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Show AIDS CHILDREN IN HOPPING Pennsylvania Woman Has Put Forward For-ward Ingenious Device Which Sho Calls Grasshopper Feet Adult human bolngs aro rarely seen to skip nnd hop. It la, howovor, a form of exordso ln which children nro wont much to indulge, to tho great benefit of their physical development devel-opment Encouragement of this form of exercise Is offered by tho novel Invention In-vention of u woman, May 0. South-gate South-gate of New York. It Is a pair of mechanical grasshoppers, of giant size, put on llko a pair of shoes and fastened by straps nnd buckles to tho child's feet They have legs of spring steel, terminating in rings which hold rubber feet A child equipped with theso grasshoppers can hop, skip or Jump much moro actively,' and enn got over ground quicker, while the rubber rub-ber feet lessen tho shock of alighting alight-ing and give a delightful sense of lightness. Philadelphia Lodger, |