The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-07
Monkey Shines.

Monkey Shines.
You know how monkeys sit I'D and
look wise, then make face or give
you wink to indicate that they know
1 thing or two, and that they know
that you know it. That is what is so
fascinating about monkey You keep
wondering how much he does and
what he is going to do next
Very often the monkey keeps his
own secrets, and surprises human5in
way that it not always agreeable. A
young lady was staying at one of the
big hotels on the Pacific coast few
years ago, and had brought with her
several trunks full OIL pretty dresses,
hats and all the fancy fripperies that
girls wear. She took them from her
trunk and spread them out on the bed,
chairs and tables. Then she went
down stairs to the dining room While
she was eating she looked out of the
window and saw monkey arrayed in
her best picture hat and lace Jacket.
He was grimacing and chattering, and
evidently admired himself greatly.
When she caught sight of another
monkey attired in other apparel be-
longing to her.
"Oh, OH" she cried, running out ON
to the porch, these monkeys have ON
my best clothes"
Several of the hotel attendants start
ed in pursuit of the monkeys, but they.
ran higher up in the trees screechineP
with excitement. When the clothes
were finally secured they were very
much the worse for the monkeys wear,
and the hotel proprietor had to pay
damages.
Not long ago some monkeys escaped
from show near New York. They
went to hotel and without register
ing or paying any board began to
make themselves very much at home.
They broke six dozen eggs, throwing
many. of them against the wall and
seeming to take great delight in the
frescoing they were able to do. They
also stole some steaks that had been
cooked for guests, and played all
kinds of pranks. When the hotel peo-
pie endeavored to catch them, they
would run away out of doors and hide.
Later they would come back and renew
their depredations.
At last they got SO thirsty from
drinking several bottles of catsup and
other sauces that they wandered off to
the beach and began to drink salty I
ocean water. There the most of them
were caught and carried back to the
show.
Many children who live in New York,
or who go there in the summer, visit
Coney Island, great beach where
there are all kinds of shops and shows,
men doing tricks and all kinds of
schemes for Turing your money from
your pocket. One of the most inter-
esting sights is the animal show and
one of the great attractions of the show
is baby animals. Most children would
prefer to view the animals from the
little girl who loves to play with the
baby lions. Her name is Isla, and she
was born at Coney Island last August
She was christened in the lions den,
and 81 lions stood roaring their ascent
as Isla's godfathers. The baby has
been with animals SO much that she
does not know what it is to fear them,
and would rather play with baby lions
than with little boys and girls. There
are several little lions at Coney Island
that have been born within a few
months, and look like very large cats,
very soft and furry.
Besides the little lions there are i
other clubs. Hooligan and Danny are
baby bears, and when they dent mind I
their trainer he spanks them. They
cry and pout little like naughty chill
dren; then they get up and do as they
are told. There is baby leopard and
a baby wolf, and half a dozen other
kinds of babies that gambol and play,
get mad and fight, get over it and
make up again just as little folks do.
After all, children aren't so different,
one from the other, whether they have
two feet or four.-Mirror and Farmer.