The Washington herald., 1919-05-22
Would Be Glad with Name.
mot a Bit Conceited,"
Says Zebra Is Jealous.
Some Names Suggested.

'I.awdy. lawdy. I amt never seen
nothing like that in all this world"
He. he.' snickered the Zebrass as
the old colored man passed on to the
next cage. shaking his head" That
isn't so funny. because there is only
one of me in the world
The Animal Editor agreed with the
old colored man in his wonder and
admiration of the Zebrass and stopped
TO ask the pretty little creature if he
could take his picture for the Wash
ington Herald.
Would Be Glad for Name.
why. certainly" consented the Ze-
brass. I've heard about this naming
contest you are running and I would
be very glad to have the children of
Washington select a name for me-"
and he walked over to the center of
his yard and stood very still while
the photographer took his picture.
Then he came back to the fence and
resumed his conversation with the
Animal Editor.
1T seems TO me-" he said, that YOU
ought to caution your readers to
select a very unusual name for me. as
/ am the only Zebrass in the world.
It's all very well to call common Ze-
bras like my cousin in the next cage.
Jerry but that wouldn't do for me
at all"
Not n Bit Conceited.
Ever since 1 was a baby in 1910"
he continued. people have been stop
ping at my cage and exclaiming over
me. OF course. it might make some
people conceited. but, as you may
notice. it hasn't affected me that way
in the slightest" and he tossed his
dainty little head.
"Conceited." snorted the Zebra. next
door. ''Why. he is the most stuck
up animal in this Zoo. Tells everyone
that passes that he's the only Zebrsss
in the world, and marches around
his cage like he owned the earth.
Conceited. huhr' and. he walked into
his house in disdain.
Says Zebra Is Jealous.
Jealous" said the Zebrass. "Poor
old dear, he has to be just a plain,
ordinary Zebra all his life. and
suppose it does make him feel bad
to have the only Zebrass in the world
living in the next cage"
As the Animal Editor and the pho
togra pher walked away the Zebrass
caSed after them that perhaps it
would be a good thing to put "Only
Zebrass - the World" over his pic
ture when \ is published in The
Washington Herald.
Some of the names that Washing
ton children have suggested for other
animals are given:
BABY BUFFALO.
Buffalo Bill" Mary Gulick, Casa
nova, Va.
Buffalo Bill" Gordin Colbert, 7ao
Morton street northwest.
Cutie" Augusta Kaiser. . Seventh
street northeast.
Jesse" Richard Forbes. 11 c street
southwest.
'Culpeper." Walter n. spicer. 221O
Shannon place southeast.
Diamond" Dorothy orrison. Clar-
endon. Va
Cody" C. NJ. Fenwick. 2os H street
northwest.
Nifty" Marie Mcdonald. e5 L street
northeast.
Cody" George B. Coale, 5ss Eight
eenth street northwest.
Peace" Charlie A. Brown, 1S15 @
street northwest.
Victory" Mildred Simering, s23
South Carolina avenue southeast.
Jeff" Hilda Hausenfluck. go
North Carolina avenue southeast.
Buffalo BILL Mary F. Jennings,
1901 r street northwest.
bill Cody" Mrs. A. ". Gath, 24s
Eleventh street southeast.
Hercules" John Lawrence Herbert,
80 Eye street southwest.
LION.
General Foch." Thelma Avery.
1913 / street northeast.
Tommy" Patricia Colman. III
Fifteenth street southeast.
King Victory" Dorothy Beall.
Silver Hill. Md.
Monarch" Dorothy l.. MehIer
400 B street southeast.
King Forest" Billy Collins,
Chevy Chase, d. c.
Speed WILL" Andrew Johnson.
23S New Jersey avenue northwest.
'Scrapper." Hilda Hausenfluck.
$50 North Carolina avenue south
east.
Nero" Everett A. Mehler, 400 b
street southeast.
Hannibal" Lenah ]. Talbot.
T30 Harvard street northwest.
King Arthur" William williams,
405 8 street southeast.
Brownie" Bessie Ewing. 12241L
Wylie street northeast
Betty Roosevelt" David Delyec-
chic. 1908 Fifth street northwest.
NILGAU.
'Daddy-Long-Legs," Bobby John