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and polywogs in a very special tank as 

 big as a packing case. Then came cold 

 weather, with cold water, and a melan- 

 choly company of goldfish found them- 

 selves far from home with the mercury 

 falling. 



. It was then that Mr. Chanler sought 

 out the good offices of the Edison man. 

 This ingenious functionary, though on 

 better terms with calories than with fan- 

 tails, bethought himself of combining the 



itself ungratefully conservative. Not 

 only do these electrically preserved fish 

 huddle in corners when the lights are on, 

 but at intervals they come gasping to the 

 surface as if unconscious of the fact that 

 electricity uses up less oxygen than light 

 in any other form. 



Happily, the parrots, the pheasants, 

 the yellow Amazon bolbas, the finches, 

 with their companions of many names 

 and voices and colors, are more ad- 



Mr. Chanler's Electrically Healed Aquairum 



two, with the result that an ordinary 

 Simplex water heater was attached to 

 the pipe immediately beneath the tank. 

 Whatever the winter-bound inmates 

 thought does not matter. What they did 

 in recognition of this abrupt return of 

 vernal conditions is still the delight of 

 the Japanese in attendance. 



However, at the time of the innova- 

 tion, current was further solicited. in the 

 form of light bulbs inserted under the 

 cover. It is in this connection that the 

 privileged community below lias shown 



vanced. Indeed, they seem never more 

 themselves than when of an evening or 

 a dull afternoon the garden is alight 

 from a host of lamps shining through the 

 roof and the green glass making up the 

 side walls. At this the fish proceed to 

 hide themselves among the shaded plants 

 at the back of the tank. But then too 

 much ought not to be expected. — Re- 

 printed by permission, with courtesy of 

 use of illustration, from The Edison 

 Monthly. 



