Show Gorilla orl a Has as Human Qualities A f t iA I W VW i tA t j I if Y A y I t 1 1 i I Ben Burbridge and M Miss iss Congo soon after the gorillas gorilla's captures capture JACKSONVILLE Fla FIa Oc Oct 1 NEA Ben Ben Burbridge hunting hinting in Africa with gun and movie camera saw a monster gorilla crashing the brush followed follow d by a youngster young What a chance thought Burbridge Bur Bur Bur- bridge lie Ile left the big one to be shot by th the thle others in his party and launched at aJ baby a flying tackle which w would uld have nailed Red ned Grange And nd baby gave him one of lifes life's big surprises For she wasn't any helpless infant at all but a young Tarzan who weighed nearly as much as the hunter himself and every ounce was fired by malicious temper She wouldn't t let go and Burbridge The baby gorilla chewed hi his hip hands and scratched his his' flesh to tatters but the man wrestled wrestled wres wres- Wrestled grimly and at length choked her herto herto herto to submission So it happened that Miss Congo CongO Congo Con Con- go was brought to be domesticated on Burbridge's farm here and to become the most carefully supervised super- super physically animal animal physically and of O of any an on I earth earth She She She is i is 5 the only gorilla gorma now in captivity Burbridge claims The others he says soon ha have ve died But Congo seems contented Robert Robe M M. of f the psychology psychology psychology ogy department of Yale university spent a month studying her He would not not pass Jass upon her mental age on tho th human scale but here are some Iome of or her qualities s Miss Congo can count up to six or eight She prefers p automobile automobile f I riding rIding- to any other sport She has a strain oj ot unselfishness to the extent of sharing her food with her lIeI particular pal an Irish terrier She lias has undoubtedly a simple vocabulary vocabulary vo vo- vo- vo cf of gorilla words She likes petting pelting and craves es to be bc hell held In th the arms of Burbridge or his in ruler who lives here She uses s th the slides swings and poles of a childrens children's playground m In Inthe inthe the same manner and with the same enjoYment a s a-s a child She has laS lo logical kal reasoning power exhibits exhibited j in many ways For instance Instance in instance In- In stance soon after arter s she he was captured and while she was confined in a shed she plotted to 1 kill her hel captor She lured Burbridge into the shed by giving plaintive p cries of distress Then when ho he entered the shed alone ahe Ile he threw her weight in fur fury at him and andall all but overcame o him The Jawing of the gorilla to her present state of friendliness was a slow process accomplished by combining combining com com- bining love with intimidation Once when Burbridge sat within her reach Miss Congo stole over to him and placed her teeth around the calve of his leg Then she paused and looked up Burbridge did not noL cringe but jut held his clenched fist to her face She gave ga up herhold herhold her herhold hold an and her captor then swung her het suddenly into his lap tap She was wa ast astonished at his daring and growled but ate the piece of banana he gave as a peace offering This was the beginning of friendship She has gone with Burbridge to his office downtown holding his hand like an overgrown child On one visit she stroll strolled d out the window window win win- dow of his office along the ledge of the high in air looking In at the windows she passed and disturbing the Inhabitants There was no Murders in the Rue flue Morgue climax however howe r. r for her master leaned from his window and called her and Miss l Congo returned re re- re turned Circus people ha have ve sought to purchase purchase pur pur- chas chase the gorilla but Burbridge declares declares de declares de- de clares the friendship won wan through such patience and by such scars and combat are too dear to be disrupted Havin Having a gorilla pct pet means going in for rough play Miss lIss Congo I I. I la careful not to Lo scratch h her l' l friends I however hOWe |