The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
Walter Meseroll, Jr., Will
Present Her With Small
Terrier Today
NEW HOME AT ZOO TO
BE FINISHED TODAY
Is Completed, Painted and viii Be
Occupied TOday-Miss Fancy
Does Two Acts of
Kindness

Miss Fancy will be made happy to-
day. She will receive the dog for which
she asked in The Age-Herald yester-
day morning. Walter Meseroll, Jr,, has
written a letter to The Age-Herald
which is given below. and he tells his
reasons for donating his dog to the
elephant.
The dog presented is a small ter
rler of good breed and is little more
than a year old. Young Meseroll will
make a visit to the zoo today and viii
deliver his gift to Miss Fancy" in
person.
In his letter Master Waiter says ho
will visit the children's new pet Sun
day and hopes to have the opportunity
to ride on her back. He Will have it.
His letter is as follows:
Will Get a Dog
Dear Mr. Editor: 1 saw in this
mornings paper that our elephant
wants a dog. I have a good dog ana
am going to give it to Fancy be-
cause 1 want her to have something
to play with. Papa told me that she
was gave to the little boys and girls
of Birmingham and that she was
mine too. My dog is a pretty dog and
[ don't like to lose him but fancy wants
one and maybe 1 can get me one some
time.
"I am going to come out to the zoo
Sunday and am going to feed her some
peanuts and ask her to let me ride on
her. | want to thank Mr.. Barrett for
helping to get elephant for us lit
tie boys and girls and I'm going To
ride her.
Yours truly,
''WALTER MESEROI,L, JR.
Nov. IA, 1913.
"52O, north Twenty-first street"
Miss Fancy's" home is finished,
painted and will be furnished today.
The elephant made a visit to the zoo
yesterday afternoon to see how the
work was progressing. She found ev
erything in readiness for her. but the
house had not been painted. The paint
ers got busy yesterday and painted
her new home a lovely shade of green.
Miss Fancy" remained at the Peerless
Lumber company plant last night, how
ever, because she did not like the smell
of fresh paint. She will take possess
sion of her new quarters today by
which time the paint will have had an
OppOl tQlilly W iOSS AioSlA VI ~ CN5A'
Will Be Furnished Nicely
Parkkeeper Williamson says that he
is going to have the words, Miss
Fancy" painted in white letters above
the door of the elephants dwelling and
that he will have it whitewashed In
side. Frank w. Smith, president of the
zoo association, said yesterday that he
would send out some pictures for the
walls and other furnishings. Miss
Fancy's" home will be as pretty as one
could desire after ali those "fiXin's"
are added and great effort Will be
made to have them all In place be-
fore the children arrive tomorrow. She
will have an open house all the aft
ernoon and up to o'clock tomorrow
night and the children of Birmingham
are cordially invited to come out and
view their new possession.
Miss Fancy" did two acts of kind
ness Yesterday that should be chron-
icled. The first was when she pushed
the automobile delivery truck of Will
liam Cosby over a slight rise on First
avenue near Thirty-ninth street. The
truck was loaded with feed and very
heavy but Miss Fancy" did not seem
to find it a strain to do what the en-
CINE could not do. She pushed 1t with
perfect ease.
The second kind deed of the elephant
was at the Peerless plant. A carload
of lumber was on the track inside the
yard and the superintendent wanted It
moved about 60 feet down the track
in order to make room for the wagons.
Curly" carried Miss Fancy" out and
showed her the car and she walked up
to it, placed her forehead against it
and began walking. The car was soon
in the desired position and mi IS
Fancy" returned to her quarters, none
the worse for having pushed $4,000
pounds co feet. The car of itself
weighed $4,000 pounds and the lumber
in 1t tipped the scales at $4,000 pounds.