Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

     Monkeys big and little in an indiscriminate fight demanded the attention of the keepers of the zoo the other afternoon, and it required half an hour before the combatants could be seperated. A piece of a juicy apple was responsible for the trouble, and while the fight went on a sly ape sat in one corner of the cage quietly munching the apple and watching his companions quarrel. An old lady, accompanied by a lad of perhaps 17 years, entered the zoo in the afternoon and made direct for the cage containing the monkeys. The monkeys swarmed to the end of the cage, waiting patiently for the usual piece of cake or peanut. Leisurely cutting off a large slice of an apple the old lady threw it into the cage and watched them scramble for it. Each one did his best to secure it and in an instant there was pandemonium. Nothing could be seen but a struggling mass of monkeys rolling from one end of the cage to the other, biting, scratching and yelling. The entrance of the keepers only made this worse. Bars and sticks were thrust through the sides of the cage, and eventually were effective in putting down the riot.-Philadelphia Press.