| Show Monsieur Blue Bottle As an Acrobat and Juggler Correspondence Jan the cons com moo bluebottle variety or of fly II III I U a frisky playful little IItti celaNe of learning all waDer manner f and acrobatic hat 18 wade and almost I Incredible yet rIak P Smith II a 1040 baa In demonstrating that It even evenI I 4 tile the fard fa i ed i t Ilea in ino n o to balls twirl dumb Au and Play pIa with Ith II a dl II In order that there thereIn m In be no 10 doubt of f hi his claims daima on be belt lt III or of the m II fly Smith to II made hie or of orIf k If non mOlt uto astounding II 11 Ii I rate 1111 or of hi hta tat tal nod coups f Tb This tulle quit um ap I d 1 aptitude of t the ther r I sae 1 dl ord a Th 1 ny II Ise of It pe t p Inra generator n II morrow ut ur enor ener enerI r I It II xu Ihil h usa making ex to to die r Ih the ratio of I 1 and I th the eight or of the vete 18 body that stumbled yon loOn the I ta t thu the tl bluebottle w was J In 1 fur fn Instruction In 1 Ht He Ok III It 1 I hi I up hi his H lei d after a few I 1 to spatially I s It f d II the t t f hi his performing thus w II nip lit which were I n sod 1 I h I this pura eat 1 we I J d several J h hid to In d pal t a hI hex Then Smith for u II 10 dues t II to tl get bUll busy I Ich 11 had bf been d de d 10 1 1 1 I c III he h put pul U U e II th L I I d th te IS tan I r It II I Ihn h weeks At th the s r f tint ir I III nira ware 18 to a U thole thI pu I 1 la In laI I 1 clip Fl PLY yrs Tn 11 k I s r I it n fly I lr II tl l lino 1 taI farts of Iti III IIII I Kly It a ila r I 1 t a ud In periods but t ILl I of r The Tb II g or 11 1 t 1 I I putrid mesh t and itch II ahm n i I beau The Th d r railed l j 1111 II u ra II When thy they br tull a red 0 and nd hard II I LJ L ti II nu of the outer The nira the Ih Mg hI Instead ad of f develop seethe 11 I d II awed stall f I to It tie II hel hl I 1 I tats ICI d i dr I 1 eh II II III a ear UW t al ho a atar tar cepon f 1 i uIl earl MOrl Ii h Ill li a 1111 ell U pu IU I I I lit l i 11 Y 0 sr d of f 4 II Ili too lull tall Ii ud Ihn hll n I Is ua I fur fr s dire ahl 1 that Ih 1 II a d I I I u lito hh nil 11 b tore rr I II 10 h I In title t I er ul rII iI j I bud d Ih Ihei nil lOt at this ei I Ice lu 1 hr 10 01 tI Ih the II hr t spate t II 01 ul I full toast A As II a t r 1 t th 6 hj halo is III fn III Ii 11 H ul a I t I sae aid 1 hn j h ak II I 1 III a I Ih the n flys crt Ai lid airs I A and lId the hip u d Ill f t l stool ll tilt lie i 1 I I i II and of the new existence It 1 lute entered upon I Its wing expand and pain lit In strength and before one on knows It It tak takes tu to add to the misery Gf at the world as aM a peat l or a germ cant carrier or is Ia melee captive to 0 add to toIta tolu lu Ita tonal fUll ot of u as the chief actor In an exhibition of chill and atra strength l WHAT WING AU Alth FOR Ol According to Smith for the latter pur purpose it Il is Ia first II to trash the UIe II dy that Its Ita w were made for tor and not to 0 fly with It If It Itcan Itan can an on once Net get that Idea IMM knocked mate Into I Its bead It readilY will taM take to Ute the learning of U lie everal tricks the game me memet met boll t I adopted as II In teaching flea dea that there are better wy ways ot of emlI employ lag Ing their Ie lop than In III Jumping extraordinary Only III hi th the aid ot of the II fly It la is touch more difficult Th Tb Ilea flea soon lIGOn pg geu tired ot of Jumping If placed under a t daM bell about the sine ale of a thimble every U tints k i spring his bla head III hl violent contact with tile the top lop ur or Idea ot of the thimble and It ItI Itis I is much to 10 stay 8 on all fours In the case ol of the fly It is Ia lIe will 11 at attempt to 0 escape pe but tut being more mars cautious In bl his movements t will bump Id his head bead against the be aide Ide ot of the thi bell gently in order to heat beat this caution and to t hurry the periOd of training