New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-30

| right understanding OF creature so numerous an
so bound up with our daily lives.
The DISTINGUISHING Characteristic of the nous
fly is confidence and easy familiarty that OF IN
restaurant ly ll-tcmprr and vindictiycness: ina
! of the brcr-room ily Incidence and subtlcnesS. In
! DISTINGUISHING features OF the house Hy-aSsuranc
| and famjliarity-we should say were developc'
! by good living and being constantly IN thc 81
! cicty of the family. The restaurant ily seems U
owe his fiery temper and revengclu spirit to apue
on the part of both customers and walters, a"
to too frequent indulgence in the peppersace
| bottle The la2incss Of the brewery or Decr-el-
den fly may be clearly traced to beer, Dnb "i'
subtlety and philoSophc temperament come ION
his treatment by those around him. Inc ecT-
garden Gv is never struck at with the han or
whiskcd with a napkin as is the leStaira' Wy
nor is he ever told to Shoe" or urcd int the
pitrau Hy-Dapcr like the house fly: he is trated
as an equal by walters and patrons alike Ana
above all he is employed in that game reAiriip'
So much less eXcrtion than football in whlh t"o
or more men seat themselves at a table, ea1 WIN
n drop Of beer on the board before then the
man winning whose drop first causes hyto ''op
and sip. Despite his apathy and apparent III
difference we suspect that the beer-gardm ~ u
a good deal of a cync, and that he las the poor
est opinion Of man of any Of the lot, tut ne is
too philosophic 10 fight him like the resteuralt-fy
or take the trouble TO poster him into anearly
grave like the house fly.
OF the three l>inCs OF nies under consideration
though the restaurant fly is the best athle', the
housc1y is less often killed. H. is impossible for
the most active man 10 strike a house II; tie
restaurant fly is as quick or quicker in hi.inove-
ment than the house fy but he frcqucntllgrows
,iyAfT in1
into certain death. The bcrr-table fly a be-
lever in nor-rcsStancc; if struck, he mixes 30
effort to escape. but seems gladly to die We do
not attribute ihs So much TO lack spirit
as b. a feeling that life is not worth ighng fog.
Bat though the house Il, cannot be struc down,
he may be trapped, something which It islificult
10 do with the restaurant fly, as ne ne'r stops
his actvc offensive warfare long cnougbo see a
trap: and the few attempts which he been
made to trap the bccr-gardcn fly have rdllted IN
miserable failures, he Instantly seeing thIlSh the
scheme and walking scornfully past Thfdvorlt'
diversion Of the house fly Is that Of craving over
the unprotected scalp Of a bald-ncade' man or
holding athletic sports on the face on person
vino is trying 10 take an extra moring nap
The restaurant fly is never SO lappyas wien
flying violently into the eye OF cust0er after
having been unsuccc, sfully wpsked byl waiter.
The bccI-room fly finds his greltest joyn a!ght-
ing on the c0at-slecyeS of customer al relaps-
ing into deep thou2ht-the most, and tieel, the
only troublesome thing he ever does ito drown
himself in q patrons beer These tine flies were
originally the >an.c-tL't their Environments
should produce such change in tie mentally
should make item y iayoiitc study fox nr"lnlt'%.
With clear and comprehensive ucrs'2ndInS
Of the fly situation, the reader m'Nlow turn
Strengthened ana refreshed, to tie Tdh bill and
the war in SOUtA America.