The Washington herald., 1907-01-21

Every animal. every DlTu. and every
/ body at the Zoo yesterday was happy.
1t was the weather--the sunshine. For
the first time this year indications Of
spring appeared and all OF the animals.
with the exception OF the polar bear,
We're simply speeches. with joy.
The birds were on a lark; the bears had
on their bear skins the goats were butt
ing in" as usual; the elephant was pack
ing his trunk with hay: the camel had
his back up" the owl was looking wise
the peacock was cock Of the walk: the
lion roared with might and name" the
baboon combed his hair. the sea lions
were out in their seal skins; the fretful
porcupine ran about with his quilts on
end the chipmunk chirped. and the
monkeys were In thsir most frolicsome
Woodland IT was all on account Of the
springlike day.
The crowd yesterday was a large one
and the people were all out for a good
time. Among the visitors were two old
Indians. Utes from Wyoming. Many Of
the animals they had never seen before.
But there were some there that they had
seen and hunted long years ago. AS the
two old men stood about the buffalo cor
raj the sight Of the animals evidently re-
called fond recollectons Of the plains
Only few words passed between them.
They stood rapt IN thought, Finally
both moved toward the elephant house,
noddng their heads gently, as If TO say.
It's too bad. "
As the two braves walked away the
buffal0es looked after them. And as the
two old warriors left the park their last
glance backward was IN the direction Of
the bunaIoes. Nothing appealed to them
Ike this cage Of the one-time monarch
Of the American plains. The red men
booked at the deer, and the antelope, and
the other animals. but the bufaloes were
their one thought
There were twelve new arrivals at the
Zoo during the week. One of these was
brought by express. The others came
by the stork route. Ten Of the new ar
rivals are Dingo puppies. born at the Zoo.
Another is a little monkey which is just
five days ago. The other newcomer is a
prong horned antelope from Kansas,
AS usual the monkey cages were the
center Of attraction yesterday, and par
ticularly little Maggie. the baby Mag
gie's mother is a South American mon
key. Her name, too, is Maggie. Il Is
rare for monkeys Of this species 10 bear
young in this climate. Little Maggie was
the pet Of the crowd yesterday, the idol
OF the keepers, and the envy Of all the
other monkeys eighty Of them.
Little Maggie is so ugly that she Is
actually cute Old Maggie hasn't got any
the better OF her little one as TO
beauty neither have the rest OF her cage
mates Old Maggie is the boss OF the
cage, Her young one hangs on her hack
during the daytime, and at night sleeps
in her arms. Little Maggie is "a hanger
on from way back. The mother cdts
UP and jumps about the cage as much as
the others, but she can't lose the little
one, who has already learned the art Of
sticking 20 a good thing when she gets Il.
old Pete" a baboon in the monkey
house sits around "a great deal as II
he were In the wrong cage. Pete has a
chair and a table In his cell. and uses
these articles ia about the same way that
some men do. When he is fed he never
forgets his manners. but always carries
the food 10 the table in case the attendant
has been so impolite as 10 throw the
eatables IN carelessiy on the floor
The spider monkey, so called. because
he is shaped about like a star fish, IS the
real acrobat 81 the monkey family. The
little rays of sunshine that penetrated the
monkey house yesterday made all OF them
joyous. 1t is seldom that a monkey falls,
no matter how difficult the stunt he is
performing. But yesterday there was an
execution. One OF the spider boys had a
hard fall lie had been showing of all
afternoon. and had made ali the others
green with envy when the accident oc-
CURED He was dazed for a moment,
looked at the crowd disgustedly, and went
10 a corner and sulked.
"Atchie. is the pioneer monkey at the