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Nine zoo Animals Kept Under Conditions of Natural State. Park Located in Bavaria's Capital City —New Feature of Gardens Is the Terrace Where Lions and Tigers Roam. Munich. Bavaria.—A noteworthy zoological garden has of late been added to the many interesting sights of Munich, the capital of Bavaria. The animals will be kept as far as pos sible Under the conditions of their natural state. This park will be a practical combination of technical skill and artistic beauty. To the south of the city, where the air is laden with the perfumes of the great forests which cover the hills and dales of the Bavarian Alps, and on the banks of the River Isar. which rushes down foaming and roaring from the mountains, in still solitude may be found the most beautiful land scape in the environs of Munich. Pine trees, hundreds of years old, together with silver birches and knotty wil lows and poplars, form a forest, and beyond farstretching green meadows rises a mighty mountain terrace, at the foot of which are clear, bubbling lugs. This charming spot was chosen for the laying out of a zoological garden ten years ago. when its present direc tor, Lieut-Col. Manz, commenced the preliminary work. A few years later the well known architect, Prof. Eman uel von Seidl. took over the artistic and architectural part of the work. The park has now been opened to the public for the last two years, not, however, without having found much trouble and opposition. Coming to an open space in the woods a herd of buffaloes Is found. Further along are stags from th* mountains of Asia and wild bears from the forests of Europe and India. In close vicinity of the buffaloes from America are kept specimens of the European bison from the swamps of Russia, the zebra and antelope from India, while swimming birds from all parts of the world are on the lakes and black swans, pelicans and gulls and many other kinds of fancy water fowl. The natural character of the land scape has been preserved everywhere, and the animals have as much liberty and freedom as is possible under the Market Place, Munich. circumstances. To prevent the ani mals from escaping, the necessary fences have been erected, but these, however, do not in the least prerent the visitors from enjoying an unob structed view of the animals. Iu fact, the bars and fences, which always give the impression of cages, have In many instances been done away with and in their place deep and wide water basins with high walls have been erected, thus completely seperat ing the animals from the spectator. The polar bears can be seen under a wooded hill in a grotto of rocks and not far from them are the sea lions, the diving tricks of which are causing the public, and especially the children, a great deal of amusement. The wild sheep from the African mountains and the chamois of the Bavarian Alps are found in suitable surroundings of wood clad hills, and it is extremely interesting to watch these animals climbing and jumping up and down the steep rocks. A new feature of these zoological gardens is the lions’ terraces. Hero the architect has followed a new idea. In an old temple with columns and walls and hidden corners can be seen dark maned Hons and the stealthy forms of tigers hadhting the ruins> An up-to-date restaurant in the gar dens was also designed and built by Prof. Seidl. From the terraces of this restaurant a beautiful view over tha park can be obtained. The background Is formed by mountain ranges, tower ing into the clear atmosphere Ilka mighty walls; their slopes, covered with green verdure and woods, pre sent a beautiful panorama. FEET OF POLICE TICKLED Three St. Louis Officers Ask for Transfers, Saying Jars Make Them Seasick. St. Louis, Mo.—Here is a real police shakeup: Three members of the traffic squad have asked to be put back on beats because the vibration caused by the trains running through the tunnel and street cars on the surface is shaking them up so that they feel seasick nearly all the time, and their nerves are so affected that they can’t keep their feet still. The men who have asked to be transferred are Frank Dempsey, at Eighth street and Washington avenue; John Smith, at Seventh street and Washington avenue, and George Stow* ell, at Olive and Ninth streets. These stations are almost directly over the Eads bridge tunnel, through which many trains pass every day. NEW YORK HIGHLANDERS UNEARTH PHENOM Ray Keating. Spit Ball Artist. Frank L Chance sincerely believes j that Ray Keating, the boy whom the Yanks secured from Lawrence, Mass., will be as good as Ed Walsh within a few years. "A great pitcher, that boy," com mented Chance as he gazed at the youngster. "He uses the spit ball almost ex clusively, but has he the physique for a spit-ball pitcher?" was suggested. “I'll agree with you that he isn't as tall as Walsh, but he weighs 185 stripped, which isn't being a light man by a good many pounds, and take i a look at those shoulders. This boy is only twenty- years old. He has a ^few years to grow ” Keating's success is with the spit ball. He has a good fast ball, but .re lies on the salivated delivery. "Walsh uses the spitter. That's all he has," went on Chance, "that and a fast one, but the spitter nearly all the time." "How do American league pitchers look to you?" "Some of those 1 have seen look pretty fair, to say the least. There is Walter Johnson—” "Would you call him better than Mathewson ?” "No, 1 would not say