Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-08
Secretary p utnam Studies
Question of How They
Walk Upside Down.
TO GIVE pREsIDENr RECEPTION
VIII Meet Clubs Chief with Mounted
Officers. Mnrshnls, Bind. Flowers
md All Necessary Hurrnh for II
Grcnt Pcrsonnge,
ny Hurry Tucker.


maiary.
"Nom amt giving much though, to
science corrected Rustcr Brown.
YOU been cogitatinR about entomol-
"ey.''
"Eatomolory. nothing" responded
the secretary II been giving IL Sc
ri"ms though, ard some research. |
have hcen reading M and been
studying IN" fly personality. 60,
mo two mmsrica domcsticas and pu,
them In n bottle: then got me two
r"llcnia rudis"s and put them in the
hottle.'
Hen Wilson oTrrs to Help.
Why don't Won Set some calliphora
crythrocophalH? asked Ken Wilson.
u s"t some out TO my place. which
I would h" glad to let you have a.
any time. and they won't cost you
nothing neither"
That's som" inducemcnt." the SOC
rotary replied. FOR I Amt never got
Nothing Tor n"ihIng yet"
What YOU going To do about ~.
after YOU lind ont how a fly can
walk on the ceiling upside down.
uNwaN?' asked Jim Tresnon I'm
tn" iirst place II" amt walking on the
ceiling ursid" duwn. for h" is facing
tn" ceiling, whereas. il no was walk
inr in nn inverted position. he would
L." standing ON his head So 10 speak.
az II was"
You got =" much sons" rotnrtnn
the secretary. 'lnmme So" YOU walk
"n the ceiling upside down They
say man can do anything that any
body else can do
Maybe ! could. IL wanted to-"
responded linn Trcsnou, but Their"
wouldn't h" u" sense IN my climhin.
ur tho sid" Of TN" wall and walking
"l"an across from this sid" To over
there. always do sensible ;hinc,
when ! do anything"
iI"w Does He Find Time.
How did YOU find limo enough Ia
make study Of tho pr"blem?" nj
~ Adams wanted to know
Il amt done yet" replied Score
i1ry Putnam hut | got some de-
tails and flnd that the mu-iica do
nrstiCus is pretty keen. He finds
ont where there Is one Of them n.y.
paper arrangements with lot Of
siickup. and n" COTS some Of il onto
Lis claws. Then he fi"s gracefully
toward TIA" ceiling. and just before
h" gets 4" the ceiling he makes a
l!ttlc jump. lii<" u man getting ont
of IA balloon in a parachute" and
lands feet foremost on tn. ceiling
lie is hound I" stick. for tho gum
h" has on his feet causes a suction
which draws the air from beneath
III" weight at tho feet. and being
heavier than air, he Is safe You
can. any ~ YOU. find this ont your
self II N"u take tho time There is
n" mystery about IL. II tn" ny can't
set ~" sti"kum. nc viii use mulasscs
ana II that il not available h" waits
Cor be" !" com" along and takes
tn" honey away from him. which an
swcrs IN" sam" purpose The r".
frequently objects 10 losing his DAYS
work for nothing. and pretty fish;
takes place. worth the time 10
watch"
u HAY" reached tho conclusion
that iarnum was right" commented
Er"thcr charlie Moss
I'm going 20 tax" The time To in
v"stieatc this myself" declared
Hr"'h"r Tom Mcp"wril IL hav"
often wondered how ny could walk
IN tn" ceiling upside down. with
out falling down aud breaking his
i"g or something. and nov am go
ing To lind out for myself"
Suggests Rubber Sh"rs.
II always thought no had rubber
shoes with suction bottoms" adj
mit'"d chan Ruskoli
f"n all must de- like 7 done" Tho
secretary warned. "or il won't work
II you can get Zen Wilson to give
70" som" "f his caIllphora. which
- nothing NOR" and less than u blue.
h"t'l" ny. II might work better. for
hiu"-t"'tl" ny has more sentiment
'"uiN about him than a mere mus
i'"a d"m"Sticas or oven q rolIenia
'hniN"S Them ordinary house flics
amt got no sense. You can fool them
an INC time. hut YOU can't fool "a