, 1885-03-01

But now it Is the greatest fun in the world
TO watch his motions. He Is not IA beauty,
being buck and big-mouthed and Hat nosed.
but really he has as much sense as a baby two
years old. You will be surprised to know that
he has a little table and chair OF his own, al
which he dts and eats like a real child When
it is time for his dinner his keeper unlocks the
cage door and says: Come. baby"
The little fellow springs into Mr.. Cooks
arms, puts his own arms affectionately around
The keepers neck, and is carried TO his small
table. He sits in his chair quite like a gentle.
man, and eats bread and milk with a spoon.
What Is more. he eats much more neatly
than most babies do, and dos not ''miSs'
himself the least bit Mr.. Crowley eats
bread, milk nd fruits. He has a particular
fancy for bananas, and the visitor who give
him ore gains his fast friendship. He is q
strict vegetarian, eating no meat at all.
But it is the best sight OF all to watch him
wipe his mouth with a napkin. For Baby
can do that, too. A pretty girl made him a
present OF a set of napkins, with his name
embroidered upon them. y visitor who v ent
to call ON him last week saw him do a very
funny thing. He finished eating his bread
and milk very nicely. Then he was given @
napkin.
aNow, Baby, wipe your snoot," said the
keeper.
The little fellow took the napkin in his hand
and wiped his lips very gracefully. But thai
did not satisfy him, somehow. He seemed to
think it was not enough So he raised his
left foot, grasped the napkin in his toes, ana
rubbed his mouth briskly in that way. How
the visitor laughed
After he had dined, Baby danced. The
keeper said:
Can you dance now tor the ladyf'
He has NOT two fsaf and tun hands
like a human being. As you see in the pic
ture, all four of his extremities are more like
hands than like feet. This is true of apes In
general, and they are therefore called quad
rumanous,n which means 'four-handed.n
Mr.. Crowley does not walk upright either
like a human being, unless he holds to a cane
or his keeper leads him. He walks upon all
tour of his hands, standing fiat upon those
behind, while the fingers of the front ones are
curved inward. so that he walks upon the
Fnuckles Of them.
When the keeper patted the table, Baby
began to jump up and down upon his hind
feet and front knuckles, keeping perfect time.
The company laughed, and Baby did too.
He really laughs. He does not make a loud
noise, but stretches his lips and gives out a
sound like a husky chuckle. He cries, too,
like n child, when he is angry or his feelings
are hurt. He is as fond of play as a real
child, and has no end of cute tricks. Once a
kitten was given him to play with. He hug
ged It to his little black breast, and as truly
as you are alive, he held IL up and kissed it.
For he knows now to kiss as well as anybody.
He FUCKERS up his lips and holds out his
mouth like a real person After he had
played with the kitten awhile, this naughty
creature took the poor little thing by the tail
and swung 1t around his head, just as cruel
young children do,
Mr.. Crowley is kept In Superintendent
Conklin's Office this winter. He requires
much heat, and it Is too cold for him every
where else. He once saw himself in n look
ing1glass. He thought it was another Chin
panzee like himself, and went close to it and
put out his lips and kissed the glass. When
he ound he had been fooled, and that there
was no monkey there, he became very angry,
and tried to pound the glass to pieces.
He has great, bright, surrowful, brown
eyes, that somehow look as il it was a human
soul shut in behind there, struggling to
understand what this world Weans. He is a
lonely little fellow