| Show No h s Ark in n a London Loudon Slum j W 1 ere L lve e y Bears B ears Gome omer Erom fOlD Special Correspondence Corri ONDON OrDON Oct si crowded Ghetto Ghetto is tho pw Insl place L In tho world l where ono would expect l to discover a collection ot o freak And yet ct in III ono of or the narrow nano or this district thore thero is Is a n modern Noahs ark where aro e tiny tin toddy 1 s l pigmy OI bears kangaroos crowned CI in i ai il cither ll f animal and i 1 bird 1 ll life ll P t belt JuraJ raeh rach whoso Who is r h ord OI among animal collectors all over O I tho th Thero aiu me many man odd s In tho w metropolis poll but Jul pop popularly 1 larh speaking lakes the tho cake Jn lu lua a dingy ding stroet abutting on an In even din dingier Ask As gier one this for OI Jl that ells dis distil til ti ct and ragged rn ge l youngsters will volunteer cl With Ith onn accord a cord to show ho you OU the way a and by lh the time ou have havo reached 1 you on will bo attended l ly y a II strange tr ngo bodyguard 1 of oc half hal a 11 hundred youngsters oung terR all eager for lw a peep cl at some of pets Tho first intimation you ron receive ve of oC be bl being blIng ing in the vicinity of iho zoo Is Ii tho presence of two tiny tin ponies WitCh WitCha are a 10 allowed to wander about In streets near nelli Brittains Brittain their heil homo Is I situated They arc lC only 33 Inches mid play about tho th JUKI jUI 1 like any other othe children Their owner to havo absolute confidence In thc tho honesty honest of or th neigh neighbors hors bors for fol Do IJO guard Is la placed 1 over them The fhe children o ot the tho streets do 10 not at aL attempt tempt to worry them and thoy tho ara aro ns as gentle l and ana playful as a n of oC kit kitten ten tens I turn lurn them loose and ancl evor 00 troubles them salt said wl tho writer found him In his feeding a teddy l bear not moro mora than thana a i foot Everybody I IY o knows them about liaro When they 1111 get hungry l they the know Imo where to conio for fOl their meals and they wander very far Car QUEER COLLECTION COr JIO establishment occupies a building which in its days was evidently a residence of or somo sume proportions Since Sinco the thc zoo Invaded it ll however r tho Interior r has boon been fitted put ont with numerous Iron barred cages instead ot C rooms and only the four walls remain of o the tho mansion Where human beings OI CO dwelt you OU OUno no pigmy ponies and tiny tIn bears diminutive Indian emus and armadillos cranes and am kan kangaroos In III fact all sorts of ani animals mals somo of whoso Whose names aro even ceu queerer than themselves For instance the la Is pair of oC on onn on corner cornel of oJ room a wily wallabies who gaze t z at you OU with deceitful eyes while not tnt far away aa oven more suspicious looking Is ts si I Hying In England just now lIOW there is a t big demand for Cor freak Creak animals and an birds ot or all kinds Americans In high society are taking part In encouraging the strange fad farl Thu Tho Countess of at Craven daughter of oC Urn the has recently bought several pigmy while other wealthy w alth the col colony ony on who own country countr mansions havo haf invested In kangaroos lo to add adl decorative d to their thuir lawns Ill f LOYALTY INTERESTED D Hosts ot of English notabilities have haC for tho new craze which has oven extended to royalty Prince I oc Teck has freaks for Cor h Baron Haron Alfred Allred de dc Rothschild l hal Jias established a private circus oil hiS estate at park Among Amol those computing with each othor Cor the possession of oC these curiosities are arc the s of Stafford tl Marchioness of oC Bute Lord p Lord Gerald Grosvenor Lord L J Cecil C oll and many other OthOl I gt are aro In lie to t J by 0 freaks als In Ini I l lI i the tl early ii l days d vessels c s ls liked J tb to Como direct to I b thell Strange animal as tho pets oC Jacl Tar lal Maa ly every had som sort soh mal 01 lin il of tui f i