Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-09-15
APE 0|SL|KES GARB
Simian Protests Against Wear
ing Guards Uniform.
"keeper Badly" Begins to Disrobe in
Tree as Big Crowd Follows and
Cheers-BaIked at Ana
conda and Pythons.

New York.-Keeper Badly is the
newest name for Badly, the smartest
ape In the geological gardens in Bronx
park. This intelligent simian appeared
in the regulation keepers uniform
cap, blue suit, white collar and shoes
the only departure being a large red
necktie, which flowed below his chin.
And everything fitted the ape, for his
suit was made to order by we'll
known clothing house on the same
model used for the regular attendants
in the park. A tailor made a special
and the only trouble Badly caused
was through his desire to investigate
the tape measure.
Badly did not balk when Engelholm,
his keeper, and Charles Snyder, who
is in charge during Mr.. Ditmars' alb
sence, were putting on the glad
rags; that Is, he did not protest until
Snyder tried to put on his shoes AS
fast as one was slipped on he would
unfasten the other and send it sail
ing through the air, to the detriment
of numerous glass jars and window
panes. He pulled back again when
the white collar was adjusted about
his neck
When all was ready for Badly to be
escorted from his room in the private
house one last touch was given to his
toilet to make him a swell. His cap,
bearing the gold letters IN. Y. Zoo
logical Society,"" was set jauntily on
one side of his head, and then Snyder
and Engelholm essayed into the open
with the new keeper. Instantly
crowd gathered, and Badly had fully
a thousand persons following him
about the grounds while he was being
introduced to the other inmates. It
was the first time in the history of
the ZOO that an inmate had ever paid
his respects to his neighbors.
All went we'll until Badly became
frightened at the big anaconda and
the regal pythons in the reptile house
He screeched and pulled so hard that
his hat fell off and his collar worked
itself up to his eyes. He did not like
alligatOrs, either, and was shortly TAX
en- out of the house. Then he became
possessed of seven devils of mis-
chievousness, and with a sudden tug
he escaped from the two keepers.
hoped on to a fence and the next
minute had grabbed the lowest limb
Of small tree and swung himself up
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surveyed the crowd below.
All the cOaXing of the keepers failed
to make the ape come down. They
were afraid his new tailormade suit
would be torn to pieces. Badly took
off his hat and examined it closely. He
liked the gold lettering on it. Then
he gave it an awful bang on the tree
limb, and the keepers expected to see
its crown drop out. The large crowd
roared with delight Horrors! Badly
suddenly felt the desire to do one Of
his giant swings on the tree limb.
"Good-by coat" said Engelholm
"Good-by, trousers" said Snyder
Badly heaved one way and then an
other, kicked against the tree with
his new shoes and did such fantastic
stunts that the clothes were strained
to the utmost. He unwittingly let one
leg hang down. Snyder grabbed it,
and then Badly came down with the
tug. He was brushed off, his suit was
examined to see If 1t had been torn
and he was led around to other cages.
He was captured none too 81 |, for he
was about to begin disrobing.
Leaving the crowd that had formed
behind him, the ape visited dozens of
the inmates of the Zoo. He pulled the
tail of an aoudad, scolded In piercing
walls the bears as they lined up to
have a look at the unusual keeper,
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