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Show WOULD ABOLISH PUBLIC ZOO r.cit'eaaneta or Sullen Melancholy of Wild Animala Caged Has Gloomy Impreasiveneaa. The ctiahiiK rentl'HHiiH8 or culU-n nu laiicl.oly of wild iiiiIiiihIh raged. h a gloomy InipresHlvjMirMi whlt li work powerfully on the sympathy of grind live MrHona. A rich New York woman. Mrs. Grorgo W. Kackler. wuiiia to aboliHh all the 7.oo In the country. The wnttment which Iirompts her rommands admiration without ronvlctlon. Soucthlng must be conceded to arlenre. to amiiHemrnt. to popular curlohlty, which are all concerned In exhlblilonH of the denizens deni-zens of Jungle and foreat. Then, la Mrs. Farkler atire she would really benefit tve animal creation by her plan? Free wild beast miffer a worse fate than Imprisoned ones. The war of tribe against tribe, furred, feathered or finny, ia an endleaa and frightful conflict, with no quarter given. All hunters ran tell shocking stories of a 11 1 11111 Is mutilated by each other, or Injured by uccldent. and condemned to drag out a lingering agony more dreadful t twin death. We read of skilled medical attendance for elephants, ele-phants, lions and bears in r.oos. Hut t tie only hope of a wounded or sick animal In the wooiIh Is a merciful bul let from some chance sportsman. |