Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-05
An Ape Thar Has Made Good

There was printed in this paper
a few days age areport by the Lon
don Daily News of memory test
to which a highly-trained chimpanzee
named Consul had been subjected at
Hotel Cecil. The apes performance
to be frank, did not seem remark
able, inasmuch as many dog wound
be regarded as intolerably stupid if
he could not recognize his master
after a three months absence, and
all that Consul did To show of his
memory was 10 recognize joyfully
his manager after a separation OF
that duration. But Consul is undoubt-
edly capable of meeting successfully
much severer test of his mental
powers than any other of the lower
animals now alive. No one ever saw
trained dog that could equal this
apes performance in initiating hui
man kind; aand it is probable thai
all who have witnessed his public
appearances have come away con-
WINGED that, if we are not descend.
ants OF the monkeys, the most high
| ly developed apes are the species
nearest 10 ourselves in the scale of
animal life.
| What Consul can do Is worth tell
ing before 1t Is explained how he
came TO do il. He has both a pub
lie ana a private life, of course. like
an opera singer or a president OF
the United States. and each is in
teresting in the extreme His public
life consists III a daily performance
at The London hippodrome, an ac-
count of which is given in some de-
tail by the Spectator, which thinks
him about as important after ALL
as a prime mil Ter. 1t Is plea
sure TO quote &, vivid and enter
tanning a description OF Consul as
! this
He comes running in dressed in
iordinary mans clothes. and hangs
tup first his hat and then his over
coat ON pegs on a stand. Then he
proceeds to have lunch. He is lifted
into a chair by a valet a napkin is
handed 10 him, and he tucks it a.
round his neck Then he touches
the electric hutton al his side. and
looks round with an air of polite
boredom for the waiter. 'rhe waiter
brings him a plate Of carrot which
he eats using knife and fork
mostly. with rather bad manners. the
knife At intervals, while eating, ne
/ drinks ont of wine glass: he pours
his claret-and.wate ont Of the bottle
with his left hand. and lifts the
glass with his right hand. Having
/ finished the carrots and claret he
.ouches the bell again, ard the wait
er brings n teapot a CIp. milk and
sugar. He pours out cup Of tea,
adds milk and sugar. and then tastes
the tea with a spoon two or three
times: then finding II as he likes
it, he drinks t. of rather quickly
so as 10 get the sugar al the bot.
tom Of the cup Then ne rings the
/ bell again and looks around for Gig,
aret The cigaret IN q holder is
I brought with box Of matches he
puts the cigare holder in his mouth
takes It out of his mouth. between
/ his fingers blows out the match. re-
I places the ciearet and turns around
In his chair, throwing his arm over
the chair-back with be contented in
idolence Of smoker at peace with
he world After little he decides
10 20 to bed and uudre ses himself
carefully taking Of his cost. wa g.
cot trousers. and shirt ftbe shirt
( is he nncar niest Of ain; he is then
left with his boots. which he unlaces
and pulls off Before going 10 bed
he washes AZ basin, slushes bis
head and neck dries his face with
a towel. brushes his teeth and IS