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Show BUTTERFLIES FED ON STRAINED HONEY LONDON. August 30 Not the gross 'eating of the carnivorous animals but the dalntv feeding of tho butterflies. Itodav attracts many people to the Zoological Zoo-logical gardens, at least those people who appreciate what has been pro-, nounced the prettiest sight In the too There could be no greater contrast than that afforded by a lion or a User snarling over a mess of flesh and bones' nnd a flight of beautiful butterflies, sipping honey Every hour when the nn shines Miss Cheesman, curatrbc Of Insects enters the spacious, butterfly cage at the zoo and regales her charges, hundreds hun-dreds of peacocks. tortoise-shells, brimstones, greenvelned white, and other butterflies galore, on diluted honey. I There are plenty of flowers in the, enclosure, but artlfll lal fe e ding 13 nec- cssary. for the blossoms do not provide sufficient nectar for the thirsty InsectH and they are so quickly fertilized by the frequent visits of the butterflies that they soon turn to seed in entering the cage with the mlv-, tur Miss Cheesman is mobbed by the hovering throng like a donor of cakes and sweets at a picnic of school chil-' dren the gailv-hu.d insects settling all oar her and assembling in a group upon the honey-can. The scene at such a time suggests an animated kaleidoscope of some fairy j 9 pectaclc. |