The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20
GOOD WORD FOR CROTON %, as.
saia 70 Ne CIeaR'S sssuetimes . sefuB ~
scUVeaRers.

For some reason or other says q
writer in Good Housssssp ping. -housewive.
scam 20 Abhor the COckrOach even more
than they do flies. that are vsritAbls a.
sAsstns as compared with the cockroAches.
which are ~ worst merely pantry thieves.
Tho name % the pest may h. altered to
croson bug roach. black beetle or IN
Boston possibly Periplaneaa americana
i would like 10 tell sonnet hing of the
toach's good qualities. Of HE intelligence
his amusing hAbits and his cleanliness
] suppose that after having ket forth all
these traits the housewife viii atill turn
20 the death dealing pyrethrum powder
which IL the simplest aud cheapest de-
struc'ive agent For that matter, must
plead guilty Of killing several gallons
OF bushels of cockroAches each year.
The CockrOAch n related TO the locust
that Ia used a. food not only by our own
Indiana on the Southwest. hut by the
races 81 Africs. and Asia. This fact may
be oonsolinG to the housewife who stands
IN constant dread of finding cockroAoh
In her food. The monkeys IN the Cent raj
Pax monkey house eat reaches bstWcen
meals and seem Ia find them deiioAcies
Tho roach IN very clesnly in lie habits
and thus resembles q cat lust a. the com
mon house ny may b sAid u resemble u
dog thai comes IN dirty and muddy from
0lnIlaMHp
germs and the bacteria that breed in filth
to the food on the dinHer table. the cock
roach il not 81 unoleSn insect Instead.
" you watch him you will $50 that he Is
stopping in his short r,Ins Ia
lick his legs and wings with his tongue
The roach 70 also great help IN devouring
crumbs aud waste about tho Kitchen and
the dining room.
In the tenenents u New Works Fast
Side the cruton bugS do the work that
the housewives leave undone. The in
~ects clean from the cracks and crevics--
Of III kept kitchens the food aud refuse
that wo,,ld Otherwise decay and cause
" the food supply runs shors will make
inroads into the bedrooms and hunt and
devour other insscts. such a. hedhuxs.
thar make life unhearablc n food II
kept Out Of the house fer . week 90 -
and there are any sssstbssS= ~ l'e fS;Ina
tho cockroache- viii eat them and their
egRs, Taken altogether. tn unclean hou-sE
he cockruach il a blessing
The t-.~t eNteTrninatoT ] know - -
pyrethrum powder The he-' way 10
I'D a kitchen e roacns.- - 10 take olIt all
articles that might he dirti.t 10y the I'uN
der and then To throw handfuls - ~ into
The cracks and crtnnle- whore the Tuache-
hide.
Ia minute or 80 the reaches will -.
seen stumbling on ~ their retreats They
sill tumble abOIt and fall drinkcnlV
A. matter ~ fact they are -uTp0ating
Since they breathe thrnlgh -piracle-
NJ holes Llpng their sides and not through
heir mouths The powder enters Int, these
.piracles when they try 10 run through
IL After tho Kitchen has heen we'll pow
tered the doors and wind avs should 30
closed overnight In tho incoming the
lead roaches will ~ found living scat
erred everywhere
4 40 moi know oT any WAY 70 u-eve,t
hem from invading huu-e ~ tno-- -
an apartment They are WigrA-
iOry in their habits and " you -uccessi
IN killing all Won have today You have
no assurance that = wandering hand
n reaches may not discover Your kitchen
In a week or 80 and invade " Therefore
the housewife will find that -h~ must
rspest the treatment occa-iuusllv. say
.verv month. IN that way -hr NAV ~
ssIre Of k.epinR her house clear II thrTn