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The Washington times., 1907-10-20

i
Use Bawls of Infarts.
Not a few Of the contestants dwell on
the bAwI OF an infant. and many hu-
marcus lines have been submitted along
this line Next to the high ball, the
baby's bawl has been the most popular
bail" TO make a jest of. The evidence
follows:
Mrs. R. F. Tobin. 7s1 TwentY-second
street northwest
Is the midnight bawl' soothed TO rest
Willie Hart, s72 N street southwest
Is when we little boys play SNOWFALL.
J. Raw. 5l4 z street northeast
Is to have a full stomach under your
vest
J. F. Williams. 1915 Twelfth street
northeast
The Goldfish ball Is the best.
May Nunnally, zoos Pennsylvania ave-
nue.
is the ball that turns round toward the
West.
DR.. ". r. Frisbie. Pension Office
Scotch highbalI; II beats all the rest.
Mrs. H. T. Martin. 1411 Thirty-third
street northwest
81
MNk...DcG40~e IL ksk
Eeel n. Massey, Kensington, Nd
Is the highball; just give II test.
Florence NJ Cox. Rose Croft, Nd
Is a highball stored under your vest.
Mrs. z. F. Jenkins. 172S G street
Is the highball that ranks all the rest
Mary s. Birch. 1854 Monroe street
northwest
Is a highban safe under ones vest.
J. Frank Jones. 1850 K street north
west
Is a highball. or I've made a wrong
guess.
The Washington times., 1907-10-20

Last weeks limerick was an
easier one than that Of the pre-
ceding week in that it offered a
wider scope for suggestions, a
greater variety of rhyming words
ana more clever ideas. The limerick
writer's were not slow to avail them
selves of this opportunity.
Many OF the suggested fifth lines
are trimming with humor, and a
few OF the contributors disregarded
the rules of the contest requiring
the fifth line TO rhyme with first
and second in order that they might
express an idea that was pertinent.
The Two Sexes Disagree.
It is a curious fact that large per
cent OF the men contributors based
their suggestions along lines Of eat
ing, such as meat balls, Goldfish balls.
etc, while the fair sex confined them
selves to liquids, principally highballs-
It is still more curious that rot a few
of them essayed TO express opinion on
the merits of the aforesaid highball
and their preference for IL.
No one felt limited as to the number
of suggestions submitted, and one man
sent in upward OF eirhty. Scores OF
persons sent in anywi ere from six to
twenty lines. It was utterly impossible
for The Times to print all of them.
and only the typical ones are given, as
follows:
H. A. Dobson. us Eleventh street
northeast
is the ''yeIlow-backed' ball in my vest.
Is where 1 meet Maggie Embarrassed
Is the bawl OF a baby suppressed.
Is the -'tiIae-baIl'' that gives US rest.
Was played by the Cubs in the West.
J. S Ball, Lewinsv1lle. Va
Would be Teddy's inaugural, I guess.
Would be Bryan's inaugural. I suggest.
Is the bawl Of the babe we love best.
Is the ball played by the Cubs from the
West
Is the French ball, 1t must be contest.
Is a highball tucked under the vest.
Is a highban of Shoemaker best.
Is a Scotch hishban under the vest.
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Katherine N. Martin, 80 Quincy stree.
northwest
Is the one we put under our vest,
Is the one we drink with great zest.
Is the highban that stands every test.
Is the bawl that some call a pest
Is the bawl that breaks up our rest.
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L z. Belts. 1O0s c street northeast
Is the ball by the debutante blest
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Private palzsll Again.

Again Private Dalzeil felt an attach
OF limerickitis and sent in about forty
suggestions for The fifth line. From th'
first Mr.. Dalzeu has been consistent and
a glance over the following will show
the wide range of ideas that he ha1
covered:
Private Dalzell-
Is the highball that wrinkles the vest
The highbaIl. I mildly suggest
The SNOWFALL for boys is best.
The SNOWFALL for fun IS the best
A SNOWFALL is easily the best.
The SNOWFALL the boys like the best
Highbau goes Ger all the rest
Is highball. but not in excess.
HighbalI lays il over the rest.
The highban, II wisely repressed-
The ball that drops calling 10 rest
The ball thai all watches tests.
The ball that your timepieces tests.
The ball where the dancing Is best.
The bawl OF a baby's the best.
The bawl OF a baby's my guess
But the highbaI Is surely the best
The ball that sinks daily TO rest
| The ball OF the eye Is the best
! The ball and its pleasures, I guess.
! The ball Of the ballroom the best
The ball that put Fairbanks TO rest
The ball that socthes many 70 rest
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B. Brown, 111s F street.
is a high one tucked under the vest.
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Fair Sex and HighbaIis.

