European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Magazine 545 Poi by to Koa White Tda watch ducks Waddle toward Fountain to Apo Putor event a a luxury hotel in Mart Ihla tonn. The marching mallards of Memphis by Linda White travel editor hings Are just Ducky at me Peabody hold in Memphis term. Literally. Mallards ate Sull swim mind. M Iho lobby Bounlam of he hold which Cedis Cotton country elegance Tim Duck March is a a oven every Day at 11 a in and 5pm. With much pomp and ceremony rive ducks Row re an express to the lobby Waddle Down a fed carpet to a Sou i March climb Tyrce Steps and plop nto the Tountas. I y splash happily All Day and when work is done no ceremony is repealed in be verse ii s been thai Way or More than 40 years and both children and grownups Cote to the Hole to Sec chg ducks there was a hiatus in inc 1970 when inc Peabody was Clowd. But the Rolel underwent a $25 million renovation and is doors we e reopened in 1981 the clucks came Back and so did Hei Chaptone Edward pet broke he s been the Peabody Duck Masily Tor 40 years Juit her la Dicks go Iro she Mabl j m incl a pc in Abil he we found pm said Pembroke they Caf with the building " one Story goes that Lorne Dps Hunters Lei their live decoys Loose in the Fountain As ii spank. The most accepted variation is Hal a Totol manager 50 years ago was an avid Hunter and found in convenient to keep his Ivd decoys there tie Public Icil in love w 1h whom and realizing a Good Ihms when to buy saw it the hotel adopted the ducks As a Symbol mow ducks Are on everything the soap the Goorji night candies the stationery someone even goes around drawing ducks in the Sand in the big ashtrays by the Elev Alof s the so Venn shops Are Lull of Duck t shuts Duck cups Duck jewelry. But Here s no Duck on the menu of the hold s four restaurants even though one is named Dux we have four hens and a Drake said Pembroke who can usually be found standing Over by the Elc Phauls at Alues. Not live ones near Onu of the lest auranus we keep them three months and Send Thorn Back to ins lamp they gel Loo Tat Here Pembroke once told an audience on the today thai they went into Duck soup. Public outrage was thunderous. He has talked about Tho Peabody ducks on is different shows the can get , bul usually they do what they re told ii Laid. Flo ing the Long thin can Edward Pembroke to Yeara As hotel s Duck master. He Calls his persuader i Don t five to mud tins i just la k to Ihm like they wort people. These ducks follow my Load to Lair " when i Stop icy Slop " so Molineri lit slops Ihorn in mid March id say hello to one of 1ht Irvin is unrolled from Itu elevator la the Fountain the people lg3ch Irvn id mar Chi tical by Hoy Linn up Down along the Rug,1 Pembroke said. Eom Timea the ducks go out of the Fountain and wander around or a Marble Ard de Plush lobby 311003 the Little Girla taking Alt Moon Lea with grandma and the Convent Ion guests at Tho bar drinking Bomol Henrj a Llla Strong or served with Duck swizzle Slicks. Naturally when they re not working. Uio ducks Ici Tuo to i in Penthouse Royal Duck Palace. Overlooking i to Mississippi Hiver. Cosign Raj by Memphis arli it i Timur Conrad Hawkins who Ulso 0=d the lobby skylight it look a like a Tak Jand 3" banners and two Duck trays try rum the built As in arabian Knight a to u Cumins a a or i i plants and 3 i try Thi Dut is can Furj to since decks i Cost Ai a Soni Siivo a took Oty. The � j chirp Clad we it of a Looi poop of Dott Lor canc of li0 to to t Odout Baut the Ulicki. Aruj Hon Bung Tsitir ,.-j Inck to see them. Puni Brunc Sid thousand i people a Bop come to see i hem the peat Jod a onco of f re nth Hull in the South the mi5iysfppde,l by i to the Ira Jtj of Trio pc body hotel Addend on Chili a to in vice Burin " David Cohn m 1935 in the 194gs Ili Skyway and Pun Lalion Rudoj Iho it Stef of nightlife and one of three National Iivo radio broadcast America s began to decl no did the hotel but in Foceny years there has Beer a concerted Olfort to revise do Avito in wimp hit a icicle so Eccl 15 Back we mus a and Rusla Yanis. 1hc paid Island recreation area has Beer opened and the Peabody is doing ils share to attract visitors As one souvenir shop slogan says. As Longan Tho e Are ducks m the Peabod Fotini Ain. All s right Ith he the stars and stripes Page 13
