El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-30

HERE are several things in New
Jersey besides mosquitoes, Jer-
/ Gov Justice. Jersey lightning and
presidential timber
came to Roycroft not long ago a
- man bv the name of Foster,
800 the town of Elmer, n J.
IL mad three grips-One on his dig
i+IJ one for his clothing, and the
other grip was I I}lle x kin Sjee Gracious
.,a,er01,s snakes. filled with frogs and
right intent. Some OF these SNAKES
Irsr. black. with yellow spots on them,
and underneath they were yellow, lad
:1Ilu ~ INTO russell browns. Others
W-sre pink. with art colored geometr1c
e+udies A few were green, and one
was a bright purple.
Snakes OF the same variety take on
local color Also, they are of differ
emit coIors at different times Of the
year III, t,o,o,,,,
+inct product in America There are
very few now as compared to what
there were 80, 40, so and 100 years ago
Civilization is at war with the snake,
md deem in the heart of man is
prejudice against this pleasing in
sect"
Omar Khayyam states plainly VINO II
va DIaced the snake there. Paradise
without the snake would not be Para-
disc.
snake, we are told, walked on its tail
and was then compelled to travel lon
gitudinally, or horizontally, not upi-
uieuia' when snake Is safer:
In any event. the snake is much SAT-
er when crawling and weighing along
on the ground than if he walked up
RICH, like a man rnfbfS 30 iee claise "E'Si :
MANY snakes have rudimentary legs
that can be found under the skin NS-
ture evidently has tried every posslole
pian for producing life, and the snake
is a sort of second cousin TO the newt
The crocodile. or. as he is Familiarity
called in the Congo, the "CrOc, IS
lizard with a college education All OF
these animals seems to belong to an
extinct age. They are rudimentary sur
vivals like the kangaroo, the beaver
the calico dress and the fascinator-
Fra Foster, of Elmer, New Jersey,
is an expert on all questions pertain
ing to these peculiar. strange, niue
brothers that creep. crawl. run and
swim. He has made friends with
Fra Foster is a thin. small. slender,
little fellow with bulging brow ana
bright blue eyes he is very mild
very gentle and very animated on the
subject of his speciality.
There are only three kinds OF venom
Gus snakes, and these arc not found
in the northern states, excepting on
very rare occasions
All Sorts of Snakes.
The garter snakes, bull snakes. black
snakes. rat snakes and snake-suakes
are not venOmOus- Snakes that run
out their tongues and hiss do not pos
sess stingers as we were told in our
youth. No such thing as singer IN
a snake exists.
The snakes tongue is a wireless,
very sensitive apparatus by which the
snake hears and realizes the approach
of an enemy. Tie WiSging of his
tongue is not for the purpose of threat,
but is used solely for his own private
TO catch the etheric vibra- (
tons.
Fra Foster went out with our girls
and boys in the woods at ROycrOft and
caught several snakes and proved that,
so far as he was concerned. they were
absolutely harmless, and, in fact, could
be soon tanned
I have written a little vaudeville
sketch for Fra Foster that will be
unique in its way when it is produced
this fall.
The entire scene takes place in the {
office of a hotel \ cOlored man brings
down the baggage from room No %, I
and not being sure that he has the
right luggage opens up one of the
grips for Afri-American inspection,
and the snakes escape. The disap-
pearance OF the ColOred man into space
and the scene that follows between
the naturalist and the hotel clerk af-
ford the piece de resistance, as il were. /
The Blond Cigar Girl.
The hotel clerk rings I'D the police.