The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13
HARD WORLD ron MALE SPIDERS
Female Makes Of Him a Badly Hem
Picked Husband.

Female Makes Of Him a Badly Hem
Picked Husband.
Harvey Sutherland In Ainslee's.
As general thing in the world below
us It is the male that has all the fine
clothes. but, with some exceptions. 1t Is
the female spider that bosses the ranch
THIS beautiful milk white spider with the
crimson trimmings has n little rlnt Of
husband thar goes about In plain Mown,
with dark markings, and he IN lucky TO
be- alive As a rule III spluWland Tue
males are understood. They don last long,
II "a q kind OF hard world for he spiders.
imagno how IT would be IL n mans wife
were 1860 times as big as he WHsl ne
would have TO luke MI her impudence ana
buck TUX without a Whimpef. IN glao .
I'm not spider-Ht least not a he splIer.
When he goes counting Ids girl treats MN
mcancr than a dog.
But even the spiders with the highest
principles wili finally succumb 10 the
charms Of some young Whlnet or other
but IL he stays around the place be nas
to understand distinctly that be mus
keep out of the way. she's got lot ~
Things on her mind and she cant be bo H.
erred with him. lie knows what she mems.
So he hops around, hangs 10 her when 10
cun drops when he eau lodges when ne
can; hnt you know what the -upshot OF y
always U.s. one day there Is n witheIsed
spider skin hanging IN the web, aud ne
widow sIous and looks at It before she
throws n out She smncks her mouth,
Well, SAYS she. aud draws Il long
( breath he certainly was good to me.
The jumping md running spiders arc
/ really most interesting To watch in 10y 3
/ hrlcf drliuum. Then they put on their
| incest clothes and do all sorts or clhe-
| walks ana dances Tor each Hther. inc
! iclus has regular assembly b0lls, the men
dancing in front OF the women and SHOW
! Ing on their fancy steps Every once In
a while there Is scrinmage az the lower
end Of the hall, and an the fellows skbte
u AZ the HISS
that there was nothing less than nurder
going on The women wiring their hands
and moan Amt it awtuli It's Just
disprarcml. II ia "a knowed II was go ng
to he like this Oo-ph Dld you see
/ Riley paste him 4heuf' The young things
cry unl carry on, bat the ola NATIONS IAN
themselves aud gupr aud talk about then
/ rheumatism 1'hcy know that II is all gpl
/ up 10 Impress them, aud that nobody gets
Ph.dlppus morsltaus Is considered about
| the best dnncug species, ana Wnen lhe
! male rigs out and goes sparkling u rs q
| sirht 10 Bcei His FIRST pair OF legs "
| long and he waves them about ana
/ stretches them UP In front Of the lady, as
| much as to say: Hail, great queenI
s Sever OF my hearth They are white
| plumy things, and ought to captiyate her
! hrgt thing But she sulks and sometime
| ghe makes a dive for him, and he has Ia
| drop the "Hail. great queen" business and
| luke 10 the woods. But II he once can get
her to watch his dancing. her heart Is iils
| He stands mp as high as he Gnu on ms
| four right legs and croucbes down MS ions
| ms he can on his four left legs and circle'
! about. getting closer and closer 10 her
She rnshcs at him. He retreats he Is coy
Then he changes legs ne stands ,,S az si 3,
Ms right set II IS when he Is going ava,
from her that the poor girl catches me-
breath in ecstasy and literally. stands %
her head. After he has circled about ~
tines She exclalms; Take me! an
| yours "