The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-26

Granted, my dear-granted with the
utmost cheerfulness, but that does not
affect my position. In this matter OF
screens 1 am actuated by a business
policy. Old Shylock must not become
too hopeful. To. screen our windows
would cost, as I once figured, the sum
of SIG. 1t would give the house an opu-
lent look. and us the air of lazy luXur-
iousneSs.
our cerditors would naturally take
new heart, and 1 have no doubt that
both our gas and water bills would in
crease as well. Do we want the grocer
and butcher and milkman calling here
to disturb our meditations? Do we
want my tailor and your dressmaker,
who have been dormant for the last
month to suddenly get the idea that
cess after all? Try and look at the
matter from business point of view
ITS these mosquitoes I've got to
look at from a biting point of view,
exclaimed Mrs. Perkins, as she num-
bered two more among the dead and
gave a third one the narrowest escape
of his life
Whatever improvements are added
to a house under mortgage go with the
house in case the mortgage is fore
closed. and to lay out SIC more would
be poor policy. Next year, If my sub
marine boat proves success and IS
purchased by the German government,
we will screen the doors, windows. YER
anda, grape arbor and the chimneys.
am glad you brought up the subject
this evening. as / don't want you TO
get the idea that I am constttutonally
hostile to window screens. door or
window screen of vivid green color
lends a charm of picturesqueness. Do
YOU follow me, Mrs. Perkins?"
Il know that we haven't got single
screen, and that shan't sleep two min
utes this night for these Internal in
sects," she wrathfully replied.
Now. let US pass to other reasons,
continued Mr. Perkins, as he repreSsed
a start over a bite and pretended to
slap his leg in a careless way. THE
bugs flying about in the evening are
not carnivogous. On the contrary, they
are bugs of peace, and ask only to be
let alone. If they come near you it is
out of curiosity, and not because of a
ferociOus disposition. That disposes of
the bugs.
LAS for mosquitoes, statistics prove
that only one out of every $50 is after
blood. The other 249 are out for the
evening air Is it asking too much that
we dodge four mosquitoes in thou
sand? Is it any great sacrifice to yield
up four drops of blood during an ev-
ening, when our veins and arteries are
stocked with gallons of it2
I'VE have been out here an hour.
During that time you have been bitten
twice and lost two tiny drops of blood.
As your weight is close to 200 pounds.
il seems ridiculous and puerile for you
to kick. Even the living skeleton in
the dime museum"
Il told you that you would twist out
of it in some way" interrupted Mrs.
Perkins, as three bugs and four mos
quitoes asSailed her at once from diff
ferent directions.
II am not twisting. my dear, but stat
ing solid facts Do you know what
ozone is?''
Yes. and I know what sophistry is"
Ozone is the life of the air 1t has
lately been ascertained by a German
savant that when the ozone comes in
contact with a wire screen it is COL
lected and held there against the wires
while the Ifeless air enters the room
to be inhaled. If there were no other
reasons for the absence of screens this
would be sufhclent- We must have
ozone. There must be no lifeless air
in our bedroom. Understand, Mrs. Per-
lSins-"
''Oh. I understand. You do not mean
to buy any screens"
You are little too previous. my