The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-04-21

drawing fairly decent salaries, and she
is certoinly the most wonderful ami
NAL, outside of the human family, that
lives at this time.
In TIE first place Johanna knows not
what fear is, except in one particular
Unlike her sisters in the human fam
lily, she cares nothing for burglars,
mice, elephants, tigers, lions, men un-
der the bed or anything else that is
calculated TO inspire the ordinary
female with unreasonable fear. She
will attack the most ferocious animal
without moments hesitation, and
her record so far shows that she can
do so with impuaity.
Recently monstrous boarhound
was taken into Johluua's quarters in
the Central Park Arsenal in order to
see whether she would not quail before
such a formidable creature. Bat
Johanna did not quail worth n cent.
Instead, she reached out one OF her
enormous, long, black, harry arms nnd
made grab for that boarhound. But
the boarhouu1 had quite enough with
simple glance OF the menacing arm :;
he retreGtcd in much alarm to the
furthCrmost corner of the room, while
Johanna stood there shaking the bars
Of her cage and otherwise giving cvi.
dene5 Ot the exceeding pleasure it
woaid give her to have about five min
u!es' uninterrupted conversation with
The boarhouud.
Now that Chilso, her late spouse,
has gone TO that region SPECIALLY des-
}ined for monkeys who behave tn, m.
lelves properly in this worll, Johanna
LAS conferred all her affection on her
Keeper, Mckay. At the same time
However, the keeper is very careful
never to put himself completely at the
mercy of the chimpanzcc. He never
enters her cage while she is in II, and
though he plays with her freely
through the bars, trims her unils.
washes her hands and face aud pets her
generally, he never loses sight Of her,
and never puts himself in position
where he could not get away should
the emergency arrive.
'She's rs gentle with me a child"
Mckay SAID, "and wouldn't have the
slightest hesitation in going into the
cage, but she has used up couple Of
people, aud Mr. Bailey does not think
it wise TO take any chances
johanna does so many wonderful
things that it Is difficult to pick out
the most striking. OF course, her
greatest interest lies in tue close re
semblauce which she bears to the
human family. This comes ont strong
ly i'll Ter diet and manner Of eating
She tegins the day with port cock
tail, which she mixes for herself. She
is promptly mp at dayLrcak In case,
however, that Mckay has not vet
Prisen from couch in the next room,
ihe is much too polite to interrupt his
Slumbers. She contents herself with
toying with some leftover oranee
peeIs, AMI playing thinking
lnrt until the keeper arises. Then
The is ready for her drink.
After breakfast Johanna is ready for
Der morning bath. She comes TO the
oars Of the cage, where Mckay has a
pail of clean water, n wa.hrag and IA
zig cake OF soap. She p,uuges her
feet first into the pail ana then leans
back contentedly while Mckay rub7
them with the soap and afterWurd
rinses them of. The hands are next
pushed through the bars and into the
water, and they 80 through a similar
process. Then she presses her fac. ~
close to the creating as the spaces will
permit, and the keeper washes her
face. That she likes the process inn
mcnsely is shown by her quiet, rest
ful demeanor during the operation.
After her face and hands and feet have
been washed and dried she has herself
manicured. Her paws are stretched
through the grating AMI Mckay pro-
ceeds to scrnpe her finger nails, pare
them down, file them oft and polish
them. This completes Johauna's toilet
for the day, except on SUNDAYS aul
other festal occasions, when she j..
given two wash1ngs, much to her de-
light.
The morning hours now Mrs. Jo-
hanna spends in taking drawing los.
sons since she developed n taste for
the reuC.l-a taste which is so lrJ.
nouuced that she not in'rgqucutl, in
her enthusiasm cnews pencils MP that
are given her and swallows them, JY.
hanna is set 10 w0tk regularly. She
takes the paper that is furnished her.
lays it Un the BYor smooths IL ont
carefully, and thar, pGtG. gone ot Der
feet on 1t TO keep 10 In place, she takes
the pencil between tha thumb auI
t"o foreHueers of Ecr right band and
scribhies away as iudutri0r-iv rs II
her life Deepen led upon It. She bold.
her Pencil very much like child that
is getting its first Instruction SLo