The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-11

to the Barnum & Bailey show dur- Ing the last few days when Babe the Royal Bengal tiger and Jessie, Queen of the Lions bore large ntters of cubs. Though it is seldom more than two cubs are born in cap1V1ty to a lion or tiger, the Barnum show has had the amazing luck of pro curing four tiger cubs and five lion whe1ps
 Almost on the eve of the circus de- parture for the summer season, the fortune of the show has caused irn- mense rejoicing at the winterquar- ters.
 Preparations for the emigration of the show have been going on apace during the last week or two It may be said that the Barnun snow has adopted for it's motto: 'sThe Old Shall Be New and the New Bnan Be Old
 This may be seen from without where not only. the great buildings bear new coats of paint, but. about the wards where preparations are now being made for the annual heg1ra of 1915, one sees the endless strings of sleeperss box and Hat cars bearing new and bright colors, while under canvas strings of parade equip znent and baggage wagons hide their pink, blue and gold beauty beneath mant9es Of white canvas
 Looking towards a, successful sea- son which is to begin March 26 at lthe Madison Square Garden, New York, under the direction of the I77inslines Brothers and Samuel Mac Cracken, general manager, greater Heats have been accomplish9d this wear than during many seasons. Not only is the greatest spectacle in the history of the organization to be staged this year in sLalla Etookh Ior <sThe Entrance into Delhi" which jwfu be vast panorama of sp1endor with nearly 1000 performers and 800. horses, elephants, came1s and smaller beasts, but the show has other un- fAexpected attractions.
 One of the most unique displays that will be exhibited will be two big litters of wild animals, said to be the biggest born in captivity, which were presented to ssBabe,'' the Roya1 Ben gal and Jessie rightly named
 Wnf1e 1t is said that lions and Ffdgers often breed in captivity, it is ise1dcm that they litter more than two or thEee wheFps, and it is ex- feet in xuaxkng and contour. In her care yesterday Babe perfectly u1az1xea herself and the model for the tiger sculpture at the Botanical Gar dens. New York. presided over ht- ter of fear male youngsters each as well daGkned in head and body mark ing as herse1f In the opposite end of the room Jessie with her taWny hide and flashing tail snuggled close to a Httsr of i've male and female
 
 quarters there was absolute silence, the other great beasts, who tempo raruy wers crowded into far corner oA the room, seemed to sense the event for there was absolute silence among the cages which are usually the eceEle of roara and treading back and forth behind the bars
 But one regret Of the circus men ssBaby Jacks' the year-o1d lion, who, allowed to roam freely about the quarters from the day of it's birth became g fast friend of not only man. but beast for 1t played with the great ieIephants as daily companions Of thts 1t is said that it distinguished fthe white man as it's master but con- laidered members of the colored race Eas piaymates. About the yards it was Ehe cust0En Of those C0lOred employees to turn the corners of cars or show wagons with care in the long aisIes of the shops and yards-for should ssBaby Jack sight them they would nawe to stand absolutely still to pre- went his ronnping upon them and grabbing them mora or Less tendarly tby the feet as was his wont with the Se1ephants who loved him and per- united this mark of 1eonine esteem having choked to death in some un- explained manner.
 The newness does not exist alone in the wild animal quarters for among me SSQ4-Q010SSI10 "a In ere IS training which will two weeks hence hold the vast New York audiences Iaghast. In the elephant quarters Hemy J CHarry) Mooney has worked all winter upon his big herd of elephants, training them to the hitherto unknown fear of going through battle with cannon roaring and flags flying until he is nearly ready to duplicate the "Great War '' In elephantine nirnicry.
 ae. %F. greatest ever performed by an eIe- phant tratners for the monster bulks with nearly human intelligence pre- sent their phanIanxes on parade. march into battle array, carry their arms like soldiers of the line and in placing artillery for bombardment work with a will and enthusiasm that seems almost unnatural in it's reality. When the battle charge is sounded and the artillery bombarGment be- g1ns> the field is strewn with the dead and as fitting climax to this great scene the arrival of the flag of truce, equalization of the defeated general and the carrying of the dead from the field is a masterpiece of animal training.
 Another feature that Trainer Mooney has introduced for the first time is the handling of elephants by women, several having been trained in this art during the winter. with the jesuit that the country for the lfirst time will see these great bulky animals performing with dinnfnutive women instead of the regular male attendants.
 In the making of the great spectacle, nearly one million dollars will have been expended before the elaborate detail of costume and scenic effect has been completed During the winter a large staff of de- signers and workers from all parts of the world have been drawn into Bridgeport and designs of the most ,sumptuous texture and appearance F1lave been woven with fidelity from -the ancient and. modern trappings