Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1915 — Chicago Scientist Holds Converse With Monkeys [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Chicago Scientist Holds Converse With Monkeys

CIICAGO. —Monkeys have a language of their own. They express ideas. They talk so plainly that one physician in the A. T. Still Research institute, Dr. John Deason, depends upon their conversation to discover when

inoculations made in experimenting have taken effect Monkeys even have a code of honor, he says. The ringtails and the Javas talk somewhat similar languages, but to the student the difference is quite plain, the physician says. Doctor Reason spends part of each day conversing with the Rhesus monkeys used at the institute for research work. His favorite is Heinz, so named because he occupies cage 67. All monkeys are natural “bluf-

feiw.” Doctor Deason says. They will not bite as a rule, but make demonstra tiona of great ferocity to frighten their foes. ' ' “Their expressions when ill are easily understood," Doctor Deason said “They have entirely different calls for informing their mates, their children and their comrades of danger. They utter warnings with a half bark. Their love conversation is low and cooing. " “They have likes and dislikes among humans as well as among them selves. The females are fickle. They select their mates and boss the house “Monkeys have a certain code of honor. For instance,, they will never aHrrw the baMea to he imposed upon."