| Show SQUIRRELS SKIP ON WIRE tiny animals perform daring aerial feats to outwit nut thieves of philadelphia philadelphia there has been a crowd ot of Kensington tans in norris morris square diamond and hancock streets every day since it was discovered that the squirrels the kensington board ot of trade put into the open space several years ago will perform incredible climbing teata feats tor for a nut the discovery was made mada by a young man who spends much ot of hla his time studying zoology botany and nd such things he threw a nut to a squirrel in the square expecting to see it do the usual stunt which Is to carry it up a tree and hide it instead the little animal skipped across the lawns and ascended a telegraph pole with lightning speed while the naturalist looked on amazed the busy little creature holding the prized nut firmly skipped lightly along the insulated wiring to hancock street it then hopped boppel to another wire which leads to the root roof of st bonifacas Boni faces catholic church running along the wire with the grace of the daintiest daintie st tightrope tight rope walker the little animal deposited the nut in a crevice near the root roof of the edifice and then returned to the square by the same route the answer la Is that the squirrels do not trust their old hiding places in the park they have evidently been robbed ot of some food they had worked laboriously tor for days to store up at least that Is the way the do pesters 1 in the dally daily audience have it figured out it would be a nutty squirrel they think that would risk its life and dignity in such a manner lust just tor for a nut the performances are held dally daily all that la is necessary la Is to give one of the little animals a nut and the show begins |
