New Britain herald., 1924-09-16

the guests, Foran goes to look Tor the three naturalists. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY They were nowhere to be seen in the ballroom, so l wandered out into the beautiful gardens that sur round the official residence of the governor. knew that they would most probably be found searching for birds and small mammals. My diagnosis was quite correct. They were finally discovered enjoying the still night and eagerly hunting for new specimens for their collection. Social functions bored them; but natural history did not. They never allowed any opportunity to escape them.
 Mearns was standing beneath a big tree trying to catch the dulcet notes of birds who had been awak- ened by the military band. Heller and Loring were intently engaged upon catching some of the many bats which fitted hither and thither in the moonit ground of Govern ment House. The regulation even- ing clothes Of civilization made their efforts appear somewhat in- congruous. perhaps; but neither scientist appeared to be aware of the fact
 On another night, the Roosevelts accompanied the Government House party to an amateur performance the "Nairobi Follies," in the Rail. way Institute in the center of the town. The program consisted oi two parts-the first, a minstrel en- tertainment with topical songs, al written by local officials of the gov. ernment, with many humorous al. lusions to the guest of honor: and the second. playlet entitled Blue beard in East Africa" which had been written by local dramatists Theodore Roosevelts hearty laugh was frequently heard well above that of the remainder of the audience and he appeared particularly to en. joy the many topical songs that re. lated to himself.
 Two of the songs are well wortf reproducing. The words were writ ten by Benjamin Eastwood, the chic auditor of the Uganda railway. II conjunction with A. J. Monson, thu chief secretary of the government. The first one to evoke Theodore Roosevelt's laughter, was sung tt the tune of "A Gay Tom-tit" from the "Geisha" and was entitled "Feli! Leo" The words were as follows. A lion lurked in his lonely lair,
 As African lions do,
 For he liked to be where he coult
 get share
 Of a nice little buck, with a strok
 of luck.
 In our wonderful natures zoo.
 His large inside he nightly fe
 with zebra or heartebeest
 instead.
 There isn't scrap of doubt" sai
 he,
 This diets exceedingly good for m
 For I grow fat, fat, fatter. What on earth does it mat, ma
 matter,
 If the way that I creep on tn beasts in their sleep,
 Makes the poor things scat, sea : scatter?"
 He hunted game in the moonligi
 bright,
 With never thought of harm; But he got quite fright, whe
 there hove in sight
 Teddy armed to the teeth with
 knife and sheath,
 And a rife beneath his arm. The Colonel plugged him with
 laugh,
 While Kermit took his protogra ph Said he, These Wall Street bo,
 would cry
 If they knew how near I'd been
 die.
 Oh, this country's bull, bull bull, I've enjoyed it full, full, fully, For it euchres the best they ca
 show in the west.
 That's so wild and wool, woc
 wolly."
 Another topical song that eveniI had reference to the general cor ment locally at the well-aired- -disa pointment of some visiting membe of the American press at not havil been able to accompany the Roos velts on their hunting trips.
 This particular song was entitl - "B. E. A. twith apologies to Ru yard Kipling)" and was rendered the tune of "Mandalay." The vor it of the chorus follow Yes he shut out all the press V And he left them there to guess They raved, and growled, a I' grumbled.
 They were left in such a mess
 put AildL dil pdsoSb anu ubHe VII ', For they were not far away; u And their news is scattered broa u cast,
 U Over. all the world today. u Still he sent in news one Tuesday s' It is nice to be polite But the New York papers had 1t T. On the previous Sunday night. u Oh! 1t really was a frost,
 Ane one finds it to ones cost, . If one tries to balk the press-m h One is very often lost! This song was as much enjoy
 by the Roosevelts as 1t was by
 newspapermen present.
 The RooseveIts. father and S
 were the guests of the governor
 the first three days while in Nairc
 and then they moved over to McN ? lan's town house to join the tn