The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-22
JOECHIMPANZEE
NOW CITY BOARDER
Native Of West Africa Gets
Special Quarters in Gen.
tral Park Zoo.

Ever since the CO, moved the one lone
park employee who lived in Central Park
and forced the Election Board to go to
the expense OF setting up booth to re-
cord his suffrage there has been no
dweIler In the big playground Of higher
plane than the garden variety OF hand
organ monkey. Yesterday It was all
changed. Joe came.
Joe 10 one OF those peculiar natives Of
West Africa that are born on the border
line between man and monkey-a Chin
panzee with all OF the attributes that led
Darwin TO suspect that man really
wasn't created In the Garden of Eden but
just evoluted from an animal that In
turn evoluted from something else. He
is now to succeed the great Crowley as
continuous attraction for the visitors
from the high grass and students Of BIZ
ology.
SIX Weeks Among Us.
Six weeks ago the schooner Ebar came
browsing up to the dock at the foot Of
Thirtieth street. South Brooklyn. alter n
jaunt over from West Africa. She had
hardly tied up when the dock workers
a strange little animal two feet nine
inches tall playing about the rigging.
Somebody told Headkeeper Joe Cum
ningham. Of the Central Park Zoo that
the ship had an attraction that had been
tried on the dog in South Brooklyn and
would surely be headliner in his Justly
famed establishment Cunningham went
over to inspect the find. He came back
and reported to Park Commissioner Be-
rolzheimer that the city ought to add the
price of the monk to the new budget, and
the Commissioner sent Secretary Holly
along to have peep with Cunningham
at the stranger.
When they discovered that Chief Stew
ard J. Brammer owned Joe 4 bargain
was struck for his purchase.
Better ask the Old Man abou. IT,"
suggested one OF the hands, referring,
OF course. to the captain of the ship.
The Old Mans face lighted with the
peculiar beam that marks a burdened
father when he learns that long lost
son is about to lift the family mort
gage just before the Sheriff does his
duty.
His JOY Arouses Suspicious.
See here. Cunningham said Holly.
''the Old Man seems too blamed glad
to get rid of that beast to suit me-"
But Cunningham persisted and yes
terday he went over to the ship with a
big basket, lined with new straw, and
invited Joe to take a Joy ride TO the
park. Joe was busy in the rigging
showing the boys how a real sailor
ought to climb. On the docks 500 men
left their work to seshis final ground
and lofty performance. Finally they
corralled him and got him into the
Joe went for Ais first ride in the
park automobile with all Of the. easy
grace Of newly elected small official
taking the family for a Sunday spin
in city machine for the first time.
When they got to the park there WINS
20 place in the monkey house ready
for him 1t would not do to let the
important member OF the primate fam
lily bunk with the hand organ set, 50
they locked Joe In the old arsenal
building until Foreman Du Bois could
fix him a suite de luxe Then the
little black visitor. with his brown
markings and soft. brown eyes, will
look from his cage at the out of towners
with as much curious interest as they
will regard him.
And, II lie progresses in his education, |
they may have to put that voting pre-
cinct back in the park y