Here Is shocking state OF affairs.
In the following there are a number OF
suggestions from the fair sex. Just
notice them and note how many Of them
vote for the high ball:
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c. F. Gibson, GIG n street northwest
rs the one the bartender makes on re-
quest"
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n P. r. Holt. Florence court
Is a dance with the girl you love best.
A. Heard, III d street northwest
Aye, tennis balls indeed incest
Popcorn proves indeed sweetest
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Vera Clark Byrne. 2oo5 Gale street
northeast
I'm thinking the snowbaM's the best.
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F. L. Bfaden, ~ z street northwest
Is the leaden one. ever at rest.
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". ". storay, $3.50 Brightwood avenu,
northwest
Is the highbali and that is no Jest.
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Joseph Haley. I7l2 Fourteenth street
northwest.
Is the highbaIl; you can have the rest
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Mrs. NJ Boyer. 454 street northwest
Is the highball-forget the rest.
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Miss Caroline Larner. 1873 H street
northwest
Is the highbaH right under your vest
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Miss Merrill 1913 Nineteenth street
northwest
rs an old bali head In full dress. %
'If you're broke. three balls look the
best"
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h L He0rick, Tskorna Park
is this higbbaiI that bulges my vest. &"
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George T. Chattaway. 2i11 Kearney
street. Brookiand-
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Miss Edna E. Buckler. 1882 Ninth street
northwest
Is the highball under the vest.
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Fred Phillips. us Tenth street north
west
''Is the bawl tucked close to the mothers
breast"
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Frank Grigsby. Rock Hill, Chariotts
vile. Va
Is the butter bah girl caressed.
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Mrs. z. F. Jenkins. 1T2S G street
Is the highball that ranks all the rest.
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Thomas L. Byrne, zoos Gale street
northeast
IN wager the highbal1's the best
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Eeel NJ. Massey, Kensington, Nd
Is the highball; just give II a test.
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F. ". PfIling. 1886 Fifteenth street
northwest
Is the girls ball OF sun when at rest.
Is the bawi Of the barker suppressed
NJ. S., 1104 L street northwest
Is the bawI the stork brought TO the
nest.
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building
Is the highbali put under our vest.
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Florence NJ. Cox. Rose Croft, Nd
Is a highball stored under your vest.
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Susie Ladd, TO Tenth street north
vest
Is the highbaII; it ticiSles the best.
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". II. Shields, District building
Is masque ball where you guess who's
your guest.
Is the "spit-baH:" to hit It the test.
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c. Harder. 424 Fifteenth street south
east
Is the Gear old, good old hlzhbau.
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Lucy Burlingame. 26ls K street north
west
Is Teddy's third term inaugural ball.
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Ruth N. Byrne. POS Gale street north
east
The bawl OF the babv IS hest
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The Times on a Sunday for a rest.
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W. H. Smith. 1913 H street northwest
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Waldo Clark, 1873 U street northwest
Is a highball tucked under your vest
Is the highball-skidoo to the rest
The Washington times., 1907-10-20

Mary s. Birch. 1854 Monroe street
northwest
Is a highball safe under ones vest
The Washington times., 1907-10-20

Mrs. Z. G. Lee, 10 South Fayett'
street, Alexandria
Is the highbaIl: I ike It the best.
The Washington times., 1907-10-20

Harry Mclean, IT.. 1878 Irving street
northwest
Is the highball that's under my vest.
The Washington times., 1907-10-20

J. Frank Jones. $3.50 < street north
west
Is a highbelI. or I've made a wrong
guess.
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Miss Annie Giles. 2OS7 H street north
west
Is the highball; It has long stood the
test
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DR.. ". r. Frisbie. Pension Office
Scotch highbalI; It beats all the rest.
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Mrs H. T. Martin. 1911 Thirty-third
street northwest
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H. C. Armstrong. 1872 Vermont ave-
nue.
Is highban with the girl you love best
The Washington times., 1907-10-20

May Nunnally, 1OOs Pennsylvania ave-
nue.
is the ball that turns round toward the
West
The Washington times., 1907-10-20

