Evening journal., 1913-05-10
MANY BABIES
AT QUAKERS' zoo
Annual New Corners AttraCk
Children to Philadelphia
Gardens

PHILADELPHIA, IA, May ~
Thousands of persons, taking advan-
tage OF the balmy weather and warm
sunshine Of the past few days. have
visited the Geological Gardens In this
city, and-because "one touch of ma
ture makes the whole world kim
a great amount of attention and COM
ment has been bestowed upon the an
nual crop OF ZOO" babies.
All sorts Of new born things are to
be seen this spring. There are bird
babies. animal babies and fish babies
And just like their little human
brothers and sisters, the Zoo"
youngsters are up and awake bright
and early IN the morning, and are
hushed TO sleep by their mothers in
the evening.
or all the babies in the park,
probably the greatest in point
Of reputation is the little Rhesus
Macaque, tiny monkey, which fell
from the top of the outside monkey
house shortly after its birth. was
picked up for dead, and came back to
life while lying on top of a warm
radiator
The circumstances surrounding the
birth OF this little baby are little short
of marvellous. In the first place, il
was born In the open, one day last
March The day was incidentally one
Of the. coldest Of the past winter. The
hour of its birth is not known ex-
actly, but it must have been early
in the morning.
According to the story told by Nc
Crossen. the keeper, he heard quite
commotion in the outdoor monkey
house while he was making his early
morning rounds. Upon investigating,
he saw the female Rhesus run about
the cage at great rate, climbing
from perch to perch, jumping from
rope to rope and all the while carry
ing her new born infant by one leg.
The other monkeys in the cage we're
also jumping about and jabbering at
the mother and baby AS soon as the
keeper made an attempt to secure the
baby, its mother sprang to the top
most perch Of the cage. and holding
the infant at arms length. dropped
it 10 the floor of the enclosure.
McCrossen picked it up, looked at
it, and laying il on pile of straw,
started to clean out the cage think
. ing. of course, that the new Rhesus
Macaque was dead. He finished his
work picked up the supposedly dead
monkey and went to clean the indoor
monkey house. Upon entering the
apartment. he placed the little body
on the radiator.
/ During his work, he CHANGED to look
around. and to his great surprise, OBJ
served the little baby monkey which
he thought was dead kicking its feet
in the air and waving one tiny arm.
Quickly calling the head keeper, he
consulted with him, and both men
I tenderly wrapped the infant in a
blanket and gave il some hot milk,
! The monkey revived with surprising
rapidity. McCrossen and the head
/ keeper then secured the mother. who
/ by this time was in high state of
excitement at being deprived of her
/ baby. placed the two in a separate
cage and left them. The maternal in
stinct Immediately asserting itself,
/ the female monkey picked up the baby
in her arms. and from then on lavish
ed the greatest care upon her little
one To-day, baby Rhesus is the
pride of the garden and the wonder Of
all who come to see her.
Another baby at the Zoo" which is
attracting a great deal Of attention,
is the Prjevalsky's Wild Horse The
little creature was not born at the
gardens, however lt first saw the
light of day in Cincinnati, on April IS,
1912. and was brought to Philadel-
phia early in the spring of this year
Its mother was one OF the herd OF
Wild horses captured in the desert
OF Cobb, Western Mongolia. Central
Asia, by the late Carl Hagenback, who
headed en- expedition financed by the
Duke of Bedford. president of the
London geological Society. at a cost
OF 100000 The species to which the
animal exhibited here belongs, is the
only one of its kind in captivity.
Among the other babies at the ZOO
this spring, are a Prince Of Wales
pheasant species that has never
before been exhibited in this countrs
two pairs of crown pigeons, said
to be the largest in the world. anc
various other fowls and animals.