| Show training flo ilea lor for it iho clu clinin who first discovered that the flea was wai susceptible to education and kind treatment la is not known but tile the fact remains that on their small ilenda there e is a thinking cap capable of accomplishing great results in the selection of fleas for training however the same sama care must be taken as with etli human beings ni ili the greatest dil dif Terence is h boand in fit them some are exceedingly apt scholars white others can ne never V L r learn and so it Is that great numbers of flens fleas are ara experimented expel linen led with before ft a troupie ii accepted one of the ilist first lessons taught tile flea la Is to control its jumping powers tor for if its great leaps care should be taken in fit the middle of a performance there would be a sudden ending of tile the circus to insure against sucha a misfortune tho the student flea la Is first placed in ili a glass vial ial and encouraged cou raged to jump as much as possible every leap liera here made brings tho the polished head of the ilea flea against the gliss glass hurling burling tile insect back throwing it this way and that hat until after a long and sorry experience empei ianco and perhaps many headaches it makes up its mind berer to unfold its legs when it has proved this by refusing refueling to jump in the open air nr the first and most moet important lesson iu 18 complete and it joins the troupe and is i daily harnessed and trained tra ineil until finally it is renounced pronounced ready to go on the stage or in the ring st nicholas |
