The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-19

their ronHterH. erica OF street haWhsFs
| ers, "old clotnen nacn,s etc.; shouts BY
carriage barkers at thoats0s and hotels,
unnecessary shouting OF any Kind upon
the streets. tho barking OF eoss, tho unt
necessa blowing OF whistles on ntsnm-
| boats and factories. or OF horns on
| motorcycles and automobiles, and tins
| Kicking OF tin cans on the streets. The
traction companies are also foTbiddent
to allow fiat wheels on cars and auto
mobiists are required to use mulneEsf
4 preventing the noise OF e2chausts AM
other strenuous anti-noise crusader -
), Major Richard Sylvester. in charge OF
Washington's police force, who. In nd'i
dition to suppressing such noise max
ers as the above. is waginS warfare
\ against noisy bread wagons drivers
I milkmen back alley denizens, garbage
men who bang the iron lids OF their
| wagons and vain chanticlers. WHICH
have not yet learned from Rostanas
latest drama that the orb OF day Woulot
rise despite their morning song. Other
cities are lighting such nuisances as
we'll as the apartment house musician
| who keeps his neighbors awake until
! the wee small hours. AT the same time
| science is taking up the problem OF re-
4 ducing indoor noises, the pace haNinSi
lust been set for them by Professor
; Nussbaum OF Hanover, who has 5usti
reported upon elaborate experiments
made in his laboratory and In priVate
houses to learn what building mater
4 ials arc best for deadening sound. Hef
! finds that the more bricks are burned
the moro noise they transmit; that
lime mortar is more soundproof than
clay mortar. and that ceilings uned
| with layer OF zinc or lead VIII eA
clude the sound of tho piano in the nat
overhead.
/ New Insect Eliminntors.
| And Just a few words about some
new phases OF the nationwide warfare
| that is being waged against that arch
| foe Of our summer peace, the pestiver-
| Gus insect. Popular science writer's
| have squeezed the mosquito and the ny
/ drv of new lore as to his habits OF lie
! and disease breeding propenstties.
What the summer sufferer now wants
is a word as to how best to get RID OF
him. especially the MOSQUITO ana tue
I fly, who from the American mousse
holder is now eNactlns an anhuai "
lbute of s1O,oO0,o00 invested in screens
alone.
For the following mosquito deterrent
I am Indebted to tthe governments chleh
MOSQUITO expert, DR.. L. O. Howard
chief OF the bureau of entomology, VINO
recommends 1t as effective. Hang over
4 the head of your bed a bath towel con-
f tanning a few drops of this compound:
OIL of cedar, one-half ounce spirits OF
camphor, one ounce; oil OF cltrons!Aa'
one ounce.
to many who dislike that OF plain clt-
ironella and 1t is more efcac!Sus, DR.,
Howard has lately imported from one
of the German colonies In Africa.
|duckweed which anti-mosauito crusad-
ers there are planting In bodies OF wat
err which it quickly covers with thick
layer of leaves. four inches deep,
smothering-it is alleged-the newly
matched mosquitoes below and pre-
venting living insects from laying eggs
lupon the surface. This will be expert
mented with in this country. where
eucalyptus, pawpaw. castor oil plants
and china berries have proved fall
ure.
In addition to the community war;
fare which is being waged In various
parts against this pest we now have
National Anu-Mosquito Society. which
Is distributing books Of tactics, show
ling how marshes should be drained,
pools oiled or stocked with fish. rain
barrels screened etc. Citizens assoc
Citations, civic Improvement societies
and women's clubs are taking up the
crusade systematically. AT San An
tonic, Tex, teachers We're some time
ago offered d cash prize for the best
model lesson on mosquito extermina-
lt!on and an aquarium with mosquito
eggs and wrigglers was Installed In ev-s
cry schoolroonI. while school children
we're sent out With teachers on expedi-s
lions in search OF breeding places. And,
In addition stereopticon lectures onf
mosquito DETERMINATION We're given TO-
school children in groups or 1000.
The housefly nuisance Is one within
the reach OF every board of health ev-
cry Individual farmer or barn or sta
BILE owner. for what stagnant water IS
to be the MOSQUITO the hlth or homes
not entirely equipped with sanitary
plumbing and OF stalls where antmalsl
n are kept Is to the houseiiy--its breed
ing place DR., Howard has long work
ed Tor laws requiring all such stall fe-i
fuse TO be systematically shoNeled In.
Ito water-tight bins or pits with Hre-,
4 PROOF covers, which must be KEEP, clos
ed. In every stall not SO eauippeds
Thousands OF nlagots hatch out into.
perfect housefiies on every summer
Z day. and 1t is surprising that every;
community in the land does not, by
enforcing such simple and cleanlys
means. rid Itself OF the most bother
some and loathsoms enemy TO summary
comfort. n, -.
lfCnpyrighI 1910, by John El{yeth WRs*