in trul hel s o thoad nt ot thO 1 s ilp Ini Jj c o 1 Jck ms be n lam 1 U at atI I tM 11 h s dOM ith 5 tl e ito t r 1 i I J JI I if f f I 41 j 11 J cuini to tho dealo the latter must ti rt aks t n at ast through agents agent IBI h It HE HAS TO HURRY It j jAmet the IC t anil l South tr i t American Amet ports Hald in hi diJ dJ Scribing his I m of ne members Ark I I it Il business to agents who make mako a board Incoming vessels and ll l arch for tor 1 1 t tt novelties in tho animal and l bird line lineAs As t soon as an agent makes a ho hI horT V rT in i ri lIei to i fi i J JY 9 sf n t Y n r ohl ill Ui iiI r a f tf t a l r Ir I hui In J f thc tho aol ani animal i ami my Ill agent buys E Eto Ho taken lat It ld t mal th Is consid considerable to London Of OC OUI I lJ erable le risk and sometimes I lL 1 and birds die shortly after art r arrival l or 11 during cURe case 9 t true rue aie heavy All things con w ever to set a safely fair air through Jh of them manage M L JI JIEm BREAKS Em KS D NI ti It j Competition is so o Jn In this JI traIl trades now no continued con the J 1 that my m agents have to look very cr I sharp Besides it is I always necessary to Invent nW ideas Id a to create a t de tl i imand mand for COl Instance for COl certain tI R I in the tho freak line to rIf may nUl truthfully claim 1 1 of oC pigmy invented the craze have jJ though oC he ho ing Int ponies to do with inventing the tho ponies I I are arc In themselves Thoe e tiny ponies In Great Brit Britain 1 demand not lilt only great al always Jill ain aln but In The hc C orders from the ways wa s nas a o United States for lor fulfilment The Ill animals come from Iceland nd They Th breed us as pigmies 1 not t naturally do 10 n their diminutive size Is IR the result f hut but tho W I food owing to lack of of oC a Is Island lands ot thc tho ot or the thu gracing gra a fl land Out ot o every eVer herd lerel ot of ponies the thc aver average thu normal tze being about i ago age of o two or 01 and onos or 01 stunted undersized I It is li These t 1 e dealers J arc qt I Will was the one to lJ rd l tho tio ad rid a us r or lap Ial pony of the thc pigmy small been they the havo ho 1 far fa I received ho hasso at e J JI only 27 7 Inches high and it In purchased on its It t I Rothschild Hoth de England W by m mCD who now has it In his famous menu H crie CD iI ki LOUD ZOO 1 at t l Lord Is ai 11 place Illace of oC strange f kangaroos lr hopping On ills his lawns about In one Oll great sees sec 1 I 1 I ft 1 numbers They Tho arc alo thoroughly tume like III dogs on and 0 follow 0 visitors Um about 0 b the tho d ll ht of or nil all tho th antics arc nrc Thuir I Iq ti r Lord l whom children invites lo to his hi estate Many ot of it j q educated i iund it th animals aro splendidly und and t th r owner easily if it his a n did fortune not hap for fort al already already 1 a fortune to possess go o largo pon Kangaroos ara worth orth ready Rothchild has lias a Do Lord and 1 herd t Lord cir clr circus J whole small t 1 very 1 also 0 boasts cps cus mId and crown f cranes both holh varieties of or I rare ar of or cine Cl Indian cl and oth other pigmy er I small fry Cr 1 i I Ji IA I II IO all the tribe however the tho OC O fancy runs most to teddy popular ponies The Ii 1 and pigmy bears b Jars is I Ithe Whether r It favorites aro ar immense v i v 1 President r ll n 1 n or the tho association toll is always al WU 3 boar beal teddy tedd not n t thc tho I or 0 l li In competition with other choice f i aks k bears b from fr m Borneo J 1 of thorn for foral l lahout al and ut 0 each acl They are arc very hardy hard m tamed t are ure and l J I Ono teddy which Jam tl im immense has hag In bis hi London zoo 00 is an au av with the neighboring J mense him by 11 who slum sl ul chance thc get a whenever r th hot i will boy b who Tie He follows lowa any n il brila him with u handful of oC sugar ugar RUN ON 0 TEDDY BEARS t tI elal of or the tha English En lI h royal ro al children I I already m teddy