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Show WOMAN HAS PET BUTTERFLY Intect Hat Been Kept In a Large Hat-box Hat-box and Survived the Cotd Weather. Mrs. Ruth Clark Bellah of Montclalr, N. J., has a butterfly as a household pet. The butterfly Is probably th"e only one In New Jersey that has lived through the winter. On October 25 It was found In the Bellah house under a lace curtain. Mrs. Bellah placed the little thing in a small box with a netting net-ting over it rather than put it outdoors to freeze. To her surprise the butterfly lived, so she then put it in a large hatbox with netting over the top and sprinkled the netting with sugar and water. The butterfly is a dark reddish brown, with pale yellow and blue Bplashes near the end of its wings. When asleep or when its wings are closed it resembles a dried leaf. Mrs. Bellah Bel-lah finds that the butterfly sleeps most of the time, but she never fails to put it in the sunshine every bright day and to give it sweetened water. As soon as the sun warms it up the butterfly but-terfly opens itB wings and flies back and forth in its cage, thus taking its ilaily exercise. It is considered remarkable re-markable that the butterfly has survived, sur-vived, even with the tender care that has been bestowed upon it. |