Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-17
THE HAND OF FATE
ROBS GERMAN KIDS
Greatest Pleasure, the Zoo, Is
Closed to CurtaiI
Expenses.
CHILD rem VIEW ANIMAL!
Daily Visits to Park Made Young
nters so That They Would Hover
Around CnEes OF Lions and Mon
keys.
tBy Univorsal Scrvice.1

tBy Univorsai Scrvics1
BERLIN. Dec. 16.-rho children OF
Berlin wcre robbed OF their ,argcs,
and beat beloved playground when
the gates OF tho Geological Gardens
"ero closed by tho incxorabln hand
OF rate operating through tho eco
hornlc collapse OF The nntion.
what those gardens meant TO the
T!odies OF Berlin can only DO apprcci-
a,cd BY some ono familiar with tho
role thia historic Ins,i,utlon played
In tho iifo OF tho Berlin bourgeoisie.
Cniiko tho majority Of Geological
Safdens. tho one In Berlin was s!,u-
atcd In tho very heart of the city, and
thus easily accessible TO the young,
S"ho were brought hero by their
nurses 10 spend hours within thcao
fairy-lihe precincts.
Daily visits wtro made 10 tho lion
ana monkey cages and they know the
animals rs they did their own broth
crs and sisters.
1t was with heavy hearts that they
took leave OF their icathered and
ioNF-Iooted friends on the day before
the gardens closed Jh"r. were some
touching scenes. az when on. tiny
yoGnss;er-whu was born into a
world suffering from bread SHORTAGE
ana had never forgotten that Geo.
No'nic ihct-waa seen giving his IA
foTito elephant m !nhnitcstlnal cruinb
from his roll. while another proudly
boaStcd bhE OF pcanuta, brought as
farewell gift to tho baby monhcys
VINO have had TO forcgo this and MI
other !u&ur!"s OF monkey land sine.
IN" economical blight ION over tho
land. II has distressed tho kjddie,
nryoud measure 10 see their pot
Hon growing thinner and thinner. and
hnd the monkeys forgetting how to
smile.
III" Geological GnrIcns in Berlin
"ere not nlono playground FOR
.hohs3Hds OF children. but also were
'H1 seen" OF that we'll -knOwn Ger
man socia! Institution, tho "Kance
rs Watson ~ winter ana summer. rain
pr shlhe' the chsld.cn's parents gain.
cred In conscnlal groups around IN.
tables. 70 smoke, ciubroidcr and !l.,nr
10 the music furnished by Two mill
iary hands
At the Zoo Restaurant.
ChuI me very last. any one in
search o! an unuollu,cd picture OF
Hio among the Rerlin bourgco!s!e
son1a 9@ sure % finding IT here. as
pfa0'!ea every family Of the ,!pper
and nnidi!' rlasscs was q holder Of
suhsCrt3t:qr tickets
on SUNDAY 'rternoons. oxpccinuv ON
'"e one frra ) In tie month. III.
pI"!etorlat can with their families.
h"H atteT NAH; the rounds Of tho
,.hses ana r@rfiriag an objcct lesson
'h natural history -betook them
selves 10 that part ~ tho GROUNDS
reserved for thos" who wished to re-
uue" expenditures ~ making their
own coffee.
me "ooirr!cai Garden Rcs,auran,
IS 'he largest In the world. beinr
.e.e 10 provide for 10000 guests
When nj! the halls and gardens ara IN
'ull activity. Evcry taste aud every
purse was taken into confederation
IN tHe organization o: this vast com,
pieN which is scaled down from
s"anp"1ne on tho upper terraces 10
peer on the lower !tvols.
H'hcs Tho gardens were closed to
Sn" ssheia! .lDi!c a great snlitin:
mas 'aHcn place Ia the animal yyorI1
IN an eror, To reduce the cSpcndi-
lures In both coal and kccpcrs durInp
N"c winter months Many OF Tho ,,I,s,
valuable Hpcc!mcna died during IN.
war as the result Of food shurtar.
ma other nr!vations. tn, desplt.
'hese iortuitous circumstances. ,h.r.
arc stll more than a thousand rar,
varieties III this unique collection.
or instance. there IS quit. a re-
"fhhp !" ch!mpnnzee colony. OF occu-
!!"r interest TO scientists. because.
my came from tho psycholos .cal
station on tho Island OF ,C.ncy,r(.
where Professor wolrrang Knchl.,
conducted his famous in,ciiir.mra
tests. enc
lIe proved that tho. chInoanz.o
was not only capable OF handIIuu
'"ii' ZOOS, but could also b. taught
me elementary phases IN the con-
hately. these animals contracted an
IN! cdt!on wh!lo on the island q.
Ienerine. which proved cspeciaily
iaihi TO tho females in pregnant
condition. y close s,<y Of this In
iect!on was made By Professor Zle
ma nm, "cii-known FOR his researches
IN mo. 1ung!cs OF tho German Game
run but with only negative results.
me male chimranzecs survived tho
sickness and arc now wintering in
,ho aquarium. tho only building To
be kept open.
The children have always taken an
'ntcNs" interest In the chirunanze,,
colony ana their grief knew no
bounds when It became known ,hot
baby chimpanzee was suncrirr
from Il broken arm ana had To 10
sent to the ch!ldrcn's ward OF Tho
Augusta Victoria Hospital for trent
ment.
During tho war number OF tho
lions and leopards died OF ptomain,
poisoning, brought on bv por,okjnt,
TOO freely OF tainted meat furnished
by the city of Berlin ut espccnuy
low prices. 1t was not war I'm, ola
age that snatchcd away ono of mo
Eiraffes during this period. ms no hna
lived TO tho patr!archal arc amonp
girafres. namely sixteen years. Tho
Berlin Zoo" boasts of three so-oolIn,
,filanal lions" that is to say, thro,
animals caught In the junglcs of Az.
RIGA and not born in captivity. as 20
generally tho case with specimens In
tho various geological gardens.
According to DR.. Heck. durIpc
whose long regime as director
the Berlin Geological Gardens, attain.
ed their pro-war fame. only ncylI
Eible sum In dollars would 10 ncccs
sAry to maintain tho establishment
until some help is forthcoming from
tho state.
President Ebert has issued m an
peal TO private capital 10 come TO the
rescue of an institution which has
become rooted in the history and
tfadtion OF tho German capital and
mad been the JOY alike of hundreds
or thousands of children, as well as
their elders. ana The scientific world
hat large. DIR. Heck is buoyed up by
the hope that the thousand dollars
needed VIII como from the pockat az