The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-01
CHARLIE |. COMING HERE
ChimpanZee Circus Performer the
Greatest Freak in Worlds S
History.

Inc greatest bicycle rider and &C.
robat in the world is noChing but a
chlmpauzee. his name is Ch&slis
the First and he Is easily the star Jt
The 100 artists with the Barnum ano
Bailey Greatest Snow on Earth lie
seems to have all the divine gifts of
manor course. excepting the power
ot speech. Darwin said there was a
missing link in the chain that con
meets man with the lower animals.
The scientists of today have asked
Charlie the First To move up from
the foot OF his class and take the
vacancy.
In 1903 a party OF scientists found
Charlie the First in the forest that
mugs the equator in Africa He did
not run from them, as would be sup
posed. Instead, he walked confident
ly up to one OF the party and offered
him an armful OF coCoanuts. When
the scientists pushed on, the animal
followed, first running in TO the thick
ct and bringing along with him a
crude mattress, woven from barks
and moss. Charlie marched with the
party for days. Seeing the negro ser
wants carrying water and mel at meal
times, he helped them.
AS an experiment the scientists
placed the animal in the care OF the
skipper Of a tramp steamer, whore he
learned without coaching to wash
dishes and keep the deck clean On
his return TO London, eight months
later. ono OF the party, a Or Buch-
anan, took the animal with him and
there began TO prepare him for an eN-
hib.t The animal learned rapidly
He learned more by his desire 10 imi.
tate than by being urged to his tasks
The Idea of exhibiting Charlie the
First with circus did not occur to
the doctor until one day he discoy-
cred that the animal could ride his
bicycle. Scientists and doctors be.
gan TO come long distances to see the
chlmpan2ee which had been described
as the missing link. Among those 10
take an interest In the wonderful crc-
ature were the King OF England. En-
peror William and Alfon2o OF Spain.
There was but one opinion Charlie
the First was The missing portion Of
the Darwinian chain.
The London agent OF the Barnum
ard Bailey Circus induced DR. Buch-
anan to bring the animal to America,
and II VIII be seen in Ogden on Wed.
nesday, August 10. as one OF the
features with the big show. Every
thing Charlie the First does proves
him more human than animal. He
has chosen the clothing and the hab-
its of a man. He dimes with the use
OF full table equipment. He sleeps
In bed and carries a watch IN
private life he is amiable and appreci-
alive. lie plays on the plano, pitch
es horseshoes and plays billiards
His keeper is merely the janitor Of
mis- little house, for Charlie the First
sewS on his own buttons and shines
his shoes. AS performer he excels
man He is an accomplished bare
back rider. a sklllful trapeze artist.
a finished high-wire walker. a clever
Jrggler. splendid acrobat and
funny clown.
On one of the stages he presents
a bicycle ACT he created himself. Mere
Instinct could not evolve such skill
Anyone who rides bicycle knows II
requires the judgment and reason OF
human intelligence 10 learn. Yet this
creature is . greater rider than any
men ever seen with n circus Here
are the proofs that Charlie the First
possesses a divinity of mind far i'm
excess of Natures intent