The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-25


Psychologists, scientists physicians know the
house fly as it really is. They realize that incon-
trovertible proof has demonstrated that flies kill
greater number of human beings every year than
all the beasts Of prey and all the poisonous crawl
ing things that live.
And 1t is the consensus of opinion that cam
paign of education is essential to bring the general
public to appreciation of the truth
These facts are known to every scientist. What
is being done now 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 an eye to warding off every
possible danger. There is great campaign being
waged against the f1y-typhoid fly" as it 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 Civic
association, which has covered the country with
posters, circulars booklets and even has taken up
the moving picture film weapon against the
pest and method Of popular instruction. The as
ISOLATION pamphlets are simple and to the point
When one reads the four pages OF fly literature
a deep disgust for the buzzing things Is born, and
another soldier in the anti-fy army has been
drafted.
The accompanying photographs, magnihed many
thousand times and more just as interesting, were
made by Dr. N. A. Cobbs with specially invented
camera for the National Geographic society Dr.
Cobbs is making a special study of the nations
pest other leading psychologists and sci
entists who have come to realize the Importance
of the work.
One of the odd things In connection with the
campaign of education that is being conducted In
many cities is the fact that the unpleasantness of
the flies habits has caused many person to cease
the description of the fly life and enter sort of
silent war. However. some cities and associations
have issued enormous posters portraying the daily
life of fly. 1t is pretty bad Several women have
objected seeing the posters although 1t has been
proven to them that the pictures not over
drawn
Moving picture films, showing the life and habits
of the fly, have been shown in some of the large
cities. These films taken the United
States and shown in hundreds of cheap theaters
and have been considered of great value in dissem
mating knowledge of just what the fly is and how
much death and disease he introduce into
house. In of the cities protests were received
from rather delcately sensed ladies and the
mayor ordered the films off the boards.
The chairman of that state board of health
asked the reason and was told that protests were
made. He then asked for the names of of
the protesting women.
He called several, and learned that their feel
ngs had been outraged by witnessing the daily
life of nasty fly, and they believed that the sight
was too nauseating for the public.
Thereupon the state officer took the ladies out
into their own back yards and kitchens and In
more than one instance showed them where the
fly was doing the same thing In real life that the
moving films told of, and by that sort OF work
introduced some real war to Mr.. Fly.
In every city bulletins are being issued showing
how flies may be killed by the wholesale.