that Johnson is a better pitcher than Mathewson. You have to give Matty a lot of credit. He is a wonderful pitcher. He has speed, curves, a good slow ball and a great mind. Johnson has more speed than Matty, but lacks several of the other things. "I do not believe that Johnson will last as long as Mathewson. A man cannot use as much speed as he does for many seasons. He is developing a curve ball that will be of great ad vantage to him. He showed a good curve when he pitched against us. He has no slow ball to speak of. but with that curve and speed he will be bet rzoi ^ |rj Mordecai Brown. ter equipped than in previous years. As he grows older he will pitch more with his brain than his arm and last j longer than if he depended on that j speed and his curve. "In picking pitchers I think I would j take Mordecai Brown if I had one : pitcher to choose of all those in the j major leagues. Brown had every-! thing a pitcher needed—a great curve, j good speed, slow ball and control. He was a wise pitcher, and I do not think I ever saw a better fielding pitcher. Besides that, Brown was always ready j to work for you. He would go in any | day at any stage of the game and al- i way pitch good ball. “I did not see a left-hander this j spring, though, who, if he always ' pitches the kind of ball he pitchedj against us, is the greatest southpaw in the country. That's Plank of Phil adelphia.” “Do you think him superior to Ruck er and Marquard?”* “I think him superior to anyone I ever saw.’ And Chance should know. He bat ted against the pick of the National league hurlers for several years, and managers were always sure that their star boxmen were at their best when the Cubs came to town. He had to face Walsh at the end of several sea sons in the Chicago city series, and knows him well, and this spring he bumped against Johnson and Plank. If any man in the major leagues is in a position to know the relative val ue of the pitchers in high baseball society. Chance is that man. Yale has a winning ball team. The country is safe. » * * Clarke Griffith says Johnson has not yet put on full steam. » * • The Boston Red Sox aren't playing any championship ball. • » • Seaton of the Phillies is leading the National league flingers. • » * Ray Keating, the star hurler of the Yanks, is a moist-ball pitcher. * * * Evers is certainly making good use of that high-priced pitching material. * * * "Horae Run" Baker of the Athletics is batting away below the .300 mark. • * • Richard Hoblitzel, the Reds' crack first sacker, has regained his batting stride. * * » The Cardinals are winning more games than Manager Huggins expect ed them to win. * * * Pitcher Jim Scott of the White Sox has cut out the spitball, and seems to be doing quite well. * * • Manager Stallings still maintains that the Boston Nationals need out fielders and pitchers. • • * The latest cry of fielders when go ing for a fly isn't “I got it," or "I have it," but “Fll tackle it." • * * Mike Balenti paid $200 out of his own pocket towa.-d his transportation from Alaska .vhcu he joined the Browns. « * * The new Brooklyn plant seems to be laid out just right for Charley Sten gel to get hcmers, and he is reaping a harvest. There are s:gn3 growing stronger that the management of the Boston Red Sox is very much worried over the outlook. • • • Duffy Lewis of the Red Sox gen erally hits into right field with men on bases. At other times he is likely to hit in any direction. * * * Listen! Chance says he would give $10,000 today for Joe Tinker. Yes, Frank, and so would many other clubs, but Joe isn’t on the market. • * • Otto Knabe, the tobasco kid of the Phillies, is playing the best game of his life and has developed into a reg ular Heine Zimmerman with the bat. * • • “Funny thing,” remarked Bob Bes cher, “I have stolen four bases so far this season, and every one of the four was swiped off my old pal. Larry Mc Lean!” • • • With his Murphys, Walsh. Daley, Barry, and Mclnnis, Connie Mack con tinues his valiant fight for the glory of Ireland, Philadelphia and the Amer ican league. HANDICAP TO PLAYERS Stars Who Suffered Because of Size of Their Digits. Cy Seymour Found Great Difficulty in Controlling Ball Because His Hands Were So Small—Camp bell Another Victim. It was the small size of his hands which kept Cy Seymour from being a great pitcher. When he first joined the j New York Giants, many years ago, he ' came as a twirler, but he found the greatest difficulty in securing control of the ball, because his hands are so small that he could not get his fingers all the way around the sphere. Cy was finally forced to give up pitching entirely and go to the outfield, where his hitting, rather than his fielding, kept him in the game for a long period of years. Vincent Campbell, the fast center fielder of the Bostons, last season, has the same handicap as Seymour in re gard to the size of his hands. Camp | bell's mitts are far below the average ! in length and diameter, and the muffed : flies which he is guilty of are the re 1 suit of this physical handicap, to a ! great extent. He is also not so good a i thrower as he would be if his hands were a bit more bulky. Campbell, however, played better ball last season than ever before. Vincent is a speed marvel, no one excelling him in getting down to first base. But he has two weak points in offensive work. He is a very poor waiter, and so does not get on nearly so often as he would if he was able to force the pitcher to pitch to him. His