The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-25

Racteriologists scientists physicians know the
house fly as it really is. They realize that 1ncon-
trovertible proof has demonstrated that flies kill
greater number of human beings every year than
all the beasts of prey and all the poisonous crawl
ing things that live
And it is the consensus of opinion that CAM
paign of education essential to bring the general
public to an appreciation of the truth.
These facts are known to every scientist What
is being done now is to carry these facts home to
every householder, every person who eats in res
taurants and lunchrooms and to every mother who
watches her baby with an eye to wardtng Off every
possible danger. There is a great campaign being
waged against the 1y-"typhoid fly" as 1t IS called,
and Washington is the center of the campaign.
The war is being stirred up and urged by Rich
ard B. Watrous, secretary of the American Civic
association, which has covered the country with
posters, circulars, booklets and even has taken up
the moving picture film weapon against the
pest and method of popular instruction. The as
sociation pamphlets are simple and to the point.
When one reads the four pages Of fly literature
a deep disgust for the buzzng things Is born, and
another soldier in the anti-hy army has been
drafted.
The accompanying photographs magnihed many
thousand times, and more just as interesting were
made by DR.. N A. Cobbs with a specially invented
camera for the National Geographic society. Dr.
Cobbs is making special study Of the nations
pest as are other leading psychologists and sci
entists who have to realize the Importance
of the work
One of the odd things in connection with the
campaign Of education that is being conducted In
many cities is the fact that the unpleasantness Of
the flies habits has caused many person to cease
the description of the fly life and enter sort ot
silent war. However, some cities and associations
have issued enormous posters portrayng the daily
life of fly. 1t is pretty bad. Several women have
objected to seeing the posters although it has been
proven to them that the pictures not over
drawn.
Moving picture films, showing the life and habits
of the fly, have been shown in some Of the large
cities. These films were taken across the United
States and shown in hundreds of cheap theaterG
and have been considered of great value in dissem
mating knowledge of just what the fly is and how
house In one of the cities protests were received
from some rather de7icately sensed ladies' and the
mayor ordered the films off the boards.
The chairman of that state board of health
asked the reason and told that protests were
made. He then asked for the names Of some O
the protesting women
He called on several and learned that their feel
ings had been outraged by witnessing the dali,
life of nasty fly, and they believed that the sigh
too nauseating for the public.
Thereupon the state officer took the ladies ou
into their own back yards and kitchens and II
more than one instance showed them where tn
fly was doing the same thing in real life that tn
moving films told Of and by that sort of wor
introduced some real war to Mr. Fly.
In every city bulletins being issued shown
how flies may be killed by the wholesale.