Matinee To-Day.
Admission:
| Grown Animals | 50 cents. |
| Cubs, Puppies, etc. | 4 dollars. |
Jimmieboy laughed. "That's funny. They charge less for grown animals than they do for baby animals."
"Not so funny as your plan, mister," said a gruff voice at Jimmieboy's side, very respectfully however.
Jimmieboy looked around to see who it was that spoke and was a little startled at first to see that it was a fine specimen of a tiger that had addressed him.
"Don't shrink," said the tiger, seeing that the little boy was somewhat frightened. "I won't hurt you. I'm wild, but I'm kind. Let me show you my smile—you'll see what a big smile it is, and some day you'll learn that an animal with a fine open countenance like mine is when I smile can't be a bad animal. But to come back to what you think is a funny scheme. We charge more for cubs than for grown animals because they are more trouble. We talked it all over when we started the show and we found that there was ten times as much mischief in a cub or a puppy as there is in a grown up bear or dog, so we charged more; only as we don't mind a little mischief we make the babies pay only eight times as much as the others. It's simple and very natural, I think."
"That's true," said Jimmieboy. "It isn't so odd after all."