The morning call., 1892-11-21
HER QUEER PETS.
Little Julie Mayhem Has a
Funny Fad.
TRAINS BIRDS AND BEASTS.
She Comes to Grief Teaching Her Big
Dog New Swimming
Trick.
TRAINS BIRDS AND BEASTS

Miss Julie Mayhem recently celebrated
her fifth birthday at the residence of her
widowed mother. On Second street, below
Bfannan.
Her father was sea- going man, and
when he died In Sitka two years ago he left
his baby girl regular menagerie OF pets
Among them were dogs, monkeys. parro IS
and pigeons.
lie had trained nearly all of them to do
something, and in his absence Julie did not
forget to keep up the training.
Three times day she calls her pigeons
by the aid OF little whistle and reed
cane. which seems to have the effect of q
magic wand upon the birds.
One blow and wave of the cane from her
perch In the backyard and score or more
OF the gentle ffers respond and alight on
every portion Of their mistress where they
can fnd a foOth0ld. They bill and COO to her
in the most familiar fashion while she feeds
them with bountiful repast Of corn and
wheat.
In this attitude she presents the appear
anee of the celebrated picture TO be seen in
the London Museum entitled Queen Anne
Among Her Pets"
That royal parsonage was no older at the
time that the painting was executed than Is
Miss Julie now, hence the similarity of the
likeness strikes witness on seeing enc
who is also familiar with the other.
The birds fly away when the signal Is
given, and then the little mistress calls
forth her monkeys and puts them through
an exercise TO which she has broken them
With these she plays housekeeping by
dressing them in fantastic costumes pre-
pared at her order by her mother. md eaus-
ing them to visit each other. During the
ceremony she plays an ACCORDION and main
tains a solemn and motheTly appearance
throughout the entire performance.
Each monkey has name and knows ii
well. The male is taught 20 escort his wife
or sweetheart In the most gallant style.
The latter invariably carries gaudy para.
sol.
At the conclusion Of this exercise the
missing links are fed and go to their re-
spectiye domiciles apparently very happy
from their recent outing.
If they do not obey the order to dispense
at the proper time the big Newfoundland
dog who acts as policeman, enforces the
order by a rush.
The dog is named Ben, and be never
refuses to obey orders when they come from
his superior.
When the monkeys are housed. the parrots
have chance to jabber and take instruc-
tions in proper English. This Is probably
as interesting as any part OF the amuse-
ment.
Many of them whistle tunes, and some
repeat nursery rhymes most inteiligbly
She has just seven OF these, and when one
is called TO say its lesson, as it were, the
others preserve respectful silence and
appear to listen attentively.
On finishing with these. the manager
calls on her dogs. There are half dozen
of these, and they are of as many different
breeds and sizes. Ben, however, is the
boss of the entire lot. He watches the
others set up, 60 lame, speak, climb ladders
and do other tricks of this kind until they
have been trained enough, and then he IL
taken in hand and made to jump through
hoops and cut up other ddOs.
When Julie goes on an GRAND for her
mother she is always accompanied by Ben.
About week ago. however, her mother
noticed that her daughter and the big dog
often disappeared without being sent en- a
ID ission.
When they returned the dog was inva-
riably wet, and the mother took it for
granted that he had only taken a swim in
the waters of the bay at the foot Of Second
street.
Yesterday she was almost paralyzed when
Old Cy Watson, boatman, appeared at
the front door of the Mayhem residence
and raped rantically for admission.
When the door was thrown open by the
mother she saw that Old Cy bore in his
arms what appeared to be the lifeless form
of her curly headed treasure. Her garments
were dripping with water, and faithful Ben
was standing behind whining as If his heart
would break.
He evidently believed that his baby mis-
tTesS was dead.
just as Mrs. Mayhem shrieked and
plunged forward to grab her child Old Cy
cried out:
Don't cry, mum, don't cry. She's alive.
| saved her. The dog would have done it,
but he got tangled in the rope"
As the old boatman deposited his load on
bed the distinguished little animal trainer
opened her eyes and spoke to her mother,
which was relief that restored the latter to
degree of calmness.
Then Cy told how it all happened. He
knew the child and her pet we'll.
"Y on see. mum" he said to the mother.
Julie has been teachin' Benny q new trick.
coming down to the bay with Ben, and she
would put rope in his collar and get into a
little canoe of mine. Then she would make
him go like she was drivin' horse
"He liked it, and would just swim through
the water with her, and she would guide
him with her cane. To-day she turned him
too short and 1t upset the canoe and threw
her out.
'Ben tried bis best to save her. but the
rope was twined about his front feet and
he was nearly drowned when / got to them
In my whitehall boat. Julie had dis
appeared when / got there. but she soon
came to the surface and l pulled her In as
l did the dog"
liz ten minutes Julie was thoroughly re-
stored, and she voluntarily promised her
mother in the presence of old Cy that she
would never again attempt to have Ben
tow her about In the bay.
The child is remarkable for her beauty
and intelligence, and also for her control
over such an assortment of pets.
She told CALL man that she was OF
frightened in the least during the time she
was in the water.
II think l will teach nv parrots their
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