The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-19

feel SO badly not to be able to go through
do they hate drill. as for a show, I meant
They love 1t. ! sometimes punish one
by not letting him perform. you should
sec him: The bad boy in at recess is not
In it. You may depend he makes up his
mind 10 be good next time
.Do they f~orgeti''
Never Once they learn anything they
know It always. They know rehearsal,
though. Oh yes, you will see a fellow
turn somersaults, cuff another. yawn or
slip from his chair at rehearsal as he would
people.
beer lying seemingly asleep behind the
J wings, get up and shake himself and move
they know their cues?'
II does. Yes, they nearly all are ready
themselves. There are men In the wings
TO change dresses n send them on. But
they know, by the movement some OF them;
soIne-l don't know how .
Does the dog really know how to count
or 10 II a trick2'
No, he knows tables TO sXo.'
How In the world did you teach hlmf',
First by objects, then the sign FOR the
object, then to bark that number. Tho
biggest difficulty WAS to get him TO Know
the difference between < and r. IL was
the same way with cerds-the kings and
queens bother him. He does not seem
70 see much difference in their costumes.
He does not bari thirty-six times FOR SKI;
l have hin think II 3 and 81"
DO YOU think they understand h you
eay1 or Is It only the expression, tone, &c"
Il am as sure as | am sitting here that
some OF them know actual words. even
when not spoken In regular learned order
Roger understood speech. l have, some
times sat talking with a friend while he
was doing at n distance.
TO all our subjects he paid no attention.
Let me speak OF him In ordinary tones,
or OF the work. or when we were going,
and you would see his eyebrows twitch,
eyes open, tail begin TO wag, his whole
expression change. l have often said In
the ordinary conversation tone:
II wish Roger would 60 fetch me the
cane, the paper, shut the door DC. -.
Up he would get and do whatever IL
a He would even &c. to a person whose
lieve me II l told you things he did 81.
Docs IL annoy them to be dressedY'
sOh, no; we not only dress them but
make up their faces-shave the faces OF
some, part hair in the middle. put on rouge
and powder. You should see them push
one another to get a look in the glass. just
like people. They have a regular green,
room. II is funny TO see them perched
about In their droll costumes, or sitting
wisely on little chairs, well knowing they
will soon be called
DO they get along well ~togetherf'
Hardly ever a fuss occurs with the ordi-
nary animals-cats, dogs, monkeys, &c.
The lions, tigers and bears bear watching
though. After O certain age the savage
develops, and 1t requires but the least
thing-a tri1e too much insislence, a turn
too many. the petting OF another; or. more
! dangerous yet, turning the back 70 the
animal-and ferocity leaps forth.
Animals take strange fancios, one TO
another, outside OF their own species, II
Is very strange. An elephant for a dog,
a horse for a pigeon, a dog for a cat. You
may laugh, but you people dont know
about animals.
What animal is the easiest TO train7'
The elephant, l think. The seal Is very
easy to make amusing. But much tha'
| the seal does Is natural. Beetles are In
telligent. You train them with q straw
Just put them back and forward a lew
| times and they get into line and make a
fine procession. They get around IN a
circle, climb up little ladders, &C
what about their food2'
Opinion is undergoing a great change
In regard 20 animals food. Anything
that ferments ia bad for them-bread
cake. milk. Raw meat. most, vegetables
fruits, certain grains are tho best Much
disease In animals is the result OF wrong
feeding
do you feel ar affection for your ami
malsi'
sAh, there's the trouble. That TO me
IL the hardest OF the whole thing. l have
to fight 10 keep from becoming bound "
In them. II you knew the hold thAt AM
mails get OH your affections when you carr
for thefnl IL l. stronger h friendship
Tor there Is tina, tenderness that Gomez
from the knowledge - their hslplessness
You become 50 pitiful Of them.
You would go without dinner or go
great distance, OF sIner the greatest IN
convenience TO have them satisfied arc
happy. Then you ave 20 deny them 81
many things for their good They Just &c
right into your beart, and II sohl,liile'
costs you lear 10 get them OUT Ate
Who was Rogeri'
you zee | MAS q teacher and my healtl
broke down. was told ] must 80 to NV
An The Der air. Nas alWays ioud oi aill
mails. A. a little boy they would 40 any
thing for me. IL never Oocuri"d 10 az
that tlley would not Ihey seemed Jusl
people. ! could talk u them ana th'!
Understood When an Ia school hH'
two monkeys and Roger. They shouI'
not call such a. Roger a dog
slts no usa tDing a. de- nbf hls qual'
tias. his dignity. Refinement, p~oAl"u"-s
sei control, lis kind, hlF. loNins hh,ui.
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Kind Ala not east dat could deprive ma
81 any prosuncs of prevent hA l'"""H
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