Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-12-19
THE WICKED FLEA.
appearance as a Dramatic Nov
city.

5ltts
correspondent of the Pal
! Gazette sends the following
} DanIzig: There was a fail
* on outside the gates Of this
! picturesque old city. Wan
Rng among the booths, oui
kpsity was excited by one
ph bore the following inscrip
"Pariser Floh-Theater.
theater was about the size ol
ordinary tamborine, which in
sment it greatly resembled,
Hooked with interest at Ger
cardboard boxes which stood
le the theatre. One Of these
open, and showed q number
ny vehicles, carriages. BIZ
ps, engines. Roman chariots,
, minute rs possible. The
boxes, with lids, contained
ctors themselves. The en-
Using manageress, q stout
lin q cotton dressing gown,
Ia herself opposite the table
sprefaced the entertainment
la short but interesting ad.
L "The ordinary domestic
/ she began, lis a creature ol
" Herable intelligence and
40 Of a high degree OF intel
ii cultivetioQ./ We have nc
Ihan 800 in this establish
They are not hungry,
dded hastily, in answer tc
slight Expression Of anxiety
doubtless betrayed itself or
ountenances. II engage 9
10 come every day and feed
y
bares his arm. the 800 are
d thereon, aud they such
they are satisfied. Our i'm
hte apprehension thus al
the lady proceeded tt
in thet the first process in
great work Of tanning and
biting a Hsa was to fasten an
ble gold thread around it,
by means Of which it could
ted at pleasure or harnessed
" OF the vehicles displayed
. box before Us. A vel
lred specimen will often live
, age Of eight years, ane
evidsnt pride she remarked
have several among OH
ke who are already six ,eari
and so saying she handed
powerful microscopes and graf
tis by the sight OF one Il ihos,
liable Heas (tnagnifed to th.
Iof a wasp kickisg anc
hing '.violently, in no wiss
He'd by the weight of hi
In collar. The entertain
| began with Al chariot rae,
las Of all nations. The Rus
WAS attached to its nativ.
ly, a Siberian TO q sledge
fnd, France and German,
Zach it's representatives., th'
r harnesssd, / think, to
bon London omnibus. Eacl
nlitor was supposed to b.
law a body six times III
- skht. The stage wa
poo tilted. however, in ordel
ist the runners.
1t We were treated to bal,
as danced by some reall..
ior artistes. The lad.
hd one Of the cardboar,
and extracted thence will
b Ncate pair Of pincersa dozeI
incing fleas, each eleganti'
ID in--or rather, | sboul'
bps say, covered by-a petit
Of tissue paper, red, blue
!, yellow--all the colors Q
sinbow Each dancer wa
unced By name as she en-
upon the score. Mess
bet, Fraulein Aun,, Nam
Barbe and others, and eac
bill. encouraged by the voic
sir directresa. performed th
astonishing evolutioni
hing aud hopping, skipping
jlg wildly into the air in
thal was comical 10 behold
Ia as II the minntest OF balls
lhad been cut in two ct th
the lower half performin
s the head and shoulders. q
Sabbatical dance Of fair
bhades bewitched. Now an
after some unusually pr
us leap, an altiste would !
Then, beneath the ga,
binous skirt, the strugglin
Z was for a momont visibl,
lily replaced on its legs, ho'
by the watchfsl care Of il
less. Now came act th
when the interest was SUI
h to eliminate, and wit
Il verbal flourish OF trumpet
male rope -daucer was pr,
Ia, second only in renown
famous Blondin himsel
lyoung lady's name WI
She lived in a nest
bn-wocl, with one other cor
lon, who was probably in de
health. as she was not callt
4 to perform. Eliza not on
ced ona a rope, but twice ira
Ia an imaginary unfathomat