The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 9, 1901, Page 9

THE SUNDAY CALL < NN [ancisco Girls San | FHorvs BY BAHER ELLIE JORDAN thinks it is more fun to remember the part she played £t a tiger killing in Java than it was to play it. Tue tigers are dead now, and that makes the difference. She is that little girl acrobat, one of the Flying Jordans at the Chutes just now, who has traveled the wide worlid around, and her travels have taken her to as strange lands as any little girl ever saw. Java was the sirangest of these. She w=s only 11 years old when she attended the tiger killing. Now be is 13, and a story that is two e dark past when one is 13—she st remembers it. = ] With her parcnts she has toured 1 . ] . AT THREE YEARS any foreign lands. It was in June. \ OF AGE.. 1899, that the party arrived at Ke- ¢ which is a town on the island of ava. There the tiger killing took ce and there happened all the in- dent adventures that stamped it on mind. She is going to make an- er world’s tour, but it is pretty tain that nothing will happen to ipplant the Java adventure in her emory. This is her own story of it. than man, I thougnt of many. 3 There they stood ranged and wail™mg. 1 declare they positively looked Lung: for the blood of those helpless beasts that they were waiting for. And .he pe ple waiting for the sight were as delight- ed and eager as Spaniards at a4 .ull fignt. The musicians suddenly played loudly, arply. This” evidently was another signal, for on the instant there appeared fodr bul- lock carts, each bearing a trap and liger, with the driver walking beside. The drivers placed the ter of the fleid and d thatched sheds. Four young huntsmen ran out qu and threw open the doors of the t . Then they ran as quickly back to Lieir places in the circle. P For some minutes not a’movement was made by !s. The spectators were waiting in breathless suspense. At last a head protruded, then anuther—an- other—another. As if drawn to it by HEN we show people arrive at a new J n't waste We have once. vou aps in_the cen- ove back to the he town is a pretty place—beautiful in re. A nu ere, as i s iri 3 some enchantment, the brutes € 1e groves and - faced the circle of their tr grow in abundance. For an instant the as if in doubt. Then, with a stead trot they made for the human fen: all going in different directfens. They were run- ning straight into the death prepared for them. ‘As they drew near the huntsmen, they lowered their bodies and sprang. In the moments following there was chaos. A fearful din arose: horrible roars of agony from the wounded beasts, the shouting of many people, the crashing gongs of the gamelang. When quiet was restored and the ecrowd stood back I could see the fou beasts lying there dead. wounds were in each glc 5 game was over and the spectators were ready for the next. Again came the bul- lock carts from the thatched sheds, again they bore four cage traps were deposited in th ers loaded the dead bodies and drove off. nty of wealth and s ge one and we chose tructions and their part no doubt been any with our seen such . bar, were eon they il power. ild discord, the A PHOTO LOANED 8> MISS JORDAN- forg frightened o _ The new traps were opened by men who - s somewhere be- 19 guldex: of Dutch morey, whieh as rtunfes with gold-embroidered suppers. ran back to the circle. % b E : my head. good as $5 or $10 in ours. When I ascended the rope ladder to my 2 ‘h'lr‘gef‘ Ugeen 41‘3?;'“(['1!-0 time y - 20 WhS Ehen dm”” The boxes near the stage were occupied” wire I heard the confused murmur of the / A i T sy P R oy R S wor after them and ex- py the native “Rege! Governor, to- excited spectators; and from my aerial A ,,:, ,g,,,b/‘ tra with lowered head. That was at e end they re- ther with his party. They consisted of platform I looked down upon this strange 3 7//;”‘, ///// the time that the photogr on this page acrobatic feats hjs dusky relatives, the waidonos and assembly. Z ‘,//’ was taken. I have never inmy mantris, who ar I, The three that had advanced were easily 3 high court officials, and 1 saw that they were gazing upon me so charmed an au- several members of the Dutch President's in great wonder. I didn't know then that (or elder brother’s) family. this was prompted by anything but my e before the The body of the house was filled with a performance, but I learned afterward the thing mixture of E ns and natives, most that, strange as that seemed to them, ¢ nt were final- of whom wore arong or petti- stranger still were my rose-pink legs. The were crowds standing coat. These are of colors as gorgeous i had never before seen tights. made way with. The crowd grow- ing impatient with the delay caused by this sulky beast. At last one of the hun- ters, bolder than the rest, approached the stupid animal and attempted to arouse it. It was only too easily done. Tigers never quite sleep. By one terrific growl it showed that it was awake and with- waiting to get o xes, which were those of @ Roman scarf. The kibaya or verite ket oousioye ) GRt & pamse 1t Yailed 4t the native. The ms ded by bamboo