The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-15

String beans he delights in. Put hir
on one side of the table and hold GU
string bean on the other, and h
comes over to you with a sort of gal
Looping run that is laughable. Mex
he takes the bean between his tw
hands," sits upright and proceed
to eat the delicacy from top to bot
tom. discarding the tough fiber Of tn
edge as he does SO. AS he manch.
he watches you intently to see IT, yo
have any more beans. occasion ut
tering a soft grooming word o
thanks and enjoyment Don't tel m
that monkeys haven't a language =,
their own!
About once q week he Is given q
morsel OF raw beef and how he doe:
enjoy 1t! Other meats he will mo-
touch. He drinks water once or twict
daily but always out of a spoon. OF
fer 1t to him in a cup or glass anc
he shifts disdainfully, but won
touch it, no matter how thirsty h,
may be. Lately he has developed G
taste for cold coffee, but at tea hi
literally turns up his mite Of a nose
When he goes to bed he brings hi.
tail upwards between his legs anc
tucks its trip over his face. Then hi
crosses his arms, brings his knees III
as near his chin as possible and look:
like a small ball of gray fur. II you
try to pull his tail away from his
face, he chatters sleepy protest
while doing his utmost to stop yor
from removing his comforter
have said that he sings Books or
natural history will tell you that I'm
not fibbing. Usually he sings in the
morning or sometimes during the
day when he is feeling very happy
AS such times he crouches on the
swing of his cage or on the back
of chair, II he Ia given the liberty
Of the room, and begins to chirp and
twitter just like a canary bird that
isn't quite sure Of Its vocal powers
SO closely does his voice resemble
that Of the bird named. that visitor,
before now have asked permission &c
see the canary with the queer song
When Mac Is angry his remarks ars
of an unmistakable nature, Wher
he Is hungry he makes his wants
known by his talk. When he i,
sleepy he has a note that Is like
that of a very small and drowsy baby
Sometimes he will gossip to you In
a confidential manner, just for the
love of talking Naturally all his
speaking Is done in small sounds, but
It's none the less eloquent.
Mac loves to talk" over the tele-
phone. Sometimes when a friend calls
up, he is brought to the instrument
the receiver Is put to his ear. and
the person at the other end speaks
to him. The marnoet, listening. puts
his head to one side. his eyes brighten
and he talks back In a manner tina
Is positively human.
He loves to be cuddled by his In
Inmates. If he Is put on the floor
and near one Of the ladies. he runs
up her dress until he reaches her
neck, where he nestles his head. his
arms clinging to her collar. II he Is
removed he cries aggrievedly. as
much as to say, why disturb me
Is of tropical birth, he loves warmth.
Put his cage where the sun can shine
on 1t. and he will turn on his back
and lie there, blinking and muttering
to himself until he remembers that
It is dinner time.
He Is a clearly little creature In
every way and behaves like the gen.
tleman that he is. Very fond of a
bath Is he. Of which he has one twice
week. When he gets out OF the
water with his fur stuck close to his
body and his eyes blinking and wa
terry. he looks the most forlorn morse
that you can imagine. but rub and
rest puts him all right again.
Since Mac exchanged his fores.
home for an apartment not far from
Riverside drive, New York, he has
had several thrilling adventures. Once
his box-bed caught on fire, but no.
body ever knew, and he was rescued
just in time. For a couple of days he
wheezed and coughed and choked, and
his owners tearfully came to the con-
clusi IN that they We're going to lose
him: but he managed TO pull through
On another occasion he made his
escape from the apartment by an
open window. After a long hunt II
Was noticed that a couple OF cats
were watching ventilation graf ng
in the basement of the building. Mac,
in order to escape the pussies. had
crawled through this grating and was
sitting inside, scared and chattering
dismally. 1t took a plumber and d
chisel to rescue him.
On still another occasion he disap-
peared. Hours passed and the search
for HIM proved fruit.ess. Then one
Of his owners, thinking that he was
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bed and began to cry. AS she did SO
there came soft chatter from be-
meath one of the pillows, which, on
being lifted, showed drowsy Mac, who
had simply slowed himself away for
a long nap.
Once the marmoset was taken to
the Bronx Zoo to see his relatives In
The monkey house there. Some OF
these seemed to be friendly, while
others made faces and all kinds OF
unpieasa mt remarks 1t MIN. He him
self took it all very coolly. 1t was
amusing to see him look at the other
monkeys and then at his human
friends. as much as to say, How
much better Off / am than those fell
lows behind the bars" The people
that Mac met In the zoo were much
interested In him, but couldn't quite
make out what sort of an animal he
was. Some Of them declared that he
was a species of SQUIRREL others that
he was a tiny cat, and one nice, tat
old lady spoke of him as that pretty
little dog"
Mac has passed through one WIN
ter in the North. and 1t IL hoped that
he will live through many Of them.
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