The evening world., 1913-10-21
TERRAP|N FARM
IN A CITY HOTEL
LATEST WRINKLE
Couple Of Pets Are Filling
the McAlpin with Edible
Reptiles
NEW ONE EACH MINUTE,
Born in a Dresser, Exercised
In a Bathtub, Reared in
aWashbowl.
NEW ONE EACH MINUTE,
TsrfApins while you waisi

Terrapins while you waisi
That IL the order OF things At the
Hetei McAlpin Just a. present, for
chsy'rs born in . dresser drawer. sxer-
cissa In the bath.tub. reared In the
wssh.Sowi and served In the dining.
room the same evening.
What v q terrapinf
Why. terrapin means "from the
earth" They're one Of those: Just like
chat. with some more, and round: and
some OF them after that are moro
Some Of them are larger than others.
They're the fourteenth assistant
cousin TO the turtle, and on crawling
tesms with the tortoise. They arc
known for their speed. and II New
xerk was ten fest long Il would take
. esrrapin only about 1900 years 70
- from the Battery to Park Row.
The AcAlpin 10 full Of these creep
ing things at present. and the man
a6smsnt u already thinking Of chang
ln6 the name Of the place 70 the Ter.
rapin Hotel. And yet you can't get
tsrrapin thsrsi Every body In the hotel
= tssrapin mad. They're even talk.
lAS tssrapin.
This - all due 70 Mr.. and Mrs.
Toby Tsrrapin. who have bean gassts
eAsrs during the last week. They
come from the Isle Of Hope near sa'
VaAnAA. O.. and. getting tired OF the
0AWiinS life they wsrs leading down
ehsrs, they came 70 New York. and
WITH NJ. 4. u. Barbss - their chap
erea took . suite on the fourtssnth
0oop OF the AcAipin.
NEW TGRRAPiN EVERY MINUTE
THE SCORE.
3Nsy haAn't bssn IN ~ hotel tons
SsSers tAsy PROCEEDED - get their
shapsesa In bad. very baA, and Il Ger
emily ieoks - though Mr.. Chaperon
Wiil have some bill 70 pAy when Mr.
and Mrs Toby Terrapin leave. for
GiAes their arrival the family has been
loersassA By thirty-six baby tsrrapins.
AaA they're crawling al over the place.
IAsy'rs sisspias In the bath tub. In the
Wash eswl. In the dresser drawers. un-
e.. - we'll - n the bed. and In the
sSunkSi In fact. another terrApin 10
arriving every minute. Sixty have been
TEN whils this story was being written.
n srdsr to reduce the expenses OF
n. and Mrs. Terrapin every guest In
IL hotel has adopted enc Of the little
tseraVins. And there ass LNo guests
Ct the AcAlpin!
Nov Q tsrrapin has his own ideas ~
% how no should live before he takes
bic place on the table u the form OF .
stew, in SOUP form or under The nom Dc
Dlums tsrrap,ns . 10 Baltimore. II they
ere fed plenty during the months OF
Aysii. May. June. July. August and
September. they fast for the remainder
q the year. They also refuse to eat
during the first six moaths after thsi'
bisth. When they do sat they are very
oasticuiar about their food and will
touch nothing but nlst Dc sole shrimp
celery or lettuce. They take . piecs
ahout the siss Of pin.hsad about thrst
zines . week. Suppose . poor MAJ
had . family ike this! JOY
scLuck" 10 TO TGRRAPin WHAT
A oUM0RoP 10 TO GSoUiMAu.
M. Barbss sAys that you car
"eluck" or whistle when you are feed
iAg Il 20 - to cali IL attention. and
sou will have . Pet that'you will never
part with. That's because OF thu
cluck. FoT ~ tneTs - my e"'"s
tsrrapin loves Il 70 that 'clucking
business. And a. long - the ownei
can ''cluck" he can couat upoa The
everlasting devotion Of tssrapin.
When the tsrrapaa y born he II
about an inch long. He grows At tn
rate OF IN inch . year and lives to b
ebout four years old. HIS value In
croasss q dollar IN inch, % BY tn,
time he takss his place before Tx
diner he viii hs accompanied By I
check which will read something Mk,
$3.50. The extra half dollar payA 70
the food b. hes consumed during hi
lifetime.
Mr.. BaFoss has ne saly tsrrapil
eAro IN the world. and Though be say