| Show i t. t r. r p is 4 4 o. o 4 44 4 4 4 4 44 4 44 it The Amorous Baboon f L I Prune Prune-Is t tI I t tt f. f ft c NIS to the bus busy Pre Press g Abl gent Agent nt T THANKS the fa Came mo of oC the Jealous JealouS' the amorous baboon had preceded preceded preceded pre pre- ceded him to America anti when tho the anImals from the Paris Pails hippodrome had been saC l safely to their i dens In tile the Arena nt at Dreamland he was wis tho the center of or attraction as he lie her r limbered up his muscles In tho the large flu r monkey y capo cage after the cramped cd ac accommodations nc- nc of the mall traveling k box hox He lie had hall gained n a reputation n ns as a masher In Paris Palls but never nc had the menagerie attendants ecu him him so madly In love and s so o In Insanely Jealous as upon his first Introduction to American Amer mCl lean ican beauty as exemplified b by the fall fair ti woman who tood before his cage 4 Jocko ocko T was not the tue first male be beJ being be- be J ing Ing- who had been fascinated by the F ch cliV charms Ins Ims of the tho Irlma Donlia luring durIng T 7 her career for COI she had been through th tho Iho marriage ceremony so o often that v she s-ho l o could coull Y f say It backwards never nc forgetting for for- I 4 getting LI to 10 cross crO I her hel nn lingers ers before saying say say- 81 1 L' L I ing Ig I Until death do us part pail Tho The J J 4 I I f D. D I. I I 0 i I. I o v L I d. d J V Y J J i. i 7 1 t fu 1 W r l i. i W c l' l Jv 31 li I J n o 1 f A t z I 4 a 01 L P. P f 5 t ft l oJ I t 7 o t-f t iP t h-t 1 i f t J t r lie He in mo k c cJ II Ills his I s. s CI cigar lIr In I. I. I t tho tue I 10 lobby bb lit like II II oIt oilier Pile Proprietor dicu the Strangers Stranger's allen atten- 1 lion to the group before beCore tho the cage a l mischievous smile on un his face as us ho d looked over the half dozen of or callow youths who arc aro always In the train of oC the PrIma Donna r I Watch Patch out for squalls over thel there t lie he nd Jocko locko Is 18 affectionate now no t C but bul inhere herc will be Le something doing In InI Ina I a few Cew minutes Tho The monkey was S using all alJ of or the blandishments known i 1 t to an amorous baboon and although t I. I tle the words Ill of his soft chattel chattering Ing were I unintelligible their Import could not i. i b be mistaken by a pa past pait t mistress 3 of oC the gentle art ait of oC lovemaking but the J. J Prima Donna could not be beguiled J Into placing herself within reach each of uC the to tho halt hairy paws Suddenly his mood changed chang for one of or her hel male companions com corn JJ placed his hand hail on her arm ann to attract her hOI attention and Jocko gIving a 11 howl of ra rage c danced madly up UI and down on Oil all alJ fours Cours showing a vicious set of fangs as hl his lips curled back In ILL a hideous snarl The bans of t his f cage ge were CIO strong and so close to together tu- tu I gether that he could not get el out to 1 attack his rival but bul up a 0 al amass l mo mass of oC utter litter from from flom the and sh showered Prima Donna and callow I youth alike His screams echoed 4 through tho the Arena Aremia and cau caused d even the majestic lions and the thc haughty haught tigers erH to lo look In the thc direction of oC the c cage ge of oC tho the despised cd Bandar Lo Log and made the smaller animals un un- un easy The woman who was described 1 I ed cd on the pro program ram as Famous Famous Fam Fain ous Society Woman had torn toni orn herself herself her her- self elC away from Crom her arduous social duties with tho the Four Hundred to exhibit cx- cx hibit a n troupe of oC leopards to a Coney I Inland Iland land audience uce her Identity concealed conceal conceal- I ed by b- ba a small black mask and amI her performance in lii the bl big cage was In Interrupted interrupted In- In by the noise BO so the Proprietor Pro Pro- thought It time to Interfere The fhe Prima Primo Donna laughed good good- natured 03 WJ he lie helped to brush the sawdust dust and and litter from Crom her dress a and tactfully drew her awa away and Jocko quIeted down and amid Implored her herto to return but she ho was accustomed to J 1 I gentler nUCI wooing and refused to put c her dainty gown Iown a again aln In Jeopardy Jocko gave quite a performance to toI tonight to- to I 1 night said the Proprietor as us he joined joined join Jolt ed cd tho the Press Agent and the Stranger Strang at nl the table after aCter the show That baboon laboon Is crazy about women omen but he or hasn't the thc discrimination of ff Consul the most intelligent monkey that ever lived You may remember that he was never l' l quiet In IT his cage coge but If fr a specially well woman stopped In front of or It he ed pla played entirely to lo her and when sho she moved away hl IsIs his e eyes followed her hel as long as she also was as asin In There is-e is bre wl will l never be another like Inc Consul ul Bald said the P Iress I ress S Agent shaking shak ing lug his head sadly adl He lie made m my Job a sinecure for fOl he was vas good for COl a column an any da day and antI a full pa page e on Sundays Never un until the Missing Link Is discovered replied the Proprietor 1 dont don't believe a more human monkey y will ill ever bo ho found round and anti I