The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17
PARROTS Ar SCHOOL.
when They swear Mt n Preacher, II Il -
the Credit of Their Tcacher In One WAY,

III yen was 10 Judge Nv what You can hea1
almost anyb,dv say" said the little old man in
the bird 'fnrn. even II you was ~ TAX. the word
oi lots II them that sclls birds there wouldn't no
any need of my business which is teaching birds
10 talk and sing guess II I was youngex
man with good deal more push than I've got
now Id call my self Professor and be running .
Conservatory 81 bird Music As IL is guess
pet all the promising birds and when send them
back To ,hc dealers it's not until I'm sure they'n
do me- credit Take parrots There's plenty
To ri" you that all the education any parrot needs
il H. put IL in a cage for a few days and swear NJ
II regular. have known dealers who would pay
50 for a bird on the docks here give II a rcguiuG
GUESSING every day and Mt tho end Of a week charge
$50 for IL AZ an educated bird, and what p moro.
get II, too. and no questions asked Now mind
Won. I'm not denying that there il something
educational in swearing NJ parrot. but tbafs
only par, Of the business and n mighty small
one at that
"a parrot is mighty sagncious bird. It's
got just much intellect ss /, has bcak. and il
usars both Tor the same purprs" namely and IN wit
improving ITSELF m taking unexpected nip
tut 81 somebody else. You cnn'' begin To teach
a parrot without recognizing its intellect and
drvnting your attention to that in order that you
re how y"r can hcst bring 1t out The frsa
thing do is To feed the bird properly for on tho
anything and IL most likely dsagrecs with them
You've got 10 remember that the parrot Is fruit
eating bird md its strong hoax was not given u
u f"r nothing; ~ don't crack the nuts first: Ice
| for his health Brazil nuts are what give them
md let them feed hearty unit, they arc plump
with his Material surroundings then's The sime
! 10 bcgin his education.
parrot is curiosty Dd You ever no.ce hn IN
parrot acts when there's anything about7
Dossn, he side up and sxamine FIRST from one side
Then the dother? Well that's his curiosity.
When have parrot 20 teach put light bag
| him from seeing through and at the same time
Ugh! enough to give a plenty OF light -. Whether
same Each bird IS in D'e cage By Himself al and ths
! bag over that Then speak distinctly the SEN
a minute and it may be that have 70 keep II up
as much As an hour before q single parrot docs
are dcvoured with curiosity 10 know what's going
! on outside their own individual bags After a lot
:" 1ssmsyes IN what YOU NIGH. cali ia' sbispss
As soon as one Of the birds gets he can say tho
sentence wi'hop, an error my work is done, for
knowledge that their education will 90 on.
hs the osS eat % Re ss6n ' We s sns
pose I've been teaching the class the sentence,
letter pcrfcc, in their parts but they have no idea
Of the bushes The FIRST immersion when the
| DhRs are llilcu ON le cages In what docs the
| plcat"n. For that sentence have young girls
| come in and llft OH the bags That fixes that
| sentence in the parrots deep brain with pretty
girls and he uses II ever afterward in the rieiia
| place When they've been learnn TO say Gram
| ny, where's your specs" they learn TO associate
| u with an old woman with glasses and white hair
Then, Of course people have a right 10 expect thns
every parrot shall have a few phrases that are
unfit for publication Well. when I've been giy-
ing n lesson IN the damns and dashcs uncover
Them WIN very exaggerated clerical make up
| That's the real reason why most birds fairly rip
and tear when the minister is making a pastoral
call they've been taught 10 do IL as a part of thcis
education But most people think it's natural.
and I've had en- tell mc II showed the old Adam
IN the birds, II didn't do anything Of the sort
1t only showed that they was credit 10 their
teacher
Sometimes have special orders, and It may
he that | spend as much u year teaching some
particular bird, But the most Of my work comes
from the dealers They buy up the young birds
and send them Ia me To work over That takes
about four months, and in that time figure on
Teaching Them twenty phrases with the words and
business complete, Ia scare cat and dog. to
whistle five ways, and Ia sing one line Of song.
and that's the hardest thing there is Ia learn in
my academy, 4 prd with those accomplish.
mcnts has also acquitted great deal Of self cunfi-
dcncc, and that makes II easy for him 10 pick IN
whole lot OF things apparently without teaching,
the family. Some things they really do invcnt
for themselves Look al this old bird OF mine.
She's - wise that yen might almost call her a pro-
lessor in the academy, Now, listen. will You, III
what she says when show her this tin pail and
say, Polly, chase the can Would you listen
not nice language for gcntccl bird but somehow
or other she learned IL for herself and she's proud
To- teach il To the other birds She well knows
what she's about"