The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-24
RABOON AS sVENGALI.
Young Lady HypnOtized at the PhiIa-
deIphia Too.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Is Chief Titan, the far-famed world S
fair champion orang-outang, now at the
geological gardens, a Svengali? That is
what is bothering his keepers now. The
reason for this strange question rs as
curious as the question itself. For the
past few Sundays a tall young woman,
with a pale and somewhat melancholy
face and eyes so peculiar in their gaze
as to make one look at them wonderingly
has been seen standing close up to the
glass of the gig animals cage. She was
stylishly dressed in a dark tailor-made
suit and wore a hat whose jauntneSs
contrasted strangely with the face be-
meath it.
At first no one paid any attention to the
mysterious young person any more than
is usual when pretty woman is in eV-
idence. Finally II was noticed that she
never went to any other part of the gar
den than this cage, and that she stood
in the same position for hours, as though
she had been bolted to the floor. Then it
was noticed or perhaps ii was imagined
that Chief Titan, who is usually the most
lazy, indifferent creature, would start at
her arrival and fix his eyes upon hers
with great intensity. He dropped the
straw that he had erstwhile been chew
ing in lieu Of chewing gum, which is
prohibited and devoted his attention to
the mysterious unknown. The longer he
gazed at her the more deathly grew her
pallor
some uncontrolled impulse, and seemed
to have forgotten the world about her
Now and then she pressed her forehead
against the glass as if to get still nearer
the hideous SvengaIi, VINO had riveted
her so powerfully. AT times she muttered
ineoherent and strange things to herself
Was it possible that this fair creature
was forced TO speak the language of this
terrible beast of the jungles? If Prof
Garner who has made a study of the
monkey tongue had heard her, he might
have solved that cOnundrum then and
there. AS it is It can only besurmised
Finally, after he had held the beautiful
young woman apparently spellbound for
a long time, Chief 1tan, with a terrible
grin. turned his eyes from the pale
face and laZily rolled over in the straw
on the floor Of the cage. Slowly the wo-
mans eyes resumed their normal condi-
ton. The transhNed look faded away and
in its stead came one of dawning CON
sciousness and perpleXity. She looked
around as il to realize where she was
and then seeing the crowd around her
she uervously shrank away and left the
building.
The SvengaH. if such he was. Law mo-
tionless in the cage Was he used up by
the display Of hypnotism that he had
made, ii indeed it was hypnotism or aid
he want his supper? That was question
to puzzle experts. The mysterious woman
fairly Gew from the ECO She t,lrned
neither to the right nor the LEFT. buf
went out OF the gates. walked rapijiv
across the GTard avenue bridge ard was
soon lost In the crowd that was enfOv;ng
the pleasant weather in the park
Tho Press reporter was telling t17is
strange story 10 Park guard and the
latter said:
"Pshaw. you made that up"
rs there anything new2' was Tho only
confession the 7former would make
- missing woman. answered the
guard. DO you want her descr.uticne
TAN, pnie-faccd ana Wcll-drcsEcd Crag,,
as "a March hare. She imagine rou,aort
has kidnapped her husband, although be