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Show HAIL, THE FLEA TRAP. From the San Francisco Call. Fleadom has been startled by the announcement an-nouncement that a Los Angeles man has Invented a flea trap. There Is weeping and walling and gnashing of teeth in tho exclusive 'and bther circles 6f the pulex Irrltnns, but Joy reigns supreme where-ever where-ever this frisky nnd elusive paradtc makes life miserable. The authorities at Washington evidently consider the product of the Los Angeles Inventor a boon to mankind, for they have promptly prompt-ly Issued a patent to him, and wo may expect, therefore, to hear coon that the trap Is In successful operation nnd that all sufferers from the agile Insect which Is possewed of a suctorial proboscis are enjoying gratifying relief. It will be interesting to know how this newest of traps is constructed and how It is to be used. Is It large or Is It small? If it Is large and It Is placed In a corner or In the middle of the room, will It be taken for a mouse trap and lure the small rodent quadruped to Its fatal portals? Or. If It Is small, will man dangle it from his watch chain or wear it under his suspenders? And will lovely woman havo It hanging from a string of beads, or, Instead, conceal It beneath her peek-a-boo shirt waist? |