The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-30
CURATOR PLANS
 OZONE JAG FOR ; GIANT REPTILE
King Cobra at Bronx Zoo, Which Refused to Submit to Operation, Will Be Treated to Snootful of Cold Weather.

New York, Nov. S0-Enter the ozone jag.
 The welI-known Bronx cocktail went out when Volstead acted and in habitants of that benighted borough have been hard put to it ever since to concoct a satisfactory substitute The ozone jag is tihe nearest thing they have been able to evolve.
 But this sort of 'pifflication'' is not what at first blush it would seem. Omyno! In fact, unless you are pc culiarly susceptible to temperature changes you can go right back to the path of thirty rectitude and rigid ob- servance of the Constitution. includ- ing its eighteenth restriction. Be cause, to acquire the ozone jag you don't drink anything at all.
 Raymond l.. Ditmars. curator of the eminenta physicians, decided that it was necessary to perform an opera tion on King Cobra, the biggest snake dn his collection. There is a big layer of skin over the cobra's eyes, blinding him, and repeated efforts to remove 1t have proved futile. At the last attempt, the reptile wrapped it's sinuous length around the bodies of Ditmars and three assistants, and the four of them fought for more than an hour to save their lives from the poisonous snake.
 Here's Where Ozone Figures
 Again, when Ditmars suddenly pushed his hand into the reptiles cage to grab it below the flattened mead ne missed n1S ann ana TOT apo Ut three seconds it looked like slow mu- sic and flowers for the curator.
 Ditmars will treat the snake to an ozone jag as soon as the weather gets good and snappy, somewhere about -four five below zero. he said.
 'Good stiff. cold weather seems to have the same effect upon a snake that hard cider has on the hired man." Ditmars explained. fA couple of good whiffs and MT. Snake loses his equilibrium. He takes on a silly sort of grin and just naturally wants to go to sleep. When the cobra is pret- will inhale, then I'll make a final eff fort to remove the skin bag from the eyes, Each time we tried it before the snakes disposition was such that we decided to give him the ozone jazz
 This ozone jag is something new in reptile study. It was recently dis covered that snakes succumb to the slightest change in temperature. All the snakes at the zoo are kept in a house which is steam heated through out the year, and If the temperature is permitted to drop so much as five degrees lower than Summer heat the snakes show the effect of the change.
 Joy Ride for Big Snake
 When the weather gets below zero I am going to take King Cobra flor an auto ride through the country Ditmars said. ''I will have him placed in a wire cage and will strap the cage on the hood of my fiVver. Then I'll let the bus hit the high spots in the road
 After a drive of about Is miles I figure this snake will be stewed to she eyebrows. so to speak. and while he is good and groggy I'll take him out of the cage and operate on him.
 eff he is susceptible to the cold weather as are other snakes of his family I won't have much difficulty removing that bothersome film from his eyes. And while I'm at it I may decide to polish his fangs, if he be- hayes we'll
 "After the operation the cobra will be placed in a warm, air-tfght box and hurried back to his stean-heated flat, where he will recover quickly from his ozone jag and become a healthy snake again.
 Dr. Ditmars makes his formula foI the ozone jag public for what it is UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT,
 District of Connecticut.
 In the Matter of STEPHEN MOZER, RanISrrpt-Tn RankruDtcy.
 Notice is Hereby Given, That stephen Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, has filed his application dated Nov 2S. 1921 hsnkrnpteY. for a pseS and that ell his creditors and other persons interested. objectins to sueh discears may m nttend oefot act ing as Special Master. at the County Court House, Bridgeport, Conn, on Dec enoine aJ, the bankrupt and to show cause If any they have, why such discharge should not be not S anI to the to interpose objections to snch dls charge Io11N KEOcu
 Referee in Bankruptcy and Specfa Bridgeport. Conn. Nov so 1921 a'