Smith rl rigged up II a ol clever var device whereby the fly II wu was Imprisoned III hl a liar box with a small mall door constructed In part ref thin glase III a add d mounted up upon an n escapement something like that need la in a ae ordinary ordinal pendulum clock When hen the unfortunate fly b In III h his bUDI bumped a this door It recoiled and gave ve kin him kina hima a smart rap on th the head Even with this mechanism however smith found that the fly It w was a vel very little Insect and took quite quit a number of f before h he w was cured of his hi wish to fin Ity In no case w sa the sure our entirely I O OF FOOD Nto raid d Smith lu iu discussing hl hi method came am hi tae question of food foud I selected honey hone and my specially bred Ired file took to It Il Ilk like th the bad boy lor to the lam Jam pot ot ARr th the trIAI training tb they would alt altor It or stand on the end ot of a penholder and eat ut td honey honer red tu to the them on oa the tha point of a pin J I had tId w to lie be very cautious however especially at the beginning for tor nu no I matter how much the dr dig h ha been n I trained or subdued any allY ot or the Us h hand w was pretty prett aura lur tu to frighten It The natural tural enemies ot of I flies which t they avoW more ore or 1 lase 1 lor instinct Lt stout as heard spider Ida hinds and tro frog generally ar are very In their movements I found 11 1 can prove It himself that tear by my hands hand steadily but with extreme slowness and caution I It is Ia possible to touch tM the head of an n fly n wo who has h ai tad va us a table without hi his taking t There liter I Is another r gig con COlI mith Ith why the utmost ear I II I Ii Mace vary la leaching fly lIy to do It Its trick A nr fly a InJured 1 slut ilIad nu no matter attar hew alight the damage darna J I that It 1 la lat Inc t tM the result uK n This If let nut nt et w OM on c a how bow It would he sty to a human tu to perform hip feats teata with a III spilled Sager or a hohes kaa ares TIle fir ant am by I w scientist w was to teat the strength or of the blue bottle It proved however hower II a failure lIe an extremely extreme I ly balance balanc with did dial and In Indicator and to the lever a Uk silk thread w was attached To the other end or of the thread a small mall house It fly was fastened by b one ot of Iva Ig hind hid I legs When hen It endeavored en endeavored to 16 It naturally regla regia erod II its pulling flowers upon the dial so far so ao good Next a gigantic specially bred bluebottle was u attached To Tn Mr lr alter after a mighty tug the balance from Its Ig stand tand and Ill fly dial lever leer and Indica tur tor disappeared over the housetops In telling m me ot of hi successful at attempts tempts to leech th the blu bluebottle spec spectacular tricks Smith raidIt raid It took III ate a long while to die over what were er and what were not suitable objects for the insects to Per ller Perform form with I found for Indano that 5 lead Iud shut allot w was unsuitable became It wax se u smooth that the flea were not notable able to tn pt get a grip to sup up i purl OrI this groat weight I After Atter mall many attempts I finally decided I that cork ork balls ball match sticks anti and Un tiny were ere the handiest Subsequent Subsequently I ly I taught on one of the flies to Juggle with a till tiny doll about halt hail alt 11 Inch In length provided with Jointed arms ann and dressed In a robe of water silk lIk On flu the Itself I also put a dross and anda a nurses cap 1 It really surprised me how docile the Insect was WUl under strange tr treatment In order to 10 Juggle with these ob Sects a fly needs much mut n ease t r physical strength Is Ia till this so In handling smooth objects object like Ilk a arl pearl rl shell hell It we the fie flys ft feet under a we 1 di Over cover t the secret ret of its Ita success eu Ea Each 11 foot fool is III provided a couple of tiny Uny