The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-19

He did not molest Boaut, but he had
run amuck, and there was nothing
TO DO but stage an instantaneous
lynching. We shot the Killer.
ITO Illustrate the mothCr-love as
sertion l must relate to you an oc-
currence during a Washington tour
OF the Sclls-Floto circus. Two lpns
escapes and were at large. orders
were given TO go out and kill the
beasts on sight. Cap Ricardo, a
Nestor OF animal trainers, an old
timer who actually carried on the
conversations with his charges, was
delegated to do the job
After a considerable hunt the
Cap found the beasts. lie shot the
male, there being no other course
safe TO pursue. As he aimed his gun
at the female she came to his side
rubbed herself against his legs and
began to purr.
"Soft-hcartcd as Child"
The purr finished tho Cap Like
all animal trainers. reports 20 the
contrary Notwithstanding, he was
as soft-hearted as child. The gun
was rehoisted, and the Cap came
back TO the lot leading the lady lion
at the end OF a rope.
"A few weeks after the Cap went
into the cage which held his re-
claimed lioness on some mission or
other. Again she came to him,
rubbed against him, purrcd. Then
she ran to the far end of the cage,
looking back at him with a wistful
expression he could not understand.
lie walked over TO where she was
standing. She began digging in the
straw. What you you think she un-
covered? a tiny cub. She wanted to
prove TO him his trust was not mis-
placed. Could there he better eX-
ample Of mother love and OF grati-
tude?
"Por n long time we had an In
sane lion who did nothing but roll
his head from side TO side, roar fool
ishly and drool. one look into his
eyes was enough 10 convince any
enc of his imbecility.
"Imagination of Lioncss."
Regarding hallucinations, there
was in our outfit n lioness who
would see bug crawling across the
floor of her cage and imagine she
was watching n giant. She would
make the biggest kind Of fuss over
killing that bug, swipe high above
him and. when she finally got him.
strut around as IL she had done
something really heroic.
'As for devotion, faithfulncss in
welded life, no human tie is more
| binding, however sacrcdly regarded,
than that between champanzees. II
1t an accepted fact with the animal
men with circus that when they
dig one grave for chimp they will
be called upon to dig another within
the next "a hours, ~ the next week
at most"
Elephants are the most intelligent
OF all animals. according to Mr.
| Cooper, while bears are the clowns
of the animal ring.
I'm the sawdust ring you will sec
n herd of elephants rehearsin their
act without trainer in sight" he
said. "They display professional
| Jealousy, raising a rumpus when
some ambitious member of the cast
attempts to steal another's 'busi-
ness
"An Elephant Can Tell"
IAN elephant can tell a candy
| butcher Ga man who swings those
/ tiny ropes of taffy on a hook) no
matter what kind OF disguise he
! Gears. Candy butchers are persona
non grata with Jumbo and his kin,
| because the candy sellers have no
use for peanuts. If an elephant gets
| loose on the lot the first spot he
| makes for is the candy tent, and il
| doen't take him 10 seconds TO wreck
AS for bears. tfhey can no more
| help being funny than they can stop
| nuZzllng for honey. The man, wom-
an or child who cannot laugh at
| the antics OF a bear cub is in n bad
! way and had bettcr call the doctor "