The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-09-03
WALLIS AND his FLY CIRCULAR

Mr.. Wallis leaped into fame on ac-
count of his fly circular. This is a
classic. In point of pith and truth,
In suggestive illustration and poig-
nant illusion, this brochure proved a
revelation, miracles and all, and set
many tongues wagging.
de had some 5000 of these sug-
gestive circulars printed and distri-
buted, and 1t is likely soon to go in
! to second edition. Therein you
trace the busy little fly on his deadly
trail from the filth and disease breed
ing places that abound to the nipple
of the bottle from which the baby
draws its nourishment. He could have
added the little coffin, the slow cor
tege to the cemetery, the profusion
of flowers and the copious shower of
tears as the fitting and sure compile
ment to the other pictures on his fly
circular.
What is the most prolific dissem-
inator OF deadly disease known to
man? The APPARENTLY innocent and
common house fly. Modern science
shows this monster in his true light.
The poison Of the rattlesnake lingZrs
in his touch, is breathed from his
mouth. His presence is contamina-
ton, pollution. Wallis is teaching the
people this.
Know We, We people, that the leg OF
the fly is covered with stiff bristles
like a head Of ripened wheat. This
gathers UP and holds the filth and
bacteria which the fly deposits as he
crawls over food on tables and over
people or as he browns in the milk
Sixty-five out Of every 100 deaths
from intestinal diseases along the
water front Of Manhattan island dur
ing the hot months, mostly babies,
are caused by flies.
Straight Bugology Dope
DR.. William H. Park, an eminent
bacteriologist, let fly walk about in
a culture Of typhoid fever germs and
then transferred him to plate Of
gelatin. Along the trail of the fly he
found 10000 bacteria, enough to in
occulate an entire army with typhoid
fever
Messrs. Eaton and Mason, bacteria
logical experts, examined Ala flies,
They put the flies into bottles of ster-
ilized water and shook them, thus
washing off the bacteria. On one fly,
caught in the laboratory and supposed
to be clean, they found over 500 bac>
terra, and one one caught from sWill
barrel they found over 5000, 900; the
catch averaged over 100000 a.
piece. Very few bacteria will often
cause death.
Mr.. Jackson, New York bacteriol-
gist, is authority for the statement
that in that city in 1908 occurred over
1000 deaths due directly to the fly.
On every street car of New Orleans
one may read placard No decent
woman will allow flies in her home
any more than any other vermin.'
Mr.. Wallis is teaching the people
not only what menace to health
flies are, but also how to get rid of
them. They should be hunted out Of
the home as one would drive out an
adder. His message is "Clean up
The filth pile three miles away is as
much a menace to health as if it i
were in the back yard, because it's
disease germs can be, and are, often
carried that far. Hence it is neces-
sary not only to clean up the back
yards of the homes in the city, but
also the filthy places in the country.
John Ruskin says: There is more
poison in an ill-kept drain-in a pool
OF dishwater at cottage door-than
in the deadliest asp of the Nile"
Death BrOods Filth
Ponder the pictures printed with
this article of slaughter houses,
where filth reeks and death broods |
and goes forth on his mission of ter
ror, not in far off England or near
New York or Chicago, but in Idaho
places near populous GINS, that fat
ten the cemeteries and spread woe
and grief as the pestilence, and say
II there is not a field for an untiring1 |
orker.-Statesman
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