The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
LITTLE STORIES CONCERNING {
INHABITANTS OF The zoo

| much to the displeasure Of a scamper-
| ing crow6-she will let out a noise.
| rumbles of which sound penetrate for
miles around.
She is joyful? Mercy. no. Simply
| sneezing!
Chimpanzee Has the Blues.
Chin Panzy, renowned knife and
fork artist. who enjoys in his private
cage a high tilted table and chair.
has fallen out OF the 800 class. This
old gentlemen. from whose forbears
Darwin persisted all man was de-
scended. is suffering from a spell of
the blues and fatty refused yester-
day to bat out his old time antics
to an anxiously awaiting crowd.
Instead, crouched in a corner of
his cage with his hairy. human-hands
! folded with uncanny manishness. he
/ sits and studies the faces turned to-
ward him.
They will throw peanuts at him.
Call him. coax him. jeer at him and
whistle to him but all the reponse
they receive is a series of solemn
| winks.
1t may be that sometime he has
| seen someone in the crowd whom he
I recognized and is brooding for the
return of face. Il may be his keeper
mas allowed splinter to remain in his
Httle chair. But whatever il is. il
mas depressed him and must be re-
| moved before he will again frolic
/ carefree in his improvised gymna-
/ SUM and ntersperse his meals with
| inimitable antics.
Alas, and chimpanzees may come
TNa ~
never will be another Chin" Panzy.
Defassa Is Loyal
Defassa Waterbuck, dear pubIic
Defassa Waterbuck!
Now that We have been properIy
introduced I would like to tell YOU a
little about myself. First, 1 want to
impress upon you that 1 am abso-
lutely not of German extraction.
even though my pedigree does state
that tnhabit German East Africa.
MY home was on the banks of the
Nile and my brothers, sisters and
trlends and everybody dear to me
elther came from that vicinity or
from Abyssinia, Southern Uganda or
May p. vi
and most important, I want to
conhde to you that 1 am the loneIiest
animal In captivity, having been neg
iected by those who pass my cage for
nearly two years. OF course 7 dIdn,t
know anything about the great war
until l read in this paper two weeks
ago about the German Jackdaws
VINO live near me, being snubhed on
It's account 1t then occurred 10 me
mat people thought because this Iit-
tie green pedigree sign in front of
my cage contained the word 'Ger-
man that I came from that country
did not. And 1 want to further saw
that 1 don't even know what a spiked
helmet looks like.
I have very large. velvety ears
chew my cud and am proud of a pair
OF striped and shapely horns. 1 have
loVable disposition, keep nv furry
skin clean and make no disagreeabIe
noisess Also. I crave more visitors.
All US animals out here read about
ourselves in The Herald and we are
very Jealous over our degree Of pop
ularity. Yours with horns.
ID. W. BUCK"
oyalty nnd Gouf,
bra Juno" the same one which
wal presented to former President
theodore Roosevelt by King Menelik,
OF Abyssinia. in 1904. is suffering with
the gout.
visitors at his cage yard yesterday
afternoon voiced considerable appre-
hension over his dilemma. Hereto
fore' the distinctively marked quad
raped has pranced about the confines
of his yard just as II he were back
nome in Somaliland, but now he is
forced to either walk with studied
care or downright limp.
On his fore right hoof there has
grown an abnormal extension which
has so turned that leg as to make
him appear as II he had a club foot.
His other three hoofs are Just as trim
and round as ever. He has ACQUIRED
the habit of lifting the foot and lick
Ing 1t with his tongue as IL it panied.
Jerry" and Baby Gates" two
other zebras who live next door to
Juno" cannot understand what afls
their distinguished royal brother.