hair haire Snob Ch ot of Th these hair emU emits a tick Uck fluid thus making to the n fly the manipulation ot of ob too loo smooth for tor the claw to 10 grip TO A FLY TRICKS According to Mr Smith the real problem I Is not Is In making the blue blu bluebottle bottle do something it does not lIot care to do but in III allowing it Il to do 40 some something om thing natural to Itself lie It gays ro that body with a little care eare patience patInce can teach the Ir fly to tode and d Int intelligence he heh tricks that de exactly the tho Mm game h has taught die them The formula works cut lIt Ilk this Find ad out whet Ih the It fly wants to du do and aad lit let him do It II doubling have road mad their appearance nl whether smith really has ha achieved tar w whether tb the called the pl pie tricks were n Just faked for fOI tur lures Those have that thai tilt the of th the fly fur furth th the Is du due to a little paste past added II try site tit and that the t lu III reality Is III In Ing t get 1 tree frunt runs lin an unwelcome lome This however hardly w be true Iru ua a IItti re of sense e will soon oun prove Fur the th fly ea I well II a as fur for Ih the It I Is necessary luMary It first of all allI that thai the th manipulated shall hall I Ix clean aIL Inn In th the ease ur of the she Insect the least Impurity will cl clog the curds tad It if Ile It delt ft feel and it itIs itis Is not the they are 1 clean again that they can perform Intended fun fune U ns A striking proof of this Is II found In he th the moving picture which took look of his hla Insect In It the theft ft fly apparently h has dla discovered tome e dust on the ball with which h b Is Ia performing Several times time h he slops 0 ao and transfers the ball bail to hi his hind hied hiedI I logs until he carefully h has his hla front rest 1 h has shown own more lu III suggesting that tha Ike lly IF It has basis ted tedus us oD iron au SUM and ad the TO TI I U 1 war of t the UIe r fact that there I is no DO physical sloe ot to account for tor theo the t tricks It can CUI be round found lit III tb the teat feat In which th the flies It have haven been n taught to juggle with a dumbbell A It Sly I is seated tad la In a chair and tile the dumb dumbbell hell bell placed between It legs It If the ny fly had any desire to rid itself ot of the dumbbell It simply had to release rei its It II hold And the object Immediate would fall to 10 the ground This however a awell well trained n fly never d does When It le I tired It gently rests reata the dumbbell on the floor noor and when It I Is reeled licks IlIck it 11 up again n and resumes reaume the twining Smith has haM an explanation of this new 1111 newfound found talent talt or of the fly n In III all probability ability he told me theM the Insects are willing to perform the thew feats because exactly the urne earn movements of the Ie legs are necessary as In walking It took me some little litO tame to discover this and I sin am confident now that b by careful observation I 1 ha have hit upon the true Smith laughs it t the Ides II that there ii I any cruelty to the Involved In inthe Ih the cou course of through which he putt It A is Ia tad fed and nd ft fat fattened he say and d prevailed upon more b by coaxing by fon to give a minute exhibition of It Its strength and agility Thus the supposed u d cruelty works itself dos to a feW minutes of discomfort to the ny fly after which he I is fed on honey hone and allowed to flY a away It If be will Although Smith has baa no desire to en enter n tr ter Into com competition with the tore tora of perform performing In ne he be declares that the fly Ity I is d to take It Its place pIce opposite It Its fellow Insect at UN the country hire where b In year Mra to cams w we ma may maysee see under a powerful magnifying glass a number ot of bua busy n displaying talents tal talent ent totally ted by our fo fore forefathers fathers father T 1 L AMP |
