Word: elephantic
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On the Tail. Elsewhere in the world last week, man's fey behavior was undoubtedly affecting other members of the animal kingdom. In Honolulu, pearl fishermen made plans to dope stubborn oysters into yielding up their precious pearls, by a drug said by its sponsor to resemble that used...
Meantime, in far-off Vienna, a flesh & blood pachyderm met a sensational end. For years the principal attraction of the Charlie Rebernigg Circus on the square behind Vienna's baroque Ehrlskirche had been a tough, smart, amiable elephant named Bubi. His broad, hospitable back was a favorite riding place...
In the Stomach. Last week a progressive Viennese restaurateur named Rudolf Schiener bought Bubi's 3,500-lb. carcass. With a spirit and enterprise new to conservative old Vienna, he renamed his restaurant "The Elephant," and began experimenting with Bubi's remains in the kitchen. He wrote new...
In front of his store a big sign asked: "Would you like to eat a piece of Bubi?" Viennese, who combine sentimentality and practicality, dried their tears and flocked in. "Half of Bubi," reported one Vienna paper at week's end, "has disappeared into the stomachs of the Viennese...
Two Moods. At the Corcoran opening, the gallery favorite was a Taft-faced cat (see cut) that had just swallowed an Administration canary. One runner-up: an unhappy Republican elephant consulting a psychiatrist because of a feeling that he is "not wanted." In more bitter mood, e.g., challenging the Un...