The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-11
MONKEYS WE'D
WITH CEREMONY
In Presence Of Elders, Young Couple
Share an Orange and
~" Co6oanut

IN al army Oill"l ldihllt az Nal Abt
posts IN This country While he ap
peared enthusiastic about the United
States. he WAS delighted al the pros
pee OF going home again anu said 5,
as he SAT- Ia The waiting room ot ths
sylyauia railroad in Jersey city
Serbian is bright eyed Fagalo
about twenty years old he was neat
~ dressed and took pride in his
American clothes ami the American
manners he acquired during ms 50
jouIn in America
Warts 20 Be q Lawyer.
He said he had attended night
school and had studied hard aud telJ
sure be could get "a good job teach
ing English iu his native village bat
DC did not intend to make schoU.
seaching his lie work. because he ana
not believe there Was enough money
in It, tie wants 10 go 10 college and
study law. believing there is bright
hiture for the Filipino lawyer lie
added ne has outlined a plan for get
ting the money 10 complete lbs edu-
cation.
When told there are scholarships
offered 20 bright Filipino BOYS be said
the idea OF a scholarship did not ap-
neal 10 him because he wanted 20 be
independent He said he had refused
two good offers on this account feel
ing that BY accepting the offers he
would become an object OF CHART!
He said that after having worked Tor
two years in a mental position ne
strongly felt the desire 10 become a
boss on his own account
Pressed 10 tell how he intended 10
make his educational money. as he
called H. he said that after teaching
school for a year or SO he could save
enough money TO start a small show
that he hoped 20 get IN one OF the
vaudeville circuits of America. He
added that the expense OF conducting
the show would be slight, and II he
could manage II the profits would be
large enough in a couple of years 10
pay his way through college
Monkey Show Is His Idea.
'What kind OF show DO YOU pro
pose 10 start9" he was asked
"a monkey show" he said, but not
the ordinary kind.-that is. do not
mean the kind OF monkey show
usually seen on the vaudeville stage.
Mine. II | can work IT, will be- dis
tinct novelty in the monkey show
business.
"For my assistant and principal
trainer" he continued Il shall secure
the services OF an old man who has
worked in my fathers rice paddles FOR
many wears This criado, as We call
him. is very ignorant about most
things. but thoroughly understands the
ways OF monkeys. as he lives In the
mountains back OF our home. He is q
Chinaman and his mother was
Tagalo. His name is Pablo. As &
boy | have seen him make dozer
monkeys do tricks that are far more
astonishing than | have seen either
Peter the Great or Consul do.
"While am teaching school "a
make money for our expenses. Pablo
ran be training the monkeys. One o.
the tricks | propose 10 exhibit will Toe
the attack and defense OF our town
Los Soldados Americanos. as We call
the American soldiers, attacked and
captured l.ipa in January 1900. Il Is
my plan 10 have one set OF monkeys
represent the attacking parties OF
Americans and another set represent
the defending patriots. or insurgents
as you Americans call them
but the star trick will be the mon
key marriage ceremony. This has
been seen by few people. Pablo often
told me about it when | was child
aud shortly before left home he took
me TO the edge of the bamboo thicke'
that lined the river and told me q
watch the monkeys. Pretty soon two
old monkeys, and one much younger
left the bamboos and ran 10 papays
tree. The old monkeys sat on the
ground short distance from the
tree. while the young one ran up II
and sat on a branch Pablo said il
was the father and mother monkeys
and the daughter monkey. He said
the parents were ready to have their
daughter courted
Awful Fight Followed.
"In few minutes there was a great
chattering among monkeys in the
bamboos Then young male mon
key jumped 10 the ground and started
toward the papaya tree. Just then an
other young male monkey-Chungo
as we call them-ran after the first
one They had an awful fight threw
stones. got bamboo sticks and beat
each other Pablo said both were in
love with the monkey i'm the tree
All the other monkeys jumped TO tho
ground and sat chattering around
them. watching the fight
The battle did not last very long
When ~ was over the victor ran OF
and got an orange which he placed
under The papaya tree.
AS soon MS he put IL there the
female monkey in the tree jumped
down and got green cocoamt from
. nearby grove and placed 10 on the
ground near the orange The YOUNG
male monkey peeled the orange and
gave Il 10 his sweetheart. then bit in
% the cOcoanul until he got az the
milk The female monkey took q
irink Of the cocOanut milk and gave
one TO the male monkey Then the,
divided the orange and ate IL. eacr
taking sips OF the coceanut milk
When the milk and the orange Wer,
gone. the male monkey got a hambo,
stick and gave IL 10 his sweetheart
She took II and hit him with 10 severa
times aud Unattended the marriage
- think ] could maze Il, lot o.
money With any monkey show" s6,
Filipe
A Gallant Answer.
GLADYS ishowing the family albuml
This 4 my Aunt Hannah They say
resemble her She died spinster
Tom leflnaiYelNl. I'm smrr I'M