Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1903 — Chameleons in the Surf. [ARTICLE]

Chameleons in the Surf.

Taking chameleons in to bathe Is a new fad which Atlantic City has developed. Scores of girls have adopted It. The scheme was worked by a girl who owned a chameleon that had grown lazy. She tried various ways of arousing it from its stupor and at last hit upon thn Idea of taking It out for a romp in tbe surf. She was rewarded with an instantaneous change In tbe little lizard’s demeanor. Just ss soon as it heard the roll of the first breaker Its skin went through a whirl of color changes. And when she gave it a ducking It produced a new shade of pink verging Into yellow and green that she never knew It possessed. Little time was lost in making known the discovery to others through the resort, and girls who had ao chameleons bought them right off to sea ths ocean’s effect on them. “Oh, girls,” cried one, as she held out her chameleon for Inspection, “some water splashed into his eyes and he looks like a box of paint I wonder If the dear thing's angry?”