locse jacket was worn by the wellest y and with close attention. man would have escaped had not his foot £ arches, were sold for 5 and of the women, Who completed their cos- Not until I came to kneeling upon the caught. He fell. With one tearing blow from the huge paw the furious creature slew him. The other hunters rushed in too late. The tiger no longer sulk: other of those fearful ro t made my blood run cold, it tore its w through the ranks. Wounded. bleeding, terrified, enraged, it made its way directly toward me. I was sick with horror by this time and my nerve was going fast. Frightened into weakness, I watched the thing as it drew rear. Animals are curious about color. This bedst was probably attracted by my pink gown. All of this passed through my 1 T —~foke? it creeping nearer. I grew fascinated. 1 could not move. I was sitting stiil, a i s hide, the beautiful golden éyes, the shining teeth. I seemed to be in a trance. I was conscious of no one, nothing, save that lithe, graceful, swaying body. I know how a bird feels B , wire and picking up my handkerchief did G y to their wonder and ad- hen they let themselves loose and 1 was greeted with such houts and vells that I was seriously rat- led for the moment, and it was all [ | could do to stand erect on the wire once d. With an- eemed to be the secret of s s0 great a novelty that all i was deiighted. And this is what of it: At the door of my dressing s met by one of the mantris an interpreter. The maatri held a roll of parchment and the inter- *gged permission to read its con- tents to me. nted. I should have had to do so ior curiosity if for nothing The |; with nompous gestures and loud before a sral voice he read to me the wordy doc it ; 1 realized faintly that the gamelang was n e y document. of Surabaya, would hold the festival occept. T was a little dazed and T didn't well satisfied, playing. That was to attract the beast's nown that it was the wish of there, and furthermore, it was hi » Fhe Roien) 1o L) . % , as his espe- feel sure whether I was called upon to On the day ; f . attention. I saw the hunters rushing to- he Iegent to have a fete and tiger-kill- lal desire to huve me Derform before his kill tigers, and I was quite sure thECwas Mt o e Lvstad & shroceeded dit ward it. 1 saw my father approaching— ing exhibition whiie we were in the coun- friends during this festival. For my serv- out of my line. But papa was in hearing there we wers met by an oacore’ 1t way these things scemed hardly real. Then I ry. The Regent. owing to his deep ar. 'Cc§he would delight in recompensing me distance and when he saw that s a pretentious escort and we fort very i fainted. fection for his neighbors in the province "3 encn 28U '}"en ll)lenef. ; hesitating he came forward and advised portant as we were being conducted to _ VWhen I revived papa placed me in a can't say that I exactly wanted to me to accept. The delegation of two left seals mear the samelang Thes Gero Seat filled with soft grass under a shade e e bunencys Wer® tree and the afternoon breeze sifting arind trees whick ek Of tam- through it partly restored me. 1 began to 8rew upon every » Temember the circumstances I had left. . e of the el 5 a N - At one end of the ope ';;xé’if:rengo[‘fixe “It must be time for my performance,” 1 F 'Ps low sheds thatched with dry grass. In I said. . & these sheds were traps containing the _“Never mind the performance.” papa tigers to be slain, Round about the answered: ‘“You are not well enough fo e Breat Cive a zood one. Some other time.” field were ranged bamboo stands, L 'Et e 2 - roofed. Where- speciators. were Hathereq 1 vever liked fo be talked to as it I was i i oas to view the torture of the beasts to be 2 child, so I got very spunky, I suppose. - slain for their enjoyment. These seats 1 am auite able to go on and I intend M. SMITH, who died last Europe. People said that 1 o mlornly shlewn srom el A0 SR L e o . ol B J DA ast Eurcpe. 'eople said at he co ! Ve S vas vay w3 ‘Butalso by the sprcadiny 4 that April, was the man who procured what Invention was werth peeoould tell vented himself was the railway coach— | foofs but also by the spreading bianches 1, Ordered that the wire be stretched, the first letters patent on the Pa- then, wh s worth patenting and “Smith’'s Patent Steel Rolled Rallway [of trees that mude con| chadewe Socs and it was done. e hen vhen It was worth while, get it Coach or Palace Car' is the whole of lis | of the spectators stood in iront of these I dragged myseif up the rope ladder and He was one of the pioneers who Loccnied: His high reputation as a name. This was the coach that carried |seals and in their throng could be seen slowly arose upon the platform. T thought plaYed a part in the making of cane,who counselor and advocate in foreign patent off a medal from the Mechanics’ Insti- Nere and there a huge parasol such as my strength would return if I went ahead, bistory.. Hib role was untoucs shile nte cooes, ciabled him, while: in.London sev- tute. It cost him o end.of money*ta par- | the Japanese often substitute for'a bat. MG to way dismay, 