Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-08-31

Bacteriologists. scientists, physicians know the
house fly it really is. They realize that nc9n-
trovertibe proof has demonstrated that dies kill
greater number of human beings every year than
all the beasts Of prey and all the poisonous crawl
ing things that live.
And II IS the consensus OF opinion that a cam
paign Of education is essential to bring the general
public TO an appreciation Of The truth
These facts are known 10 every scientist. What
is being done HOW 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 eye 10 warding off eyerX
possible danger There Is a great campaign being
waged against the hy-"typhoid n.y." as Il 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 CivR
association which has covered the country with
posters. circulars booklets and even has taken up
the moving picture film weapon against thV
pest and n method of popular instruction. The aSi
sociation pamphlets simple and to the point
When reads the four pages Of fly teratures
a deep disgust for The buzzing things is born ana
another soldier in the antihy army has beeH
drafted.
The accompanying photographs. magnned many
thousand times. and more just as interesting. werv
made by Or. N. A. Cobbs with specially invented
camera for the National Geographic society Dr.
Cobbs Is making a special study of the natlon'5
pest az are other leading bacteriologsts and scr
ontists who have come to realize the importancD
Of the work
One Of the odd things m connection with thu
campaign OF education that is being conducted fp
many cities is the fact that the unpieasantness oA
the flies habits has caused many person TO cease
the description Of the fly life and enter a sort on
silent war However some cities and associations
have Issued enormous post,<s portraying the dail1
life Of ny. II IS pretty bad Several women havs
objected TO seeing the posters although IL has beeR
proven to them that the pictures are not over
drawn
Moving picture films. showing the life and habits
OF the fly, have been shown IN some OF the largo
cities These films were taken across the United
states and shown In hundreds Of cheap theaters
and have been considered Of great value IA dlsseu,-
mating knowledge Of Just what tho hy Is and how
much death and disease he can Introduce into a
house. In one Of the cities protests were received
from some rather delicately sensed ladies' and the
mayor ordered the films on the boardA
The chairman OF that state board OF health
asked the reason and was told that protests were
made. He then asked for the namee OF some oR
the protesting women.
He called on several and learned that their feell
ings had been outraged by Witnessing thS dallN
life OF nasty fly and they believed that the siqN
was too nauseatng for the publfo
Tbereupon the state officer took the ladies' Qua
into their own back yards and Kitchens and IN
more than one instance showed them where thn
fly was doing the thing IN real life thar tt,o
moving Aims told Of and by that sort OF worn
introduced some real war 70 Mr. Ffy
In every city bulletins are being Issued shoWfu.
how flies may be killed by the wholesale