Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-17
RATTLESNAKES
LESS DEADLY
THAN FLIES
GRIM AND CHASTITY
RAVAGES OF PEST
DR.. Woods Hutchinson Holds
Them Responsible for Death
of Forty Thousand Babies An
nuaIIy and Other Evils,
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IBy Morning journal Special Leased WireI
Washington, Dec. 16. - At the
Community Comfort session today
of the American Civic association, DR..
Woods Hutchinson delivered half
humorous, half serious address on the
question, why is a ply?
mo longer to be dismissed with a
shoo,' but an influence to be
reckoned with, the fly is a hustler
from way back" said che speaker
'and he distributes samples of pesti-
lence, marked ID. O. D.--Death on De-
livery with lavish hand.
I'VE may admire him for his indus
try. pertinacity and business enter
prise; we may even love him-luke-
Warmly-as one of Gods creatures;
but we had better wipe him gently,
but firmly, out of existence Just the
same. He Is the best travelling sales
man known, carries q grip on each OF
his six legs, and a trunk in his head.
His line fof samples is extensive and
will last from time to enternity. He is
moro of a nurseryman and tree agent
than anything else, the only one whose
seeds and cuttings bear blossoms and
fruit equal to the pictures in the cata-
logue. In fact they bloom, never
fading-ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE JORDAN, or rather translate
you to bloom there"
Among the specialties of the fly,
DR.. Hutchinson mentioned:
Bacillus tryphosus, (Eberth),
hardly perennial, seldom known to
winter, kills even in Alaska, heavy
crop produces 35, 700 deaths annually
e
destroyed 100000, 900. One-fifth of
all who grow it guaranteed never to
grow any other. Blossom, rose color
I'd all over the abdomen and chest.
Fruit. cherryred deepening 10 black
al through the intestines. No difficul~
ty iii dlsposing of the surplus to your
neighbors A splendid variety for
both city and country trade. Strong,
well rooted specimens carefully Sc
lected from sewer mouths, now ready
for delivery, +. O. Free on Food"
He continued in the style of seed
catalogue, describing Cytoryctes VAR
iolae, otherwise smallpox, as half
hardy annual, now very rare though
formerly a great favorite; Bacillus
Tuberculosis in a half hardy peren-
nial and old favorite, but delicate,
easily sun-blistered and will not grow
in strong rich soils, Bacillus Shlgao,
Aeroyenes Capsulatus, Ameba Cell,
etc, commonly known as summer
complaint, cholera morbus cholera
infantum, etc, very attractive group
of quick Towering, tender ANNALS,
specially adapted for kindergartens.
Colors black and white, resembling
crepe and satin-with plumes on the
hearse Wonderfully free boomers,
children cry for them, but seldom af-
babies, value $20,000,000, as guaran-
teed by the census bureau. No trou-
bic at all to grow; all that is needed IS
a baby, a little dirt plenty of care
and flies will do the rest.
And so on through grim and ghast-
ly travesty of q seedmans catalogue
DR. Hutchinson proceeded, conclud-
ing with this warning:
"A fly in the house is as dangerous
as a rattlesnake, as filthy as louise.
as disgraceful as a bedbug. The time
win come when any modern cleanly
home will feel itself ashamed and
dlsgraced by the presence of fly,
and when every householder upon
whose premises q brood of flies Is de-
tected, will be fined heavily and sent
to iail The fly Is a literal Eye of
the Lord because he is in every place
beholding evil and the good. especi-
ally the evil. for he loves to lay eggs
in it. You can't hide dirt from a
fly He is also the most intimate and
dom estic animal we breed and keep.
An ounce of cleanliness Is worth a
ton of fly paper and wire screns. one
half the money wasted on lily traps
and window screens, one-fifth the
energy squandered in slapping and
would clean up the back |
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