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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1904)
Wild Animals at the World's Fair l .''L' "' ff-f '-" ' ;'" - CHILDREN RIDING GIANT TORTOISES. OPEN AT 11 PANORAMA WITH NO SCREEN BETWEEN SI'HOTAWlia AND AN IMA 1.8. IMAGINE meeting a Hon or Bengal tiger face to lace, Without so much as ti mosquito netting be tween yourself und these man killers. It Is something to send the thrills along the spine und make the hair to stand on end with apprehension. You will have this experience at the World's fair. The in gi'iiious feat Is accomplished on the Pike, In the l.i! Rest assembly of hearts ever pre texted for the close study of man. Uefore the startled naze of the timid person the elephant Is s. en grazing beside the panther, tttill-himtirK for his prey; the gentle deer lifts his noble head to sniff at the passing wolf, reacts reinns over the animal para dise. With atf olutely no screen separating even little children from this unusual pic ture, tie Ki'e.it inimle Jungle-land risjs in primitive beauty across various zones of Vepctuble life to snowy peaks of highest altitude and glaciers of the frozen north. It Is a vision e veryone has dreamed whUa the story-book years po.-sesstd their charm for the young imagination. The eye runs from the fleecy lamb to the fe.roclnus lion nnd the parable seems fulfilled. The dating of ("ail Il.igenback of Hamburg, Germany, has for the first time In the world estab lished Intimate relationship between the highest and the lowest type of animate life, with pec feet safety to human kind. His barbaric spectacle has a scientific place In the wonders of the greatest exposition. Traeh.g backward the evolution of the hu man race, r.s it has been done In the tare ethnological nnd anthropological display of living peoples fit the exposition, the chain !s again taken up by the tremendous wl'd animal show nnd followed through theso lower oiden of life to tho Invertebrates. When the visitor enters the immense arena. In which 800 animals of all species are exhibited at large, his nerves may bo ehaken at first glance at the nppnrent dan ger. A tiger hesitates at 100 feet from him and licks ills chops as the cruel eyes feast upon the Intruders. A sensation of fear Is hardly lessened by the knowledge that an Invisible device extending across and concealed by the ground of the panorama makes the visitor Immune. Keglnning at your very feet natural scenery stretches away in gentle undulations, across wide meadow lands, covered with real grass nnd growing shrubs, over wilder tielts of Jungle, Into treeless tracts of loftier altitudes, ending in high mountain ranges, hundreds of feet distant. As the topography of the panorama recedes, eud-chewlng and hug eating nnimals and fowls move In the fore ground; beyond, the razor-toothed fami lies of the tropical and torrid climes appear In their natural environment. In the rocky uplands, furry monsters climb and swing from tree to tree and where more distant Icebergs glisten the heavier coated kind roam at perfect liberty. Polar bears, arctic brown bears, pea Hons, seals, cormorants, diving birds and all other winged varieties enter Into the ani mal life of the frigid zone. The tropleil section contains Hons, tigers, leopards, hyenas, pumas, Jaguars, brown bears, Tibette black bears, boar hounds and other rpecles. In the Immediate foreground are giraffes, elephants, zebras, dromedaries, camels, hybrids of the zebra and domestic horse, dwarf monkeys, Shetland ponies, llamas, alpacas, gunnacos, vicunas, ducks, swans, geese of all countries, flamingoes, cranes of all kinds, black and white storks, marabus, white sea fowl, guinea fowl, dif ferent sorts of pheasants, cooks, ostriches, casus ries, emus, rheas, black bock, ante lope, fallow deer of all colors, rock kanga roos, giant kangaroos, fat-tailed sheep, African goats and other animals. The giants of various species are ex hibited, Including giant reptiles weighing 130 to 23 pounds, giant tortoises weighing S00 pounds, and measuring 5 to 6 feet across the shells; giant lizards, 7 feet long; giant salamanders and giant monkeys. The cunning hand of the animal trainer provided the most curious mount In 1 i .i the world for children. A bridle and bit fastened in the mouths of the giant tortoise, makes him an obedient animal under the guiding lingers of a child seated on his monster shell. These strangest of ull rides are. frequently enjoyed by the grandchildren of Carl llagenbaek on the spacious lawn in front of his residence at Hambuig. Although as slow us tho SHUTINO ANIMALS AT JIAMHL'RO FOR Til rj ST. IiOflS EX POSITION. A forest full of talking birds swinging tortoise of Aesop's fable in running his race, the unwieldy animal Is sure footed e nough to make this childish pleasure with out danger to the merest baby. loosing the saddle from the back cf a tortoise !s nothing more than a rprawl from a height tht't cannot injure the Innocent rider. Mr. Hagenbaek has brought