The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-09-11
THINKS THE WAR ON THE
MOSQUITO IS HOPELESS

the mosquito. But it is equally evi. |
dent that the weapon becomes power.
less If the mosquito decides to wait
for night on the wall rather than ON
the ceiling. To meet this emergency
there is the killer invented by another
ingenious woman who provided two
metal trays at right angles to each
other, one for the ceiling and the other
for the wall, and mounted on the nee.
essary stick.
But to return to the optimistic gen.
tleman from New Jersey who believed
ne had so completely solved the prob.
lem without harming the enemy, Arru.
ing with considerable FEASIBILITY that
If man could protect his face the
bed clothes would cover up the rest
of him, this inventor set himself to
devise protection for the face and
succeeded quite to his own satisfac.
ton. Yet it is not altogether surpris.
ing that his invention did not become
popular. Imagine, If you please, a
band of light metal lightly encircling
your head and neatly tied under your
chin; from this band projects a sec.
ondary framework, somewhat like the
hilet worn by Isis in Egyptian sculp.
ture. oovershadowing your nose, but
some distance above it. AS you lie on
your back with your head on the Pill
low the frame supports mosquito net
ting which falls gracefully about your
sleeping countenance. Perhaps you
smile in your sleep to hear the buzzing
of the angry enemy as she stands on
the netting and vainly tries to reach
through it. Perhaps you turn slightly
one way or another-and then you dis
cover the weakness of the inventor s
optimism. A quiet sleeper himself. he
evidently argued that all the world
! slept in the same fashion.
Quiet sleeping, in fact, was evidently
taken for granted by the inventors of
"new and useful improvements in
} Mosquito Guards - We have all
seen the hemisphere of wire that bak
ers use to protect their pies and cakes
and if such an arrangement protects
; pie, why shouldn It it protect human
; beingg AT least, so argued the invent
or who made one for just this pur-
| pose, completing it with fringe of
: netting that adapted itself to the bed
clothes, excluded the unwelcome guest,
, and left no place even for mosauit O
to creep in on his hands and knees.
AS with the other invention, the wear
|. er reposed on his back with his head
on the pillow, as nearly as possible
like pie on counter. Then with one
hand he carefully arranged the pro-
tector, one side resting on the pillow,
the other on his own bosom and the
fringe extending in all directions. And
If he could only manage to sleep as
quietly as pie all would be we'll tin
morning.
These, however, are simple inven-
, tions for sound sleepers. One prefers
|, to picture the happy possessor of the
new and improved sleep.preserver
and mosquito guard which was not
!, only livery simple and cheap" but
could be "carried in common travel
ing bag, and used whenever and wher-
ever wanted" This gentleman is a
traveller, man of adventure and vi
cissitudes, yet once possessed of the
sleep-preserver he is unquestionably
safe from the mosquito. We see him
arrived at his destination; his valet,
we will say, has opened his bag and
laid out his nightgown and his Sleep
preserver side by side on the cover
let. Midnight comes and he retires to
his chamber. First he puts on his
nightgown, then he opens the pre-
server. 1t expands under his hand
into an affair of five or six hoops of
light metal, all going in one direction,
and another series of curved strips of
metal at right angles to the hoops.
Some of the hoops are smaller than
: others, and the whole affair looks like
small balloon covered with mosquito
netting He puts the balloon over his
head like shirt; struggles into it, and
: by an ingenious arrangement of inside
cords ties it tight around his middle.
: Then he goes to bed. Then, unless one
J of them went into the thing when he
: did, he is undoubtedly protected
/ against mosquitoesl
But even this practical device did
/ not become popular There was prob
: ably something restrictive about tia
sense, maybe, of being too well pro-
tected, as may have been the case also
, with a similar invention designed to
| make hammock mosquito-proof. Hero
the hammock swung gently inside OF
b an enormous mosquito netting hogs
head, with ingeniously sliding hoops
, through which the owner made his
, exits and entrances On larger scale
I it was not unlike the cylindrical he'll
, met invented to defy the mosquito in
the woods and provided with sliding
| door if the owner wished to put any
thing into his mouth.
For outdoor wear another interesting
, invention was the pocket mosquito cap,
, designed by yet another feminine in
ventor, although intended for gentle
, men. The inventor probably realized
, that no woman would wear it under any
. circumstances, but argued, somewhat
unadvisedly, that man would wear
anything. The gentleman in this case,
seeing a mosquito approaching in the
distance, dragged from his pocket a
, large bag of mosquito netting hung
from headpiece that projected some
inches from the circumference of his
; Uranium. This being placed securely
on his head, the net fell around him in
graceful folds and was belted in or
left to float negligently as his own
taste dictated. 1t deprived him of the
use of his arms, but it defied the mos
quito.
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