great speed makes him a hard man to stop in the bases, but he is not on there so much as he would be if he j could develop the habit of waiting to J better advantage. Campbell hits 15 points higher than Bob Bescher, but the extra bases on balls secured by the Redleg were more valuable than the extra hits made by the Boston gar dener. Owing to his inability to wait, Camp bell went to hat more times officially than any other player in the National league last. year. He was charged with 624 times at bat. and no other player reached the 600 mark, though 16 of them played in as many or more games than he did. This is a serious weakness in a lead-off man. who should be on base more often by the pass route. Campbell, in spite of his great speed, is not a very clever base runner. While Bescher was stealing 67 bases last year Vincent was copping just 19. both men playing in exactly the same number of games. JOHNSON NOW HOLDS RECORD Washington Speed King Ends Sensa tional Run When St. Louis Scored Run Off His Delivery. Walter Johnson, Washington's star pitcher, is the official holder of the major league record for pitching con secutive scoreless innings, winding up his great run at St. Louis recently, when he added three and one-third innings to his work. The Browns scored on him in the fourth inning. Johnson now holds the record at 56 innings. Johnson's teammates claim this is a major league record for shutouts, and so far as known it Is. Record books crediting Doc White of the White Sox with 56 innings and Jack Coombs of Walter Johnson. the Athletics with 53 innings have been proved incorrect, making au thentic information concerning previ ous performances of this kind diffi cult to obtain. Johnson's run of 56 runless innings has been verified and found correct. All other claims are more or less open to doubt. Johnson's record follows: Innings. April 10—Against New York. 8 April 19—Against New York. 9 April 23—Against Boston . y April 25—Against Boston . 1 April 30—Against Philadelphia .9 May 3—Against Boston . 2 2-3 Fay 5—Against Boston . 5 May 10—Against Chicago ...... 9 May 14—Against St. l,otii»....;.3 1-3 ; Total . 55 ■ — ■ ■ ■" — 1 »» Gambler* Not Wanted. A further step in the campaign to rid baseball of the gambling element among the spectators was taken at Boston, when admission to the Nation al league grounds was refused all per sons whom the management claimed to recognize as gamblers. Gregg’s Good Pitchers. There are some other Greggs who can Pitch besides Vean and Dave. The one of the name with Dubuque in the Three-I league recently blanked Bloomington with four hits. i In the Ever Popular Blue, Combined With New Ideas Model of nattier blue si’k with waist and underskirt of brocaded silk In the same shade. DON’T LET WRINKLES COME Use Preventive Measures to Keep Your Face Smooth, and Con trol the Emotions. I once heard a woman say: "The best way to treat wrinkles is to avoid getting them.” This may sound absurd but it is true. Wrinkles are caused by bad facial habits. Laughing, crying, frowning or smil ing will not make you wrinkled, unless you do one or the other habitually, then the face becomes “set.” To keep the muscles of the face exercised will not give you wrinklc-s. Scowling and wrinkling the forehead when reading or studying, or when conversing, will, if continued persistently, soon show deep wrinkles in the forehead, and about the eyes. You can check your self of these habits and thus avoid acquaring wrinkles. If the eyes are weak or over strained it is easy to fall into the habit of drawing the forehead down in wrinkles about the eyes, thus giving yourself a cross look, that you prob ably do not deserve. Pressing gently the nerves around the eyes and stop ping now and then to close your eyes is very restful to them. If your eyes are troublesome, however, better con sult an oculist. Do not allow yourself to be tortured by shoes that are too small or uncom fortable clothing. Your comfort has more to do with facial expression than perhaps you realize.—Mme. Jeanne La Place, in the Woman's World. FOULARD DRESS This sweetly simple dress is of fou lard with a pale grey ground, spotted with old blue. The skirt is trimmed above foot by a band of satin to match the blue spot. It is stitc>jd along each edge. On the bodice a strap is used to edge the basque, collar and sleeves^ and is also taken down each side of front in a line with edges of basque. Hat of pale gray Tagel, trim med with large bow of old blue satin ribbln. Materials required: 4 yards foulard 40 inches wide, 1 yard blue for trim ming WHY TRIMMING ON LEFT SIDE Custom Now Universally Followed Goes Back to the Days of Chiv alry and the Rapier. Did you ever wonder why it seemt natural to put trimming on the left side of the hat? Of course this yeat we are not natural, so far as trimming is concerned. We swathe our waists with thick folds, we gather our skirts in front, we fasten buckles, bows and other decorations at our knees, and we blithely wear the trimming of our hat at left or right, front, back or in the middle. Perhaps thie fashion will dull our feeling that the left side is the suitable side for trimming. This is the reason, anyway why we have had to hold ourselves in check lest we put our hats on backward ot sideways to bring the trimming to the time-honored left side: In the old, old days, when men went about with swords instead of pen knives at their sides they wore trim ming on their hats; not the email neat ribbon band and folded bow they wear now. but a big, waving plume ot two. These plumes, if they were fast ened at the right side, interfered with the sweep of the sword when it was swung high in air to gather force swung, naturally, with the right hand on the right side. Hence the trimming was placed on the left side, and there | it has remained, on and off, ever since until the fashions of the last few years came in. Butterflies as Jewels. Brilliant butterflies, brought bad by travelers who have been exploring distant countries, serve only to en rich the collections of naturalists. 