StNicholas [serial] . ty will escort the loud-voiced one into theZoo and calmly request him to stroke the tigers THE SULTAN ON HIS WAY TO RECEIVE THECHIEFTAINS OF HIS MOUNTAIN TRIBES. tionaries,—not forgetting the man who holdsabove his imperial head the big scarlet umbrella,which is always, the symbol of royalty in the East. The Sultan receives in silence the offerings ofthese princes and then directs that they be shownall the wonders of his court. Their amazementand dismay in the presence of some of the largerbeasts are most amusing to witness. And oneelephant was carefully trained to deal s
StNicholas [serial] . ty will escort the loud-voiced one into theZoo and calmly request him to stroke the tigers THE SULTAN ON HIS WAY TO RECEIVE THECHIEFTAINS OF HIS MOUNTAIN TRIBES. tionaries,—not forgetting the man who holdsabove his imperial head the big scarlet umbrella,which is always, the symbol of royalty in the East. The Sultan receives in silence the offerings ofthese princes and then directs that they be shownall the wonders of his court. Their amazementand dismay in the presence of some of the largerbeasts are most amusing to witness. And oneelephant was carefully trained to deal some oneof his visitors a sly, quick, harmless blow withhis trunk, that would lay the prince prostrate. The Sultan himself, too, will often take suchguests through the galleries and corridors of hisZoo; but he finds it very difficult to convey tothem any idea of the home-country of, say, thepolar bear. For people living in a land likeMorocco can form no idea of what ice is. An Overworked Elocutionist By Carolyn Wells.
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