Mrs. R. F. TObin. 7s1 TwensY-secOnd
street northwest
Is the midnight bawl" soothed TO rest.
The Washington times., 1907-10-20

J. r. Freeman. sl2 Thirteenth street
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J. F. Williams, 1915 Twelfth street
northeast
The Goldfish ball Is the best
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Edward c. Curran. 6S4 New York ave
nue. northwest
The ball we're so often in quest.
The highbali we sip with such zest.
The hshban well seasoned and dressed
The timebalI that gives US a rest
The ball that Drown taste" removes
best.
The ball where she's pressed to our
breast.
Ny BAWL when win this contest.
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J. Raw. Ola Z street northeast
Is to have a full stomach under your
vest
The Washington times., 1907-10-20

While Hart, s72 N street southwest
Is when we little boys play SNOWFALL.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-30
A WALK BADLY NEEDED
Two Blocks South of the Omaha
Depot the Condition of the Walk
is Iery Rad.
is Very Ba(

If there is one spot in the city
where a sidewalk is badly needed it
is the stretch of two blocks south of
the Omaha depot. When the depot
was located on the east side of Main
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-30
A Square Deal All Around.

San Francisco Chronicle: The at
tempt to read Secretary Taft out Of
the republican party because he adj
vocates the completest of free rade
between the mainland and the Philip
vocates the completest of free trade
tionists who believe that the spirit OF
the protective system demands fair
hes and an even hand in all parts
can flag floats.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-30
A LIVELY TOURNAMENT
The Tennis Courts of the Crescent
Club Were Filled Monday Night
With Players.

That a tennis tournament is some
thing of an incentive to bring out
the players is Well demonstrated by
the beginning of the second toltrna-
ment held by the Crescent Club,
which was started Monday evening.
The three courts We're filled by play
ers in the matches and the interest
in the matches was great, for they
We're nearly all we'll contested.
The hardest fought match was be-
tween Roy VanAlstine and Walter
Nolt, which eventually was won by
NanAlstine, by a score of Sc, 81.
The indications pointed to the fact
that Nolt would take the first set
handily, for he had VanAlstine So,
and one more winning would take
the first set, but a set is never Won
until the last game, and VanAlstine
showed strong Incorporating powers
when he took the next four games,
the score standing 6-5. Nolt took
the next, making it &c. VanAlstine
went in and took two games and
the set. In the second set NanAl-
slime had everything, apparently, his
own way, and took the set 81.
Scallin and Kress had a good fight
in the first set of their match, Kress
leading up to the point when the
score was AZ Scallin howevar
anne to the front and spoiled a few
of the passes that kress had been
making and took three straight and
the set, the score being GA. The
second set came easier to Scallin,
who Won it, CO.
Dr.. Smith and Dick WEIGH were
having a nice quiet game over on
the first court, Dick acknowledging
defeat from the start. Smith took
both sets, 60, G-1.
Ray Branson, who is the champion
of the club, will not play in any of
the matches, but will defend his title
as champion after the finals have
been played.
There is quite a good deal of inter
est developing among those who do
not play the game, but having been
on the side lines once or twice, have
come to realize that there inns eorbb
come to realize that there is more to
the game than they supposed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-30
Old Home Week a Waste.

Boston Transcript: Old Home
Week ends today, and the thought
full and responsible citizens Of Bos-
ton are glad of it. They hope the eX-
pertinent will not be repeated. 1t had
it's origin in capricious motive and
empirical purpose, and the results
have justified neither the shouting
o the expense. To the little Peter
kins who may inquire "what good
came OF it at last" no satisfactory
answer can be returned now or here
after. 1t has been a week taken out
of the ordinary and organized activ-
ity of the city without the substitu-
ton Of an equivalent. 1t has been a
week Of cloying and, as a rule, not
very interesting distractions. Every
body is tired and many are disguised
Mitchell Grain Market.
Wheat, No. 2, SIC; No. 8, SIC; No
4. 73c; rejected, SIC; flax, s1.o1;
rye, Csc; barley, CSC; corn, 45c; oats
sec.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-30
LOOKING OVER THE CORN
Trip Through Perry and Badger
Townships Revealed Some Very
Fine Fields.
Fine Fields.

