Evening star., 1912-07-15
WILL AID FLY FIGHT
Talk of Forming Federation of
Fairgrounds.
DIRECTORS WILL MEET
Encouraged by Showing Of Virginia
Avenue Recreation Park.
BRINGING IN DEAD INSECTS
DR.. Murray Believes Many Exposed
Breeding Places Have Been
Destroyed by Rain.
DIRECTORS WILL MEET
BRINGING IN DEAD INSECTS

Encouraged by the showing Of the vir-
ginia avenue playground in The Stars
fly war, Edgar 8. Martin, supervisor of
Fairgrounds. is arranging for the other
Juvenile recreation parks Of the city to
enlist in the health campaign
Directors of the various Fairgrounds
will meet early this week to consider the
matter. They will be addressed by DR..
Arthur L. Murray Of the health depart
ment. supervisor Of the campaign, and
representatives of the Virginia avenue
playground. It is possible that a play
ground anti-fy federation will be formed.
Supervisor Martin and DR.. Murray were
ground entering the crusade. Results ac-
complished have shown that playground
organizations may be a considerable fac
tor IN reducing a city's fly population.
Supervisor Martin believes that children
patronizing the play parks should be
regards the fly campaign as a meritorious
undertaking, which the Fairgrounds may
well afford to support.
May Start in Next Month.
1t is not expected that the other recre-
alton centers will engage in the war be-
fore next month, but flies exist in abun-
dance during August and September. and,
in fact, 1t Is the slaughter Of them then
that counts the most, as the fewer flies
left at the end Of the season to hibernate
during the winter the smaller the insect
horde to be developed next spring. II
all Of the Fairgrounds take part in the
August and September campaigns, Wash
ington. it is believed, will be almost fly
less by the end of that time, and residents
or the capital may anticipate less annoy
ance by the pests another year.
It is an Ill wind that blows nobody
that yesterdays heavy rain will prove a
blessing In disguise. He believes that
many exposed fly-breeding places must
have been destroyed. and that larvae
which would have brought forth billions
Of insects in the next two weeks will be
prevented from developing.
Early this morning contestants began
delivering flies at the campaign head
quarters, in the Municipal building, Lii
liam Portion Of Good Hope being on hand
looks for a record breaking slaughter to-
day. So far. the best single days show
ing has been about 10000.
Campaigns Elsewhere.
Although campaigns against the fly are
being conducted in many of the large
cities of the United States. the campaign
In Washington, managed by The Star. Is
by far the most successful of any The
statement Is made after comparison
between the reports of the numbers Killed
in other cities and in Washington
For instance, st Louis recently conduct
ed campaign against the fly and the
winner of the contest, Clessen Kellerman,
turned In only twenty-one pints Of flies.
There are &. 400 flies in a pint, making
Hn1yA yAp$SSa avHba %Nkn A
In the local campaign day after day turn
In to DR.. Murray, supervisor of The Star
campaign. almost twice that number.
Kellerman is heralded in st. Louis as a
hero and life-saver and his fame has gone
as far as New York Although his rec
ord shows that he is an expert at killing
the pests, he would have to take strong
brace to keep in the front rank in the
campaign here.
Francis Corby Forms Club.
Francis Corby. an inmate of the Eighth
Street Home for Colored Women and
Children. who won the cash prize in the
second district last month. has formed a
club to kill flies. having as It's members
many other children in the home. Both
boys and girls are enlisted. Some Of the
boys are allowed to kill flies in various
stores in the neighborhood, while others
OF the home. The buildings OF the home
are kept hyless.
There are two districts in the campaign,
In which cash prizes Of IS are offered, in
which there are no entries this month.
Any boy or girl under sixteen years old
is eligible to enter and have the oppor-
tunity to easily win S.. The districts are
three and five. The former is the part of
the city bounded on the east by 18th
street. on the west by the Potomac river
and Rock creek, on the north by Florida
avenue and on the south by the river
The fifth district is bounded on the west
by North Capitol street, on the east by
the Anacostia river, on the north by
Florida avenue and the Brentwood road,
and on the south by East Capitol street.
AS flies In each OF these districts have
been breeding undisturbed all summer
it will be an easy matter for any active
boy or girl to kill them by the thousands
in short time. Contestants desiring to
enter will be furnished with "swatters"
by DR.. Murray in the District building,
and will be told Of the best methods in the
work.