The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-22
CHlMPANZEE THAT LAUGHS
RRoF. GARNER BRINGS SUSIE
FROH AFRICAN JUNGLE.
wants 70 snow Her 90 ssr. aernaday
she Was = Chiid's Laugh Can Das-
tlnEulsh Colors- Garner knows Mine
monkey words Feet Gertlias.

sus.. whose surnAme has not been
s.,er-~d. arrived yesterday by the French
liner la Touraine. ohaperoued by her
fc..a. father. Prof Richard l.. Garner
The only scientific man living who has
f.rlillari7ad himself with the Ian g,IAgs
OF ths sn'hropoids Susie IL very young.
Anomaly precocious and has n vo-
cabulary that the professor says he under
stands She is able TO distinguish colors
md shapes and likes beer and vine in
podrra'lou But her browning achieve.
u-u, Wh.gh d,1-rrntiat.s her from all
oinr- rhlmpin1ecs and anthropoids. il
TIA, 81" can laugh right out loud II IL
. D. tSrswopd- grraw or maiden'y
nnr~- nlr pretty close imitation u -
chHd, .augh
P-u' G5ru"t said ha had heard that
P--.'. Hprn1ily ~ the Bronx Zoo
hAn >a.i b" had never heard 81 chin.
rang".. 'lt. could laugh aud that he would
H,pra .ptrr,ur' Susie 20 Mr. Hornaday
P-.' Garner has been living in jungle
lAnd and STUDYING chimpanzess and goril
"A. a.sduou-lv and uninterruptedly, he
sav, for 'hr laSr TX and half years
H. s...gtai place. IN tt- French Congo
asAr lAN" Frrnan \as lie took with
b. 100 hon he started for his camp ia the
INTERIOR a steel cage six and half feet
sllArs Thus went To the bottom ~ -
uSy n winch his canoe was upset and he
aAi - make a bamboo cage To replace "
4 native cook and house hoy were his
onv attendants. and he carried two rifles.
On" an AUTOMATIC for Use IN defending
his he l.acau-- th.. ub J-ct of hi. isolation
~as solely ~ study a. Close quarter
Tie habits ~ the gorilla aud chimpanz.e
and ga' acquainted with their method %
communication His study % more than
aN years IA winch he was on intimate
terms with tv"nty-twO chimpanz.ss
and Mn. gorii'as convincss him that the
en- npanysss have Ian qua e. ~ near As
the professor can maze ont % twenty
words or sounds He said
/ have tahulated twelve or fourteen
cords and | think | understand min.
When | say this ! am not exaggeratiug
! do not claim TO nave done any more
than ! actually nave done NV sGperi-
ment- have subjected me To q great deal
II rIiic'ile and have been quoted as saw
ne things that | did not say | have
frequently used the warning call % the
,nimpangees and they have answered u
q the bushes
The ship new men a-,rd 10. professor
. please sound ia" cal H. loOAa.,i them
over and remarked that ~ wa barely
q proper place aboard ship 10 indulge
n Jungle cries From m. professor :
oppression the ship news men were an
ABLE 10 tell whether or not he feared that
they could respond in unison To the call
Tie word that the professor refused 70
Utter would he equivalent in English to
Look OUT or Beware or ia the Ian
siage 81 the street boys. Cheese Il, the
COP
The professor says that chin pan lees
have a vague moral SENSE They mate
Lie some humans and are faithful TO their
mates. also they respect the right Of
other chimpanZse- to their partners
When chimpsnye- family takes up
its home IN a certain tree rhe other chin
pSn,ee- recoRnizs TIA. property right of
thereof The professor has -aen cases
uuere orphan chimpanze-s w-r. adopted
By mother chimpanzee-
The professor says he saw some giant
SonIlas two OF which were At least SIX
Fee tall and weighed between go aud
NJ pound. II was a mistake to think
tbai gorillas attacked native women
They appeared 10 be "a much afraid Of |
mar and woman A. man and woman |
were afraid Of them There In no doubt |
that the gorilla would dSht, but only when |
he feared for the safety OF his family !
The head Of the family was always the |
bs,,ler
tn" Professor was never attacked. hut !
b was very much startled once by the |
appearance % a huge gorilla in a place |
tta' b" had selected for q second camp |
Of ot.s"rvatIon He had Oeen told Ivy |
aesl-i Of the Baheli tribe about this place
Nlrh The chef said was populated with |
soriia- and Chlmpanzces. The chiefs \
90 and nephew went with the professor |
A'sr they had travelled several days |
nry came TO the bank Of a stream and |
AT on II and ate luncheon Tho chiefs /
rsatives said this was the place where /
&c snfhropoids abounded He had taken |
'Gfhis pipe and filed itand was beginning |
. smoke when the chiefs son touched |
I'm on the shoulder and whispered In
enlightened tone:
'Nfyi'-
Ihat meant gorilla. The professor
sN up and saw the rushea part no, more
L@n forty feet away. Then through the
p"ni1g emerged ths giant form of the
asfoe-t looking creature thu professor
,'T lad ssen. He was more than ak
'-et Vail and he looked every inch OF 4,
d raised himself alongside the sap
ans Wat ho had grasped with his right
AUD and glared at the white man. He
'hook the aaplineas-if he were about 20
'H " - bythe roots and use IL as a con
l'sht niShistick. The professor was
I'gA'y glad The big brute was unaware /
AZ, strength There was fear. a NIGER
ma '"'ocity depicted on the atiyerinz
sc ~ %" gorilla a. 10 emitted a cry that
'"'hH'd Ike a cross between an Indian
-. aid -" baying ~ n dog
Al" Professor and the native. with
-. W. r'r"'"d this cry as a warning 90