Eureka Reporter | 1906-05-11 | Page 4 | Elephants and Dress

ELEPHANTS AND DRESS animals chosen to lead royal pro cessions in india splendidly garbed elephants are fond of finery and de light to see themselves decked out with gorgeous trappings the native princes of india are very particular in choos ing their state elephants and will give fabulous sums for an animal that ex acely meets the somewhat fat etui standards they have erected for these they have made cloths of silk so heavily embroidered with gold that two men are hardly able to lift them the elephant which usually led the state procession of a rajah being ill the magnificent trappings were placed on one which had up to that time occupied only a subordinate place the animal delighted at its finery showed its glee by so many little squeaks and kicks of pleasure that gentral attention was attracted to it not long after another state groces sion was formed and the previous wearer of the gold cloths being re stored to health took its accustomed place and trappings when the now de graded beast imagining perhaps that he was being defrauded of his promo alon was with great difficulty restrain ed from attacking the leader of the parade