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Make Zoo Animals
More Comfortable
Popular Institutions Are
Being Spruced Up.
Washington.—No longer are zoo
animals to pad around In cold, bleak
paddocks and even drearier cages.
In many parts of the world zoologi
cal parks are being made Increns
ingly colorful, and, what Is more
important, more comfortable for
their guests.
A bulletin from the National Geo
graphic society summarizes some
of the amazing changes that have
recently been made In these popu
lar, educational Institutions.
“The Province of Quebec’s new
collection of Canadian birds and
wild animals revels In a distinct
ly Norman atmosphere,” says the
bulletin. “The zoological gardens
recently opened to the public at
Salnt-PIerre-de-Charlesbourg, about
•even miles north of Quebec, con
tain a picturesque reproduction of
an Eighteenth century French Ca
nadian village. A windmill, all the
buildings that house animals, and
a quaint stone bridge that leads
visitors to the gardens, are of Nor
man architecture.
“Animals In the ’Picture Book
Zoo' in New York city’s Central
park, which opened last December,
are protected from weather by walls
adorned with tiles, murals, and
carved limestone friezes of ani
mal groups. Since the zoo was de
signed to appeal particularly to chil
dren, each cage bears Instead of
prosaic signs, gaily decorated leg
ends. 'L Is Llama’ and such phrases
make balloon-carrying youngsters
pause to read further.
Lika Original Haunts.
"In the national zoological park
in Washington, many of the ani
mals' surroundings approximate
those of their original haunts.
Wolves howl from rock dens and
goats climb a mock mountain peak.
Most pampered of all are the rep
tiles who coll and uncoil against
backgrounds colorful as a stnge
setting, painted to represent their
native desert or Jungle. Glass win
dows separate their heated cages
from the public corridors. Id the
Milwaukee zoo, reptiles doze con
tentedly In warmth from electric
beaters controlled by thermostats;
while In the London zoo, they bask
in artificial sunlight made by ultra
violet lamps.
‘Ocean fish In the aquarium In
the London zoo swim In salt wa
ter brought all the way from the
Bay of Biscay. Elephnnts and gi
raffes of the Antwerp zoo live In
elegant quarters. On the walls of
their shelters are painted natives
of far countries, leading to Ant
werp, the most characteristic ani
mals of their homelands. In the
Berlin zoo, elephants retire at night
with dignity to a domed Indian tem
ple.
“Guinea pigs In the Hanover zoo
live sumptuously. Their house Is
a 2-foot replica of a summer-resort
hotel. When It was opened, zoo di
rectors were afraid young Han
overians might he tempted to step
over the surrounding 10-lnch-hlgh
fence and steal the gulnen pigs. In
atea'd. they swelled the hotel regis
ter by smuggling In their own pets!
An Animal Paradise.
“Outstanding among model zoo
logical gardens Is the Hagenheck
zoo at Stelllngen, near Hamburg.
Animals owe a vote of thanks to
the Hagenbecks, who were the first
to take them out of harred cages
and from behind high fences and
release them for exhibition In nat
ural surroundings. In this 'animal
paradise, lions, bears, and other
carnivora roam freely on steppes,
separated from the public only by
yawning moats. Since the opening
Chinese Remember
College Rah-Rahs
Nanking.—The great Impres
sion which American university
life has made on the Chinese na
tional government wus well Il
lustrated at the annual meeting
of the American University club
at Nanking. Six hundred grad
uates of colleges and universi
ties In the United States attend
ed the function, the vast major
ity being Chinese. Practically all
are officials of the government.
American college yells and
songs showed they had not for
gotten their student life.
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of this experimental garden over a
quarter of a century ago, other zoos
have removed many of their bars.
“The St. I^ouls zoological park
also keeps bears, great cats, and
simians In barless areas. In the
Detroit zoo, elephants browse freely
In unfenced tracts, and lions roar
at spectators across a 30-foot moat.
London. Chicago, San Diego, and
Milwaukee exhibit many animals be
hind moats Instead of bars.
“Planned model buildings for the
exhibition of animals provides archi
tects with hundreds of knotty prob
lems. The houses have been as
carefully regulated to their Inmates*
needs as a bath to the baby. Heat
ing pipes placed too low will devital
ize monkeys. Cage floors must be
properly sloped to drain. Pugna
cious animals require mesh panels
between their cages, and lions and
tigers a space at the bottom of
their cage frames through which
keepers can safely push bone*
Doors of cat cages must slide, nevei
drop, as a dropping door might
break a cat's back.”
