Arizona republican., 1913-09-14
ROSIE LOVES
 WILD ANIMALS
Daughter of Boss of Ring ling Brothers Great Cir GUS Makes Playmates. of Lion and Tiger Cubs - Pulls Their Tails

Some little girls are fond of dolls, some love kittens, and quite a few have even been known to have an af- 1 lection for stray puppies, but it is not
 often that d little girl of g years has the opportunity to romp and play with real lion cubs. Even if they had the chance, most of them would be | too scared to come within speaking distance of such wild pets, but there is a little girl named Rosie, with Ringing Brothers circus, who is not one single bit afraid of the jungle playmates whom she tousles and 1 leases and fondles every day of her l life
 1 Rosie is the daughter of Boss Char l lie Smith, the modern Noah, without [ Whiskers, who presides over the Ring i ling Brothers menagerie. Every sum mer just as soon as school is over i Rosie joins her father and travels with the circus throughout the country. Rosie loves every animal in the big
 menagerie, from Sadie the giant hip popotamus, to AIr Chubb, the gorilla but there is one pair of lion cubs about g months old that Rosie more than lOVes-lOVes as much as she does her parents. And the cubs love Rosie more than they do their own parents for every time they are turned loose ] in the same cage with their mother. they invariably pick a quarrel with her, and they never do that when they are playing with Rosie. In fact. whenever they are with the little girl. they are as gentle and affec- tionate as kittens. and Rosie can pull 1 their tails and tweak their ears to her hearts content. without causing q single snarl from the owners of these appendages.
 The cubs were born at Baraboo
 Wis. the winter quarters of the Ring ling Brothers circus. and Rosie was almost the first person they saw after their eyes had become accustomed to the light of day. When the cubs were a week old, Rosie was permitted to take them from the cage and pet them despite the disappearing snarIs of Queenie, the mother Iioness. As they grew older and stronger, the cubs were allowed the freedom of the menagerie and the little girl would play with them for hours at a time.
 As spring approached and the time came for the big circus to shake off its winter lethargy and move from
 R5raboo to the Coliseum in Chicago where the show always opens it's sea son. the little girl was almost heart broken at the thought of losing her playmates. Finally it was promised that she would be permitted to visit them in Chicago. and then later on, when school was over. she could join the circus and travel with her father
 Rosie went to Chicago, and while there she decided that the cubs were old enough to have names, so one afternoon she gathered several of the other children of the circus in the menagerie room and christened the lit
 tie animals Jack and Jill Then she led them out on the sidewalk in front of the big grey stone building and the three had their pictures taken to- gcther.
 A short time ago, after school had closed, Rosie came on to join the cir GUS. and the cubs were oVerjoyed to see their little playmate again. They had grown considerably during the present season on the road and had also developed fair-sized teeth but Rosie insisted that they be brought from their cage and turned loose with her as formerly Much to the sur prise of the menagerie attendants. the cubs fawned at the feet of the little girl and yelped with delight at the reunion
 Since then. Jack and Jill and Rosie have been almost inseperable and they roam the big menagerie tent together at all hours, causing many anxious moments for apprehensive spectators who may chance to cross their path The cubs are as harmless as ever and have yet to demonstrate a single say age instinct. They will be one of the many novel sights of Ringing Broth CTS circus when it visits Phoenix to- morrow for two performances.