New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25
49,. Receptions Are at the
x;,,m and Are the
First Night Functions
Ever Held There.
s.,s. in the Aquarium are at

uE fishes IN 'iie
NhS,s 10 visitors these evenings.
av has not always been that You
soUn at night and observe the
ePsh .ha queer citizens OF the briny
srH's ~ ,,s noets call It. For the first time
iser. ss ~, will he open nights this sum-
Ire AQua, 80 o'clock. The doors are I'M
rsf un." the mornings at o'clock. The
ecsso J" made TO give many persons
e,s's rave to work all day a chanoe 10 see
Re ns" n. proposition for night opening
WEE charles H Townsend. the d.
S''s' thought It over carefully.
raIe ia said at last. 1T ought to be
va. q can be done. The fish won't
t''s' a. So. any harder-the only trouble
az added expense will be for a night force
q attendants .ho r,a,+erea he,ns
So the Aquarium was opened after
'-sorn as stated above.
So mo say right here that If you have
go that fsh aren't interesting except
-,.,e with greengoods around them,
entirely wrong a few hours in
~ ssb zoo" will prove II TO YOU. For
Sa,ss- Of those narrow minded New
w -. who never so anywhere. and who
"a cot lost II they tried TO make any
~ tourney except from home TO the
- 4, known that the Aquarium is in
en- park. Battery Park is at the
'.1s-r end Of Manhattan islet. and the
sou sou, IS right at the end OF the Bat
viy - 49,. -,
..c,,,-e Of a burnt sienna shade. and
- son't have to pay cent to get in, no
..,.r how Ions or how hard you look at
=. inmates. Try It some time.
=, course. the general impression is that
81 q a cold. cold proposition. Life 10
- "a one Ions drink and a continuous
- r. 10 has a heart it is only for blood
&c nurrOses. He was born 10 be
'-.eb, on a hook and sizzle in frying
=, ge never loves or hates or dreams
,. uvss because some otner fish hasn't
-. hin, His ambition is about as lofty
'. "a, EXPRESSED In the touching sentiment
:, IA negro song. Il m a-Soing 10 live,
.,vsov. till die
Nav. there a N-Ab-N ANA N----- -
-, Some Of the allegations are true,
"a others Riu never be proved or dis
.,0vss But when you have gone into the
,-s,sc, deep enough to write story ABOUT
f. van discover that you have vronsed the
4,rv tribe IN many ways.
1--we, Certainly they love. Bass. crap
"a. and sunfsh mate and form nests and
..,- families which they love-unul the
-,yrrs,ers are old enough TO glide away
"a torest them. There are few OF these
s-bmarire love affairs at the Aquarium oe-
,,u,s the besritten pair can't sneak OF 70
,,sn4lves under some cool rock and hoic
s,s A. The AQUARIUM there are always q
,v,.h ~ otbe~ fish hanging around and a
=. If those queer looking humans gaping
!, through the windows. You wouldn
ere 10 make love yourself under such dis
engagements.
-aEs the catfish. Right there Is one OF
,,s hos, fathers that can he found on the
s,-,s or in the waters under the earth'
Wssn the HONEYMOON Is over and the we'd !
d.r presents have been wrapped up ana
10, away. the male catfish holloWs out
rss- N the sand. where his better half lays
~ eggs. To the everlasting discredit OF
soma Of the feminine fish II must ne sald
nat they seem 10 think their share is done
a. this point. and they wander of TO the
eub or somewhere else, leaving father 10
are for the nest and look after the cnii-
6rsn
BIZ father is on the job; the father lo'e
works strong II mother is trying TO dodse
ths rssponsiblities OF married life. Father
sticks around the nest. tanning the water
WITH his FMS to keep sand and gravel from
falling on 10 tho eggs. When has chldren
hs,ch-which they do by the thousands-he
taxes them IN hand and gives them an IN
SIDE line on the ways Of the water Worlu. /
he herds the baby FISH into school ana
follows them around. lighting on other hsn
Which would fam make a meal Of his ram
ly. And then when the little ones get Dig
enough 10 handle angle worms they up ana
Fave him alone in his old age.
The more you study FISH the more human
icy appear