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do enjoy that park, which when the zoo was founded was described as, "a pleasant carriage ride from the heart of the city." About--I forget the year--sometime between 1910 and 1920, it was just dumped completely on the District. It's only gone to the federal government in recent years, as you know.

HENSON: Right, and I guess funds were tight for the upkeep, so you really couldn't do any extra building for things?

MANN: It ran on a very small budget in those days compared to what they do today. The zoo now is really getting to be beautiful. There are a number of new exhibits that I haven't seen yet, and I must get down there. They say the new polar bear exhibit is very good. Of course, I think the William M. Mann lion and tiger exhibit is the most beautiful building in Washington! [Laughter]

HENSON: It is.

MANN: Isn't it gorgeous?

HENSON: . . .the way it goes up on the side like that.

MANN: Yes, those green terraces when the white tigers are disporting, I think it's great.

HENSON: Yes, it's just unbelievable. I noticed in the [[underlined]] Annual Reports [[/underlined]] that Dr. Mann wanted that type of display for lions and monkeys almost back to the 1920s. He had seen that in Europe, and he was writing