tedd biars b rS und and tiny tin m Tle lt lr princes c nt or the th Teck fam 1 IQ ro rei 1 personally b lit lly Ily al P JhU t anil selected their mounts S while of or a 1 bear In the th Times brought ts of a ami C very p nt i i 1 b the tho aristocracy came pr l tb to 01 m iVil I 1 r d Ule Irl es Jam 1 I t 1 f t 1 page cl hleen II 1 i J Po 4 t f W f J fiFi i N X Ji fh t 0 o lff A 1 A LONDON SLUM Continued led from flom page pue seventeen rach mch asks for his freaks fre are not Jot exor exorbitant exorbitant bitant For instance if 1911 so dc de you PU may procure pigmy Indian cattle at tit 60 each enus at It 75 each tall stately creatures with a sort of feathery halo on their heads at t 12 a n pair wallabies 80 each aoh pigmy ponies at CO 60 and teddy hears bears from WO 50 to 60 also goes In for fOl pigmy sheep which he sells for about 15 apiece Before tho th teddies and ponies became such sueh great favorites there thero was a run on the o sheep CURIOS GALORE In addition to ills his Noahs ark arlt In court has haR another c Just around the corner torner In St George street If 1 possible this latter place as Alleo in Wonderland w bay bayIs is and cr el Apparently APparent from the outside It Itis t is an ordinary bird tore store parrots and other members of the thu feathered rod tribe disport their plumage and rend the tho atmosphere with their shrill calls In the rear of oC the bird bini shop how hov over conducts you on through several s ral short passages pas age and opens a luor when you Oll find yourself transport transported ed ell into Inlo another world In a largo hall that resembles a sort of abandoned chapel with beams anti and girders run across acro tho roof and a n species of extending all ull around tho sides Ite ha 11 has hns an enormous collection of east eastern ern relics old 01 carvings Japanese o und Chinese e works of art clubs frotH from can cannibal tribes implements ot of savage war Val faie fUle and Inti endless R oddities from all ull puls 1 of the world In ono one corner or ot orthe the tho room a huge hIO Chinese dragon drag n threat threatens ens liS with instant destruction a tiny Japanese humming bird while a n Budd Buddhist hist hi t monk with a great dome of f a ahead I head IICHI looks 1001 8 on with a n leer as a if IC neither nor nOlO humming birds appealed oLl to his hIli srn e Among Amon tome of tho most curious things in II this marvelous collection aro little amulets or mascots wrought in the ancient stylo tylo of carving JAPS BUYING RELICS BACK DACK little figures the who coma Gomo hero tell me m said never havo ha VI left Japan and now tile Japs arc buying them back When thi thu first white while people began trading with Japan exclusively they bought hought a I of these figures are nrc It a II species 1 of heirloom which 1001 should have left the tho country countr At to them aro uro tho personal spirits of the lilt grandfathers ami other ances ancestors ancestors tors of M the families to whom they the be longed d and now lOW the Japs are arc anxious 1 to 1 got get all those I spirits hack into Inlo their country They are aro buying them back putting on tho market instead a lot of close clo o imitations of the same Mille ob objects Jc t ALL ArL WANT Society dames ams who wish to win at bridge or races often buy bu these e little hille charms Some Homo bring them back if their luck does oes not turn lurn out very velT wel and exchange go them for others with which they thoy appear to be more satisfied Quito Quite a largo number of the articles In this remarkable collection were wro ac ao acquired by tho father rathel of the tho present owner Ho He bought cannibal clubs and other queer things g direct from sailors HO lIt also ht many Indian Jn relics taken from ancient tern tem ples which are aro regarded by bv ll ls and others as of Ta cd to part i 1 bur h I oLith so things t evidently y b llcy iii like the lt ISi that they tl oy have h J brought him lucKI AYNARD EY lS of L i |
