Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-05 | Page 12 | Young Prince Runs Away at Liberty Park

YOUNG PRINCE RUNS AWAY AT LIBERTY PARK Iother Mother Hard to Comfort Until Until Un Un- til iii Her Offspring Is V Brought Back V V Ins Ills royal roal nibs Prince Utah the prize baby elephant of oC all time is Js growing obstreperous Perhaps its it's the hot weather that Is lIS V making makInI Pat feel teel so Ga gay and festive these days as At any rate tho the pride of at Salt Lake Lako is I getting to be as lively asa as asa a n Winter Garden chorus girl lies lie's keeping Dutch the tho big mogul of oC the city zoo on edge with his capers and his royal mother Princess Alice lIce In dally daily fear tear and trembling for his hlo safety Pat was tas particularly gay a yesterday yesterday yester ester esterday day and ba badly l afflicted with that somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what common summer ailment wanderlust wanderlust wander lust He lie didn't want to s stay slay ay put atall atall at atall all and objected strenuously to the narrow confines of oC the elephant en enclosure enclosure enclosure en- en closure in Liberty park Dutch nipped several abortive at attempts attempts attempts at- at tempts of ot the to break out of the enclosure but the tho wily Pat watched his opportunity and when the trainer was tas away for a moment made mado madel madea a l wild dash for tor or the great be beyond ond tho the great reat outdoors or whatever lay be beyond ond tho the enclosure ropes lopes Ho lie succeeded too in breaking through and was bound for somewhere in Salt Lake when the big mothers mother's wild trumpetIng trumpet trumpet- Ing blou brought ht ot Dutch teh rushing to the scene of ot tho the getaway An And maybe maybe- you ou dont don't think Princess Alice was waa cutting some capers her herself elf about that time Sho She must haVe e had visions of or a lost son and heir for tor she sho sure behaved scandalously Trumpeting Trumpet Trumpet- In ing wildly h sho she made mado a grand sally after alter the absconding Pat Slakes Stakes were vere uprooted and it looked for a n moment as ns though Liberty park pari and everything in the near vicinity was doomed Dutch however arrived on the tho scene Just In time to nip Pats plan plans for a day off in the bud and to restore him to his by this time Ume thoroughly alarmed mother lIe Ho saved saYed the tho da day and probably prevented wholesale destruction de- de e- e of ot buildings and trees b by brin bringing the runaway back to the en Cu enclosure enclosure closure before Princess Alice had fully broken her bonds I All of which goes gOCS to show that the big elephant Is some somo fond of her offspring offspring off off- I spring and that its it's going to be bo a b bad HI ninth inning for fOl anyone with effrontery er ery enough to try to take Pat awn away rpm her She's as proud of or Prince i Utah as any human mother might be beof beof of ot her first born and when it comes to cuddling and all an that of sort thing thing- thing well vell the youngster down Liberty Libert park palk parkWay parkway way gets his an and then some borne