Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-08-10
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SO lar. Every available seat i'm the
large tent yesterday was taken
several minutes before the hour
Of beginning, and many were left
sstanding.
James Butin and the Mcdowell
trio who took part i'm the pre-
lude for the afternoon. have been
given q most appropriate title,
the Little Company with the
Beautiful Music Each one ap-
pearing is an artist of ability.
Mr.. Butin. the birdman and
whistler, is simply marvellous. His
bird limitations would drive the
birds frantic with jealousy. He
also whistled bird calls and cx-
( planned their meaning.
S The program from start tn fin
ish was a rare treat and entirely
different from any we have had
in the years before. After an
hours pleasure with these WON
derfnl musicians. who were ac-
cOmpanied by Mr.. Rutin whistling
through the most difficult pieces.
the visitors found they were to
enjoy still greater treat when
Pamahasiki and his famous per-
forming pets We're introduced.
This last production could very
easily be styled Miniature cir
GUS the actors being cats. q
monkey. doves, cockatoos. canar-
les, paroqnets and beautiful Ma
cav birds. The cats were first to
perform and went through their
act rather lazily. The monkey
stirred up considerable excite
ment, as his hatred for cats and
children was plainly shown. Dur
ing this part of the program one
of the men had 10 hold the monkey
in order to save The cats from
being injured. When the monkey
found he was unable to get at
them he resorted to another
method of attack and as one of
the cats switched its tail quite
;;snear he tried to bite it. The
( trainer remarked that one day the
monkey would get hold of the
cats tail and then there would be
something doing.
The canarics were next to APP
pear .and these dear little birds
did very nicely. They climbed
ladders, took walks. rode in a
I swing. rocked the baby birds and
acted as if they enjoyed ihe per-
fDrmance. Several pretty faniail
pigeons went through a series OF
pranks that delighted the chill
dren. hut when the cockatoos were
brought forth the audience APP
plauded lonndy. The white cock
.atnos with their yellow crest and
black bills were Very pretty. They
are a species of the parrot fam
lily and live To be 100 wears old.
The education of this bird must
be one of delight. as they are so
intelligent. They danced. went
through gymnasium exercises.
soldier drills. rang bells and pcr-
formed many tricks. They made
the crowd sit up and take notice.
as it made one think of lot of
we'll trained little children. BY
ringing bell they would ring
out any number called. One bird
was asked how old il was and
tOlled the bell twenty-three times.
This bird could also add and sub
tract. Seven and five was given
to ii to add and il rang twelve and
when The man said What shall
l put down first?' the bird rang
the bell once and when asked the
other number rang twice. Five
flags were then brought forth to
be raised, an American, German.
French, Irish and Italian flag.
The stand and poles were fixed all
ready for the bird TO pull The en-
blem 10 the top. The man al
lowed the children to call out
which one was TO he raised and
the bird walked right over to ihe
correct flag and with its bill
pulled on the string until the flag
reached the top. This he did un-
Til all were raised. Then a bat
tleship was brought out with a
foreign flag on it, One bird
walked over to a small cannon and
opened fire on the boat. After fir
ing a number of times the boat
was set on fire and captured. The
bird ran over to it, raised lad
der. walked up it, opened tiny
door and rescued the young lady
cockatoo that was being acrried
away by the enemy. The foreign
flag was then taken down and the
stars and stripes were soon float
ing from the ship in triumph.
The next thing TO do was 10 save
the ship from being burned up and
s.gain the bird rushed 10 ihe tnp
and poured water from !:'rse
tank onto the flames. AT another
time one Of the cockatoos gave the
pretty red and green parrots a
ride on ferris wheel. In fact
they did so MANY stun1- we r0nll
fill another column with their
smart tricks.