attribute his wonderful intelligence ence to the tho fact that he entirely with human beings beings heInss be he- I ings almost from frons tho the da day of his birth I got him from COm the captain of ofa a n tramp steamer which traded to the thc P Vest Po st Coast and I J paid a go bit of money for or him bins too I 1 have haveE E never cl dared to tell his carl early eaily history n as It was told lo m me for rOl fear I should be tie laughed at for Cor a liar lIal but 1 stranger er things happen In lb the animal business than titan ever got Into Ino print and I If I dated rI risk ilsk k Iny my I imputation by telling the things s ing-s which h actually occur In a men I I I I IZe 1 l t 1 1 I i i. i J u if Ju H 1 r J M Ll f r I L l' l j l A 4 Ta tl 1 I Lidy Ib HIM 1 lao I M nil all V c cred I 1 l' l should nevel never need a Press s ent but a plausible lie He IK Is accept whore where a n truth which sounds rounds Improbable Improbable improbable able ls Is turned down The Press Agent looked at him re reproachfully reproachfully reproachfully re- re but agreed with the pro proposition positiOn n. n Do you ou know I have found that thal to be bo true when I have havo visited the newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper offices he said I I 1 have actually actu actu- ally ully had to lo embroider some iome of tho the accounts accounts accounts ac ac- ac- ac counts of things which have ha happened happen happen- ed here I suspected It for tor I didn't nize Borne some of tho the stories Eloi when I saw t-aw a I them thorn In print answered the Proprietor Pro Pro- smiling at al him approvingly Ho consented to tell the 11 history to 1 ol 01 I i. i foe I tr r. r Consul the famous chimpanzee when I the uie Stranger cr expressed hi lila his entire credulity and the Press Agent n. n assumed assum assum- SU ed id d an encouraging and sympathetic atE attitude I t U d e. e or OC course I have hae to take tale the ship captains captain's word woid for COI what happened ned be before before before be- be fore I bought ht him but hut CIU 01 ho wa wn ny the thc chimp developed J and the Intelligence Intelli gence he lie displayed after he lie came cause Into my pot possession Joti I am prepared to be- be c lIe It He lie told m me inc that ho lie go ot him hun from the natives at t the tIme mouth of oC ofa ofa a n small river on Oil the West est Coast where he anchored 1 his steamer to t trade 1 They camo carno off about the i shIp In their canoes but lie he Il did lil not mint care for Cor the rubber and ivor Ivol thc they had to offer and he was as about to tu ho hoist t anchor when one of them who was In a small smal canoe canol with n a woman motioned to him hini to op Tho Time woman was crouched up UI fn Iii the sterll n nursing the cap cap- tam tain thought was n a tu baby but hut wh when lien n nI I he flue man dragged It Ita away It a way from her hel herIn In suite spile of oC her volu voluble ld protest he lie saw sa that it was LS a 1 small chimpanzee The Theman man seemed desperately anxious to I trade tad and and I Imagine the lie captains captain's trade goods were CiC not hot the sort tort to meet the entire approval of oC the tho missionaries so so that a bar bar- bargain aln was concluded and the woman's womans grief allayed b by a gemser- gemser enel Otis OUM share of or the purchase pi Ice As nearly as ns he lie could make out she found CountI tho the little thing in the thc jungle when it was wal as only a few days day old and had reared It In place of a bab baby which had hatI just died She was a n low typo of oC woman even for fOI an nil African savage but the maternal In Instinct was aS strong enough to make her grieve e for fOI little Consul as the captain christened him The monkey grieved over the separation tion too but traitors sailors make much of oC animals animals' and he soon became reconciled recon died to lo It It Thousands of 0 people saw sav him after aCter I put purchased chased him and amid you ou can Judge of the reputation h ho lie attained when I J Itell Itell tell you ou that I was getting gelling fifteen hun hundred red dollars a week weel for Cor him in Berlin when he hc died lied and he lie was booked for foi the entire season at that price People had seen him bins cat with witha a knife and amid fork smoke a cigar us use e ea a typewriter and und do all of or the stunts which simply aped humanity but hut you had to live with the beast to apprecIate appreciate ap ap- predate how Intensely human he hc was as Everybody connected with the show sho loved him and when I wanted to find an any one of ot the who was off oft dUl duty 01 or not In his proper place I al- al ways ays went first to Consuls Consul's cage and andI andas I was vas pretty prell sure to locate him That monkey was as never still and tho the things he would mb do and the pranks he hc would pla play off of his own bat were more amusing amus- amus Ing ng than any ammy of oC the things he had been taught When he was vas in company he was vas wasai wasas as ai well mannered as most mOl men but hut of course coulse he had his prejudices and had to be watched His special av aversIon aver aver- r- r sIon lon was a negro which Is strange strang when you consider his IsIs early eaily associations associations lions and If Ie one came around