The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-16

There are three things in life that I've always been deadly afraid of-a kerosene lamp, a man with fierce black nous taehe and a snake, but yesterday I sort of overcame the feeling that have for the last named after l called on 'We-no- nah," the Indian Princess, and her pets, over at the Majestic, where she is doing her wonderful act, "The Dance of Death, D this week.
 How would you like to have been in my place?
 Perched up on a table in We-no-nah' s dressing room, l was introduced to nine of the very biggest, longest reptiles that you've ever beheldl
 We-no-nah opened a trunk, large Sar- atoga, if you please. and there, each in a separate compartment reposed her frendsl
 They each have a parlor, bedroom and bath" l observed, the Indian Princess lovingly stroked the various snakes, and called them pet names.
 There were all kinds-long snakes and tall snakes, lean snakes and fat snakes, long waisted snakes and short waisted snakes-blondes, brunettes and brindles, and believe me, I was SOME SCARED and thought l surely had 'em."
 As I looked upon their various coun- tenances, I mentally observed that l just couldn't see for the life of me how Eve EVER made up her mind to flirt with the snake in the Garden-and get that chummy with anything as sleek and slinky as that!
 We-no-nah is not only a snake charm er," but she's a REAL charmer as well.
 With her long black Indian hair, her deep gray eyes, her dark swarthy skin and her straight, beautiful nose, she looks every inch the Princess, and her magnet ism is something wonderful not only for snakes, but people!
 Her broken English, which she scarcely ever speaks, by the way, her Manager acting as interpreter, is rather hard to catch at first, but you soon become ac- customed to her lingo, and you just sit fascinated and charmed with her, and you feel like you never want to go out into the prosaic old world again and meet just plain, every day, common place people, but hang on her words like the Bee upon the honeysuckle, and forget everything else but just what she's talking about.
 Just as l was about to ask the Prin- cess something about her love for the creeping reptiles, who are her compan- ions one large and influential gentleman snake raised himself up and looked at me curously, and while l couldn't under stand exactly what he said l took it to be in snake talk, Good morning"
 You probably have a pen picture of 1, .la NY no-nah said gently.
 "Theres nothing to be afraid of" and walked over to small box and lifted from it a tiny King Snake about three feet | long, and began to chatter in her pret- tiest Spanish to the long, green, slimy, thing, which. being interpreted, was some thing like this:
 Does % love its mother this morn 1 ing? Poor Babita, It hasn't had its bath yet my pretty one, has it?" Whereupon "Beebe' thrust it's tiny | tongue forward and wrapped itself about l her neck while it did one of those Angle. worm Suuirms. 1 held on to the table with both hands like grim death, anc wished 1 was in-well-Kamsehatka, ol most any other sea port town. What the Indian Princess doesn't know about snakes isn't worth knowing.
 
 Societies from scientific standpoint oi l the subject of snakes and their habits 1 and she's tested the capacity of Keith Fifth Avenue Show House in New Yorl week after week with her remarkably sen sational act that she's putting on here. You sec We-no-nah said, T never ha, | playmate in all my life like othe | leetle children. l only had snakes, Do yol understand my bad Englis'? Yes? Del l. I | little Indian maiden, at least my mothe was an Indian and my father German De Comanches dey never forgive my poo mother for marrying de white man. No Den when l grow up l have dis strang l fascination for snakes. 1 play in de wild i, of Mexico. and den in Texas, where
 
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