CANNOT BREED SWANS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 414, 21 April 1904, Page 6

CANNOT BREED SWANS.

All Effort* at the New York Zoo Hats i Heisltcd 1b FVll- ~. J * -* hJL. , --' «Q ST. u

All efforts to breed swans "at the zoo hsTe failed. Frequently; the females have deposited eggs in their nests, hut It takes a. i.-.ug-tlme'Whatch a swan's tag, and there are so-many people and so much .xcitement to distract the birds," aucmion that the maternal instinct has not proven sufficiently •trc:>g.

St!i*;-riiitend»nt Brown, in speaking of this .hs other day, drew a comparison ht, f-cen English and American people which was nut flattering to the latter, says the Philadelphia Record. "In England," he said, "the peopit in gtiierai, even the small boys, seem to Xeei a great interest in the lower order of mimals. In America It is yust the reverse. Here the spirit of dee. ■-! ion set.:; -- r.uminant. Take, fi.r i; aaoe, a span's nest. Instead of ] c-iu~ nurtured r.uc. watched ar.J carefully guarded r.gainst harm, as would be tht case in England, it would be the target for mischievous and destructive person*. It spfiEs to be a characteristic of the American people." A Gift for the I)uche»». The women of Ottawa presented to the duchess cf York upon f ■» occa■t'. -• of the royai '.isii to ih ••• "ta! a »;!•*! that is thoroughly typical of Canada. If is a cape of the finest min'." procurable. The collar and tiart- around the edges will we lined with ermine, while the body of the cape will b*" lined with wbit« satin. The garni»rtf. which reaches to the knee, is fastened with gol i clasps fashioned In the form of a maple leaf, the euil>lem of the dominion. The gold for these clasps comes from ike Canadian Yukon.