11 is only recently that the multi-colored wings of these brilliant and charming insects have tempted artistic jewel ers. They have imprisoned in th‘ crystal some of these variegatec wings and have made of them jewels which not only are ravishing bui which reveal a very tempting origi nality. A brooch has been made wit*' the two wings of one of these butter flies. They were arranged in th< shape of a butterfly between two thir sheets of crystal. The edge of lh» wings was set with diamonds and ai opal formed the body of the fly. Bulgarian Ribbons Taken. According to the Dry Gods Econo mist, the vogue for Bulgarian designs and colorings in ribbons continues un abated. The narrow Bulgarian novel ties are especially favored for mill! nery decoration, in the forms oi bands and flat bows, and neckweai manufacturers are using them foi forming smart bow novelties and foi color relief purposes. In both of thess lines effort is made to use them ir as simply a manner as possible at that the gorgeousness of the desigr and the coloring will not be lost. Twc and three Inch widths continue th« biggest sellers for these purposes. Buttonholes In Thin Goods. If you have trouble in making but tonholes in thin material, here is a way of overcoming the difficulty. Hold a piece of the material on the under side and cut the hole through this as if it were part of the waist. When the buttonhole is finished, cut 'away the under cloth very carefully so that it will not show. There will be no difficulty, even with chiffcn, if the cloth is colded two or three times. Pocket Work-Box. The tidy and provident woman will delight in the rolls containing cottons and needles of .such convenient sizes that they may be carried in the purse or pocket The rolls, which are made o' leather fastened with a patent sup, contain three small reels of cotton, a needlebcok and thimble. — London 5WH? Mirroc. GOOD TIMES IN CANADA BUSINESS PROSPERING, TRADE INCREASING AND FINANCES IN GOOD SHAPE. The present tightening up of money must not be looked upon as being in any sense brought about by financial stringency. It is really more a period of stock-taking resorted to by the banks to ascertain the true condition of the finances and trade of the coun try. Legitimate business enterprises are not affected. Throughout the States there are those who if allowed to continue borrowing, would inev itably be a means towards precipi tating something a good deal worse than they feel now. In Canada, the conditions are excellent, and it is safe to say business was never bet ter. The pulse of trade is carefully watched by the Finance Department of the Dominion government, and it is illuminative to read portions of the address of Hon. W. T. White, the Finance Minister, delivered a few days ago before the House of Commons. Mr. White’s remarks are in part as follows: "It falls agreeably to iny- lot to ex tend my most hearty congratulations to the House and the country upon the prosperous conditions v/hich it continues to be our good fortune to enjoy. I am happy to announce that the outcome of the last fiscal year, which ended on March 31, will prove even more satisfactory as reflecting by far the highest pitch to which our national prosperity has yet attained. I have every expectation that when th8 books are closed, it will be found that the total revenue will have reached the splendid total of $168,250,000, or an increase over the year 1911-12 of over $32,000,000. Some indication of the magnificent growth of the Domin ion may be gleaned from the fact that this increase In revenue during the pe riod of one year almost equals the en tire revenue of the country seventy years ago. “The augmentation of revenue to which I have referred has not been irregular, spasmodic or intermittent in its nature, but has steadily charac terized each month of the entire fiscal year. It was of course mainly derived from Customs receipts, but the other sources of revenue—excise, post office and railways—also gave us very sub stantial increases.” “That in a period of great finan cial stringency not only have we not been obliged to resort to the con gested markets of the world, but have been able to reduce so substantially ($23,000,000) the debt of the Domin ion, must be a matter of gratification, both to the House and to the people of Canada. “I believe that during this period of exceptional mpney stringency the credit of the Dominion as reflected in the quotations of its securities has maintained itself among the highest in the world.” Owfcg to the favorable state of its finances Canada was in a position to pay ofT a heavy loan in cash without recourse to the issue of bills or se curities.—Advertisement. Progress. [ “Thirty years ago.” said a'woman of middle age, “it was the custom of demure girls to sit in public convey ances with their silk-gloved wrists crossed. 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