Evening star., 1941-05-16
Gorgy Murderous, Toto Gentle
With Stage Set for Cupids Dart
ia Three Humans Bestow Affection on Circus
Heodners Thot Awe Curious Public

mountain country-and Is therefore
a slightly different type of gorilla
by Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Hoyt,
whose safari bumped off the little
lady's mother and father.
This gorilla was taken to Cuba,
where she lived on the estate of Mrs.
Hoyt, who is able to support any
number of gorillas in the style they
are unaccustomed to. 1t is reported
reliably that Mrs Hoyt has some so
servants and that during the years
that Toto dwelt with her, the SER
wants and the routine Of the Hoyt
household was built around Toto's
whims, or what were believed to be
Toto's whims.
Cuba whose name is Jose Tomas.
She had regular hours In the day
during which she played in the gar
den of the Hoyt manor. She was
! treated like beautiful baby and
even had her private toilet ia
cilities.
North Pays Toto a Call.
John Ringing North, one Of the
owners of the circus, went to Cuba
on his honeymoon and decided to
look Toto up. He and his bride
visited the Hoyt manor and were
looking out a French window. try
ing to get glimpse of the gorilla
at play in the garden.
There were iron bars over the
window designed to keep Toto out.
AS the Norths were peering through
the window there suddenly ap-
peared. plastered against the bars,
the figure of Toto She had jumped
from somewhere, giving Mr.. North
such a turn that he promptly de-
cided to buy her, for $3.50.
He took Senor Tomas in the bar
gain. This was necessary, since a
gorilla becomes so deeply attached
to one keeper that it will die if a
substitute is moved in.
Last winter, in Sarasota, Fla,
Gargantua and Toto were brought
together briefly in what was an
nounced as betrothal. This was
staged under the expert guidance
of Frank Braden, the noted press
agent beside the gorillas he has
Leopold Stokowski as a customer)
Toto barked like dog when she
saw Gargantua. Gargy merely beat
his chest, which put all sorts of
ideas in the fertile mind of Mr.
Braden.
1t Is possible that Mr.. Braden
didn't know much about gorillas
In fact. as the months have gone
by, it becomes increasingly appar-
ent that nobody knows much about
gorillas.
Early Age for Marriage.
In the first place, these animals
have about the same life span as
humans. Ten-year-old humans
aren't usually married anywhere
outside of India, and the same holds
true of gorillas.
In the second place, it has never
been established that Toto is lady.
She is gentle and kind and likes
to play with dolls. That's about all
anybody knows.
The two animals are an inter-
esting study in contrast. Gargy is
really mean. He wants to kill some
body. or everybody. He makes three
attempts on the life of Keeper
Kroener every day. Mr.. Kroener
thinks this is very funny.
Mr.. Kroener is very fond of Gargy
and Gargy loves him like brother
Mr.. Kroener swells with pride when
he talks about the animal. He likes
to tell of the clever tricks that the
gorilla has thought up to kill him.
Il like him." Mr.. Kreener beams.
The keeper explains that Gargy
merely wants to get out of his cage.
He's got an idea that If he kills Mr.
Kroener, he will be free. The right
to kill the keeper, Gargy considers