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Show Cold Storaoe Rats. Tho attendant camo out of tho cold storago room with nn awed look. , "Rats are wonderful," ho snld. "We thought modern plumbing would abolish abol-ish thorn, hut they llvo In tho clean light nnd dryness of tho best modorn plumbing more comfortably than tlioy did In tho damp and filth and darkness of tho past We thought tho modorn ship would abolish them, but the I.us-Itanla I.us-Itanla has as many rats as had tho Columbus caravels, And here" Ho mado an awed gostitro, "And hero I And rats In our cold storage roams at temperatures that froczo tho breath and rnuso It to fall in tho form of snow. To and fro they prowl, their coats aro thick and warm llko fur, and with frost on their whiskers whis-kers they feed heartily on meat and game frozen to rockllko hardness." |