Show I Richards Tells How He Did It I. I 1 Unaware that he had done anything worth about as ho expressed It I It Dick Dik the youth who ho with gentle bente words and subdued Alce Alice the maddened elephant at the Bronx zoo Saturday returned to the tho Jungle at Luna park yesterday He le was born bor borIn In tho the old nineteenth ward in New rew York of or German parents parent who live live- vo at Bath Beach Theres Theros not much to tell teU he ho said eald to toa toa i ia a World orld reporter yesterday when asked aked about abut his career carcer When I was about 14 1 Buffalo Bufalo Bills Bill's BIs BI's show came to town ton and I got sot tho red ret wagon fever I wont out with Ith tho the show and arid stayed t two o years e r. r Brothers' Brothers circus Then I Joined and was assistant lion lon man Ono One night the regular lion lon tamer got sot drunk and there thera was nobody to o his stunt Somo Some Someo o of ot tho the men dared me rue to go so on and I went went I got sot away with It and became the thc Bo Boy Animal Kin King At lea least t that was aM tho the way they used to tease me Four years ago aso I was looking looking for tor a Job and nd some ome one told me there was wa a abad abad a bad bad elephant up at It tho tim Hippodrome I went up there Tho The elephant seemed to take to me rue and arid after a little while 1 I Ibro bro brought h her around Then tho they sent mo me down hero to take care of ot the bl big four tour Jud Judy Alee Alice Punchy and arid Gyp Gy That was is-as a my first real rell experience with elephants and I learned leared a lot lot Alice Alce was the best and most Intelligent of ot tho the bunch and andIs andIs Is yet If she's treated rl right ht about elephants ele ele- ele- ele You cant can't learn leam lear anything from a correspondence schooL chooL Every Ever animal Is different In disposition and peculiarities youve you've got tot to tind this out and act accordingly And elephants study you ou as much ng at 9 you stud study them They're Just like kids and have havo to be bo handled with wih a n great preat reat deal of ot pains Kindness Kindness Kind Kind- ness nees firmness appreciation claton and patience pa pa- hence tience are tho the requisites Cruelty Croly and tenc Injustice will wt result In failure Ive I've I c never ne beaten ono one of ot m my charges changes When hen these elephants do anything wrong I punish them Just like children I make them do extra work or chain them In a corner all ni alone but I never beat thorn them thor I corer guess tho the whole thing thins Is In that I like them and the they like me When hen Alice camo carrie here hero Judy got bot her eye cye on her nn and any ay C otis one e could could the tho tn-o tn two tT never would bo be friends One day oay cay when Alice Alco was going oln out out she oho took some of Judy's Judya hay hc Judy said 03 an D plain ns as a da day Just JUtt wait walt till tl you corns come back When rhen Alice Alce came camo In in Judy leaned up against her and struck her with Ith her hor trunk and Alice Alee went to the floor foor The They started to fight I Just yelled at them and they stopped Yesterday I purposely let Alice Alee get set my ray whip Then I told her herto herto herto to dr drop p it It It Just lust to see If It sho she would obey me She did Then I knew she was all allright al rl right ht Its It's Is I's tho the same samo with wih them al all Just Jud treat them right and they'll treat you OU tho the same Rame Dick made mado Jud Judy Punchy and Gyp G- go o through their tricks He lie stood In In a corner of the stable and simply spoke Ij I whip corer to them He never even oven touched touche hiS hi |