The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-25
A HOUSE FLY War
HAS BEEN STARTED
National Campaign Begun in
Washington With Moving
Picture Films.
DISEASE SPREADING PEST
THROUGH EDUCATION OF THE
PUBLIC, TITS HOPED WILL SOON
AMERICA.

Washington, Feb. IA national
campaign Of education for Obiteration
OF the common house fly has been
started in Washington under the aus
pieces of the American Civic aSsocia
ton
Plans have been made TO show the
atrocities Of the fly by means OF films
supplied 20 moving picture theaters
In cities. great and small, in all parts
of the country.
Original films made abroad for the
association were used for tle first
time here yesterday. Copies will be
possible,
1t is hoped so to arouse the public
10 sense Of The disease-carryins
characteristics of the house fly as to
start Il wide movement to prevent it
from breeding and thereby reduce its
dangers to Il minimum. Very soon
pamphlets telling how to eradicate the
pest will he distributed widely.
Already the association las been be
sieeed with INQUIRIES on the subject
from many OF the larger cities. Ed
ward Hatch, of New York, is chair
man Of the fly-tighting committee of
the associat: on.
Seven Shows Are Given.
Seven audiences Witnessed the NOV
ing pictures Yesterday and heard adj
dresses by DR.. l.. o. Howard. of the
bureau of entomology, Dr. Woodward
the local health officer and Richard
T. Watrous, secretary of the Amcri
can Civic association. The audiences
represented the medical fraternity.
congress- the medical corps of the ar
MY and navy. various wOmens clubs
and the National Tuberculosis associa-
ton.
DIR. Howard said that If it were com
monty known what dangerous things
house flies We're there would be a
thoroughly descriptive name for them,
such as the typhoid fly" or the 'chol-
era fly
lie said that d careful computation
had shown that the American people
were spending s1o,O0o,oOo IA year for
fly screens. Washington could get
rid of ninety-nine out of one hundred
flies If the health regulations regard
ing manure in stables could be enforc
ed, he declared.
Life Drama of the Fly.
The film which shows the life drama
of the typhoid fly" presents flies in
magnified sizes as large as hens and
in some instances as large DIS cattle.
1t shows the rather disgusting, hairy
appearance of the flies feet
A most interesting picture shows
the eggs just as the baby flies break
through and wiggle away. The next
stage in fly life is shown by pic
ture of the youthful fly burrowing in
to the ground, and finally a wingless
young one pushes his way from the
earth. and. throwing out his chest.
walks Off to take Il stroll into some
ones dining room.
At twelve days OF age the typhoid
fly is ful-grown, strong winged
germ carrier. and is shown on the
screen as big as a turkey. Half a
dozen of them crawl about on two
mackerel. which evidently have been
reposing on fish wharf for several
days and which appear as big as
sharks.
And then these same flies are seen
having a feast in some ones sugar
bowl Then babys nursing bottle
with a typhoid fly crawling on the
nipple is shown, and in a flash pic
ture shows Il very contented baby
sucking away regardless of typhoid
fly or anything else