Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11
JOHANNA'S TRICKS.
In Hours Enjoyment Watching tho
Gorilla at Central Plk.
DRINKS / QUART OF WINE DAILY.
Updsrstands Portuguese and Knsws 9
Deal Moro Than She VIII Evss
Tell Anybody.


New York Heraid) -
There is much OF the woman about 10
hanna, except that she knows more tnan
she will ever tell anybody.
II win repay anybody to 90 up to Gen.
trail park some morning and gain permits
s,on to 60 inside the Enclosure put up TOT
the general public and there watch tne
gorilla's department for an hour. sne Is
epoiled. no doubt. and when she doesnt
rot all of the earth she wants at one time
che has an alarming temper and a fendish
yell. ~.
She stands 6 feet 2 on her weboed Feet
Che "a - wears old, and will not have at
tained her full growth before she Ii ID or
%. and at present she weighs ITO POUNDS
When seen recently she sat In her Dig
h,oct haired cage, with her chin on her
knuckIes. languidly surveying some bana-
y. and orange SKINS There was a whoie
80 there too. which she turned over
MIR a little contemptuous dig once or
twice "a though she did want sometnips
more. but this wasn't good enough. Wnen
Johanna looks disguised her long mouth
droops and her eyes close. ana sne ien'
yarv much this way when Mat Mckay
,ha .eener called her up and held outside
the bars her favorite raw egg.
"stand back" he said. you'll see wnen
sbe nuts out her arm for this the length
n is. She could lay hold OF you goou
distance off and leave an impression you
wouldn't like, on your clothes at least.
ARM LIKE A PRIZE-FTGHTER.
When the arm did shoot out with the
fist closed It was the arm OF prlze-
fighter. You trembled for your eye or
your ribs, and kept your distance aiter
without warning. .
Mat" talked to her In Portuguese.
Every word concerning herself sne unaer.
stands like any human being. She tnousn.
she was going to get the egg sualght OH,
and. like q, weIl-mannered lady. she stood
no with one hand grasping the bars the
other pushed through and held open, ana
a. look of languishing satisfaction ON ner
sagaciouS face. ~,
"Hand up that apple, Johanna, ana III
give you the egg"
At this Johanna lay down nat on ner
back and kicked furiously. She yeiieo
with such force that the women specta-
tors were stufiing their ears, and, In gen.
eraI. behaved exactly like tho child Of a
millionaire who has never had Its
wishes thwarted and makes bedlam until
It gets what 1t wants. She kept this up
until human ears could stand 1t no longer,
and when MAT" called "Aquf' In a
promising tone, she got up with swollen
ch~eks and looked at him sullenly through
the bars.
10 see Johanna break. however, from
sullenness to satisfaction is worth the
penance Of all the yells. She backs up
her neck, buries her chin In her chest,
and discloses her fine set Of teeth In
gloating smile. Squatting down In the
cleared space. she proceeded to knock the
top off the egg and suck 1t with JUNCTION.
EATS CONTINUALLY
Two dozen bananas. one dozen oranges,
one dozen raw eggs, about one pound OF
grapes, pineapple. or cocoanut form her
daily food. She begins with a lemon to
suck at in the morning. and next has
nog Of egg and port wine Several
bowls Of strong coffee alternate with a
quart Of wine through the day. She has
no special hours for meals She begins
eating when she gets up, and stops only
when she goes to bed. She has an un-
pleasant way Of firing through the bars
any portions Of food she thinks inferior
II she happens to be out Of sorts, and she
has the aim Of a hammer-thrower
Satisfied with her egg, Johanna sur
veyed the crowd outside with a grimace
of dubious scorn that was intmitable.
simultaneously she turned the empty egg
ehell round between her small thumb and
four big fingers, glancing from egg to
crowd as though Eliminating upon an
affinity between them. Finally, however,
she threw away the shell. with an air as
II to say: "It's not worth It,"
"Aqui" Mat called again, but Johanna
knew 1t was for nothing to eat or drink.
ehA.
and couldn't attend, she took the despised
apple into a corner. and pretended to
nibble 1t.
SLIGHTLY INEBRIATED.
Seven dollars a gallon Is paid for her
wine. She had never had an extra dose.
MAT" declared Chiko had several times.
and in his uproarious drunkenness tore up
everything he could get at. As an expert
ment, MAT gave her an extra dose yes
terday, and his judgment OF results Is
simply that she becomes nothing but
sassy"
Johanna accepted the wine In q bowl
She stuck her finger In to stir up the
sugar, upon which MAT gave her a
spoon. She used the spoon. and shook with
big chuckle when she got the wine
down. Then she handed back the bowl.
but retired into a corner with the spoon.
She polished 1t dry with her hairy hands.
and then snickered and grimaced at her
own reflection In II until the onlookers
were in colvulsions over the unusual
treat. No commands. no promises. nor
entreaties would wean from her the
spoon When Mat stamped she stuck
II in the back Of her neck, and looked
innocently at him, as much as to say she
had no spoon. Then she drew 1t forth
again. and smiled ravishingly at her own
image. She Rugged and fondled 1t. and
finally took II to a new corner. where
she turned her back with 1t to the COM |
munity.
DROPPED THE SPOON.
Finding she was not to be left in peace. |
she eventually yielded to the influence Of |
the wine, and In an impudent way got |
as mad as "Mat" himself. She whacked |
the spoon against the bar in "get-it-if- |
you-can'' sort of way. She poked 1t out I
and snatched 1t back. She grnned and |
ogled and Knocked with refined malig- |
nifty.
"I'n have that spoon" "Mat' said. and |
he approached with m orange in one
hand. an egg In the other.
There's an egg. Johanna" he said.
"and give me the spoon"
Johanna was wary. She put forth her |
hand for the egg before yielding the
spoon. and was handed the orange In
stead.
Then she took the orange and fired II
back, catching "Mats" escaping heels.
and II ever an apes attitude declared.
"You don't try any more Of that business
here, for I'm a lady," Johanna did. She
rose for the second to feet and then.
overcome by the exertion. relaxed COM
pletely.
MAT brought her to by the egg. She
Imply dropped out the spoon. then set
tied herself to rest.