Martin A. Couney, who billed himself as Dr. M. A. Couney but never took a medical degree, and who exhibited premature infants at fairs and amusement parks, ran one of the Zone's steadiest attractions. Behind the glass, tiny babies born too early were kept in warm incubators and nursed until they were strong enough to leave. The Official Guide presented it as a demonstration of saving the lives of premature and weakly born infants. Crowds found the babies and their careful scientific care endlessly absorbing.
The concession advertised itself with tall Hungarian storks in the little garden out front. For the Zone Day parade it sent a circus cage full of them. It took in over $72,000 for the season. Parents paid nothing; the visitors' quarters paid for the nurses and the care.