Evening star., 1926-10-23

A most distinguished foreign gen
tleman will arrive in Boston tomor.
row, and, after a brief stop there, will
proceed to Washington, where he will
take up his permanent residence. His
| coming will so eclipse the recent
glory Of the visit of Queen Marie--at
least so far as concerns certain part
Of our citizens-that it is we'll that
her royal highness will be far from
the Capital, lest her dignity be Of
Tended, and she become jealous of her
rival.
The name Of the distinguished i'm
migrant is a secret, not to be disclosed
until after his reception, but readers
will rest assured that he will out
top any king on earth. The Bible
says, There were giants in those
days" but how many real giants. If
they marched down Pennsylvania ave-
nue., would be looking into our second
story windows, as-on the level-his
royal highness will undoubtedly do?
It is probable that he has never be-
held such interesting scenery.
If the climate of Boston, where the
people are rather "cold" and it is said
there is already Snow, should cause
the new arrival to become hoarse, it
will be simply terrible, for he may
have 10 or Is feet Of sore throat, and
there would be a famine of cough
medicine and red flannel to tie around
his neck.
X X X X
Here is the message which came
yesterday announcing the impending
arrival:
Docking Sunday, Boston. Storm.
Giraffe safe. Have large. 10 small
cats, hyenas. 25 reptiles, 70 large
and 800 small birds, so mammals, be-
sides antelope, 70 monkeys, 4 swine.
Splitting cobraS living in coal bunkers.
Will need Baker and Blackburn.
MANN"
All that a plebeian can say is that
1t is obvious that Mann will need a
whole bakery, not merely one Baker,
If his encourage is to be dined and
feasted with anything like the abun-
dance Of the Queen, who has so much
relished American cooking.
And just think of his toting around
with him IT cats. Maybe he has to
carry all those birds to feed the cats.
The White House spokesman has de-
MED that America will modify its laws
barring more than the legal quota OF
immigrants from the Mediterranean
region, but it looks suspiciously like
preparing to let down the bars for
more organ grinders when one Mann
brings In threescore and ten monkeys.
That raises the question as to where
is the balance of trade"-so many
monk" and no more organs.
The great mystery of that message
is why they keep the splitting cobras
rather than the four. swine in coal
bunkers, for swine naturally get into
the feed troughs, but the explanation
is suggested that perhaps they are try
ing to teach the cobraS that 1t isn't
nice to spit, and want to humiliate
them by making them see how much
worse they are than pigs. 1t Is going
to be embarrassing in Washington to
supply empty coal bunkers in No
vember.
What a furry all this company is
making in the preparations for them
out at the Geological Garden Such
sweeping and dusting. And Supt.
Baker is as busy as a grandmother
expecting all her children for a
Thanksgiving homecoming.
It is. said that there are Washing
tonians who have not visited the Zoo
for many months, though, with the
crowds, every Sunday especially,
ranging from $4,000 to $4,000 visitors,
and half that many on the other six
DAYS in the week, there Is room for
doubt. With it's 159 acres OF monkeys
and bears and elephants and hyenas
and buffalo and deer and boa con-
strictors. 'neverything wild" it is all
so extensive that many thousands
may stroll from interest 20 interest
and not be crowded any more than
the lonesome folks at a sesaui. How