The sun., 1919-09-07

from the other. the call for the mate
Is heard at once, like sob or a
wall, each seeking the other TIL they
meet. and then the greatest rejoicing
Is shown and they 60 OF together con-
tented and happy.
When at play they run around and
around the house, with wings out
stretched, chasing the cat or the collie
pup. dancing and going through all
sorts OF bird gymnastics.
During the middle of the winter,
when both birds were fully mature, an
entire change in their natures grad
ually showed itself Dixie became
rollicking, teasing, Refusing to DO
petted, though tame as ever, while
Betty assumed all the finer character
ist,ci, wanting recognition. delighting
In being petted and caressed, and while
EMBODIED in ones arms viii utter soft
little cooling tones-''chirp. chirp"--of
complete satisfaction. Dixie, never
three feet away, looks on, and as Betty
Is released and walks off adjusting her
feathers he gives her a few punches
with his beak, as much as to say, you
will never make a suffragette; you
are too much of the old fashioned home
woman"
Much Like High Bred Dogs.
These cranes in domestication have
much the character of a high bred
dog, and show a wonderful degree of
intelligence as well as affection; they
are easily controlled, and while the
housemaid had the care of them while
they were growing they learned both
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tie scene was witnessed when their in
dulgent master invited their presence
into the dining room to feed them from
the table. When the maid entered
the room Dixie lodged behind the
table and ducked his head, hiding him
self from view.
The act was quite new to us, as he
had been at perfect ease and content,
enjoying his dinner. We learned from
the maid that while she was cleaning
the room before our return the cranes
had annoyed her by coming into the
room, picking at dishes, bric-a-brac.
&C., until she had to drive them out
with some force; they had remembered
the lesson. During the greater part OF
the winter the owner Of these birds
lay critically i'll. and It was most pa
thetic, and touched both doctors and
! nurses, to see these pets come to the
French window or into the hall and
peer into the room; they could not un-
derstand the masters silence aSS lack
of greeting.
| Like dogs, they easily take likes and
d,sIitos 70 STRANGERS. IN Some thew
show a really pugnacious manner.
n,cLipg NJ them with real vicious
hr,nor. IN others .hev are docile and
a0.ct,orato r,,,rirg m tho gate mr.
fepco IN meet them following them to
the door ana stand around wh,,e the
v,s,,or ta,Is DIGGING contontedlv.
IN a cottage home the bathroom In
| 30 easv access ana one of the inter-
ast,ng events each dav ia 10 sit on the
x..ransa ,,c,,e tn. hath and watch
| patty and Dixie yo through their mock
| ,h,,,t,ors Af,or oxar,,rip, and nick
i've, a, the diryerent narts of the bright
6xtures thew reach for a towel. and
| - a. h.nnors ~ no email soft one.
| easiIy MANIPULATED. they in turn rub
thor,seIves Dixie first then Betty.
d,o wing tho towel over the back and
under the wings, "a Il falls TO the floor
~ ,s nicl,ed I'm and over and over
n cair these soft "towel gymnastics"
orc v,;.ressed yvhen they both seem Ia .
th,rL q, som. other NAV and they
,,a,i, "a, togother nossib,v "a tease the
ost ~ The borse g..
show Liking for Music, Too.
IN many ways hia'Aeu 'uiiete nee
IN the character Oh Vlese two souns
cranes mas oeeh hoteo' put par 'o
larry IN tnelr lNlns ior ipusiSa' 'ones'
ana II is Dixie the inaie, WIZ - ,no
festhetic' music loving pro. "Hpie ~,
master plays on tne sui.ar III wiz
stand by his SIDE Tor mar an hour'
listening intehtly ana ready u pieh ~
the guitar strings at a chahse oi tons
OF key, then quiet again win neao
erect II the chord Is IN attune with ms
own wireless song without words.
Betty moves around occasionally az
tracted by chord out apparently III
different, picking at anything near oS
or pluming her feathers as the FANCY
takes her.
One CT their stunts which seems 10
| interest Visitors most is lneT hlssii
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