The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-23
zoo GIVES MOVIES
CIRCUS BY ANIMALS
Thrilling Performance Comes to
End When skunk Arrives
to share In the Fun.

Jns' A. the animal circus WAS sp-
preaching ~ climax and the whlrISg
dervish mice were whirlng their maddest
the skunk came along and everybody
went away from there Tho skunk is
greatly respected In animal town. hut
nobody loves HIM I, seemed a pity too
for there never was more interesting
show than the one that the knowledge
and patient skiil Of Curator Raymond l.
Dtrnars OF ia" Bronx zoo has provided
for the movies aud which had IT, private
t?Nout yesterday.
1'hr circus comes last Befor. that the
audience sees lif- among the mammals
reptiles and amphb!ans from an entirely
new viewpoint A. the lecturer said .
These animals not only move about but
do interesting things"
He was right; they did For The most
part tho pictures are intimate views ~
the lives OF tho animal underworld. the
tree and Jungle folk who stay In their
dens by dav and only go about their
business o nights You may have seen
some OF them blinking IN the ages az
to- ZOO or curled M In the recesses OF
their dens. but few, even among natural
st.. NJ. pitmHrs says, have ever seen
them going about their business beneath
the stars. 1t was hardly necessary for
the lecturer 20 add that thousands OF feet
or iilms and lnuch temper were spoiled
and that wonderful ingenuity Was eX-
pended IN getting the pictures.
First came n woolly monkey right from
Cob koosvelts River OF Doubt. then an
anxious porcupine mother led out her
babies, showing for the prickly mites
touching tenderness and care. Then came
pretty comedy OF rabbits. little fellows
who would go out IN the moonlight to
plsy In spite OF mothers warnings
The comedy changed 10 tragedy. for one
Of the little rabbits met snake. and
sad fate later IN the film drama. A
strange Madagascar hedgehog nmblrd out.
He was tiny fellow and presently had
thrilling adventure with n spider nearly
as large as himself coat and arma =
dillo, the latter looking like "A pig In
armOr. were followed by family OF bats.
and then--even Adam would have over
come natural aversion To stop and wonder
and admire wonderful series showing
life in snake land There were the queer
looking eggs OF the blacksnake. and out
OF them came little fellows. full of fight
when two hours old Il matronly water
snake with her family OF forty-four
wgg.y Infants, for whom she cared too
little even TO stop and count them a
wstchful, bespectacled cobra and-the
star act-a battle 10 the death between
a king snake and a water mOccasln.
a tree toad singer. with more airs than
"A prima donna. drew "A laugh. and then.
after the wonderful walking leaves had
performed, came the jungle circus. First
YOU saw the audience coming in 10 oc-
cupy toadSioOl seats. and so very Ike
humans were they in their actions that
the onlookers were quick 20 name some
Of the first nlghters one. the chameleon,
had what many n small boy at a three
ring circus has wished for, the power OF
moving his eyes Independently. looking
up with one and down with the other. lie
appeared rather bored. nothing being LEFT
10 his imagination
The woody monkey skinned the cat"
pair OF tree toads did death defying
Ieats Of aerial tumbing, The armadillo
put Sandow quite to shame ms weight
litter, the salamander got a big hand
aA facial contortonist and the whirl'
! ing dervish mice were holding the Hu-
dience spellbound when the skunk APP
peared. The last picture showed al the
| audience scurrylDg for home.