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Show BIRD THAT QUOTES FROM "BILL" MISSING NEW YORK, Not. 2S. "Hooley," a parrot par-rot that quotes whole paragraphs of Ibsen and Shakespeare and speaks English, French and German, the property of Mrs. Grace Fllklns Marts, wife of the Captain of the United States cruiser Minneapolis, has dlssppeared. "Hooley is my first and only pet. said Mrs. Marix. "I used to think such things were foolish, but when we came to know each other he grew almost human. He learned to say things board the Minneapolis Minneapo-lis which won't bear repeating, but they showed he was smart. I was beginning to break him of a few bad habits by reading read-ing 'Much Ado About Nothing' out loud, and he would repeat every word after me. But 'Hooley' bad mare endearing qualities than Intellectuality. Before I arose from bed In the morning he would light on the nearest chair, laugh awhile, and then descend to the coverlet to He feet up in the air and tell Jokes." |