The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-16
HARD WORLD FOR He SPIDERS
nis Girl Treats Him M~nner Than . Dog
-I,uupiuu spIders' C,tiiIjon

nis Girl Treats Him m~nner Than . Dog
-I,unping spiders Cotiiiion.
"As n general thing I'm the world
below us, II Is the male that has all
the fine clothes; but. with some ex-
ceptlons. 1t Is the female spider that
bosses the ranch. This beautiful, milk
white spider with the crimson trim
mings has a little runt of husband
that goes about In plain brown. with
dark markings, and he is lucky to he
alive As u rule, In spiderand the
males are undersized. They don't last
long. II Is kind of n hard world
for he-splders. Imagine how II would
be If a mans wife were 1900 times
as big as he wasl He would have to
take oil her impudence and back talk
without whimper. I'm glad I'm not
a spider-at least. not he-spider.
When he goes courting. his girl
treats him meaner than dog.
But even the spideress with the
highest principles will finally sue
cumb to the charms of some young
whiffet or other; but If he stays
around the place he has to understand
distinctly that he must keep out of
the way. She's got lot of things
on her mind and she cant be bothered
with him. He knows what she means.
SO he hops around, hangs to her when
he can. drops when he can. lodges
when he can. but you know what the
upshot of IL always Is. One day there
Is wlthered he-spider skin hanging
In the web, and the widow stops and
looks Mt II before she throws It out.
She smacks her mouth. Well says
she. and draws a long breath, he GER
tainly was good to me-
THE jumping and running spiders
are really most interesting to watch In
Loves brief dellrium. Then they put
on their incest clothes and do all sorts
of cakewalks and dances for each 9TH
er. The icius has regular assembly
balls, the men dancing In front OF
the women and showing off their
fancy steps. Every once in while
there Is n scrimmage at the lower end
OF the hall. and all the fellows skate
down there, and you'd think by the
fuss that there was nothing less than
murder going on. The women wiring
their hands and moan: Amt II aw-
full? It's jist disgraceful, If I'd a.
knowed II was goin' to be like this
Oo-ooh! Did you see Riley paste him
then" The young things cry and car
ry on. but the old matrons fan them
selves and cape and talk about their
rhuematlsm. They know that II Is all
got up to impress them, and that no.
body gets hurt.
"Phldippus morsitans is considered
about the best dancing species. and
when the male rigs out and goes
sparkling 1t Is n sight to see! His
first pair of legs Is long. and he
waves them about and stretches them
up In front Of the lady. as much as to
say: Hail, great queen! Sovereign
of my beart!' They are white. plumy
things, and ought to captivate her
first thing. But she sulks and some
times she makes a dive for him, and
he has to droy the Hail. great queenn
business and take to the woods. But If
he once can get her to watch his
dancing, her heart Is his. He stands
up as high as he can on his four right
legs and crouches down as long as he
can on his four left legs and circles
about, getting closer and closer to
her. She rushes at him, He retreats
he Is coy. Then he changes legs. He
stands as high as he can on his left
legs and crouches on his right set. 1t
is when he is going away from her
thath the poor girl catches her breath
In ecstasy and literally stands on her
head. After he has circled about 100
times. she exclaims: Take me! am
yours! Harvey Sutherland in Ain
Slee's.