Old Lifeguard of Seine
Rescues More Than 100
Paris.—Paris nearly lost one #f
Its remaining picturesque charac
ters recently when Father Chartlef,
as every one calls him, caught S
cramp and nearly drowned In the
Seine.
Father Chartler Is Paris’ unoffl.
clal lifeguard. All passers who have
occasion to cross the Pont St. Mi
chel regularly know his little boat,
moored to Its quays. It carries a
blue pennant on the one small mast,
with the white lettering, “Volunteer
Lifeguard.”
Life saving Is Father Chartler’s
hobhy. He has actually rescued
from the treacherous and swiftly
flowing waters of the Seine more
than 100 persons. He has 40 life
saving medals. He made his first
rescue when he was thirteen. That
mnkes 49 years he has been a life
saver. He is slxty-two now.
Big Gain Is Shown in Liquor Taxes
Twelve Million Taken In for
Month of July.
Washington.—The nation's liquor
bill Is going up!
People are drinking more, the
heavy flow of smuggled stock has
narrowed to a comparative trickle,
tax receipts from liquors are mount
ing, and everybody’s happy.
At least that’s the picture drawn
by treasury officials after studying
reports showing July receipts from
taxes on domestic distilled spirits
totaled $12,156,659, nn Increase of
$4,740,183 over a year ago.
Revenue officials ascribed the In
crease to two causes, expansion of
the nation’s wet area and the gov
ernment’s relentless war on rum
runners.
Within the last year nine states,
previously dry, hnve lined up be
hind the wet banner. They are Ar
kansas, Idaho, Nebraska, part of
North Carolina, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia
and Wyoming.
Success of the drive against rum
smuggling Is laid In large measure
to understandings reached between
this and other governments on
means to halt the flow of Illicit
liquor.
Cuba, source of a vast share of
the untaxed liquor which has been
pouring Into the United States, was
prevailed upon to put an embargo
on exportation of alcohol destined
for Illicit traffic. Newfoundland a
short time later took similar steps
to regulate her ports and the
French government closed St.
Pierre et Miquelon, a French colony
off the Newfoundland coast, as a
liquor supply center.
Besides the const guard has suc
ceeded In all but breaking up the
new rum row off the Atlantic coast.
On a basis of $2 tax per gallon,
officials estimated 6,053,328 gallons
of alcohol, worth at retail close to
$60,000,000, was withdrawn from
bonded warehouses last month for
consumption. This compares with
3,708,237 gallons withdrawn In the
same period a year ago.
Chinese Officials Order
Machine Strangulation
Peiping. — Provincial police au
thorities are instructed to execute
criminals with strangulation ma
chines In an order issued by the
Chinese Ministry of Justice.
The pennl code provides strangu
lation as the means of carrying out
death sentences, but up to the pres
ent It has been done by two men
twisting a cord about the neck of
the convict.
Such a method Is declared less
humane than the prescribed ma
chine, which, however, will work
on the same principle of strangula
tion.
In order to lessen the shock to
the victim, the ministry further
prescribes that the culprit be
chloroformed prior to carrying out
of the death sentence.
Authorities In most plnces con
tinue, however, to execute some
prisoners by the simple expedient
of a revolver placed against the
base of the skull of the kneeling
victim.
Arrested as a Speeder;
Posts His Wife as Bail
Akron, Ohio.—Arrested for speed
ing, William T. Jackson, twenty
seven, was unable to post ball, lie
was In a quandary, ns were police,
until he conceived the Idea of leav
ing his attractive wife at the sta
tion In lieu of the required cash
bond. She remained uutll he was
able to get $25.
Dog Suckles Fawn
and Ground Hogs
Washington, Iowa.—The mn
ternnl Instinct Is strong In
Blackie, a seven-year-old dog
which this summer has mothered
a fawn and three ground hogs.
Although Blackie has never
had pups of her own, she gives
milk abundantly, nnd at one time
was suckling the fawn and the
three ground hogs at the same
time at Intervals of three hours.
The fawn is now on a bottle.
Blackie will be brought by her
owners, Mr. nnd Mrs. William
Robertson, for exhibition at the
Iowa State fair In Des Moines.
PETIT POINT BAG
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
The flair for petit point acces
sories becomes Increasingly appar
ent as the season progresses.
Schiaparelli Is featuring most be
guiling fantasies of every descrip
tion that are done In exquisite petit
point. Including belts and even but
tons, vanities and bags and end
less other gadgets of this colorful
and adorable handwork. The lovely
evening bag carried by the young
woman pictured udds a charming
touch of color to her tailored, yet
feminine and appealing white crepe
evening dress. There’s a cape to
match swinging from her arm and
the newest lines are expressed It)
the fullness at the back of the
skirt. The college girl planning
for formals could make no better
selection.
