Well, my first, when I went in for an interview, my first impression of the zoo was not a very good one. They used to have an annual event called the home and food show, and they would have barkers, they would have canoe salesmen. The first night, it was one of those sultry August evenings at Cincinnati, you know, a high humidity, and the air was bad and it was just not a good evening, and I saw these barkers around and they would pass out yardsticks at the entry and the kids would have yard sticks and they would sell BB guns, and you’re watching the kids pelting the sea lines with BB guns and they sold- The food and home show was started probably during the Depression, and it was probably a good thing at that time because a little lady coming in the zoo was, it was done as a promotion, she could fill up her shopping bag with little food samples. But over a period of years, it deteriorated, and it was an awful thing. They would sell a storm doors, windows and a lot of things that were detrimental to the collection. All I remember once seeing it, why I told my wife we’re gonna turn around and go back to Chicago. Kids were running around putting political stickers on the duck’s backs at the zoo. So I decided we’re gonna go home then.