1 could hardly Keey Rtk : s 5 - years ago, to procure a full s f e v s ooy o 5 ™ wied to ers were digg gold, building railroads, the British re;mrzsI for the M ;::ic(g f,z c‘,he tm?j’ r?m i rxjgd b:enx‘»fls;“ork and mamma were called away 1?3'3‘:,‘::;’: I tried to forfet my surroundings and sailing ships, he made his name and Institute. It is the only set on th. s matter what e cost. In ths end e | o Saon. 1 Souid T Bt ches Sror fhe e 1 Coul oo, & distant voleano. - The made California that much the moro o and at the present time it would bo Im- - sacescded In. tusming ot & coach. that | Lormoaooingd wouid, 1SSl a8 caza, for the e L CoE S2° e Tieing. smake made It State by his labors along ihe hoe me e 404 at the present time It would be Jm- succeeded in turning out a coach that |surroundings were so stfiinge to me, But Sun shining on the rising smoke made it State by his labors - Dossible to duplicate them. They are val- cannot be telescobed, broken or burned— | I tried to put on a bold front and look look like fre. He was a Mas ued at $50,000. a coach that skilled engineers have said | as if I was used to tiger-killings. I have 1 moved slowly along the wire, trying : 4 v 4 ‘» afisfi“h‘{se“” e P nen e il ko e as i B e the contlag o) been on lhé'fllflgt‘ long enough to know to keep before me that picture of the V()_l- irst place. The grit of stern old Massa- ventor and his lezal acumen as a solic- Smith used to say that he didn’t really A 8 K r{gur TerVe When 400 ence: would come 10 mind: o husetts was i - : _ a performance lies : : ce' would come to mind. (husctts was in him, and he pioneered itor and patent lawyer helped hundreds inventsthat coach—it was his wife. Not | “he gongs of the hgeaamelang rang out exPDI'eErS‘:gtly the moment arrived when I California in much the same way that of inventors in i ' o g W 2} GTS perfecting their devices that' she had a mechanical genius—there | sharply and at this signal the whole fiesd, was to do the handkerchief trick. I got T'Sd“"};a.'h.m had pioneered New KEng- and securing letters patent. He not cnly isn’'t one ~woman in a thousand whg |except for a few yards in front of the down on one knee, but for the life of me and. ¢ came to make a living of it had the inventive power, but the critical knows the first thing about mechanics, |Musicians, was surrounded by native 1 could not take my left foot from the and he succeeded. He succceded in doing *as well. He knew what would go and and that one's knowledge stops at the |Duntsmen each bearing in his hand a wire. a good deal more besides. g what wouidn't. Crude, erratic attempts tucking attachment to ner sewing ma- | °F5 FPSar: ts, i i ers, "I triea. 1o count “them. 1 o] ooty et i i h rud g Tn front of the seats. in front of the with tigers. I tried to count them. I 0, was in 1862 that Often have a good idea in them when you chine. But Mrs. Smith was the kind of | standing spectators, these formed still could see them crunching victims in their he began to devote himself to the secur- &et down to bedrock. He krew just how wife who helps a man in better ways |another circle. ugly jaws. I wondered dimly why my ing of patents both for himself.and for 10 get down to that bedrock and he of- = than by understanding his craft. She un- | Scores upon scores of them were ranged father and mother did not come to rescue other people, so he was still a young ten developed a useful device out of some derstood him. He used to own that his | there, making a complete inclosure of the me from them. man. Somehow he seemed to strike Young inventor's proposition—something SJurage would give out now and then. |open n_e\d. They stood as close together 1 felt myself going down—down—down. man. Somehow . seemed 1o Which looked preposterous at first oiohe This was especially true when he was as was possible. leaving no chance of When I came to myself, papa said: e i e time S rst sight. \yorking at the non-telescopic part of the |escape for the beasts soon to be released *You fainted, and when I tried to catch that he began it he was known for his He Knew, too, when there was nothing invention; and at these times she would | within their circle. Their long spears you you slid through my arms, a dead work and he came to be called by the in a scheme. Probably he did as much always remind him of the progress he | were held ready for use, all poumnted weight.” Commjssioner of Patents at Washington good in killing false hopes and destroy- had aiready made. toward the center of the inclosure. The No bones were broken, but my nerves S “the best amency on the Pacific Const fan b foors meradiey nep and thossiroy= "HARd ‘the best way I to think of the |men wers dressed in no uniform, bu. all were shattered. I was in bed for two 2 : throygh which to obtain letters patent.” helping the right man on: ey T L e Iy e s o e (wecke SIIeTAIN, o of iy RS 0 I 4 rtsman. ey wete a er 3 C. », I, Jwith, His name spread. It went as far as Perhaps the biggest thing he ever in- matto. 7 2 | facea 1ot of AP credimmen; amies Brate | irn M e R TR JORE 288 Oy - PO (WX —— A\ SO o~