Where Ethiopia’s Fiercest Warriors Come From
Bats of DanakU tribesmen In the desert wastes bordering French Somaliland. The wild Danakll war
riors were one of the main factors In the defeat of the Italians In 18!*1. They nre regarded as the most bar
barous of Ethiopian tribesmen. This scene was made In Aussa province, which Ethiopia ottered to sell ts
ttilft to avert a clash.
SEEN
HEARD
around the
NATIONAL
CAPITAL
Carter Field
Washington.—Latin-America seems
to be following the example of the
administration with respect to util
ities—particularly utilities owned
by the same general interests In the
United States so vigorously attack
ed by President Roosevelt
Mexico’s president has called for
government ownership of telephone,
telegraph and railroad lines—the
last an extra added feature, not on
the New Deal agenda. Chile Is mak
ing trouble for American and For
eign Power, having caught It trying
to smuggle funds out of Chile back
to American Investors. And so It
goes all the way down the line from
the Rio Grande to Cape Horn, with
just a few exceptions, notably
Brazil.
Senators Just back from Cuba re
port that not only is there little
likelihood that the Cubans will be
able for some time to come to pay
Interest on the big bond Issues
floated for public Improvements, but
there Is little disposition to pay.
Privately these senators think this
particular Investment has just been
wiped out, as far as American bond
holders are concerned.
Tons of literature containing the
attacks made on American holding
companies In the utility fight have
been circulated through Latln-Amer
Ica. It Is blamed by some students
of the situation for stirring up the
present movement. Central and
South American officials figure that
It gives them a splendid excuse for
stepping in, nationalizing the utili
ties. and keeping the profits—if any
—In their own companies Instead of
sending dividends back to the Unit
ed States.
Lntln-Amerlcan officials are quot
ing glibly from the attacks spon
sored by the administration, de
manding why their people should be
taxed to pay dividends on watered
stock, and to pay service charges
by holding companies out of all pro
portion to the service rendered!
Coercion Not Expected
They feel confident that no strong
arm methods will be used to coerce
them, or to protect these American
Interests If the plants are taken
over by the government. Further,
they feel that the Roosevelt admin
istration will not be harsh about It
If the values fixed In the condemna
tion proceedings are very low In
deed. In fact, they think It would
be rather difficult for Secretary of
State Cordell Hull to frame a strong
argument against valuations so low
that the American Investors would
think they were being murdered.
But that Isn’t all the gloom from
the Investor’s standpoint. Plans fair
ly under way In some of the Latin
countries contemplate making pay
ment for such utility plants as may
be taken over by governments In
bonds, Issued of course by the gov
ernment, federal or local, which
takes the plant over.
No stockholder In any of the big
American companies with Invest
ments abroad would throw his hat
In the air over the idea of taking
payment for anything In bonds of
the foreign country concerned. Mar
ket for any such bonds Is at a very
low ebb, without much prospect of
Improving. American Investors have
taken such a beating on foreign
bonds In the last few years that
they do not hanker for any more.
AH of which presents a very
gloomy picture indeed to a good
many American shareholders. And
bondholders.
Textile Troubles
A net loss of $438,002.92 despite
the largest sales In the company’s
history, nearly $29,000,000 while
taxes amounting to $1,874,705.02
were paid. Is alleged to be typical
of the entire textile Industry. This
Is the report of the Pepperell Manu
facturing company, with headquar
ters at Blddeford, Maine, regarded
as one of the most successful textile
concerns In all New England.
These operating results, Treas
urer Russell II. I,eonard said, are
“typical of the Industry as a whole
for the same period" (fiscal year
ended June 30 last), and moved
him to ask the stockholders “where
in lie the reasons for an essential
Industry remaining profitless un
der a governmental plan presum
ably dedicated to its rehabilitation?”
Overproduction, Mr. Leonard said,
was the major difficulty of the cot
ton textile industry and the pri
mary cause of Its losses. He said
that consumption of cotton textiles
has not been far below normal.
“Tills economic principle was. In
fact, at work In our Industry for
some years," Mr. Leonard’s report
continued. “But the National Re
covery act upset the working of
this principle and facilitated—in
deed encouraged—Increased pro
duction. Paradoxically, shortening
the weekly running time to 40 hours
expanded the output. Because the
overhead costs of a mill on one
shift of only 40 hours weekly op
eration became increasingly bur
densome, mills running one shift
per week were forced to increase
to two shifts In order to compete
with mills already on a two-shift
basis.”
