The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-10-11
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Foreword OF Clever chIld's Book
Written by Dorothy Dix, Most
Noted and Mldely.Loved Newspa-
per Special Feature Writer In
United States
The foreWerd OF Sonny Boys Day
at the Zoo. the clever ehild's S hook
by Ella Bentley Arthur which has
just been issued from the press of
the Century Company, was contrib
uted by Dorothy Dix, one of tire
anost gifted and popular newspaper
special feature writer's in the United
States, and Is a charming exposition
Eof the delightful work. 1t says
This book goes from the heart
OF little child to all other chill
dren with the hope that they will
learn to know and love, as he does,
all the beasties pictured In it. The
hero of it is a very real small boy
who had the good fortune to be born
just without the tall iron fence that
shuts in the wonderful collection OF
animals from every part Of the earth
that have been gathered together in
the New York Geological Park.
Sonny Boys first recolleetiolss are
OF spending long summer days by the
paddocks in which the huge ele-
plants swung heavily from side to
side and told each other memories OF
the Jungle; or By caves where the po-
In, III
Of Ice; or. by the tanks In which
hideous hsnpopotami puffed and
diVad or in the snake house where
the beautiful and repulslye reptiles
glided and auivered and eoIIed their
poisonous heads against the heavy
plate glass that shuts them ins and
50 before he could even talk Sonny
Boy was a learned zoologist.
Whether the grizzly bear taught
Sonny Boy the master word Of al
the people Of the forest and water
and air, of the torrid tropics and
the Arctic SHOWS, as sBaIoo did
Mowgli. we do not know, for Sonny
Boy cannot yet speak plainly enough
to explain these mysteries. Certain
". however, from the first he was
entirely en- rapport with all the
wild creatures of tbs zoo. They
adopted him as their friend. they fed
out Of his tiny hand, and he would
spend hours gurgling al. them frem
his perambulator, or By holding on
to the ratings Of their cages with
his baby fist, while they grunted con
fIdences to him that appeared nau-
tually entertaining and delightful.
.sIt was Id such moments of heart
to-heart talks between Sonny Boy and
| shis comrades of the wild that his
father canghs tlaa cam
/ lalld nis nls her sun
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er. But that j o1lly aile I'm agfned
Ift, because only Sonny 3oy really
knows what he said to Fiji, the
1 wa1rus, and what Flip ans sWered
back or what Badly. who dresses
! like q gentleman, told him when they
took their daily walks together hand
IEn-hand as you see them IN the
picture zs#5
tof course, this book isn't intend
led for groWn-ung, but il they II
the 1ernieious curiosity thai grown
ups have viii pry between the covers
they will find a most remarkable col
| lection Of animal pictures because eli
1 the pictures are photograp aphed from
] life. Also the grown-nps who are In
| terested in the theory OF evolution
Il viii find much to ponder upon IN
the picture of Sonny Boy and aale
/ great monkey coming down the road
together. as Mr.. Darwin believed ltl
| maniey came down the path Of life
The picture might be labeled Tht
Descent OF Ma an.
But Sonny Boy does not boalie'
ais golden head about such trivia
matters. It Is enough for him t
know that the faces of all the ami
| mails are his friends. He know
them by name. and he sends oli
E5this little book by way Of invitation T
ali other children to come and spen'
Ia happy day with him at the zoa.
DutchtoWr Notes.
Misses RosaIie Allen and Ida Mu
tIer, the efficient teachers of tn
IGalyez and JoInsoa schools, respect
{ lively, were the weekend guests &
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