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Show Taint Trrin Rparrtiws. In Us llttto yard surrounding tho Twenty-nnt district pollco station at Thlrtr-teventh street and Woodlawn arenas Is a fountain In which nil tho sparrows ot tho neighborhood have been accustomed to como for their drlnki tnd their morning biths, say tbo 1'illadelphla ltecord. The water flows from the mouth ot a metal awan, anil at long na tho artificial bin) preserved pre-served tbe neutral color of tho metal the spirrows paid not the slightest attention. at-tention. Recently tht awan waa painted h brilliant red, and next morning whon the sparrows flocked about tho fountain foun-tain for their baths they wero apparently appar-ently horrified to see tho big red monster, mon-ster, Kono ot them would venture near the fountain They congregated In a neighboring trco and a noisy counill ot war wa held Such a chattering had seldom been heard. Finally they all fle off In search of other water Gradually, however, they bavo' coma back (.Tho bolder ones now take lusty plunges In tho fountain and fly away to ten the moro timid ones that tho red ffan shows no Inclination to dls-puyyftalr dls-puyyftalr rights, |