The Washington times., 1908-07-13

smoked and drank ike a man. Pris-
cilla used TO marvel how Polly could live
with such creature
In public he was ALI affection TO
ROXY; one day he squeezed her so hard
tnat ne broke two OF her ribs. But as
soon as the crowds departed and she
vas al MS mercy. he used 10 swear ar
her ana beat her. Polly never told the
keeper. She had a great deal OF pride
lnen one day she G'ed You would
mink Dobarg would have been glad. Not
ne, he pinned away and actually died,
too He said his heart was broken.
Priscilla said he missed some one TO
aouse But 1 think he died OF remorse.
Dooarg was not a gentleman. but he
was certainly very human.
NoW, as TO this matter or being i'm
llauVe. DO they think. these scientists,
that we learned to do stunts on swings
ana bars by watching the acrobaIs in
the circus? It's the vaudeville perform
eTs who are indebted TO US. I've known
many OF them menagerie is not
az exclusive place. Imitation Why a
kitten taken away from its mother at
oirta VIII catch nice without being
taught, and monkey with no maternal
instruction or example viii catch fieas.
Psychological Test.
Mr.. Haggerty has arranged a special
cage IN which 10 exploit his experiments.
me monkey within can see no one out
SIDE There is sliding door through
which he receives food-if he lifts the
door himself. Mr.. Hagsertys test was:
II the monkey discovers and shoves up
tnat door without being shown how Il
Is done he is imaginative. II he does
II aiter seeing IL done by some one else
he Is initiative
Wen. When poor old Stanley was put
into the experiment cage we couldn't
see him. but we could see the outer side
OF the sliding door and the food in The
little box. so we simply yelled al Stan
ley 10 test the walls and he would get
what was coming 20 him-and he did
II Professor Garner had been around we
couldn't have given Stanley the tn. but
as II Is, Mr.. Haggerty beams when Stan
ley opens his trap door and takes in his
bread and bananas.
"Imitative?'' Absurd, We nave recen-
tive minds. yes; but we don't accent
everything. Now. Priscilla here has the
normal feminine passion for personal
aoornnent- She'd like that green tassel
-"ouidnt you, Priscilla? But she
wouldn't wear a cartwhe Ell hat Just be-
ca use every other monkey had one.
All Dress Differently.
I'VE all dress differently. Look al
that Humboldt wooIly monkey-gray
coat and black cap. Look at ne. with
white shirt and brown vest. Look at
that lenlur beast-what h='s doing with
US the stupidity OF man alone knows
With tail all rings Of white and black.
we don't steal each others clothes
You never see a monkey with an eIe-
plants coat or frogs legs, do you?
Well. look at yourself-calfskin shoes.
silkworm suit. chamois gloves. and an
ostrich feather hat, And you call US
Initiative, Ha, ha, Ia,
"One word more. Please contradict
that asinine canard about our getting
out Of our cage and tearing up Mr.. Hag-
gerty's books. smashing his watch. *.
The incident was very simple. We did
get out-we needed a change: it's very
wearisome 70 sit here observing him al
day long But we didn't touch his
watch, or use his soap. as some morn
ing newspaper nature-faker asserted
We did read MS note book. and made
a few recommendations. Priscilla. who
hasn't bad sense II EumJr for a W-Orl-
an. had an attack OF Mysteries when
she had read one Dase- 1 reserve my
opinion.
Mr.. Haggerty says hts observations
are stiu IN their infancy. Well, shall we
say that that lets him out2"