when he lie was loose lie he was wa apt to attack him We Vc had to c consider that In traveling tray trav cling eling for COl Consul always stopped at the tho hotels with his trainer and antI sat about lobbies smoking his cigar like any anyo o other her guest but I If there were negro servants about we wo had hod to be very vely careful not to let them come near him hUn lie Ho had the reasonIng power flower of a achild achild child of ten years yeatS ol old l he lie was sas patient when anything was wrong and wo we I had t tp to do disagreeable things to him appreciating that It was f for r his bone bone- fit nt Only once did we have to use force when It was sas necessary to pull a a. tooth and ani I am glad slad It wasn't oftener for It took seven m men n to con control 1101 him himan him himan an and l they thought they had done a aday's aday's days day's work when uc we finished The rho last time ho he went abroad he lie was the life liCe of the ship hip but hul ho pretty nearly killed himself elC The Tue docto prescribed ed a coughs cough medicine for lor him and amid Consul Consul Consul Con Con- sul liked It so 50 well that he got lot up In Inthe inthe the night after atter his trainer had gone to sleep opened the tho vall valise o In which It Ita was a ke kept t and emptied the bottle I Iguess Iguess guess there roust must have been laudanum In It It for they had hall to work worl over him him the rest Iest of ot the night to save a e him He lIc would wall walk the deck with thead tho the ad ady pass who made mudo a great leal of or him and when tho the customary conceit was given gl nothing would do elo but that he lie must and anti thou then pass the plate for Cor th the collection Ho lIo Hovas vas In evening dress arid and behaved like i t perfect man gentleman and the lon Ion was a iL large one It was heaped on In n the plate and he tw was just about to It to the captain when BOoker Washington ton stepped forward to make a contribution rho The mono money for COl the Seaman's Seamans Homo Home went Hying to u lh the our rOllI corners corners of the salon Ion and tho the I had a e difficult time lime In persuading Ing ng Consul to retire without tearing he ho clothes off the man whoso whose only was hl his color This was Conius Con Con- m ius U H tI last laEt vo voyage for COl he hc contracted and died In Berlin erlln and I 1 felt relt 1 o over his Hath rK-ath than I did over the burning buining of my whole menagerie In Baltimore a few fe years yeata a ago o. o Have you OU found Cound that calI early al asao- asao o- o with human beings ma makes etl the tho ther easier to traits train asked the Stranger er and the Proprietor shook hook his head No I 1 would rather train one ono taken I in the jun Jungle lc than an animal born In I captivity It fhe They do 10 raise the puma In South America a and have them about the hou houses es as n- nwe we do cats buI but bu butI I wouldn't trust one of cm And a aCOl as asfor for COl the bigger cats catt the lions and tigers tlC tig tig- tig ers era there Is no such thing as tamIng taming tam tam- Ing them hem They ma may bo be trained t to todo todo do certain things but they ar ate are never el trustworthy We Ve had a queer illustration of oC that when I 1 was as trav tray eHn ehing with a caravan circus in France One of or the lionesses es had a litter o othree of oC three cubs and In the excitement o othe of the moving and arid strange surroundings surrounding she bho killed two of oC them We e tool took th theother the tho other othel one uno away and the woman who cooked for us volunteered to ral raise e it ft She became very ven much attached to It and developed the theory theon that she could overcome Its savage e Instincts bv by diet and for a time it looked as if Ie she were rl right ht The beast was with her for about two tso years ears and grew to toa toa a n. fine animal but sho she never let him taste raw food tood One da day when ho he was comfortably lying before the stove tove she also pushed him with her foot to get him out of or the lie way vay and he lie resented it Whether it RS that alone or w the odor of ot meat which She sho waN as about to cook coul appealed to him him I Idon don dont don't know but all of his savage In Instincts lii- lii wore voie aroused and when whets we teemed secured him we found that hu lie hail hall taken mo most l of ur her hel scalp ort otT Its It's funny tunny how iso some people arc oro always looking for 01 a chance to set ct sate al the tho Press Agent settling set set- thing himself comfortably In iii hl his chair We had a Case of It when Merritt and amid I were running a n. dime dune museum out We West t. t The freaks Creal s all lived hived lo together eth- eth er cr at a largo house boarding and one morning when they reported for Cor dut tidiLy duty the Tattooed Lad Lady was sas ml missing It Il was Wal before the tue days when whets they were cre 5 so o common and amid we hall had spent a lot lotof lotof lotof of money to have ha her hel decorated and amal made her our star slur attraction Ot Ol course none noise of the tattooing was as ls Is is- is when she sue was in iii street cO costume lume but when she sat on the tho I dressed in low lo neck and short skirts the lecturer hall Had something to talk taik about for lor the menagerie |
