Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-05-22

time for an expert opener of soft CLANS
who is kept busy four hours a day
preparing Flip's meals. Flip's teeth
are still TOO tender to open his own
CLAIMS and as he cats fifty pounds at
a time it can readily be seen that his
title Of most expensive baby is well
canned There is not another baby
Wa'Us in this country and only one
other in the world and that in the
Zoo al Hamburg, Germany.
But Flip is rarely lonesome for he
cries $50 Justify for his friend and
keeper Charles Snyder. Assistant Cur
4tor of reptiles. that he is rarely
alone. He always Darks his JOY at
tho sight Of his friend and hops about
.u his ilippers doing all sorts of queer
mites as long as snyder stays near.
When hc leaves him, though, his wall
ptlful 90 hear.
There is no animal more deeply
'ovcd I'm the park than little Niger"
The brazilian woolcy monkey. He is
ass near human as il is possible for
one of tho baser animals TO be, and he
is as liyal MS ne is Iovable. Niger
is idolzsd by his keepers and by the
children Of the officials of the society.
He ncst.cs as confdingly in their arms
as the most spoilt Of babies. His
tricks arc inimical and he is mischlev-
Gus ana cute. He has the run of the
turtle pen and big Alice. the baby Of
The lot. and ne are close pals. He
scampers over her back, shares his
food with her and when he proffers
her nihble of his choicest tidbits she
exercises the greatest care not to nip
his fingers Tor be 1t remembered
Alice. at a single clutch, could sever
'hc arm or leg Of a man. Niger is
'pn life Of his section. lie is so rare
and costly that he is kept to himself
and out of reach Of the commOncr
/ hrrods of monkeys who scamper and
r1mp .u their cages day in and day
/ out Niger was born to be petted,
. He not only invites it but he demands
I H. lie likes nothing better than to
. curl up in ones arms and snuggle
/ his head down beneath coat collar.
| But when he is put back in his cage
| no win weep and sob for an hour,
I or until some one of the keepers comes
/ along and tcmpts him out Of his hys
/ tcrcal state with a choice bit Of food
/ especially prepared for him.
Mike md Ncttie won their soubri-
/ que', "'ho most expensive babies" be-
cause Of heir purchase price-Sl5,O 900.
/ Thor specie is nearly extinct and
| when they were captured In Central
Africa last spring the bidding among
animal collectors to buy them was
keen and spirited. Agents of the Zoo
logIc0I Society finally came through
with hid Of $4,000, and they were
at once brought to New York. They
arc the last, it is said, of this dimin-
lshinG tribe and there are standing
offers for others Of their kind far in
excess of that paid for them.
And speaking of Alice, the GALAPAGOS
/ tor'"ise) She is we'll worthy of
paragraph 10 herself. Although two
hundred years Old, she is easily the
baby Of the turtle pen. Her sister
Martha is about one hundred and
'IiV years her senior, while Grant,
the ola bachelor turtle, readily recalls
the days ON tho Pacific coast when
tho Indians were freely discussing the
visit Of one they called Christopher Co
lumhus who had Just set sail for a
visit to their relatives on the Atlantic
coast, Alice exercises all the prerog-
atiycs her tender years demand and
She is as coy ANA kittenish as the most
unsophisticated debutante. But her
keepers have hopes of her attaining
years Of discretion and assert that
when she oulgrows her kiddish ways
she viii he as dignlncd as her sister
| Martha.
And now We come to the real clowns
OF the Hoo-Tommy and Tumble
who have the best time of any pair
or youngsters in New York, even
though they get mos5 spankings than
all the other "babies" put together.
This IS not only due to their own
mischief but hecausc their mother,
Henrietta is one of those oldfash-
Toned mothers whose creed is. "spare
the rod and spoil the child" Hence,