Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24

Show The Original Skin Crcus-Not Hair on 1t /?
Say, Sam, what ails your barnyard?"
Harkns paid no attention He was listening to the
Doc.
"And the queer part of the business Boss the latter
saying, @is that the wholesale sloughing off of hair
and hide isn't due to insects germs disease far
l can find out. It's like simultaneous noting"
"A melting rhnoceros good said Harkins sarcastic
ally. "Doc I'm beginning to think this disease what
is has affected you and Grogan; only instead of
dropping hair you two shedding brains. Be reason
able minute! You know and know that this trouble
isn't coincidence or a miracle Something's the matter
with the menageries hide If don't discover what
it is, how the bazes we-what? Where is he? Tell
him to come here!'
A DARK man edged into the party--we were good
hundred now-and in front of Sam made bow,
low that the front of his turban ried the sawdust
@Timkins here tells me that you know something
about animals that in India you sort Of med
cine man." said Harins. take slant at this collec
ton of uncanny quadrupeds, and see you can guess
why their fringe is coming Off
We were in front of the nilgau cage. Two workmen,
their wheebarrows piled high with yak lion and llama
hair forced the crowd to open, and through the hole
the Asiatic took good look.
3Ah! Wara yo1v n1ohuccd!' he yelled.
aAs bad as that" said Mccain.
@Speak louder. Fat Florence can't hear you'll piped
a ticket taker.
Sam told the crowd to Shut up while Grogan showed
in second swarthy skinned beggar from the outer ring
of listeners. He belonged to the Dongara Troupe
in the sideshow.
@He say said he, @zat animals have mohucca-
you call heem?-change of skeen. Eet comes to each
beast every years. an general not notcedeet
ees so gradual"
Nothing gradual about this!" Harkins grunted.
@Ah Sahib My frien' he say Eat zs seven time
seven time seven year-ze three hundred an forty
three year, wen all animals lose all hair at
same time"
Interesting isn't said Harkins @Ahd isn't just
luck to circus in the three hundred and forty
third year! Listen! Gunga Din you've got your dates
mixed. notice no signs of falling hair in Mr.. Mccain
or among the horses How do you explain that?"
The two brown talked together for a minute.
@My frien' say said the interpreter @zat horse an
Sahib Mccain not original animal like nigau elephant,
lion, tiger Same way dog. Heem not used to
was. Mohucca only for original animal what always
stay same. An my frien' say he know very Of
Heem handed down by medicine many hundred
year. My frien' say he stop mohucca in menagere
queeck-for five dollar An ee you gif heem ten dollar
e puts hair back on jus same long ago.
Fat Florence told Attenuated Alfred the Human
Beanpole that she wouldn't put it past him. @There
amt no tellin wat these here skinned guys IN do
Allie" said she. There's Zingary, the best fire eater
in the biz Hides so dark he don't have wash moren
once month"
4An' look at the backfaced jugglers!7 said the Lv
ing Skeleton
aHere!" said Sam Here's five dollars When
you've stopped the dropping you might start putting
back the wool that's dropped Do that and III give you
a hundred! Come on he said to Mccain and me,
9m going to town and telegraph for some expert The
Barnum show is in Texas. Maybe can get John Pat
terson to come up and look at the ZOO