A single shift of 50 hours, Mr.
Leonard contended, could supply
all the consumptive needs of the
country.
This statement is highly interest
ing in view of the fact that the
American Federation of Labor is
even now preparing to do battle in
the next session of congress for a
30-hour week law, a fight which tt
abandoned in the last session be
cause the Federation for its own
reasons was much more Interested
In concentrating on the Wagner La
bor Relations act.
Great Handicap
Mr. Leonard also paid his re
spects to the AAA and processing
taxes.
“The market prices of cotton
goods during the year were so low,"
he said, “that it w'as not possible
to pass all these taxes on to our
customers. This recovery measure
therefore was a great handicap to
recovery In our industry.
“The floor stock taxes and proc
essing taxes paid by this company
since the agricultural act went into
effect have amounted to about $4,
000,000.
"Spindle capacity must be reduced
or production of existing capacity
controlled,” Mr. Leonard continued,
"if the industry is to become even
reasonably profitable over an ex
tended period.
"Possibly some method to solve
the later problem may yet be de
vised, but it becomes increasingly
difficult, after surveying the maze
of such experiments under the Na
tional Recovery act, to determine
how even governmental planning,
or planning under the sanction of
the government, can make uneco
nomic principles work for any ex
tended period. It is difficult for even
an omniscient government to thwart
economic law! Assuming that two
shifts of 40 hours weekly were con
tinued, the soundest solution that
has come to our attention would
be to eliminate the surplus spindle
capacity. There is some disagree
ment as to what this amounts to,
but the figures are probably around
six to seven million spindles out
of a total in place of about 31
million.
“A great deal has been said about
the Industrial problems of New
England and Inability of Its manu
facturers to compete with those In
some other sections of the country
in production of cotton textiles. It
Is certain that they cannot compete
Indefinitely unless the total costs,
Including labor, are on a competi
tive basis. The solution of the prob
lem lies with the people of New
England. If It costs more to pro
duce a yard of the same cloth In
Maine than it does in the South,
then, eventually, the goods will be
produced In the South.”
Guarding Roosevelt
The shooting of Huey Long Is ex
pected to result in much more elabo
rate protection being forced on
President Roosevelt by the secret
service, whether the President likes
It or not.
Present protection, officials say
privately. Is excellent against
cranks, and has proved satisfactory
for the most part because as a rule
that sort of danger to Presidents
comes only from cranks. The man
who killed Huey Long may have
developed a persecution mania, but
he Is not classified as a crank un
der the standards considered when
officials are protected.
As a matter of fact, while no
secret service official would say
this publicly, they do not believe
the shooting could nave happened
—that way—If secret service oper
atives had been on the job Instead
of Senator Long’r bodyguard.
Had Baton Rouge been Rome,
and had Long been Mussolini, the
attacker could not have been In
the chamber through which Long
was passing. It would have been Im
possible. In fact, best judgment of
our own officials, who have studied
Mussolini’s protective service, be
lieve that he could be killed only by
a rifle fired from a considerable
distance.
This writer attended a session of
the Italian senate, back in 1927,
which Mussolini attended. The writ
er rode to the building in an Amer
ican embassy car, with the late
Warren Delano Robins, then coun
selor of the embassy, and later min
ister to Canada.
Although the embassy shield was
on the door of the rather distinc
tive car, guards about the senate
entrance were not only nervous but
Impatient when the chauffeur at*
tempted to stop.
How Italy Does It
The first consideration of Musso
lini's guardians was that this street
must be kept open. No chance for
the first car to start a block was
tolerated. So even an embassy car,
driving up to the normal entrance
to the diplomatic gallery of the
senate, was not permitted even to
pause. Shouted directions, more or
less menacing, kept it moving.
Thus we traversed three streets
leading to the chamber. Every one
of them was lined with soldiers, po
lice, and men so obviously plain
clothes operatives that the most in
experienced of crooks would have
recognized them for what they were.
Moreover, on the roofs of the
houses lining these three streets,
men were on guard. It is an old
Latin custom. It goes back through
the ages. And It is very effective.
