Telegram-herald., 1889-06-11

The hand Of the master always being
pointed Ia the direction the animal should
go. IL soon learns 70 watch the hand and
follow the direction Indicated This il
one of the most important phases OF the
monkeys education, as IL enables the
Italian when exhibiting the monkey in the
street 70 send il up 10 and into windows 10
collect pennies"
But how Is the monkey taught to fetch
small articlesy'
''Oh, that Is a simple matter" WAS
the reply. "A coin is placed in the mon
keys hand. IL il drops the coin the mon
key Is rebuked and the coin put into its
hand until. after repeated trials,
the copper is retained. Each time this
Is done the master repeats GER
tain word in Italian which is the equiva-
lent OF the word fetch After the idea of
holding the coin is firmly fixed in its mind
the monkey will hold out its hand To re-
celye it, and will finally grab for IL. When
this point is reached, the penny is laid be-
fore the monkey upon the hoor, when the
animal Will pick il up. The coin is then
gradually moved further and further
away, and finally thrown To the other side
Of the room. With a wave of the hand the
monkey is then sent 10 pick up the coin
and told TO fetch it. This usually finishes
the education of the ordinary hand organ
monkey. IL has received all the instruc-
ton necessary for practical financial pur-
poses. and is put TO work right away"
But some monkeys take higher degrees,
do they not 2"
Yes, n few; but rarely Is a monkey
educated TO do the tricks NOWADAYS
which were taught 10 them ten years ago
10 was a common thing in the streets Of
New \ ork az that time TO see = monkey
performing on wooden pedestal in le
street. These accomplishments oil ..e
monkeys are fast falling into the soup.
But the little animals would learn Just As
quickly now as they did then If put To It,
To teach monkey to put on and take of
hat, the hat is first placed on it's head
and then taken of and replaced by the
master guiding the mokey's hand by tax
ing hold OF its arms accompanying the
two movements by separate commands
and an occasional pinch. Practice soon
makes the monkey perfect in these move
ments. During all these lessons the
monkey has been dress ed aud has become
accustomed to wearing clothes"
How IS a monkey taught to walk upon
its hind legssn
The hands, or fore feet, are tasted to
its back. The body Of the monkey is then
raised toa standing posture by means of the
string fastened 10 the collar. The same
impulse Of avoiding which caused the
animal TO come when called is the motive
in this instance. When the animal has
become accustomed to standing. the hands
hre released. When once the monkey j.
accustomed TO walking upright, 10 j.
an easy matter To teach the animal
10 walk a tieht-rope. In fact, owing TO
the formation Of its feet the monkey finds
it very easy to dance on the daring slack
wircl The power 10 preserve his balance
Is born in the monkey and he Is really
quite in his element on the rope While
walking about 1t * an easy matter 10 teach
the monkey To dance. By continual repe-
tition the animal soon learns how 90 ring
bell. strike the cymbalS aud to turn the
crank OF a swsli organ
How Is the monkey taught TO shoot a
guu7'
By gradually making IL acquainted
with the noise Of an explosion. This j.
done by first exploding percussion fcaps
aud then light charges at distance from
the monkey, gradually bringing the
monkey nearer In this manner the
animal soon becomes Indifferent 20 the
noise and will hold the gun with perfect
fesrlessnes-. The fingers OF the monkeys
leit hand are then placed firmly on the
trigger and its knuckles are given a sharp
rap which expiod-s he powder In very
short time the monkey will pull tie
tr gEer at the motion 81 stick "
EErEST JARPOrD