The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-10
KEEPER TOUCHED BY MOTHER LION SHOVE Makes Herself Ridiculous to
 Amuse Cub POMPEY NOW HAPPY Young Lion Could Not Stand Separa- tion and Mother Was Willing
 to Sacrifice Dignity
 for Him
POMPEY NOW HAPPY

From the New York Times.
 Pompey one of the three lion cubs born few months ago in the Zoo in Central Park, has been put back in the cage with his mother, according to Bill Snyder. head keeper and original re- searcher into the marvellous in the an imal kingdom. Snyder gave out this statement as one of the weeks happen ings in the Zoo. Bob Hurton, his as- slstant; Keeper Cunningham. Pat Kes- nan, in charge of the monkey house, and Andy Smith, the veteran police man, knowing that there must be more to come. waited patiently while the head keeper took his seat on 8 bale of hay in the hay house.
 l 'It was ? case of either putting tnem together or else sending the mother to the hospital began Snyder. Tt was remarkable demonstration of mother love on the part of the lioness, and her affection was so strong that in mani feeling 1t she had lost even the fem nine dread of making herself ridiculous
 Ut was decided some time ago that the cubs were able to shift for them selves, and so the mother was taken from the cage and put in the next one | The cubs did not seem to mind the change much at first, for they could see their mother through the iron bars which separated the two cages. After I a while, though, Pompey seemed to want his mother. He would crawl over I to the bars and watch the lioness and he refused to play with his sister and brother.
 4l,,4 Pompey was grieving over his separa- tion from her. and did her best to com fort him. She would push her muzzle | through the bars and lick her cub l This did not seem to help matters much, though, for the cub still whim- pered and refused to take an interest In life. I noticed this, but decided not to interfere, for I believed the lioness would find a way to conquer the sltua- was that the cub wanted to be amused. The lioness proceeded to supply the remedy"
 At this point Snyder paused
 The whole thing is so surprising" he said, that I hesitate to relate the result of my careful observations
 "Go on, Bill" cried his friends in chorus.
 eAs I said before, 1t was the lioness that first discovered the trouble with Pompey," continued Snyder after his friends had assured him that his rep utation for veracity was proof against skepticism. 'I shall never forget the shock I suffered when I approached the cage after the crowd had departed from the lion house the other day and discovered the lioness, usually a most seeate animal, trying to stand on her bead in a corner of her cage. With his little head pressed against the bars and standing erect on all four feet was Pompey in his cage, his teeth showing and looking for all the world like a happy youngster laughing at a clown.
 Get down. commanded the mother and as she scrambled to her feet Pompey began to whimper. just as though he was protesting at my interruption of the fun
 Andy Smith, the skeptic, laughed but Cunningham, whose speciality is lions, nodded his head in understanding. Shy der shot an indignant glance at Smith, but he continued his story
 q could not understand the object of the lioness at first" he said. "but after a little observation the whole thing was clear to me. That lioness was cutting all sorts of undignihed antics Just to keep that cub from pining. At one time saw her waltzing about to the great enjoyment of Pompey. and at l another time I saw her walking on her hind legs and growing. while Pompey quivered all over with pure enjoyment. Every time the lioness would stop for 1 any length of time Pompey would whimper and his mother would do | some other stunt to amuse him. figured it out that the lioness would wear herself out unless something was done, and so I put Pompey back with | his mother Now he is contented, and | both are getting a rest"