Evening journal., 1909-05-18
TO CONTROL"
INSECT PESTS
New York State Bulletin
Will Tell You How
to do il

ALBANY, May 1S.-Are all your house,
hold insects underrgood conuoly
If family discipline has grown a tribe
lax in this respect send for bulletin No.
l29, just issued by the state Museum at
Albany. It is entitled Control of House
hold Insects" and will tell you all about
it, for it Is written by the State Entomolo-
gist, who certainly ought TO know about
such things There are many interesting
bits Of information that every proud pos
cessor of collection of household Insects
should know.
There is also much humor. conscious
and unconscious. and occasionally touch
of spice, as on page 20, for instance,
where I'm discussing the pursuit and cap
ture OF the household flea, he says:
busting hosiery with pyrethrum pow
der has been found very effective in pre-
venting nea bites i'm situations where such
precautions are advisable"
For the acquisition Of neas at large and
not particularly attached. as it were, it is
recommended that: "A white cloth, like
a pillow case be placed in the middle Of
the floor. The leas. attracted by the color.
jump on the cloth and may then be cap
tured with a wet finger and put into
water"
This az once suggest a new form Of
evening entertainment Let the hostess
provide a large sheet, spread out in tho
center Of the parlor The guests on arrival
can be given a finger bowl and instructed
to sit beside the sheet and Keep perfectly
quiet When the bell rings each contestant
is to endeavor to secure, with properly
moistened finger, each new arrival on the
sheet before tho othos, prizes of course.
being offered the most successful. Should
game grow scarce the family cat will
doubtless gladly furnish additional quarry
Page 10 tells you all about how to get them
OF the cat with'ut unnecessary violence.
DO not. by prolonged absence from home
hope to starve the sturdy Cimex lectu-
larius to death. This household insect, Of
ten referred TO in polite circles merely as
"B. BIS" is not TO be thus disposed or
for, says the State Entomologist: Full
grown ones at least are able to endure
long fasts with apparently no inconven-
ience." The right way is TO win the af-
fection of a number of household cock
reaches. so they will stay contentedly
around your sleeping apartments for. says
the expert on page &c. 1T is only fair 10
state that these disgusting pests are
known TO feed upon that horror of the
housewife. the b. b." lie admits, how
ever. that there is small choice between
the two evils.
But that is easily attended TO- for pages
"a and 35 tell you how II you are willing
10 so treaoherously betray their conf
dence, you can later get rid Of the cock
reaches. That most Of the ways arc some
what complicated may be gathered from
the statement that the following is "a
relatively simple method" II Is the bright
idea of a Mr.. Topper, OF Australia:
Mix paster Of paris. one part, and flour
three OF four parts, in a saucer, and place
the preparation about the haunts OF the
pests Near by place a saucer containing
a little water, made easily accessible by
lying sticks as bridges to the rim" The
unsuspecting roach accepts the free lunch,
which, like the pretzels on the bar, in
spires a thirst. Safely crossing the bridge
TO the other saucer, he drinks long and
deep, and straightway becomes a mere
plaster Of paris case Of a coc1roach, suit
/ ablo for a place among the other curiosi-
/ ties in the parlor cabinet