other day, and Jack neven forgets
his charge. When the little bears beds
are made they are sometimes put in
the room with the big bears. who like
the little fellows very well, but they
are apt to play so roughly with them
ana to hug them so hard that il isn't
very comfortable for the cubs Be
sides, Jack has never forgotten what
happened to Flip and he very much
,distrusts the big bears. So when the
cubs are put into the room OF the big
fellows Jack gets thoroughly excited
and races in ahead of them TO see that
they are not harmed. This one small
dog charges on the big bears-five
huge creatures. any one of which
would make dozen OF him-and
herds them into a corner away from
the little bears. He stands guard over
the puzzled big bears and does not let
one of them out OF the corner until
the cubs nursery has had its morning
cleaning and they are safe at home.
The cubs have some excellent habits.
which should be an example to all
children, among them the habit OF
going sound asleep after each meal
Twenty minutes after they have had
their dinner and their supper they all
go to sleep and do not wake until
time for the performance to open. But
then this very nice habit is counter
acted by others which perhaps il would
be better for children not 10 copy.
The little. bears like to pry into peck
cts to see II there is anything 10 eat
there, and If there is they get il out
at once without so much as saying by
your leave ana eat il up in a twink
ling. Sometimes they find sugar in
Mr.. Spelman's pockets which delights
them more than anything else. Bears
like candy quite as much as children
do, and they usually get more than is
good for children, as sugar cubes four
times a day are considered quite a
moderate allowance of sweets. accord