DR.. r.. f. Dundas and ID. B. Miller
made quite an extensive trip through
Perry and Badger townships Tuesday
afternoon in Mr.. Miller's automobile
and personally inspected a number of
cornields to ascertain what condi-
ton the corn is in for use on the corn
palace for decorative purposes. They
said they inspected a good many
fields and in nearly every instance
they were greeted with some excel
lent corn that is rapidly reaching the
stage of maturity. Dr.. Dundas said
that the corn would be ready for
use in decorating the exterior of the
building by September 5, and that he
would not be one day behind the usu-
al time for commencing this part of
the work.
The gentlemen We're very agree
ably surprised over the outlook for a
good Orr crop, and with a fair show
against the coming of a frost it will
reach the stage of maturity unharm-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-30
SCHOOLS OPEN ON MONDAY
superintendent HoT Writes From
OHIO Concerning the Opening of
Schools Monday.

h public schools of this city will
open Monday morning, Sept. 20. AS
this is a national holiday, the schools
Will be in session only long enough
to organize; but each pupil should be
present, as many of the tex books
u be changed this year, and each
teacher will instruct her pupils re-
sarding the exchange OF text books
and other supplies to be purchased.
Please send all children ON Mon
day, Sept. ID, and each day thereaf-
ter. Children cannot afford to re-
main out of school until after the
corn palace season. as the work dur
ing the weeks of The school year is
essential to the doing of good work
during the school year.
Liter the new school building in
TIE Second ward is completed, an
eighth grade school and a seventh
srade school to be taught by Miss
lrlzzell and Miss Doane, respectively
Will be opened on the east side. To
aTcid confusion at that time all
eighth grade pupils from the east side
Will enroll in Miss Frizzell's school;
all seventh grade pupils from the
east side will enroll in Miss Doane's
school; all eighth grade pupils from
the west side will enroll in Miss Pat
tnISnnfc cc1,0n1. oil rornrfJ n,,ID
pupils from the west side will enroll
in Miss Browns school at the open
ing of the schools next Monday morn
ing.
Parents having children who have
never attended school, but who arc
now of school age or will be of school
age before Jan. LIST, 1908, will please
send such children to school at the
opening of the schools next Monday,
if they wish to send them at any
time during the school year. Only
one class for beginners will be form
ed in each first grade school during
the entire school year. so please send
beginners as requested above, or do
not send them until the schools open
next year, Sept, 1908.
Remember that the new school
laws require all children between the
ages of seven and fifteen to enter
school at the opening Of the school
year and to continue in regular at
tendance during the entire school
year
Our first teachers meeting for the
year will convene in the high school
building Monday forenoon, after the
schools have been organized and the
pupils dismissed. f. H. Hoff, Supt.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-30

street several years ago. a fine twelve
foot cement walk was built through
from the corner of Fourth street to
the depot and the public was we'll
accommodated with the walk. A year
after the walk vas built the Omaha's
depot wds destroyed by fire and when
it was rebuilt a site west of Main
street was selected.
Up to Sixth street there is a good
cement walk, but from that point to
the depot the walking is something
fierce. There are short stretches of
plank walk and places where there
is no walk at all. Every day there
are a great many people coming in
over the Omaha who are forced to
walk down town over that piece of
walk, and the comments that are
made are not in the least compliment
tary TO the city's method of keeping
up the walks. In the darkness it is
even worse TO get through those two
blocks. Corn palace time is approach
ing and immense crowds always come
in over the Omaha road for that
event. 1t would seem that it would
be a good idea to have those two
blocks of walk built before that au-
spicious time and give the visitors to
Mitchell some accommodations tic
walk down town. OF course it is said
that the people can take the other
side of the street, but so few look
over that way, and once having start
ed down on the west side they do not
care to cross over in the dust.
1t is to be hoped that some ar.
engagements can be made to have that
walk put in good condition for corn
palace time and afford visitors to
the city at that time and all times in
the future a decent place to get down
town.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-30
SOME HARD TENNIS GAMES
Two of the Matches Were Fought to
Duece Sets and One Was Not
Finished.

