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Show j ANIMALS ANE\IALS ANE IALS \ KEEP SUNDAY . .I I . .II .IAn I . An inteiestmg 1ntelestmg interesting fact eonceimng concelnmg concerning the lions , tigers and Ieopalds leopards andleopaids andleopards in the New Yoik YOlk Zoo is elated lelated related i by the director directorof directorof of the park . 3 I ] Descnbmg Descubmg Describing the feeding feedmg of the various animals , he hestates hestates hestates states that these big lepiesentafrives leplesentahves iepiesentahves of the cat family are codJ codI 1 1fed fed arefed only led ied , raw meat , wIthan with an occasional dash of cod- cod - J I liver cod-liyer cod liyer 011 oil . . Beef is generally used , but horse meat is also alsogiven alsogiven - given them at intervals . But the ' inteiesting 'lntelesting lntelesting sntelesting thing con con- concerns concerns concerns - . cerns the day of fasting these animals must undergo once , a week . . The director says : 3 ] "Sunday Sunday " is theirfast their their- - fast day , and they know it . On Onweek Onweek Onweek week days just dust before 2 o'clock oclock ' the whole cat house livens 1ivens J a 1ivensJ livensa watcht - ' * 5 5c up ? * . The tlgers tigers pace alout about ) ' , the lions stref stre h and watch watch- watch watchf1 t ' -c c - . tpe the otherand front - f1 ? " ' of their cages ses , the leopards leap over each other and like as not the start pumas an argument that may get mayget serious serious before their keeper reaches their cage . Buta But ] , a ; : . .1 1 , 2 o'clock oclock o ' clock on Sunday is just 2 2 p . , m . , and passes with no Yt noYt < \ . hour'tT hour'zNow . more attention than any other hour1 hour't hourt hour'z hourz hour1w . ' ' w 'yam yam T . ' , Now w the question W8110 " 1s IS . , how do these animals animats know know- know knowr > - i Therej Therei - r S ThereS , wb-en wb en when when - Sunday comes ? Can they count coun " the ' days ? There j i j s seems w ems mo to LV be uu no uu other uuier eplanabon explanation explanation ' { ; ; or if there is the di- di - 1 di1 director { ; ; J 1 ' rector doesn't doesnt ' ' give it . , ' |