Eureka Reporter | 1902-11-21 | Page 5 | Tale of a Bashful Monkey

TALE OF A 13 BASHFUL ASHFUL MONKEY simian at ph ladelphia will only chum with a cat the zoo has a bashful monkey the keepers call him bashful willie he was born in the garden one year ago and Is tha son of the large japanese monkey whose destructive ties have earned for her the sobriquet I 1 carrie nation carrie was with wlllie willie in a separate cage until he was tour four months old he ile was then placed in the large cage with the other rn monkeys but he was found to be too bashful to live in their corn com pany he kept on bowing right and lett left but was too timid to eat or even drink in the presence ot of others A special cage was placed in keeper mccrossan a office and there in soil boll tude bashful willie is thriving the only company he enjoys Is snake keeper hess white cat which has become famous for having one blue and yellow eye the cat pays regu regular larl visits to wlllie willie and allows allow S him to pull her tall through the bar A few days ago wlllie willie bad had a cough and it was thought advisable to bring the mother to him but even carrie was repulsed by wlllie willie who screamed loud and burled buried his head in a corner philadelphia ledger