C«B>rUSL—WNIJ Strvlc*
\ BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Washington Said It
Scaring Mussolini
Ethiopian War Fever
1 Not Even a Nest Egg
One hundred and thirty-nine
years ago George Washington made
Arthur Brisbane
his farewell ad
dress. It Is mld
“Victori an” to
drag In George
Washington now,
when so many
are prepared to
write a better
Constitution than
the one he
signed. fsT e v e r
theless, some of
the old-fashioned
may tolerate a
reminder that in
his farewell ad
dress George
wasmngton saiu:
“It Is our true policy to steer
clear of permanent alliances with
any portion of the foreign world.”
Also, with apologies to pacifists
and high-spirited young college
gentlemen who say they would not
fight under any circumstances, you
are reminded that George Wash
ington said in 1790:
“To be prepared for war is one
of the most effectual means of pre
serving peace.”
If Mussolini can be scared by
British gestures, he will be scared,
with England sending her great
battleships to the Gibraltar har
bor. Other battleships and thou
sands of soldiers are sent to her
island of Malta, and, imitating real
war, she is putting “submarine
booms” In the Gibraltar harbor
on the assumption that wicked
Mussolini might send submarines
to blow up her battleships; and
that is exactly what he would do
If it came to war.
Mussolini Is not alone In his de
sire for war. On Sunday in the
Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, ac
cording to the Associated Press,
“2,000 shrieking Ethiopians,” yell
ing “We want war,” gathered be
fore the Imperial palace demand
ing weapons. The Associated
Press says: “The scene was so vi
olent that police confiscated motion
picture films of it.” That was wise,
because films might have con
vinced the outside world that Ethi
opians and Italians are much alike
“under the skin.”
Sewell L. Avery, head of Mont
gomery Ward & Co., will tell you
that the work of the tax gather
ers In America is done thoroughly.
His company, on its regular busi
ness in six months, made $4,349,
766. Taxes on this business
amounted to $4,600,000, or $251,
000 more than the concern earned.
You might almost call that “dis
couraging business.” When you
take the eggs from tfle nest of the
hen that would like to set, you al
ways leave one egg. or at least a
door knob, “to go on with.”
Dispatches from Tokyo tell of
planning political murder wholesale.
The “god sent troops” that have
committed occasional murders in
highest places are tired of "occa
sional” murders, and decided to
wipe out the Japanese cabinet In
an air raid with bombs, destroy the
financial district of Tokyo, assas
sinate hundreds of Industrial and
financial leaders and "re-establish
imperial despotism.”
The burning of buildings to put
the throne and Tokyo in a state of
chaos was part of the plan.
Sir Malcolm Campbell, who took
his giant English-built automobile
to the smooth surface of the Great
Salt desert, west of Salt Lake City,
and drove the car faster than 1500
miles an hour, returns to New York
advising motorists to “drive care
fully.”
Sir Malcolm, who has surpassed
every speed record on the surface
of the earth, selects the right place
for speeding. At home he belongs
to English organizations estab
lished to promote safety.
Sir James Jeans, British astron
omer and physicist, whose “The
Mysterious Universe” and other
books you should read, has changed
his mind about the age of the uni
verse, and, like Professor Einstein,
when he changes his mind he tells
you.
He thinks the universe Is about
10,000,000,000,(XK) or ten trillions of
years old. That is a long time to
Sir James Jeans and us, but, for all
Jeans or anybody else knows, it
may mean less than one hour in the
life of some “super-universe.”
Hitler, talking to Ids army about
“iron discipline,” blames Christian
ity and the Hohenzollerns for the
rise of Communism that “I crushed
when I came to power.” Whether
he crushed it or not remains to be
seen.
A sailor from an American ship
Is locked up in Germany for hum
ming “The Internationale,” Commu
nist hymn, and making the hymn
worse by saying something unpleas
ant about Hitler.
c. Kin* Feature* Syndicate, I no.
WNtI Service.
BEFORE THE GOLD RUSH
I doubt that any area or activity
ever showed up the graft and chisel
ing of civilized life and government
more clearly than did the Klondike
of the old days. Prior to the sum
mer of 1898, when the rush was od
full tilt, these towns got along with
out murder, thievery or graft; with
out Jail, courthouse, post office,
church or schools. There were no
rules In general, except the Golden
Rule, and Justice was not only fast
but fair.
Nobody had locks on anything until
the Influx of "civilization” In volume.
1 remember one Instance of a door
being barred from the inside In the
absence of the owner, with complete
written Instructions outside on how
to get In. Newcomers commented
on (his, but the old sourdough ex
plained that It made sense. Only
Indians couldn’t read and were lousy.
—Edward Dean Sullivan In Cosmo
politan.
Work of Today
It la rejuvenating to keep In toucb
with the work of today and th" plans
for tomorrow.
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