My at<u* Mr* Ji&cY.anus i 
Yesterday the telegram o&rr.o, cu 1 Ci.nrlton Wfc» here 
in the office.- I telegraphed you immediate ackxiowledg&cn t, 
and. started going ©head getting off letters through the Bec- 
rotary of the Smithsonian Inst it u£ ion. 
=> news of course is almost too good to he true* 
It is the highest thing that has happened to the Zoo, and it 
is a preposition on which I am sure we cun make good for all 
parties, and m r, ke it good is what vc int a to |||MN|Hk|i|j| 
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Meed less to say, your part ti- It Is appreciated very 
sincerely. It is imposeible to express how delighted ulX of 
us at tne Zoo are* 
Gha'rlt on has notified the Pa the Germany that it is 
a realty, ami has already start or! the assembling of his field 
material. 
X air go$ng to Hew York the middle of next i to 
have a coni'ere a«e with Lover! tire, who c ores down from ,,os ton. 
In the meantime the boo carpenters will commence to build take¬ 
down crates, metal lined, which rc intend to take along per 
such stock as lions and the larger cat’s* In other words,, we 
are going ah sad with the expedition, but just now, untid I 
have more information from you, I am not starting $.o puh.lioyfety 
campaign. 
I fas* II eve that 1 told you befor that hr. Puthsaa of 
the Putnam Publrahinr Go mpany, h-n trrfkfi l over with we some 
public! ty iukas. liils, in * edi t ion to tl. v now well organised 
Smithsonian crowd, should result in printed publicity. I'/ould 
not a good start be to hn.ve Mr» Chrysler photorrapi L in tin? 
boo wi th the Secretary of the Smithsonian In it i tut ion? I be¬ 
lieve that the Patfce people would consider this important 
enough for a weekly news and would show it connection with this 
a map of Africa with an animated line showing the route of the 
expedition. It would make an interesting news feature. 
