Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-06
LoNDoN,s NEW GORILLA.
4 Young Female with Eyes Almost
Human In Expression

From the St. James Gazette.
At tho age of 4 tho female gorilla, SO far
rs any of her civilized relatives know any
thing about her, has left the klt,cnish stage
behind her and is verging upon the time
when her beauty is at Its best. She there
fore takes herself seriously. Jenny does SO.
known she was perhaps the belle OF the
forest OF the. French Congo from which
she comes. She ought TO have been II she
was not, for she has unquestionably bcauti-
full eyes. They differ only from eyes which
one is accustomed TO see in humans by
their rich. luminous brown-a l~ishtlst!
brown such as is seen in the eyes of
an Irish terrier and very occasionally In u
negro, The comparison Is not. perhaps.
very fiattering to the children OF Ham, but
there is nothing really derogatory in 1t.
Many n girl with c%olorlcss and expression
exchange with Jenny. Jenny knows how to
use them. too, At one moment she droops
her finely curved eyelids and looks through
the long curved eyelids with half contenpt-
uous amusement or Indifference, AT an
other The eyes dart from right to left IN "a.
yer inquiry and suspicion; ana A.
her Keepers back is turned, you try to
scratch her head with the foretlHger,--
they Hash brilliantly and open widely
enough to show n rim OF dinEy white; not
the China white of the eyes OF the C9ncas,
ian child, Il white with. an INFUSION OF
blue. but the unpleasant dirty Whit OF ne
wonderfully human In Jcnnys eyes n"
she sits there, huddled up against the pars'
there Is a fNni OF intoll!htHte III ln'iH'
now quiescent. now alert, and only Win a
suggestion of animal ieroelty When any
thing except a banana Is brought within
Jenny's form is deficient in sylph-llke
grace. She has. In fact, no figure to speak
of. She would be the despair of the stay
has no neck. her head grows out Of hcr
chest, and her, bust is tormlGss' Waist
ing down from beneath the armpt!s. they
spread outwards. Thu lowest are the laTg-
est. This popularity Of structure IN the
that bellies her youth. She Is proud Of her
bulk. resting her long arms upon 1t caress-
ingiy and occasionally swing It q vIgorouS
scratching, all unconscious of the embar-
mannerea relatives. Her hands are very
with dark hair, the palms Of a whLttsh
brown, the nails shaped Just like a mans
The shane and colorlng OF the face are pc
cullar. but the effect is by no means ie-
The female gorilla Is quite a beauty com;
pared with the mhlc. Jenny has none Of
the horrible sayaEery 10 be seen IN M
faces Of the STUFFED specimens Of her kind
sington. She has. Of course. the hOny
pulslvo look, though what 1t may be when
she gets older and The narrow rGrtheal y
large, HAT, open ]nostrils and prntuherant
mouth, the thin Ups meeting Clps'lN To-
gethcr, The checks nnd nostrils ana up
PER lip are Jet black, smooth and hairless,
The ears are small almost like human ears
unlike the ears of tho chimpanzee, which
are large and fnplikr. standing out at
right angles TO the h'ii, I,nhS's ears are
on a level With the eyes, and her shoulders
are on a level with the ears. For clothing
she has an abundance of rather glossy
black hair. with a slight aimlNtHFe o.
in a curious fashion; The hair on, the
skull grows backward, and over the henl
and down the side Of the face; 1t fails
down to tho upper. pat OF the arm, ana
grows up to the forearm. Darwin cN-
PLANTATION of the latter circumstance Is In
penious. 1t is that when the gorilla Is
sitting out in the rain, having, q shower
bath and holding his head In his hands,
the water will run off its arms just as II
would II the hair grew upwards from the
wrist to the shoulder. At first sight. 1t
does not seem that there is any expression
In Jenny's face that does not proceed
from tho eyes; hut this Is a mistake. The
black muzxle is full OF mobility. SHOW
Jenny n banana. and not only VIII her
eyes tell of a~nttclpatory pleasure, hut her
face will light MP. Almost impsrccntible
muscular tremurs will affect its surface,
and the expression will be quite altered.