Show MONKEY PLAYED MANY PARTS defined by customs men as a bird a handbag and a dog on the travels of a monkey from genoa to heidelberg an amusing farce might be written A german gentle men brought from southwest africa a tiny monkey weighing barely a couple of pounds from tanga to genoa all went well with the lilli butlan animal it waa a favorite with everyone and traveled free until genoa was reached when its troubles began brought under the notice of the ge loese customhouse authorities it was deprived of its identity it is no longer an animal it became and as a bird on which 28 cents was charged it was conveyed to the swiss frontier where at a stroke of the customhouse officer s wand it was tran storn ed into a cat at the in creased assessment ases of ind borne by train to zurial on its arrival tra e it ceased as a cat to exist and became a mere pack age an item of luggage that was con veed to constance tor the nominal bum of 16 cents still as luggage though prized from a package into a handbag it went on its way to stuttgart where a great honor awaited it it was on payment of 2 04 exalted into a dog and it was as a dog that it ended its journey at the university town of heidelberg stories |