EDITOR'S CORNER. 



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 possible moment. 



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 Canada, or Mexico, let me know and 1 wilt, tell 

 you all that can be learned about the fish or 

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THE ANIMALS NOW KEEP OPEN 

 HOUSE. 



The new Zoological Park in this city 

 was formally thrown open to the public 

 on November 8th. Several hundred mem- 

 bers and their friends attended the cere- 

 mony, having gone out from the city on a 

 special train. 



At the main entrance, Pelham Avenue 

 and Southern Boulevard, W. T. Hornaday, 

 Director of the Park, received Levi P. 

 Morton, president of the society; Con- 

 troller Bird S. Coler and Park Commis- 

 sioner August Moebus. The gates were 

 then formally opened to the public. Mr. 

 Hornaday's assistants, wearing neat uni- 

 forms, were drawn up to welcome the 

 visitors. 



On the terrace in front of the Bird 

 House a temporary platform and seats had 

 been ejected. There the opening exercises 

 took place. 



Professor Henry F. Osborn, vice presi- 

 dent of the Zoological Society and chair- 

 man of the Executive Committee, made 

 the address of welcome. He said in part: 



"You are welcome to the opening of 

 this park, which marks another step of 

 progress toward the great New York of 

 the future. What our museums are doing 

 f or art and natural science, this park and 

 .c» fair botanical companion up the Bronx 

 will do for nature, by bringing its won- 

 ders and beauties within the reach of thou- 

 sands and millions of all classes who can- 

 not travel or explore. 



"We must acknowledge to-day the gifts 

 of the liberal men and women of this city 

 who have thus far contributed about $150,- 

 000 toward the plans, buildings and ani- 

 mals, while the taxpayers, in the good 

 judgment of the Mayor and the Board of 

 Estimate, have contributed an equal 

 amount toward the paths, grading, drain- 



age, fences and pavilions. The final plan 

 is an extensive one befitting a great city 

 and a generous people." 



Controller Coler and August Moebus, 

 Park Commissioner of the Borough cf 

 the Bronx, made brief responses. 



Then Levi P. Morton, in the name of 

 the city and the New York Zoological So- 

 ciety, formally declared the park open. 



Here is a list of completed buildings 

 and other installations for animals: 



Mule Deer Range and House. 



Fallow Deer Range and House. 



Axis Deer Range and House. 



Ducks' Aviary. 



Flying Cage. 



Aquatic Birds' House. 



Black-tail Deer Range and House. 



Virginia Deer Range and House. 



Red Deer Range and House. 



Caribou Range and House. 



Moose Range and House. 



Elk Range and House. 



Wolf Dens. 



Fox Dens. 



Aquatic Mammals' Pond. 



Otter Pool. 



Antelope Range and House. 



Prairie Dogs' Enclosure. 



Burrowing Rodents. 



Small Mammal House (temporary). 



Reptile House. 



Crocodile Pool. 



Bear Dens. 



Beaver Pond. 



Buffalo Range and House. 



Living animals in the collections: 



Mammals. 



Birds. 



Alligators.. 



Lizards, 



Turtles, 



Serpents, 



Batrachians, 



4.^ species, 157 specimens. 



36 

 1 



18 

 36 

 10 



i75 

 16 



7i 

 94 



293 

 37 



Total 157 species, 843 specimens. 



BOIL DOWN YOUR NAME. 



The fad of the day for long-drawn-out 

 personal names is a trial to readers, 

 writers, editors, compositors, proofreaders, 

 and to all who have occasion to read, 

 write or speak such names. Everyone ad- 

 mits that brevity is the soul of wit, and 

 that the writer who uses the shortest 

 words, the fewest of them, and the shortest 

 sentences is best liked and most widely 

 read and quoted; yet many of these same 

 writers string out their own names to 

 such a length as to try the patience and 

 the memory of the reader and the speaker. 



Tom Hood, J. G. Whittier, U. S. Grant 

 and J. G. Blaine are spoken of millions of 

 times where William Raphael Double- 

 stock, Milton Tennyson Brown or Make- 

 peace Thackeray Milliken would not or 

 could not be recalled once. C. A. Dana. A. 

 B. Frost and R. F. Zogbaum will get their 

 names into print millions of times where 

 the busy editor, reviewer or critic would 



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