307 



observer, and whatever he saw his human friends do, he would try him- 

 self, until he had acquired a long string of accomplishments. 



In Chicago an employe of the menagerie brought from a Chinese 

 restaurant a menu card printed in red ink. Joe seemed much interested 

 in this and carefully kept it for a week or ten days. With considerable 

 deliberation he would spread it out on the floor, then follow the lines 

 slowly with his finger, as if reading. I have observed that most chim- 

 panzees are right-handed, but Joe was left-handed. He always used a 

 hammer or saw in his left hand, and in studying this menu card he 

 would follow the lines with the index finger of his left hand. 



Like human children, chimpanzees are fond of candy. But sweets 

 are forbidden the menageries, owing to the fact that the chimpanzee 

 stomach will bear but little sugar. In spite of the printed placards, 

 however, well-meaning but unwise visitors would often throw them 

 candy. One afternoon Joe was enjoying to the full a morsel of the pro- 

 scribed dainty, when he saw his master approaching. He cunningly 

 ducked his head under a blanket so the cruel tyrant, as he doubtless 

 considered his humanu persecutor, could not see what he was eating. 

 His cleverness was awarded by telling him to eat the candy. Joe dearly 

 loved to tease a small Mexican hairless dog, called Harry, which usually 

 slept on the stage near the chimpanzee cage. He would reach through 

 the bars, give the dog a punch, pinch him, or pull his tail, then jerk 

 his hand before Harry could nip him. In this way he kept the dog irri- 

 tated much of the time, and he was always ready to bite him. One 

 morning the manager came in with some oranges, a fruit of which the 

 chimpanzee is very fond. To see how Joe would solve the problem, lie 

 placed one of the oranges directly under the dog's nose. 



Joe was puzzled at first, but he soon had an idea. He brought the 

 hammer from the other end of the cage, and with this in his right hand 

 began punching at Harry. The dog was ready for a fight, as usual, and 

 began biting at the hammer handle. In this way he gradually enticed 

 him away from the orange, then he reached out with his left hand and 

 took the fruit. 



While exhibiting our animals in Kansas City, we kept the chim- 

 panzees in a big cage, almost as large as an ordinary bedroom. To the 

 top of the cage we had several ropes attached by means of bolts, with a 