There were two very interesting
close tennis matches on the Crescent
clubs courts Tuesday evening, both
of which were fought for every point
that was made. Wells and Roy Van
Alstine met in the second round,
which resulted in some brilliant ten
mis-. At the start both were playing
careful, seeming to measure the cali
bre and strength of the other, Wells
using a cut ball and VanAlstine using
"a Lawford stroke, which, however,
did not act as we'll on the cut ball.
When he got a straight ball with his
Lawford stroke NanAlstine handled
it very cleverly. The game progress
ed until the score stood 5-3 in favor
of Wells, but he could not land the
game that would give him the set,
and it went to duece when VanAl-
slime captured the next two games.
Wells fought harder in the last two
games and Won them, the set ending
rs, in favor of Wells. In the second
set was where the brilliant work
came in. When the games were 4-3,
Wells leading, the players exchanged
rallies six or seven times, and both
were flying over the court to capture
difficult returns, which Wells finally
Won and with a half lob laid it over
in the corner out of reach of Van
Alstine, who won the game, however,
and brought the score to "A. An
other fast rally followed in the next
game, NanAlstine making a beauti-
full cover of a ball driven to the side
Zines, which he caught with a back
hand stroke and placed it out OF
reach of Wells. The latter took the
next two games and won the set, Ga
VanAlstine was a little unfortunate
with his serves, for at the deciding
point of both sets he lost it by max.
ng a double fault.
Over on court n Drake and Web
Der We're fighting out a long match
When these players get together the.
seem to stretch out their matche:
longer than any other contestants. l
took them nearly the whole evening
to play one set, which ended at
score of 1913 in favor of Weber
They had umerous rallies when th'
ball was sent over a half dozen times
each showing some fine strokes ant
placing the ball. Both played a bacl
line game, rarely going to the ne
for a smash, and each seems to de
pend upon the other to knock tn
ball out Of bounds or in the net. TIL
second set started with Drake takin
the lead with three straight games
when Weber finally broke the ic
and got in with a game. Two NOR
were played, and when the mate
was postponed on account Of dark
ness, the score stood 40 in favor Q
Drake:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-30
played a match that went to VanAl-
slime, 6-2, 6-3, the latter outclassing
his opponent through the game.
SHADE TREE PESTS
Watch Your Shade Trees for the
Coming of the Insect Pests Which
Destroy Them.

Editor Republican: There are
various insects which prey upon our
shade trees and groves during the
summer months to which we should
give attention ii we wish our trees
to remain an attraction to our
streets. Among these pests there are
two that | wish to mention because
of their presence in so large numbers
this summer.
The Cecropia caterpillar needs no
description because it has been so
evident on u trees and also on our
sidewalks during the last month or
six weeks. This caterpillar is of such
large size that a single individual
is capable OF devouring the foliage
of a fair sized sapling. The larva
itself and the defoliated twigs are so
conspicuous that there is no difficult
ty in locating the pest. 1t should be
destroyed wherever found by any
mechanical means. The caterpillar at
this season of the year or a little
later goes into the quiet or pupa
stage and forms a cocoon about three
inches long and rusty brown in color.
1t remains over winter in this con-
|dition and in the spring matches out
into a large beautiful moth five or
six inches across from tip to tip of
wings. In whatever stage this insect
is found it should be destroyed be-
cause of the damage that it does to
all of our shrubs and trees.
At the present time the fall-web-
worm is becoming very conspicuous.
This worm is one of the wooly-bears.
The mature insect is a small moth
which lays its eggs on a leaf of a
tree. AS the eggs hatch the young
worms form a web about themselves,
under cover of which they do their
feeding. The webs of all the cater
pillars of a single hatch together
form a large tent or web which is
very conspicuous on the trees. 1t can
readily be detected and should be
dSoLlOsSd ny BULLY llCClldlllCGl IlCdLo
as Dor as it appears. If in large
numbers in a grove it would be we'll
to spray with Paris green in the pro-
portion of one pound to 200 gallons
of water, but where the webs occur
only in small numbers, or only a
few nests on a tree, it is much easier
to handle and destroy the nests in
dividually. This car be done by
crushing, by burning with a torch
or by cutting off the twig bearing
the nest and burying or burning it.
Other mechanical methods of eradi-
cation may suggest themselves to the
operator.
There may be only a few of these
insect pests infesting the trees of
any single residence lot. The entire
city may, however, contain a very
large number, and unless concerted
action is taken in graduating such
pests shade trees will remain an
eyesore instead of an attraction to
our city. These pests are sometimes
attacked by natural parasitic enc
mics, but such means of eradication
cannot be depended upon and it is
always desirable to use whatever pre-
ventatives are at our disposal for
destroying them without depending
upon natural parasites.
w. A. Wheeler.