The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-07-22

symbols on which one s future depends.
Some persons live in fiat, but there others
who cannot, rather, who ought not. That large
house where there different families with different
habits coming and going at different hours would be
less noisy is Of the most natural conclusions
in the world Those who cannot bring themselves to meet
this condition should seek house. small large
their desire may dictate and live in it. Other
wise they not only live in misery themselves but duse
it among Others Persons who live in flats should get the
throw-away habit Very clean, neat rooms, with just
little in them possible is the idea. One then loses
the of being packed in, and the habit
qured it is surprising how well the useless accumula-
ons be dispensed with They should also give up the
idea of having pet dogs No would think of moving
to flat with large dog. 1t is the little Fidoes and
Beebees bless their dear little hearts, which constitute
the flat pests Small dogs will bark in the night when
small hour creeps by. The dogs barking
awakens everyone the fiat but they do not mind the
dog; they disguised that the should be passing
at that hour It also awakens those in the adjoining fats
and then the blame falls where it belongs Nine cases
out of ten these small dogs will whine scratch the door,
or bark necessarily when left alone at home co. that's
too bad; the poor little darng most likely says his
mistress when she hears of it. When it becomes ques-
ton of giving up the dog the apartments the dog gen.
orally wins. Outside noises is of the summer dis
turbances Then it is that the fortunes of the
unlimited She would like rooms further to
the back of the house, the noise of the early morning cars
disturb her Sleep She would like to know if there is
way to get the who sings at her work just
the hall from her to leave it off until at least an
hour later each morning Could the ianitor sweep the
halls later in the day. that her husband could sleep
mornings? Would some please help her move her
bed into the other room? The above her peri
odcaly dances and gs in the middle of the floor above
her head She does not like to complain but if the man
who occupies the back of hers does snore less
she will just have to This woman like all others
who want to live in perfect quiet had better not try
living in flats. If such persons compelled to- there
are two rules which will help them Train themselves
not to mind noises and cultivate the habit Of taking
nap in the daytime when their sleep disturbed at night
The Hartford, Conn., board of health has issued in it's
monthly bulletin explicit instructions for keeping down
the of the pest known mosquitoes Among other
things the following: Mosquitoes cannot be bred
without water and in order for them breed in water it
must stand for days. Wet grass while it will at
tract mosquitoes, is not breeding place. Mosquitoes
seldom breed in large bodies of water they prefer small
pools.'' Southwest Louisiana is now in the grip of
mosquito plague Thousands of cattle have been killed
by the insect They hover in hordes over the fields and
marsh lands. At night they fly into town. making liv-
ing conditions almost unbearable The bite of these
mosquitoes does not to infect persons as in the
Northern and Western States. Along the Southern Pa
cifc Railroad and the course of Southern rivers the
mosquito conditions have to be in order to be fully
appreciated. Southern farmers who read what the Con-
nectlcut board has sent out will doubtless marvel that
they did not realize before There are but few country
shacks which have not rain barrel These are seldom
covered and when disturbed ring sharp like bells with
the hghtone song of the mosquitoes Tin cans and old
buckets catch rain during the summer showers and if
overturned some ten twelve days later will disgorge
enough mosquitoes to make entire neighborhood mis-
cradle