some of his famous riding turtles to the World's fair. Hints for Comfort of Children ti i:T 13 wa i . i nn tnrivttnnalvr rr 11 artistic way of Illuminating Ibo I c-jl.l., fnp u cliilil's rtrirlv tlian to uk the tiny lamps which are Fold for this purpose. They are really nothing more than candles with a large tajK-r in them, which will burn for six hours. These miniature "lamps" are set In bowls, anil have colored globes through whleh the light shines with beautiful lints. One of the prettiest inns Is in the form of a Canterbury bell. The blossom, which Is held upright, coneea's the tapir and is supported by a curving stem, springing from the largo leaves of the plants. Tie so lamps come In a Jasper finished glass in all the different lavender, purple, green and roses hades and cost 10 cents nplece. They are much in faveir for night lights In the nursery, as well as for decorative pur poses, us the light is more subdued thin gas or electricity. It keeps the average woman of a family busy originating new devices for entertain ing thee bildrrn. One woman solved the problem for many montlis by making a sectional dolls' bouse out of two empty poap boxes, whleh were twenty-two by fif teen Inches. With chisel and hammer tho boards were removed on tep, and windows and a door were cut on the bottom side. The house was divided into partitions, and when finished was a three-story af fair, Including a basement kitchen. All tho walls were hung with appropriate paper from a sample book of wall papiTS. In the bluo parlor a frieze of yellow ran around the entire room and tave a dash of color. I,lnolum was used on the kite hen flo.ir, matting on the dining room, and blue Velvet on the parlor floor. The bedroom had a pink floor covering. From Ix droom to basement the miniature house was well equipped wiih furniture made of cigar boxes. There was even a plate rack in the dining room for the enis and saucers. The cost of this house, including paint, dishes, n kitchen stove and the thing which could not be made at home, was less than U. When a small music box Was add .1, Miss Holly hud as cheerful an abode as she could wish for. Ancthrr ele viee which the modern mother uses in entertaining the children is that of paper cutting. With a little help from olil'T fingers, results are accomplished which till the hearts of the little pe opln with delight. The se cut out designs, which are usuallv ge emu trii ul, but which may be varied, are beautiful for dec-orutive effects In the nursery. children made an nt- of green tissue paper. cut-out design for use When the latter was pasted in place with a stilp of plain tissue paper over it, the children took great pride in pointing to their handiwork. Sometimes the children are taught to make a stained glass design by cutting any number e.f square designs und pasting a plain sejuare of a different color over them. Uhick passepartout is used to gum the edges of the design, to give the leaded glass effect. In one home the tractive fiieze out The y also made a over the transom. at perfect liberty on golden hooks uoove the lx'-ads of those who promenade the entire length of 700 feet nround the areaded roof garden at the utilmal show, Is a dlvirsiem recalling the barbarle- splendor of the ancient cast. One hundred parrots, macaws, nnd cockateios are suspended after this Ingenious fashion under each nrch of the garden. Their shrill Jabber und brilliant plumage will make one of the rarest sccm-s at the universal exposition. Jn open dens fronting on the I'lke, cit sld.3 of the snow enclosure, the lively chat ter of 00 mm.' s and the screams of many pnrokets, rose cockatoos, yellow crested, white crested and nose cockatoos, macaws, Amazon parrots, penuntes, rozella and blue mountain cockllls, assure a chorus of sounds seldom heard outslele tho domain of Urazlliun forests or un African Jungle. A new chapter In natural history has been ejicned by the recent experiments of Hagenbaek in tho production of hybrid animals, and in t lit- sphere of the show marve lous iessiblliti s nre suggested to the breeder of animal life. The hybrid off si. rings of the lion und tlge-r nre exhibited with their parents of the pure species. Th-'se cubs of ptrained pedigree have reached the age of 3 or.d 4 years without betraying that the man-created spee-lets la Inferior to those cbcssilled by the natural law. perhups the most Interesting re sults of this scientlllc experimentation ure the results achieved by the commingling of the zebra with the Shetland pony, the domestic. itcd horse of burde n and the finer trotting animal. A great urray of theso new animals are exhibited. Encircling tl.e natural panorama and a theater for. the performance of trained br.xstf! is n riding track, where the visitor may enjoy the sensation of driving ele phants, jamels, dromedaries, llamas, os triches and the horse-zebra or zebrule. Zebra tandoms or t lie same style of driv ing with fat-tailed sheep and antelopes afford amusing scenes. T. R. MAC MUCH EN.