Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-18
LIZARDS FOR THE LADIES.
Chanolcons on Golden Chains tho
--latest Fad OF Fashion.

Never heard Of having nut chnmeIe.
our said an upiotlatc yonng lady 60
Star writer. why. you si1r,e i0c.
Tho mllnld Is becoming quite a fid
Down III Florida, whena ,.,sar last win.
tor particular frirnd v nh,c always
carriel Der chameleon abait Win hrr
wherne she went l'm not sure bit
that she slept with IT, AZ an events,
she wore Il constantly
"Nes, worn VI, or coiirtc. Thai u tho
way 20 do with u chameleon, according
| tO The lltrat style Though ! Nin ge,-
| ling very fond Of my own particular
specimen, ] am not cutie regonpilcd 10
wearing 4 yet but tliln irieud Di whom
/ ] Just spoke, had hiir chameleon attached
10 d rhnin She had jrwrluf iusten
| a little gold baud around the crenturna
body. Just h0iilud the iorv legs 70 lhis
hnnd HE chain WIS lnsiened, the other
end Of u hplnH attached 10 IA plu which
V Nin0k Into the dress.
"Oh, ! mHury you that ID ls quite tho
thing. a number VI women Of my az.
lnnlnthucp ln Florida last winter wore
chnmeln0ns They had them fastened
10 tirir drosacf by Slender gold chains,
so that tlie animals could walk about
" ypn have chameleon, u il norr,,ct
~ wear nlm nll tho time. 1topulsiva
hrl yun fnyf Not at oil. 500 what
pretty liiflc animal this iai Are ila
"a cycs p'l bnghtf And then 1, turns
from pnV color "a another ia such
wonderful way. When i tickle mino
pndif tho chin, he always changes 10 a
bright peAHre'di.
30 YOU know, was very much
frightened when | brought my ehamele.
lflorlha last winter lie positively rufus
cd 20 take thing 10 cat tried hiIn
Win tcfnpa Of raw meat aud bread.
but hn declined 10 touch q fnorsel I'les
are hH fnvofite diet, but there were
during cold weather, Finally. n orcur-
nd mo 20. experiment with cockroaohe.
10 MY delight, hG deyoun,d them With
agidiiy, believe that half a dpzen
chljnslcona kept 10 tho Kitchen and flnn-
try would 10 ANDY With cvrry ronch,
particularly water bugs"
Dr. Sieinrger. thr rNpitan expert Of
Tho Smithsonian Institution. VIA applied
10 for information respecting flis no
called species " chameleon. Said he.
III " not q true chameleon. In fact
4 ~ not 20 neatly related to the ciuiIns-
leon ~ the monkey a 10 man. Ia right
nanp a thc Anolie,' and Il "a peculiar 10
America. Though tropical animal. its
habitat extends NJ Into Florida II iives
II trec. agd. nke the real chameleon, =
Hem are d couple Of trie ,slninolssn.
IN tllls bottle u alcohol You will observe
that they urt very different looking AMI
insils fnnm The onnlls They ara not
found In America, bns inhahH Afrira
ihr south Of Europe and Snishw,uM
Asia There arr nlra than fwenfy dif-
ferdut apecins Some a. thorn attain a
length o. sixteen inches when fnli grown
Certain kinds have long horns. They
afr a very ancient tspv Of wp.ae, IN
"Ona Of their pccDiihrfies has 20 da
with their f,-sf Each ~ these erirrmf
iico bnA Eve toes, but II divided IN such
q mHuncr that uirre arc three fnea Ou
one side mud two on The Uilof. II you
viii int your hand Ia the position " be-
lux about 70 grasp, Hiii will lulaFne
dat you have Two thumbs and only thnsd
fingers you will pcrcelre de likeuo9a 70
tic foot ~ the cianleicnn, II II made
TIM way bfchiis Il " drslfned for RrAhp-
ipe ihe tpips of trees IA which u lives,
The animal fuffhcf n1Ep itself ~ hold
on by means of ~ prflirnfile tail. which
Il Winds about die lrnnch Madagascar
n d rr,Af plarn for claimcie0us iluw
40 4ilev ciiaine color yon SAX On. that
Il very well Understood. though 4 "a NOT
.asy IL a1phlin IN D few words Beueath
liz outer akin an. pfgtTal ayerS Of pig
inenf uells, ranfAinlnr different huta.
,yhrn The creature cfnWN ulln d green
leaf tia rflla fonfaiDinf ne FnNn pig
1aonf come 10 the TOP, while he others
Is4rnai IL y do Aafue way win the
lfIlar tsi0lu produced or counIe. flHse
,isr Changes nse entirely Involuntary "a
~ unlt Of DE ANNUAL being utrelf NJ.
lsidel u conceal Il ffvin IL clcnlcs*