Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-10-20
APE D|s[kEs CARB
Slmian Protests Against Wear.
ing Guards Uniform.
"keeper Badly" Resins to olsrobe u
Tree as Big Crowd Foliows and
Cheers-6alked at Ana.
oonda and Pythons.


oonda and Pythons.
ST 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 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
trip to the park to take his measure,
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 detr1ment
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 a
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 well 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
all1gators, 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 I'D
to 1t. From his perch he grimacingly
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 1t closely. He
liked the gold lettering on It. Then
he gave 1t an awful bang on the tree
limb, and the keepers expected to see
It's crown drop out. The large crowd
roared with delight. Horrors! Baldy
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 soon, 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 look at the unusual keeper,
and finally was, led back to the
monkey house and had a chance to
see his fellow primates.
There was not a monkey, large or
small, that did not come up to the
bars as Badly paraded up and down
outside.
They're Jealous: said Snyder.
Mimi, one OF Baldy's best friends in
the monkey house. and who dimes with
him daily, showed nne scorn for the
ape in his clothes" Badly called to
her from outside and she answered
back. DR.. Gardner should have been
there to interpret It,, Fred Engelholm
said that in her vernacular Mimi was
saying IT. s =. .,,'2 '..'
you're a fine looking mutt! What?"
/ Anew minutes later the ape was re-
}lteved Of his keepers uniform, and
was tickled to get rid Of It iii ~ r.
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