Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-11
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Even the woman who prides herself on
being purely domestic" who scorns the
delights OF women's clubs, turns down equal
suffrage SO far as she personally il con-
cerned, and takes no pleasure In the 30
ciaT whtrl. which includes unlimited bridge
and five hundred. cannot. and should not,
evade her responsibility toward keeping
everything outside her house. as well as
inside. sweet and beautiful. This matter
of obtaining and maintaining the right en-
vironment Is essential for the physical,
mental and moral wellbeing of her family.
No matter how sweet and pure the home
center may be. dehlement can enter from
without. whether it be from polluted wa
ter supply. disease germ-laden air. encoun-
tered in the public highways or public
conveyances; vernin ditto, or the mental
atrophy engendered by the constant presen-
tation of ugly architecture, ill-kept high
ways and by-ways and similar eyesores.
In the large cities the women's health
protective associations, Consumers League
and similar altruistic organizations have
done much to stem the tide Of civic care
lessness and abuses, such as expectoration
In streets and public conyeyances, the ter
rible sanitary conditions in school houses
and shops where women are employed, and
the enforcement Of pure food regulations
In smaller towns there are most emcient
village improvement societies, looking 10
the cleansing and identifying Of the streets
and waste places of the town. While or
ganized effort is always most enectlve, IN
dividual precept and example Is never tos..
We are all initiative and quick 70 catcn up
attractive fashions in garden ana street
decorations as well as In the matter OF
clothes, Outside, as in the home, woman
work is never done. City fathers are se.-
dom good at Initiating reforms either IN
So,,,a or CITY cleansing and decoration, but
they come out strong. bless them! IN hoid
inp IN the city mothers hands when II
comes to financial or moral support.
Protect the Shade Trees.
Inst now is the time to look out for the
shade trees. In many cities and villages
last year the elm leaf beetle and the white
marked tussock moth worked havoc witn
the shade. To head OF these despoilers OF
our beautiful trees the New York state en-
tomologist has just issued pertinent sus-
gestions While the house mother can
hardly be expected to perform the actual
labor entailed in circumventing the Wlies OF
these evil insects, 1t is for her to press
the button of suggestion and opportunity.
and the big boys of the family or rather
will do the rest The elm leaf beetles ap-
pear with the unfolding leaves, the parent
insects eating irregular oval holes in the
foliage frequently Kidding 1t before paus-
ing to deposit their eggs The eggs are
laid toward the last Of May, and from that
time on into July the yellowfsh. hairy,
black-spotted grubs feed voraciously on
the under surface of the leaves. This ne
cessitates spraying poison thoroughly on
the under side of the foliage. As rule,
1t will be necessary to give but one spray
ing and that just about the time the leaves
are fully expanded, destroying both adults
and larvae. The most effective poison is
arsenate of lead. used at the rate of four
rounds to fifty gallons of water. Neigh
horhood cooperation will be found most
effective in this insect war. The white tus-
sock moth is a bird OF different color
The snowy white egg masses, IN winch the
insect houses itself for the winter, are at
taehed to flimsy cocoons easily removed
by anybody who can climb. They may
then be burned in the stove or with lit
tie kerosene oil. The eggs of the tussock
moth hatch the latter part Of May, so there
is still ample time for this work to be
done. II for any reason the cocoons have
not been gathered and the hungry little